DCS Crash on startup/splash screen with no error

[DUKEOFBATTLE]

Hello all,
I can't seem to get my DCS to launch, have tried every solution on the forums here and DCS FAQ. I've reinstalled my GPU Drivers, deleted/renamed my saved games folder, verified up to date through Windows Update. I can't seem to find anything sticking out to me in the log, it just simply won't get past the splash screen. I first noticed this issue when trying to launch the game during the free weekend; and it ran flawlessly before then.

My setup:
NVIDIA 970 GTX (4GB)
i7-4790S ~3.20GHz
16GB RAM

Log:
=== Log opened UTC 2020-05-25 22:15:12
2020-05-25 22:15:11.920 INFO DCS: Command line: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\DCSWorld\bin\DCS.exe dcs.exe
2020-05-25 22:15:11.920 INFO DCS: DCS/2.5.5.41371 (x86_64; Windows NT 10.0.18363)
2020-05-25 22:15:11.945 INFO DCS: Hwid: X-UzNaMMvrTcsiMx2zhsQDLoLblke6P-DRIpVQ
2020-05-25 22:15:11.945 INFO DCS: DCS revision: 161370
2020-05-25 22:15:11.945 INFO DCS: Renderer revision: 19709
2020-05-25 22:15:11.945 INFO DCS: Terrain revision: 19859
2020-05-25 22:15:11.945 INFO DCS: CPU cores: 4, threads: 8, System RAM: 16245 MB, Pagefile: 2944 MB
2020-05-25 22:15:11.964 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:0
2020-05-25 22:15:11.976 INFO Dispatcher: 2020/5/25 15:15 V1803061700
2020-05-25 22:15:12.014 INFO INPUT: Device [Keyboard] created deviceId = -1
2020-05-25 22:15:12.088 INFO INPUT: Device [X52 H.O.T.A.S. {15247D80-5DEF-11e8-8009-444553540000}] created deviceId = -1
2020-05-25 22:15:12.088 INFO INPUT: Joystick created[X52 H.O.T.A.S. {15247D80-5DEF-11e8-8009-444553540000}], ForceFeedBack: no
2020-05-25 22:15:12.088 INFO INPUT: Device [Mouse] created deviceId = -1
2020-05-25 22:15:12.135 INFO INPUT: Device [TrackIR] created deviceId = -1
2020-05-25 22:15:12.163 INFO SOUND: Using driver: xaudio29
2020-05-25 22:15:12.186 INFO SOUND: Found 5 available audio device(s):
2020-05-25 22:15:12.186 INFO SOUND: 0: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{def8e9eb-b53b-46b5-bc36-0de23dcc0015}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)"
2020-05-25 22:15:12.186 INFO SOUND: 1: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{e5c21f60-4588-4998-b502-687b0546983c}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Headset Earphone (CORSAIR VOID PRO SURROUND USB Sound Adapter)"
2020-05-25 22:15:12.186 INFO SOUND: 2: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{9c8ec041-c19a-4800-ae5e-5770a8b159c0}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)"
2020-05-25 22:15:12.186 INFO SOUND: 3: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{596ff4e0-1e9b-455c-a067-17c268ed431b}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "Headphones (High Definition Audio Device)"
2020-05-25 22:15:12.186 INFO SOUND: 4: ID: "\\?\SWD#MMDEVAPI#{0.0.0.00000000}.{9ea2f2a2-4a84-4b76-bf71-1f0627f8318a}#{e6327cad-dcec-4949-ae8a-991e976a79d2}", Name: "SE790C (NVIDIA High Definition Audio)"
2020-05-25 22:15:13.272 INFO SOUND: loaded 1578 sdefs from "sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:13.272 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from Sounds\Sounders
2020-05-25 22:15:13.381 INFO Dispatcher: InitLow
2020-05-25 22:15:13.418 INFO Dispatcher: Loading installed modules...
2020-05-25 22:15:23.321 INFO Scripting: OBSOLETE mount_vfs_sound_path() used in ./CoreMods/aircraft/AJS37/entry.lua
2020-05-25 22:15:23.589 INFO Scripting: PLUGINS START-------------------------------------------------
2020-05-25 22:15:24.265 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\tech\TechWeaponPack\Sounds\Sounders
2020-05-25 22:15:24.603 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\tech\USS John C Stennis\Sounds\Sounders
2020-05-25 22:15:24.707 INFO SOUND: loaded 26 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\ajs37\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:24.925 INFO SOUND: loaded 15 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\av8bna\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:24.925 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\aircraft\AV8BNA\Sounds\Sounders
2020-05-25 22:15:24.934 WARNING EDCORE: Source ./CoreMods/aircraft/AV8BNA/Shapes is already mounted to the same mount /models/.
2020-05-25 22:15:25.038 INFO SOUND: loaded 11 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\c-101\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:25.159 WARNING EDCORE: Source ./CoreMods/aircraft/C-101/Liveries is already mounted to the same mount /textures//liveries/.
2020-05-25 22:15:25.236 INFO SOUND: loaded 28 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\chinaassetpack\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:25.236 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\aircraft\ChinaAssetPack\Sounds\Sounders
2020-05-25 22:15:25.611 INFO SOUND: loaded 5 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\christen eagle ii\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:25.653 ERROR EDCORE: Can't mount coremods/aircraft/christen eagle ii/textures2. Drivers errors:
2020-05-25 22:15:25.653 ERROR EDCORE: EDCDriver: there is no directory coremods/aircraft/christen eagle ii/textures2.edc
2020-05-25 22:15:25.653 ERROR EDCORE: FSDriver: there is no directory coremods/aircraft/christen eagle ii/textures2
2020-05-25 22:15:25.653 ERROR EDCORE: ZipDriver: Can't open zip archive coremods/aircraft/christen eagle ii/textures2.zip.
2020-05-25 22:15:26.155 INFO SOUND: loaded 26 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\f14\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:26.155 INFO SOUNDER: Preloading Sounders from .\CoreMods\aircraft\F14\Sounds\Sounders
2020-05-25 22:15:26.286 ERROR EDCORE: Can't mount coremods/aircraft/f14/textures/lns_f14_exterior. Drivers errors:
2020-05-25 22:15:26.286 ERROR EDCORE: EDCDriver: there is no directory coremods/aircraft/f14/textures/lns_f14_exterior.edc
2020-05-25 22:15:26.286 ERROR EDCORE: FSDriver: there is no directory coremods/aircraft/f14/textures/lns_f14_exterior
2020-05-25 22:15:26.286 ERROR EDCORE: ZipDriver: Can't open zip archive coremods/aircraft/f14/textures/lns_f14_exterior.zip.
2020-05-25 22:15:27.310 INFO SOUND: loaded 30 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\i-16\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:27.647 INFO SOUND: loaded 19 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\m-2000c\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:27.931 INFO SOUND: loaded 7 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\mig-21bis\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:28.212 INFO SOUND: loaded 2 sdefs from ".\coremods\aircraft\sa342\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:28.869 INFO SOUND: loaded 83 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\f-16c\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:29.159 INFO SOUND: loaded 103 sdefs from ".\mods\aircraft\fa-18c\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:15:29.430 INFO Scripting: PLUGINS DONE--------------------------------------------------
2020-05-25 22:15:29.984 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./CoreMods/aircraft/AV8BNA/bin/AV8B_AI.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:29.986 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./CoreMods/aircraft/C-101/bin/C101Core.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:29.988 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./CoreMods/aircraft/ChinaAssetPack/bin/JF-17_AI.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:29.989 INFO CE2_AI: Loading CE AI
2020-05-25 22:15:29.990 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./CoreMods/aircraft/Christen Eagle II/bin/CE2_AI.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:29.992 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./CoreMods/aircraft/F14/bin/F14-AI.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:29.993 INFO MiG21_AI: Loading CE AI
2020-05-25 22:15:29.994 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./CoreMods/aircraft/MiG-21BIS/bin/MiG21_AI.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:29.998 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./CoreMods/services/CaptoGlove/bin/edCaptoGlove.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:30.031 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./CoreMods/services/VoiceChat/bin/VoiceChat.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:30.920 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) ./Mods/aircraft/A-10A/bin/A10ACWS.dll.crypt
2020-05-25 22:15:30.930 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) ./Mods/aircraft/A-10A/bin/A10A.dll.crypt
2020-05-25 22:15:30.939 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) ./Mods/aircraft/A-10C/bin/A10.dll.crypt
2020-05-25 22:15:30.953 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) ./Mods/aircraft/A-10C/bin/Cockpit_A10Common.dll.crypt
2020-05-25 22:15:30.990 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) ./Mods/aircraft/A-10C/bin/Cockpit_A10C.dll.crypt
2020-05-25 22:15:31.033 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) ./Mods/aircraft/F-16C/bin/F16C.dll.crypt
2020-05-25 22:15:31.089 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded (mm) ./Mods/aircraft/FA-18C/bin/FA18C.dll.crypt
2020-05-25 22:15:31.093 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/TF-51D/bin/P51Base.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:31.094 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/TF-51D/bin/TF51D.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:31.098 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/TF-51D/bin/Cockpit_P51Common.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:31.321 INFO SECURITYCONTROL: Loaded ./Mods/aircraft/jsAvionics/bin/jsAvionics.dll
2020-05-25 22:15:37.578 INFO DCS: options.graphics =
{
['messagesFontScale'] = 1;
['preloadRadius'] = 150000;
['heatBlr'] = 0;
['anisotropy'] = 4;
['water'] = 2;
['visibRange'] = 'High';
['treesVisibility'] = 6000;
['aspect'] = 1.6666666666;
['textures'] = 0;
['shadows'] = 2;
['MSAA'] = 2;
['civTraffic'] = '';
['clutterMaxDistance'] = 0;
['cockpitGI'] = 1;
['terrainTextures'] = 'min';
['multiMonitorSetup'] = '1camera';
['shadowTree'] = false;
['chimneySmokeDensity'] = 4;
['fullScreen'] = false;
['DOF'] = 0;
['clouds'] = 1;
['flatTerrainShadows'] = 0;
['height'] = 768;
['effects'] = 3;
['forestDistanceFactor'] = 0.5;
['LensEffects'] = 3;
['sync'] = false;
['outputGamma'] = 2.2;
['useDeferredShading'] = 1;
['lights'] = 2;
['width'] = 1280;
['terrainMapMFD'] =
{
['distance'] =
{
['mapLodDistance3'] = 200000;
['mapLodDistance2'] = 100000;
['mapLodDistance0'] = 25000;
['mapLodDistance1'] = 50000;
};
};
};
2020-05-25 22:15:37.844 INFO GRAPHICSVISTA: renderer: 'dx11backend.dll'
2020-05-25 22:15:38.024 INFO DX11BACKEND: Driver Concurrent Creates - 1
2020-05-25 22:15:38.024 INFO DX11BACKEND: Driver Command Lists - 1
2020-05-25 22:15:38.044 INFO DX11BACKEND: NVIDIA API init OK
2020-05-25 22:15:38.044 INFO DX11BACKEND: NVIDIA Display Driver Version 44587.r445_85
2020-05-25 22:15:38.044 INFO DX11BACKEND: TRUNK renderer init: showShaderError coreCount=1
2020-05-25 22:15:41.597 INFO DX11BACKEND: commonPool: 68-128, cbPool: 5-14, samplerPool: 5-16
2020-05-25 22:15:41.715 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache Bazar/shaders/fxo/fxo.zip
2020-05-25 22:15:52.505 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache done. Loaded 1017/1017.
2020-05-25 22:15:52.528 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache C:\Users\willi\Saved Games\DCS\fxo
2020-05-25 22:15:52.640 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11ShaderBinaries::loadCache done. Loaded 24/24.
2020-05-25 22:15:54.209 INFO VISUALIZER: SceneManager initialization
2020-05-25 22:15:55.482 INFO VISUALIZER: cascade shadows init (preset:'default' quality:2 layers:4 size:1024)
2020-05-25 22:15:55.973 INFO SOUND: XAudio2: channel layout: FrontLeft FrontRight FrontCenter LowFrequency BackLeft BackRight SideLeft SideRight
2020-05-25 22:15:55.974 INFO SOUND: Using SSE FTZ/DAZ mode.
2020-05-25 22:15:56.357 INFO DCS: gDescription: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970" gVendorId: 4318 gDeviceId: 5058 gMemory: 4043 MB
2020-05-25 22:15:56.520 ERROR EDOBJECTS: Destruction shape not found AVIASHTAB_CRASH
2020-05-25 22:15:56.524 ERROR EDOBJECTS: Object HB_F14_EXT_PHX_ALU with id=307 already declared in table MissileTable
2020-05-25 22:15:59.684 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:1
2020-05-25 22:16:06.258 INFO Dispatcher: //=== END OF INIT ======================================//
2020-05-25 22:16:06.258 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:2
2020-05-25 22:16:06.839 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:3
2020-05-25 22:16:06.839 INFO Lua: Lua CPU usage: metric: average game loading: 42.3415 %
2020-05-25 22:16:06.844 INFO EDCORE: (dDispatcher)enterToState_:5
2020-05-25 22:16:06.850 INFO DCS: application shutdown
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\mods\aircraft\tf-51d\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\mods\aircraft\fa-18c\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\mods\aircraft\f-16c\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\mods\aircraft\a-10c\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\mods\aircraft\a-10a\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\sa342\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\mig-21bis\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\m-2000c\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\i-16\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\f14\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\christen eagle ii\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\chinaassetpack\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\c-101\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\av8bna\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\aircraft\ajs37\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\tech\uss john c stennis\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path ".\coremods\tech\techweaponpack\sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.894 INFO SOUND: detaching sdef path "sounds\sdef\"
2020-05-25 22:16:06.949 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 0
2020-05-25 22:16:06.951 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 1
2020-05-25 22:16:06.951 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 2
2020-05-25 22:16:07.039 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 3
2020-05-25 22:16:07.110 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 4
2020-05-25 22:16:07.114 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 5
2020-05-25 22:16:07.116 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 6
2020-05-25 22:16:07.117 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 7
2020-05-25 22:16:07.117 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 8
2020-05-25 22:16:07.118 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 9
2020-05-25 22:16:07.118 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 10
2020-05-25 22:16:07.118 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 11
2020-05-25 22:16:07.118 INFO EDOBJECTS: lTypeObjectManagerImpl::clear 12
2020-05-25 22:16:07.245 INFO VISUALIZER: SceneManager_Implement::~SceneManager_Implement()
2020-05-25 22:16:07.259 INFO VISUALIZER: TerrainRenderer::release
2020-05-25 22:16:07.305 WARNING LOG: 1 duplicate message(s) skipped.
2020-05-25 22:16:07.305 INFO TERRAIN: lSystem::exit()
2020-05-25 22:16:07.305 INFO TERRAIN: lSystem::CleanScenes()
2020-05-25 22:16:07.367 INFO DX11BACKEND: DX11Renderer::shutdown()
2020-05-25 22:16:07.411 INFO DX11BACKEND: NVIDIA API exit OK
=== Log closed.

[pgazaille]

If you have Kapersky or another AV other than windows defender, please deactivate it and the repair your installation by selectong verify files in the propertie menu of your STEAM library.

When your repair is done, you should be ok to reach the main menu. What i am not sure is the spec of your pc , although incomplete in the log, show that you have bare or below bare minimum. So increase your pagefile will help a lot.

[Heru Ra Ha]

So I have no clue about it, seems to me it has problems with the plugins for several modules. Seems like it does not find the directories, now I dont know if you have bought all of them but it says like the directory is wrong or non existent.

Also there is a part about shaders, try to clear those. Should be 2 folders in your dcs savegame folder, i think fxo and shaders. So I dont know whether or not it is true but updates for the open beta tend to sometimes screw with the shaders and as such it is best to clear them after update.

Hope this helps.

[God´s Mom]

There are two thing that could cause this:
Antivirus (turn it off, verify files in steam and try again)
or
your graphics card does only have 4gb of vram (can you check your task manager while starting the game?)