Solved BMS Crashing upon launch using both launchers
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@Wicked sorry about the deadend … I’m basically out of ideas. Is this Win10 or 11?
I do recall some other thread where someone had to physically unplug their VR headset, to get BMS to startup successfully.
I don’t remember if we ever got to the bottom of that, or what else they did to recover VR functionality… I’ll see if I can find it.
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@airtex2019 Your help is greatly appreciated. I’ll try disconnecting my HMD tomorrow and see if it gets me in.
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@airtex2019 I unplugged the reverb from my computer, (both DP and USB C) and tried to fire up Falcon. Again, no joy. I’m at a loss as to why it worked for months and then one day out of the blue it stopped. The only thing I can figure as the cause is maybe a windows update.
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I have uninstalled Falcon again. The last time I uninstalled it I deleted the executable and downloaded a new one. Upon Reinstalling and opening the launcher I noticed the debug box was hi-lighted. I don’t remember that option being enabled by default which means there is a file somewhere on my computer loading previous settings on my new installation. Does anyone know where that file may be so I can delete it?
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I finally found the issue. I was pretty sure whatever the problem was had to do with recent drivers or a windows update. So in Windows update I looked for he last installed item before I posted here about the issue. What I’m found was a program called Nahimic Media which was part of some Asus/Realtek drivers I grabbed from their site.
Turns out, this software is basically a virus and replicates itself in other programs and ends up causing major issues including the issue I was having in BMS, namely “cannot create dsound”.
I tried disabling it in services but no joy. I ended up having to reformat the the computer and start from scratch. As of today I’m flying Falcon again. From my understanding Nahimic is included in a lot of official drivers so beware.
Thanks for all the help!
Reddit article about Nahimic… https://www.reddit.com/r/MSI_Gaming/comments/ilys2o/nahimic_is_literal_malware_no_matter_how_you/ -