DCS-BIOS not detected and/or initial setup hang workaround

[knightelessar]

For v1.0.0-raven_BETA.6, DCS-BIOS may not be detected, and the program auto-install may result in an initial setup hang.

The workaround is as follows:

1. On top of a manual DCS-BIOS install, create version text for DCS BIOS version check Create or edit Saved Games\DCS\Scripts\DCS-BIOS\release_version.txt to have one line: 0.7.40
2. Open the dcs_wp_editor\dcs_wp_editor.exe to do initial setup 2.a If the program hangs or the DCS-BIOS install is not successful: Force quit the program. Then, verify or rename the Saved Games\DCS\Scripts\DCS-BIOS.bak folder back into DCS-BIOS
3. In dcs_wp_editor\settings.ini 3.a Change default air frame to one of the following: hornet, harrier, mirage, tomcat, warthog, viper 3.b Verify or edit the path_dcs to your Saved Games folder path

Example settings.ini:

[PREFERENCES]
path_dcs = E:\knigh\Saved Games\DCS\
path_tesseract = C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe
path_mission = C:\Users\knigh\Desktop\dcs_mission.xml
dcs_grace_period = 4
dcs_btn_rel_delay_short = 0.15
dcs_btn_rel_delay_medium = 0.30
hotkey_capture = ctrl+t
hotkey_capture_mode = ctrl+shift+t
hotkey_enter_profile = ctrl+alt+t
hotkey_enter_mission = ctrl+alt+shift+t
airframe_default = hornet
callsign_default = Colt1-1
is_auto_upd_check = true
is_tesseract_debug = false
profile_db_name = profiles.db

4. Open dcs_wp_editor.exe

[knightelessar]

The DCS-BIOS mentioned above is available as the DCS-BIOS_0.7.40.zip in assets below: https://github.com/DCSFlightpanels/dcs-bios/releases/tag/0.7.40

[ilominar]

Tracking down cause of installation corruption that leads to need for the workaround.

[ilominar]

Original source of installation issues should be fixed in B7.

[knightelessar]

Hang is fixed by graceful error messages in B7.