Tuesday April 5th Development Update

[luthier]

We’ve finalized the patch tonight. We’ll be testing it all day ourselves, and hopefully release a beta version by the end of the day. The main reason for this is that we don’t want to make it live for everyone in case anything else was accidentally broken, and if we do a public test of the patch we can figure out whether we broke anything or not much sooner if we just test it ourselves. Anyone will be able to try it, see how much their performance has improved. If nothing major is found, we’ll make the patch live for everyone at the end of the day this Friday.
What we’ve done today:

1. Started figuring out SLI and Crossfire.
2. Finalized trees improvements. The overall framerate gain was actually smaller than we thought, but it can still be optimized further, just not in the time we have. The microfreezes are gone.
3. Got to the bottom of the server search issue. It will get fixed with the Friday night live release.
4. We have made some improvements to the engine sounds – exact description will be released with the patch.
5. Cleaned out the memory a lot. Whereas flying over an online map in the live version today takes up 700 megs of memory, in the developer version we have today it only takes 380. This does not affect FPS but it does affect the overall stability, loading times, etc. This is especially important for DX9 users.
6. We are also aggressively continuing to expand multicore support.

No screenshots today because visually nothing in the game changed.

[Havoc04]

Thxs for the Update luthier Looking forward to it.

Thankyou :)

[Caveman]

This is fantastic. Just touching base with your fans is a great idea. It's also very fascinating... I (and I'm sure many others) really enjoy hearing about the progress and issues as the team goes along...

Thanks.

[jimbop]

Thanks for the update.

[Robert]

Thumbs up gentlemen.

[Zoom2136]

Keep up the good work!!!!

It is very appreciated :)

[blampars]

Great job, always looking forward to every update from you guys. Things can only get better. :)

[Letum]

The update on the situation is appreciated and gives me hope and confidence.

[sg1221]

Rock on :grin:

Thank You Sir !

sg

[AndyJWest]

Excellent!

[Skoshi Tiger]

Thankyou for your continued efforts!

When the open beta is released it's going on my computer!

Cheers!

[ECV56_LeChuck]

I really don't envy Maddox Games at this moment... working too many hours, too many days. :(

But I really like how you keep us informed on the patch, without lies and with real expectations. Thanks to everyone!!!!! :grin:

[GOA_Potenz]

Luthier what performance boost we should expect???

[scissorss]

Thanks for the update. :)

[Killerwatt]

Running in DX9 on winxp over london I was experiencing fairly smooth flight with a single plane but after a while I would get the Laucher has encountered a problem and needs to close box. Will the memory fixes you are implementing help that? I think its a memory leak issue.

my specs

Antec Nine Hundred Two Case,
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB,
Akasa PowerMax 850W Power supply,
Asus P6T Motherboard LGA1 366 Intel X58 ATX RAID SA,
Intel Core i7-920 D0 Step Processor (8M Cache),
Corsair XMS3 3GB (3x1024M B) DDR3 Memory 1600MHz,
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler SE1366,
LG GH22NP20 22x DVDRW/ RAM,
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Disk Drive 72 (Two),
Windows XP Home Edition. updated to SP3
No overclocking done and everything running at stock speeds

[senseispcc]

Hello,

From the original IL2 on until now, Maddox team is the best.
Thanks a lot.

[Kankkis]

Thanks,

This is a best that you give as those updates where we are going, important to us who is sitting front of computer and refreshing the page. ;)

[Flanker35M]

S!

Sounds promising :) Got rest of week off work, gotta love asthma, NOT! But can test the patch to the maximum :) And Moscow time is GMT+4 I think...

[DoorGunner]

Sounds good to me, thank you Luthier! Keep up the good community work!

[LcSummers]

Verry nice news. Cant wait for the update. Thanx to whole team

[JG14_Jagr]

That's great news! One thing that many people are going to key on is the Trees/FPS statement. Did you mean the fps improvement from the tree optimization wasn't as high or did you mean that the overall FPS improvements for the Beta patch wasn't as high as you hoped? I saw the buildings were not mentioned in today's update so maybe you assumed we were aware of that improvement already

[furbs]

Thanks Luthier, Do you know when work will start on fixing MSAA?

And is anyone working on the small gameplay bugs...skins, loadouts etc??

[HFC_Dolphin]

Thanks for keeping us updated!

Ilya, how soon should we expect to be able to play the game without problems in modern hardware setups?
Should we expect more patches soon?

[Kankkis]

Thanks for keeping us updated!

Ilya, how soon should we expect to be able to play the game without problems in modern hardware setups?
Should we expect more patches soon?

My quess is next patch is scheduled on 19.04, US launch day.

Kankkis

[wannabetheace]

4. We have made some improvements to the engine sounds – exact description will be released with the patch.

Good job :cool:
we are expecting more;)

[Triggaaar]

Thanks Luthier

I assume that the patch also includes the work to the buildings.

And can you confirm if there is or isn't a 64 bit version of the game.

[gonk]

thx for the update.. now drink your water ...eat your bread... and get back to work... lol...:-P

[Conte Zero]

Somehow the suffering that came along with this long-waited game, and the efforts and progresses to make it shine the way it deserves, are a fascinating experience. Difficult, but with a nice prize at the end of the road.

[Winger]

Many thanks for the update Luhtier! I said this will be THE flightsim!!! Keep up the pace and good work!

Winger

[chimp306]

I have been a gamer for many many years now and i have seen teams much larger than 1c put out games that have had major issues at launch.

NEVER have i seen a company so dedicated to taking time to talk to the customer base, let them know what they are doing and generally show so much care about the product they have released...

Really is top stuff.. Thank you!

[MAF]

This dedication to the work and this excellent community, led me to buying the simulator, still knowing his problems.

It cost me work to obtain it before April 19, so quite I could buy it and I do not repent of anything, thanks to the team for the work that they realize.

[leggit]

outstanding customer service!....great job C1 thx Luhtier :grin:

[GOZR]

I hope that you are looking into Split frames Rendering and not only "Alternate frames rendering" Having a "Split frame" for the SLi help a "lot" for the Memory loads..

Thanks

[Flying_Nutcase]

It's nice to have these regular, informal updates Luthier. Bravo! And keep up the good work. :-)

[seaeye]

Cheers for the update!

[Trooper117]

Thanks chaps.. looking forward to it.

[caprera]

I don't understand if anybody will be able to try the patch or there will be only a selected group of testers ?

[Sutts]

Thanks for all your hard work and dedication Luthier. I've every confidence you'll make this sim a real winner.

[Lhowon]

I don't understand if anybody will be able to try the patch or there will be only a selected group of testers ?

Everybody as the post says:

Anyone will be able to try it, see how much their performance has improved. If nothing major is found, we’ll make the patch live for everyone at the end of the day this Friday.

[Ralith]

Great! I've gotta say, the dedication you're putting into fixing this up ASAP, and above all else communicating with us about it, is amazing. Never before have I seen a devteam work with such dedication. You've earned at least one new long-term customer here.

[avioni]

i just registered to say i look forward to this and more patches. as the game stands right now it is unplayable for me with a decent syste. 6gb ram,i7 and gtx 295 i barely get 15fps but mayor choppyness makes it unusable.

good to see this is getting some attention. its my first IL 2 game and im really wanting to go online on this

keep it up

[RocketDog]

Thanks for the update and keep going. It looks like you can make some very positive changes quite quickly.

Much appreciated!

[scorpac]

okay, thats a beginning.....

i have disabled trees and roads. so the tree chance shouldnt remove my problem. im playing from low to medium up to high settings, all mixed. The Multicore support would help much but i guess it takes alot of time until this works.

[Buchon]

Great news :) this will be a nice day :mrgreen:

Until the patch are released I think that I´ll kill the time making a Mission :grin:

[Speedingbullets]

Yes, thanks very much.
Perhaps you`ve set the benchmark in reguards to your update statements.

[diveplane]

4. We have made some improvements to the engine sounds – exact description will be released with the patch.
..............................

hope we hear merlin engine tones and 109s sweet. :-P

[doghous3]

How many are actually going to wait till Friday?

I'm eagerly awaiting this beta patch!

Not expecting perfect performance with it though, but certainly improved.

[lothar29]

Hello Luthier, I offer volunteer to test your patch beta... surely many us offer volunteers to test this patch...it help in it as necessary to ensure that it does not fall the urge you... further encouragement of its Simulator is very large...many are waiting for you to see your great work...:grin:

[JG4_Helofly]

That's great!
I highly appreciate such updates. Keeping in touch with the community is very important, but rare these days.
Thx very much!

[335th_GRAthos]

The link for the download of the beta patch, where will we find it?


Looking forward to it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PE_Papundek]

Looking forward to see this game become as playable as once IL2 Sturmovik was. :)

p.s.
Would you fix damn multiplayer search option already? :/

[esmiol]

well... i hope it will work... and hope FPS will be really really improve... (we'll see friday)

if yes thx a lot and good work

if not... COD is dead! us release is in short time...

[@.@]

I have been waiting with purchase until I could see that they really will try to fix all the problems with the game, but now i am convinced and just bought the game :)
(I tried the "less legal" version of CoD a few days ago to see if my old computer could handle it, and it ran really good above water)

[Helrza]

hey, since i was able to fly over land and stuff b4 ok, doe sthat mean itll run even better an ill be able to put the forest setting all the way up??? :D :D :D that would be awsome :D

[addman]

Thanks a lot luthier & Co, I hope you really understand just how much we appreciate your efforts.

Also "I expect! I expect! I expect! I expect! I expect! I expect!", really guys? Give them a break.

[Hecke]

Thank you for again ignoring the issue with 64 bit and dedicated server.

[choctaw111]

Thanks for the update.
How well does SLI/Crossfire work currently?
How many cores do you plan on Cliffs of Dover supporting?

[doghous3]

Thank you for again ignoring the issue with 64 bit and dedicated server.

I think you'll find they are prioritizing things, and he mentioned about MP.

Performance > server and 64bit.

Some people. :p

[meplay]

Hi Luthier, and thanks for all the work you and team are doing!

Any official word on the ffb yet??

S!

[Ze-Jamz]

I don't know why you are wasting time with all this stuttering and multiplayer issues, when we can see from the forums that the masses are only really interested in visible propellers and pew pew sounds from the guns!

Erm....?

Yes a few more FPS though very marginal...but at least we have servers which we can look at

Im so exited..

[AMVI_Superblu]

Thanks a lot Devs !!
Looking forward to test beta patch ;)

[BadAim]

Thank you for again ignoring the issue with 64 bit and dedicated server.

How did you get off my ignore list? Get back in there, naughty boy!

[ROXunreal]

Where is this beta patch, where do we download it?

[BadAim]

Thanks for the update, Ilya. It's really something to watch this baby "grow up".

[Anvilfolk]

Jolly good show, Maddox Leader! And watch out, more bugs at 7 o'clock high!

*vrooooooooom, teka teka teka teka teka*

;)

[kalimba]

I think you'll find they are prioritizing things, and he mentioned about MP.

Performance > server and 64bit.

Some people. :p

But we have to admit that though Luthier is doing extraordinary work and is even putting his personnal health at risk for COD, this 64 bits question has been evaded in every thread since COD's release...It has been politly asked at least 100 times...We have had answers for SLI, multithread, MP, but 64 bits questions have been completely ignored..Zero...ZIp...
IMHO, it is not 64 bits...That is all...It wouldn't mean COD wont be great, but it would mean possible future limitations in terms of performances...
But if COD is 64 bits, well, a simple " yes it is ", or" will be soon" would make the job...

Salute !

[tintifaxl]

Why don't you look in the task manager when running the game? All 32 bit apps have process name*32.

[Hecke]

Why don't you look in the task manager when running the game? All 32 bit apps have process name*32.


OMG, the question is not whether it's 32 bit at the moment, but, when we will get the 64 bit exe as promised long before.

[bongodriver]

this 64 bits question has been evaded in every thread since COD's release...

I'm not surprised considering how much aggravation has been caused over 'broken promises' as some have said, I get the feeling that is Luthier even utters '64bit' under his breath inadvertently, there will be an instant barrage of 'you promised!!!'

[ARGH]

why is anyone calling for 64 bit version? the only reason for 64 bits is to address more than 4 gig of memory. if the game does not use past the 32 bit memory limitations then the 64 bit version won't do anything.

[Eldur]

Without hacking a 32bit Windows (/3GB switch in boot.ini), a single Process can just allocate 2GB max. Usually it's even less, somewhere around 1,3-1,5GB. Never have seen a game with more RAM usage except a MMO with a nice memory leak growing up to 3,6GB (on a 64bit system). Could have been more, I just stopped raising it :D
64bit Systems are up to 6 years old, it's time to get some 64bit support nevertheless :D

[Hecke]

why is anyone calling for 64 bit version? the only reason for 64 bits is to address more than 4 gig of memory. if the game does not use past the 32 bit memory limitations then the 64 bit version won't do anything.

Yes, but why not take the advantage of loads of fast RAM instead of annoying the slow HDD (even SSD is slow compared to RAM).
Wasted possibilities.

[ARGH]

Without hacking a 32bit Windows (/3GB switch in boot.ini), a single Process can just allocate 2GB max. Usually it's even less, somewhere around 1,3-1,5GB. Never have seen a game with more RAM usage except a MMO with a nice memory leak growing up to 3,6GB (on a 64bit system). Could have been more, I just stopped raising it :D
64bit Systems are up to 6 years old, it's time to get some 64bit support nevertheless :D

if you are on a 32 bit OS then demanding a 64 bit application will do nothing for you. since your system cannot alocate more than 4 gb of ram (actually more like 3.5gb with a single gpu or 3 gb with SLI) and the fact that windows 7 or vista enjoys gobbling up at least 1 gig of ram with "nothing" running that usually leaves you a max of 2.5gb of available ram for a game. if you run win xp 32 bit then you have another 500 megs of ram so the total goes up to 3 gb.

if the game starts chewing past your available ram then it will be using the hard drive's swap file or crashing running out of memory. a 64 bit executable won't save you from this.

32 bits can address up to 4 gigs of ram. that is more than enough for this game and any game out there. what you need to do is upgrade to a 64 bit OS and have at least 6 gigs of ram on the system itself and you will not have any issues with ram usage in the game. 64 bit does not mean the game or executable runs faster or you get more fps.

[Buzzer]

Good work! :o

But nothing on the buildings/houses and shadows that caused so big fps-drop...?

[Hecke]

Good work! :o

But nothing on the buildings/houses and shadows that caused so big fps-drop...?


Read this: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=20055

"1. Performance increase. Over terrain, the two things that slow things down the most are trees and buildings. We are currently in final stages of testing optimized buildings that almost double the FPS over London on a test machine."

[bongodriver]

Here's what we've done as of the end of the day today.

1. Buildings are as fast as we can make them. That's it. I doubt we can improve them more.

and this from the 4th april update

[Buzzer]

I know the 4th April update.
Thats why I wondered why there was nothing on the 5th...but I see now they say :"What we’ve done today"...
ie the buildings were optimized yesterday already.

Thought for a moment this was what would be in the patch, but guess building-improvement is there already then...

Great work gents!

[facepoppies]

I know I'm new here, but maybe it would actually help a little if people stopped angrily berating the devs. They're doing what they can, but it's going to take time no matter what. Hollering for things that you want isn't going to help anything get done faster.

[bongodriver]

I know I'm new here, but maybe it would actually help a little if people stopped angrily berating the devs. They're doing what they can, but it's going to take time no matter what. Hollering for things that you want isn't going to help anything get done faster.

I'm new here too, so are many of the complainers, you have every right to make this wise statement.

[Kankkis]

Clock is 18.40 in Moscow, i think no betapatch today:(

[adonys]

it should take a few hours until you could really say that. also, they might do some overtime in there, so nothing should be settled for today yet.

[Feathered_IV]

1am here. I'm for bed. Enjoy chaps, hope it's a winner! ;)

[rakinroll]

Thank you Luthier.

[Eklund89]

Oh i really hope there will be beta patch today :) it will be awesome!

[Kankkis]

Oh i really hope there will be beta patch today :) it will be awesome!

Looking bad, moscow time now allmost 21.00

[Elixx]

I Would absolutely love a patch test today. I saw this post at work today. Could not wait to get home :D Hope it will be up later. Anyone know how to access the new patch if they release it today?

[JG52Uther]

I'm waiting for all the 'beta patch screwed my install' posts!

Remember,its a beta patch,don't play with it if you don't know what you are doing... ;)

[PzMeyer]

lol...what should happen.

i think possible performance boost is worth the risk to maybe re-install.


people always panic if they read BETA... ;)

[nBiga]

May be tomorrow??

[bongodriver]

May be tomorrow??

Maybe.....maybe things went better than planned and we will get a shiny steam update next time we log on......who knows...

[Trooper117]

May be tomorrow??

Ten points for optimism for sure.. :grin:

[nBiga]

Ten points for optimism for sure.. :grin:

We need to be full optimism right now!! hehe

[Blackdog_kt]

Thanks for the update and for being up-front and honest with your customers, it goes a long way towards building a committed fan base when you have the courage to admit the existence of problems and present a clear roadmap for their solution.

For people who are worried about possible implications with the patch, if you have 3-4GB of available hard drive space you can backup your existing version. Normally i would just copy the entire folder over to another part of the drive, but since this uses Steam i guess you have to use the built-in backup feature.

Open your steam library, right-click on the CoD icon for the pop-up menu and select "backup game files".
If you find the beta patch causes you trouble, you can revert to the current version: click the "steam" menu on the menu bar at the top of the interface, select "backup and restore games", then "restore a previous backup" and point it to the folder you initially saved the backup to.

I would simply copy the contents of the folder over to another one but i don't know if the dependency on steam would cause problems, so i followed the built-in method.

[Zappatime]

Once COD is installed and activated, it will work without being logged in to your Steam account

[GOZR]

"Once COD is installed and activated, it will work without being logged in to your Steam account"
Yea? How?

[nBiga]

Once COD is installed and activated, it will work without being logged in to your Steam account

I don't think so!

[JG52Uther]

Nor me.

[Flanker35M]

S!

Start Steam -> Top left corner select Steam -> Select Go Offline.

[PzMeyer]

maybe he means that steam could be in offline mode too.
well i can deal with steam and use it with lot of other games since hl2 release.

its the best antipirate-system and VAC is the best anticheat. i dont understand why people have so much problems with steam in times of facebook and co.
your IP could be logged anyway and there is no need to give them your real name ;)

ps sorry for off topic

[JG52Uther]

S!

Start Steam -> Top left corner select Steam -> Select Go Offline.

Yes but steam still has to be running,so you definitely do have to be logged in...

[Flanker35M]

S!

Nope, tested and verified. Works in Offline Mode and CoD started fine.

[335th_GRAthos]

When you set Steam OFFLINE (you actualy have to restart it, if my memory is correct) then it will no longer be connected to the internet.

You do have to log in (actualy you do not if you have ticked that small thiny when it asks you to keep your login details on this computer) and you can remove the LAN cable from your machine if you want, CoD will start normally.

[335th_GRAthos]

I am walking in the wood, looking for a patch.... patch, patch are you there?


290 people are online waiting for the same I see :-D

[Wynthorpe]

Its like waiting for a fish to bite!

[dasSofa]

I think we wait for nothing today if u look on the time ;)
But tomorrow is another day ... it`s better to wait until we have a worser game than it is now !

[SsSsSsSsSnake]

is that possible ?:)

[dasSofa]

shit ur right :D

[BobTuck]

Somehow the suffering that came along with this long-waited game, and the efforts and progresses to make it shine the way it deserves, are a fascinating experience. Difficult, but with a nice prize at the end of the road.

I agree. This gives the sim 'character', and helps us all to connect with its birthing process! :grin:

Thanks Luthier for the continued progress updates.

BobTuck.

[Meusli]

Look at the time he posted this thread, it could come at any time. Possible the moment I give up and go to bed as life treats me like that.

[Trooper117]

lol.. I'll give it two hours and then sack it..

[MB_Avro_UK]

Cliffs of Dover in my opinion is the beginning of a flight series that will be far, far beyond anything we have experienced so far.

We are all experiencing birth pains. But that is natural.

Let's sit back and enjoy the growth of Cliffs and Dover and Storm of War.

Best Regards
MB_Avro

[SoldaatvanOranje]

I just like to dat that even though there are problems, this dev team shows great commitment and a listening ear. My compliments, this us crowdsourcing!

[V3teran]

Cliffs of Dover in my opinion is the beginning of a flight series that will be far, far beyond anything we have experienced so far.

We are all experiencing birth pains. But that is natural.

Let's sit back and enjoy the growth of Cliffs and Dover and Storm of War.

Best Regards
MB_Avro

Cliffs of Dover and Storm of war?
2 different games or are they the same?
cheers

[JumpingHubert]

I hope the broken AntiAliasing-abilities are adressed as a bug. I don´t want to buy a 30" monitor to reduce the jaggies.

Thanks for update.

[AARPRazorbacks]

I have and fly CFS3 and all the expansions ETO, PTO, MAW, Korean skyies and OFF phase 2.
FSX with lots of addons.
Now I have CoD.

Thy are all good sim.
No matter how good a sim is your going to fly the sim that you what to fly at the time.

CoD needs to be made to where "Just like the other sims" it becomes user friendly.

flyer01

[avioni]

YES!!! finally got the patch!!!















verylate april fools:grin:

[AARPRazorbacks]

where?

[ChocsAway]

YES!!! finally got the patch!!!















verylate april fools:grin:

Knob !!!

[Thee_oddball]

cheers luthier :)

[Driftit]

where?

Read April Fools mate.

[AARPRazorbacks]

LOL, I saw that after I asked.

Was that a troll attack?

[avioni]

no m8 just a joke.

[lothar29]

You can not do this! Damn, I'm hoping all day patch... mmmmmm

[Sauf]

Oh well, bugger all sleep waiting for patch, now I have to go to work for 12 hours :( hopefully be released when I get home.

[BigPickle]

will the patch be on this thread? or in the main CoD section in the forum?

[Ali Fish]

Lol looks like we will be waiting till 03:21 again.

Reckon the last notification was done in the morning or after work ? strange time anyway.

[scorpac]

keep in mind that russia is somewhere late in the timezone... gmt-2 or so

[335th_GRAthos]

400 people hanging around (here and in Technical thread)....

waiting... :-(

[Fansadox]

A simple its not today would have been nice.....

[rfxcasey]

Like a bunch of middle aged skanks waiting outside in the cold for Bon Jovi tickets to start selling.:mrgreen:

[Ali Fish]

keep in mind that russia is somewhere late in the timezone... gmt-2 or so

u mean +3 GMT.

a simple it'll be done when its done, not twice on the trott. lol

[adonys]

well, tomorrow it's a day too. and bon jovi is for sissies :P

[JG52Uther]

Read Luthiers post again,he said hopefully release a patch today!

[jibo]

Steven Tyler canceled the show for tonight, no seriously i hope he's sleeping

[MaDMaX68]

Like a bunch of middle aged skanks waiting outside in the cold for Bon Jovi tickets to start selling.:mrgreen:

Nothing like giggle before bedtime however as unlikey as it is for Bon jovi to sell out you would think the same about a patch so wot if it comes out at 02:53 am!!

It will still be there in the morning boys n girls !!!


Nite nite :grin:

[sfmadmax]

patch patch patch!

[BobTuck]

Like a bunch of middle aged skanks waiting outside in the cold for Bon Jovi tickets to start selling.:mrgreen:

LOL XD :grin:

BobTuck.

[jibo]

do something luthier, the door-mans won't contain the crowd

[Meusli]

I thought only girls went and listened to Bon Jovi love songs... :p

[MAF]

cri....cri..cri

[TitusFlavius]

Ditto. Have a rest guys, and then lets get multi-core sorted with a vengance please - I really want to start playing this game over the land with it looking a bit better than noddy town.

What about Force Feedback support?

I would seriously like to see a posting from you talking about long term development plans not just the short term stuff.

+1

[GunnyMac]

Luthier, keep in mind what happened to R. J. Mitchell.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ijTSenYJ-s&feature=player_embedded

[giovanni the ace]

Im sort of glad that us here in the U.S. dont get it for a couple weeks because by then it should run smoothly and have a lot less bugs. Thanks for the update.

G.C.

[Armatian]

Maybe he got a headache trying to understand all the masters of code asking for 64bits and split frame rendering, they are so good that they never coded, they just cry at their pc and the machine fastly codes all, programmers around the world futilely try to catch with their epic rantcoding skills.
If you'r users, deal with it or start coding.

[Feathered_IV]

Maybe something came down like a giant axe at the last minute.

[swiss]

Maybe something came down like a giant axe at the last minute.

You're such a prick.

lol

[Mad G]

For 7 years I´ve waited for COD/SOW-BOB with all the features the developers said we would get.

The sim was released 11 days ago. Regarding the patch all of you are waiting for, it´s quite strange because right after I´ve got 2 fixing patches, but I´m affraid it´s not doing the job. Perhaps another two of these?

Here they are:

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4053/papelhigienicok.jpg (http://img52.imageshack.us/i/papelhigienicok.jpg/)


I abhor cheaters!

[Feathered_IV]

You're such a prick.

lol

Not really. Something major must have occurred, otherwise there would have been some word. Giant Axe will enter CoD folklore the same way Two Weeks did in Il-2.

[AndyJWest]

Something major must have occurred, otherwise there would have been some word
Nope. Probably something minor occurred, and Luthier decided that releasing a beta patch right now wasn't worth the effort. Or maybe he just got p****d off with all the ludicrous speculation, and went home for an early night. Probably a sensible approach...

[Kankkis]

Just woke up and no patch:(

[Flanker35M]

S!

Was up around 7am already Kankkis ;) How to pass the time when World Of Tanks server is also down for patching...

[whatnot]

Running in DX9 on winxp over london I was experiencing fairly smooth flight with a single plane but after a while I would get the Laucher has encountered a problem and needs to close box. Will the memory fixes you are implementing help that? I think its a memory leak issue.

my specs

Antec Nine Hundred Two Case,
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 Vapor-X 2GB,
Akasa PowerMax 850W Power supply,
Asus P6T Motherboard LGA1 366 Intel X58 ATX RAID SA,
Intel Core i7-920 D0 Step Processor (8M Cache),
Corsair XMS3 3GB (3x1024M B) DDR3 Memory 1600MHz,
Noctua NH-U12P CPU Cooler SE1366,
LG GH22NP20 22x DVDRW/ RAM,
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB Hard Disk Drive 72 (Two),
Windows XP Home Edition. updated to SP3
No overclocking done and everything running at stock speeds

I think it's either your case or power supply that causes the instability with London.

[335th_GRAthos]

I am walking in the wood, looking for a patch.... patch, patch are you there?






Bump
:-D




PS. did I mention the last time that the wood has low fps?

[Kankkis]

Woods/trees doesen't harm my fps, it's building, even couple of buildings, when i look at those i got terrible stuttering, if there is no buildings my fps is good even a high settings, i hate those buildings.

Kankkis

[Insuber]

It's patch o'clock
Aphrodite's childs

it's patch o'clock and I walk
through the empty streets
thoughts pave my fate within still
no one speaks to me
my mind takes me back to the years
that have passed me by

and it's so hard to believe
that it's me
that I see in the rain
don't pain

and it's so hard to believe
that what it is
it's the way that it has to be
I find sympathy
and so I'll go back to the years
that have passed me by

and it's so hard to believe
that it's me
that I see in the rain
don't pain

it's patch o' clock and I walk
through the empty streets
the night is my friend and with him

[41Sqn_Banks]

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=68289&p=1589396#post1589396

Luthier:

Re: Vtornichny Update - April 5
Update to the update. Yesterday sat until midnight, a little dosideli.

Today for lunch laid out, forgive me, right now is almost entirely soon.

[avioni]

just play it on lowest possible settings. atleast its playable when nothing else but water is around.
http://img858.imageshack.us/img858/937/launcher201104070244277.jpg

[Kankkis]

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=68289&p=1589396#post1589396

Luthier:

Is that meaning patch is out in lunch time?

[Flanker35M]

S!

Would guess afternoon in EU time zone.

[Kankkis]

Refressing....

And banks, thanks for finding.

[41Sqn_Banks]

Is that meaning patch is out in lunch time?

Don't know what it means exactly (only used google translator). Maybe a russian speaker can translate it properly.

[avioni]

max setting is slow for me even on water, btw the bullet casings and water splash very nice details.

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9968/launcher201104070300060.jpg

[csThor]

Probably means "Still zonked out. Don't ask before lunch." :mrgreen:

[machoo]

It's funny how most of the information is only in Russian where we have no idea what it says. This must be what it's like for people that only speak russian trying to get details off english websites:)

[JG52Uther]

I think it means 'go away with all this stupid patch talk,its nearly lunch time and I'm hungry' ;)

[Wurschtie]

Perhaps we can have a paypal button to buy the devs a beer :rolleyes:

[BigPickle]

Perhaps we can have a paypal button to buy the devs a beer :rolleyes:

screw that, they should by us beer lol imagine the raving on the forums if everyone drunk typed :???:

[helldiver]

patch will be ready for dinner :) approximately after an hour

[Echo76]

It'd be a nice gesture to inform us too as hunderds of hopeful folks seem to stack here in the evenings waiting for some info.

Anyway, I asked my russian friend to translate the sentence and she told it makes no sense, the google translator translated it pretty much right so apparently there is a typo in the text or its some sort of slang :)

It MIGHT mean that the patch is out today, we'll see.

[jimbop]

Perhaps we can have a paypal button to buy the devs a beer :rolleyes:

I like this idea! Have a public counter and we can use it to gauge satisfaction with each patch!

[Surge]

get the countdown clock out boys i have 2 days off work a new 32bit and 64bit win7 OS coming and a brand new 1.5gb 480gtx card on its way whoop whoop.

[JG52Krupi]

Just finished overclocking my system to 4ghz, still get the stutters but this patch should remove them anyway :D

[adonys]

remove aero. check again for stutters.

[Conte Zero]

so tonight will be patch night hopefully. I am very curious about the changes and improvements.

[booterboy]

It'd be a nice gesture to inform us too as hunderds of hopeful folks seem to stack here in the evenings waiting for some info.

Anyway, I asked my russian friend to translate the sentence and she told it makes no sense, the google translator translated it pretty much right so apparently there is a typo in the text or its some sort of slang :)

It MIGHT mean that the patch is out today, we'll see.

Not many other developers take the time to post on forums after the
release of their product.We are spoiled with il 2's dev team with the amount
of feedback and info their giving us.
Most devs take the money and run(Codemasters-Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising and F1 2010).
People here dont realise how lucky we are that CoD will be fully supported
with patches and optimizations for years to come.
Only decent pc devs left are 1c Maddox,Bohemia Interactive and Creative Assembly,even the once great Dice have been canobilised by EA(Battlefield 3
will show if their still committed to pc gaming)have a feeling its gonna be another console port.
Anyway looking forward to the incoming patches.

[JG52Krupi]

remove aero. check again for stutters.

? I still havent had the chance to optimise the config what is aero?

[KeBrAnTo]

Not many other developers take the time to post on forums after the
release of their product.We are spoiled with il 2's dev team with the amount
of feedback and info their giving us.
Most devs take the money and run(Codemasters-Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising and F1 2010).
People here dont realise how lucky we are that CoD will be fully supported
with patches and optimizations for years to come.
Only decent pc devs left are 1c Maddox,Bohemia Interactive and Creative Assembly,even the once great Dice have been canobilised by EA(Battlefield 3
will show if their still committed to pc gaming)have a feeling its gonna be another console port.
Anyway looking forward to the incoming patches.

+1

I suffered Codemasters' Operation "Get the money and run", but never will buy again nothing from them. :rolleyes:

[jimbop]

? I still havent had the chance to optimise the config what is aero?

Windows 7 theme which is GPU-intensive. Right-click desktop, Personalize then choose Windows 7 Basic.

[adonys]

? I still havent had the chance to optimise the config what is aero?

is a desktop feature of your Windows 7 OS, allowing it to be 3D rendered. to disable it, just right click on the screen -> Personalize -> save your current profile and then scroll down and pick up a Basic or Classic theme and save it as a secondary profile, then you can switch between them at any time.

[swiss]

disable aero: http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-aero-peek-in-windows-7/

[JG52Krupi]

Ahh thanks guys when you said aero I was thinking if an in game setting :D

[avioni]

another quick thing go to "mydocuments" and into 1c softclub open up "conf.ini


VisibilityDistance=1


to disable aero automatically everytime u launch the game. right clik the game executable. then compatibility tab and tik the "disable desktop composition chekbox then apply

[JG52Krupi]

Nice thanks for the tip

[doghous3]

I noticed no performance increase by turning off aero.

Perceptive observation, sure. ^^

[scorpac]

is the Beta patch out yet? couldnt find it

[jibo]

desperate players are turning to placebo

[adonys]

I noticed no performance increase by turning off aero.
Perceptive observation, sure. ^^
another quick thing go to "mydocuments" and into 1c softclub open up "conf.ini
VisibilityDistance=1

Have a look in HERE (http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=19566).

I can personally confirm that on my laptop, with those specsand using those settings, the difference between using a Win 7 Aero theme and a classic theme is around 4 FPS (tested on my Huns! mission).

PS: I don't know if "disable desktop composition" compatibility setting is the same as as completely switching off to the Win 7 Classic theme.

[mister_ping]

I think they may have ran into more problems yesterday whilst testing the beta patch, maybe this is the reason it was not ready for us last night. oh well, ready when it's ready!

[doghous3]

it's ready!

[andmcq]

It is?

[doghous3]

See the sticky right up the top, can't miss it.

[avioni]

some things that ive noticed have improved performance or stuttering for me. using nvidia drivers. force off vsyinc, set pre-rendered frames to max 8

[KG26_Alpha]

Thank you for again ignoring the issue with 64 bit and dedicated server.

So What is the issue exactly.

Last chance for you.