Clouds :(

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Hi all,
I play on atag server quite alot and noticed they had clouds on. Id never played with them on before and noticed a massive fps drop whenever they are in view, meaning if i were to look at an area without any clouds i get smooth play then drop fps again when they come back into view.

So i need to know if there is a fix for this or if not if its possible to force them off withput being banned or labelled a cheat.

I have tried lowering the settings but doesnt seem to have any effect.
My specs: i know isnt great but runs fine other than these poxy clouds!
Win 7 64bit
4 gig ram
2.8 gig dual core cpu
9600 gt 1 gig nvidia

[TomcatViP]

Ram ;)

It is not that much expensive and level things up quite easily

[Vengeanze]

Things might be different on different hw configs but I can tell you that I just upped my ram from 4 to 12 without gaining a single frame.
I made a ramdrive of 4 GB but that didn't help either.

So in my experience 4GB of ram is plenty.

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Ram ;)

It is not that much expensive and level things up quite easily

Thanks but cant afford to at mo, any other ideas?

[JG5_emil]

Fly higher :P

to be honest I have a pretty good rig but the clouds and smoke kill my system. I have reduced the resolution to improve my ability for spotting enemy aircraft online and as a consequence get much better frame rates in cloud.

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Fly higher :P

to be honest I have a pretty good rig but the clouds and smoke kill my system. I have reduced the resolution to improve my ability for spotting enemy aircraft online and as a consequence get much better frame rates in cloud.

i didnt try lower res yet only other settings like detail and textures, will try this later and report back, thanks

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i lowered my res a notch and this helped, but id prefere they fix the clouds or have a setting to lower the detail or whatever for us "lower end machine" people.

thanks for the help

[ATAG_Bliss]

Considering the beta patch, we wanted to see if cloud performance was better/worse/ or the same. Seems to be the same. So we turned them back off (only a slight sprinkling of clouds here and there)

[NedLynch]

It is a well known fact by now that, no matter what hardware you are running on, clouds have a massive impact on performance, I do dare say it's the same for everybody.
So while upgrading little by little is generally an advisable thing optimisation of cetain things in flight is still needed and the devs, I am sure, are aware of it and working on it.

[310thDiablo]

when i'm flying the clouds show thru into my cockpit. Anyone know how to fix that?

[phoenix1963]

Win 7 64bit
4 gig ram
2.8 gig dual core cpu
9600 gt 1 gig nvidia
Sorry macro, but your limiting factor is your graphics card, followed by your cpu.

I gave up on a 9800 almost as soon as COD came out.

Hope to see you on ATAG some time.

56RAF_phoenix

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when i'm flying the clouds show thru into my cockpit. Anyone know how to fix that?

i take it you dont mean the frosting effect around the edges of each pane of glass? if so this is supposed to happen, if not then no idea i dont get this.


thanks for heads up bliss and ned, makes me feel better that its not just lower end machines

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Sorry macro, but your limiting factor is your graphics card, followed by your cpu.

I gave up on a 9800 almost as soon as COD came out.

Hope to see you on ATAG some time.

56RAF_phoenix

cheers mate, if i could afford upgrade i would, and your not the first person to say it so might be trying to get an early xmas pressie :-)

any recommendations for a budget card?

[phoenix1963]

Well, I got an AMD 6950 2GB and flashed it into a 6970 (slightly dodgey thing to do).
But there's been more problems with AMD than NV.
Most now solved.

NV 560ti would be as good.

Neither are cheap ;(

56RAF_phoenix

[shoot_the_goose]

stupid question, what happens if you put clouds=0 in the config?...............:confused:

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stupid question, what happens if you put clouds=0 in the config?...............:confused:

I didnt do that as thought it might be considered a cheat but the server would put them in anyway maybe?

[shoot_the_goose]

I didnt do that as thought it might be considered a cheat but the server would put them in anyway maybe?

Yeah I know what you mean, but you are trying to get a decent fps with a 9600, was also wondering what would happen if you commented the line out as

;clouds=0


I don't cheat and never would, no need, I'm not a young x-box hacker, wouldn't enjoy the game if I cheated.

[310thDiablo]

my problem was fixed when i deleted RadeonPro