Clouds :(
 

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

Ram ;)

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

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.

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

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

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

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)

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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.

my problem was fixed when i deleted RadeonPro