Anone else that has tried Black Death? Massive improvement in smoothness...

[mazex]

OK, many here post that they see no performance increase etc compared to the last beta patch - and looking at max and average that may be true, the real beef in this new patch is that is does not drop off in between! And it is a really massive improvement in that department!

Fraps score from black death with default "high" settings (1050x1680)

Beta 1.08

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
14438, 219244, 19, 133, 65.854

Previous beta - 1.07:

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
16541, 217887, 5, 171, 75.915

And the latest official 1.05 score:

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
13120, 215094, 10, 146, 60.997

So comparing 1.07 and 1.08 - less max and 10 fps less in average may cause people to say "fail"... But the thing is that is is down to 19 for a microsecond, during the "whole bombs blowing up Hurricanes" part it is now running at 40-45 fps in version 1.08 compared to bad stuttering at 5-15 fps in all earlier versions. Hardly saw below 40 any time so I don't really know when the minimum occurred! Before it stuttered every other second when the action started. And when the Hurricane crashed before it whent single digit - now it just chugs on at 40+ fps... Going through smoke? No problem.

Great job - so much better even though the average is lower! It's a completely new game for me.