Different Disks, Problem or Glitch?

[condorz38]

Had a problem with my disk (open tray, close tray, reading, open tray) so I went to gamestop and they found a little piece missing next to the large hole, only visible when you hold it up to the light. I traded it in for another new BOP (cost after trade and customer discount $20 and change). Anyway, I got home and played, everything works great, except for something odd I noticed this morning in strike. I have played a lot of ranked strike in arcade mode. Today same map, same plane, same bomb load as before (B-17, 2000 lb bombs, ardennes map). Before trade, I could destroy all targets and take all tickets off, score 32 if no planes shot down by me. Today, same mission, no planes shot down by me, score 36. Tried it many times, always the same result, score 36; which means new disk is showing 18 targets and not 16. This causes me to wonder if there are other disparities between disks. Both look exactly the same, but if there is a difference in strike between them, is there a difference in other modes and difficulties? While the possibilities are endless in combination, could a different disk make the other modes and difficulties easier or harder because of the disk you have? Maybe top speed and accuracy are also different, which would skew results for those who have a better disk. Has anyone else noticed this? Or have an explanation of the differences in disks?

[TRC Subaru]

There wouldn’t happen to be model or serial number on the disk or case with a revision number on it by any chance?

[condorz38]

No, it looks exactly like the one I had, no difference in case or disk that I can see. It was on special at gamestop which leads me to believe it was from the same shipment that I got the original.

I read somewhere here that in strike, you can kill all the targets and there is still like 4 points showing on the board. I forgot the details (map,etc). Also, I think you are on Xbox, right? I was thinking the devs cleaned up a few glitches with the patch, maybe that was it. But not so if you are on 360. They could have cleaned it up on a newer disk, I suppose.

[condorz38]

Even stranger, on the old disk, there were 16 targets ( 2 stars each) on the new disk, there are 12 targets (3 stars each). This is xbox 360 arcade mode.

It had to have been updated. That kind of thing just doesn't happen. The software has to be different. Have you noticed anything else? Like requirements for unlocks have changed? Is there a custom stick setup in the controller options menu?

I don't think they update "versions" on games, do they? I mean, it's impossible to tell if they updated the game, right? Like a rev letter on the package or disk.

Another thing. I was at Best Buy last night and I noticed they had two slots full of new IL-2 games. I was just there several times over the holidays and there were none. So it appears new games have been shipped. I wonder if they updated the game software in lieu of putting out a patch. They wouldn't do that, right?

[condorz38]

If you choose 16 player set up, there are 16 targets (2 stars each) but if you choose 8 player maximum, there are 12 targets (3 stars each). Who knew? I only switched from 16 to 8 because of the reading I have done on lag; my thinking is 8 players work well, more than that and lag gets bad.

[InfiniteStates]

It depends on the host, but yeah - in my experience 8 players is a good ballpark for most hosts. Some rare people can handle 10 or 12 players, but I don't think I've ever seen a 16 player game go smoothly.

Wow. That's cool to know. I never saw it either.

[Robotic Pope]

I never knew that either. Ive always had mine limited to 10 players, I guess that gives the same amount as the full 16. I will probably drop down to 8 max now when Ive only got a small room going. Thanks Condorz for finding this