Q&A, July 25, 2012

[BlackSix]

Hello everyone!

Today a small unscheduled update, Ilya answered some of your questions that were asked in this thread:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=33368

Let's go:

The Launcher exe crash for me is right after I exit the single player game with the Esc key. Can you tell me if this is the bug you are looking for?

We know when the game crashes, we don’t know why. There are hundreds of thousands of lines of game code, and something somewhere does something and we can’t catch it doing it. I.e. all the information we get in the crash dumps is from right after the fatal error, and we still cannot pinpoint the actual thing that brings about the crash.

Are you fix the He111 AI problem too?

Yes

Are the guys going to make some changes in the Sounds? (engines, weps , etc)?

We’re making some small changes here and there, but we’re pretty happy with the engine sounds as they are right now.

I like the eastern front ground textures but you will fix the horizont water problem in the next sequel?

We’re looking at some major improvements to the terrain and water in the sequel, but I’d rather talk about them after they’re implemented, tested, and working.

Were you able to fix the vibrating shadows?

That is another thing on our list of planned improvements, but that is not a quick and easy change.

Can you discuss more on the "fixed problem with the trees" for the next patch? Are they not such a fps drain now?

We mean that the trees no longer disappear in patches, or appear right around the player.

Shall the problem of the double markings in the trak record be corrected? And the idle throttle problem of the Spitfire MKI?

No changes to tracks in the imminent beta. List of changes to FM and aircraft will be posted in the beta’s readme very shortly.

Could you confirm if problems with FMs are still being examined and worked on?

Yes, of course. Never said we stopped working on the FM!

What about the significant fps drop on some systems? Has that been fixed or even acknowledged?

We can’t acknowledge the astonishment of the unacknowledged accomplishment.
Or, rather, we cannot be sure, but we believe we found what it was caused by. Only the next beta will show whether our fix was effective for everyone.

Is in the upcomming Patch SLI and Quad SLI still working as "Performance Break"?
For Explanation: I am Using 3 Systems. The Big one is i7 - 6 Core @ 6x4GHZ, 12 GB Tripple Channel DDR3 RAM, and 2x GF 590 GTX with together 6 GB Video DDR 5 RAM.
The second Main System is i7 - 4x3,5 GB, 16 GB DDR3 RAM Quad Channel with a GF 580 AMP Version GTX with 3GB DDR 5 RAM.
The effect is, the System Nr. 1 is with 90 AC in Combat at 25-35 FPS on High End Settings.
The much smaller System, Nr. 2 is with exact same Settings and same Mission at 50-120 FPS!
Oleg wrote me at beginning of CloD, before he was gone, that this belongs to the not implemented SLI and Quad SLI support.
Is this crazy feature still in? Or did you solve the Problem?

We haven’t made changes to our SLI and Quad SLI support in the upcoming patch.

More specifically about the SLI question.
SLI support is two-ways, it needs to be in our game and in NVidia drivers. We have it in our game, but the patch needs to be certified by NVidia and a change needs to be added on their end.
We probably will try to get the upcoming betapatch certified by NVidia and get SLI support for the game with the next driver release.

Is the team aware of the issues with bombsights?
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=121
Here is the link to that thread with all the bomber bugs and suggestions:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=32592

Aware, not fixed yet, as the person responsible has been working on other FM and cockpit system issues down the line.

Any news on windows 8 launcher fixes?

Windows 8 is not supported at this time

Will you solve the problem of mirror on the Spitfire and Hurricane in the patch has come.

Sorry, not yet!

Could you please advise what fixes have been applied to the currently incorrect flight modelling of the Spitfires (all marks), Hurricanes (all marks), Bf 109's, and ME 110's?

List of changes to FM and aircraft will be posted in the beta’s readme very shortly.

[Anders_And]

Awesome Blacksix!!!!! Very much appreciated!!!!!!
Its so important for the community to hear from the actual developer now and then!

Once again, thx!!

[SlipBall]

Thank you

[bongodriver]

Thanks B6, How is the move going? is everything back to working 'full speed'?

[BlackSix]

Originally Posted by bongodriver

Thanks B6, How is the move going? is everything back to working 'full speed'?

Yes, everything is back to working 'full speed'))
Thank you all, I return to my work.

[Screamadelica]

Thanks Blacksix. Looking forward to the patch!

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

Yes, everything is back to working 'full speed'))
Thank you all, I return to my work.

B6, do you think the patch release is this week as planned?

[melasuda]

Thx b6

[Taff in Exile]

Thanks Black6

[Redroach]

Is the team aware of the issues with bombsights?
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...&postcount=121
Here is the link to that thread with all the bomber bugs and suggestions:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=32592

Aware, not fixed yet, as the person responsible has been working on other FM and cockpit system issues down the line.

How disappointing...

And overall... how disappointing!

Subtle technical issues, which can mostly be evaded temporarily by changing settings seem to take absolute priority over Game-breaking Gameplay issues.
That seems to be the overall strategy at 1C and it... disappoints me. Big time.