Friday Update, March 30, 2012

[svanen]

I'm not an expert in FMs and I have no experience in flying airplanes with more then 180hp, but I have a private pilot license and for the first time ever playing a game I feel like I'm actually flying..

In the beginning I cared a lot about the COD graphics and bugs, but not anymore, now it is just a pure pleasure and sometimes the graphics are stunning (flying online over water or near the coast).

Why do you think all these other "simulators" show 90% of there trailers/videos from outside view?

Because it sucks to sit on the inside...

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by mmaruda

As much as I would like CloD to succeed, it won't be any time soon. I have access to the WoP beta and there are realism setting that make it close to IL-2 1946. Yes, the idea is to make an MMO accessible to anyone so it's more arcade, but the developer are taking serious simmers' preferences into account. It may look how it looks, but at least it runs smooth and you don't need to sell your soul to get a PC that can run it at 30 fps all the time (hell, I get 60 constant)

Whatever anyone thinks, the sad truth is Gaijin has a current-gen graphics engine that takes advantage of all the expensive hardware we have and CloD is still a bug-ridden stutter fest. From a consumer point of view, all the programming issues are none of my concern. With the problem this sim has, it's not worth the money.

I have a different opinion about it. Fortunately it will be free and everyone will be able to try it.

Good news is it will bring many new players to flight sims as it is more accessible, not as demanding as Il-2:CloD for mainstream gamers.

[Slayer]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

Good day everyone!

We still don’t have the beta of the patch ready for the public, nor do we have a definite release date. The particle system remains a final bastion of the micro-freeze. We almost succumbed to public pressure and released a version of the patch with micro-freezes every time there are particle effects on screen, but finally decided that would be anticlimactic at best. Drops in FPS every time you fire your guns would only add oil to the fire, in our opinion. Better to face your ire a little longer for not releasing the patch than to face the outrage when the long-awaited beta is imperfect.

I know it may be totally unrelated but in the DCS series some types of micro stuttering is cause by intel speedstep tecnology. Only fix for certain systems is to disable it in the BIOS....

Early releases of DCS:WH BETA had the exact same problem of firing the gun causing FPS drop/stuttering(not related to speed step). It could be you guys are dealing with a similar issue.

Anyways thanks for the update. Good luck on squashing the final bugs.

[Wolf_Rider]

and they still, after solving the gun smoke, have a bit of an issue with signal/ chimney smoke.

[Richie]

Something I look forward to very much so is Russia. I was in a fight with a Yak last night in Spits VS 109s MODS 13 minutes........ 13 MINUTES!!! Talk about hands shaking and every swear word you can think of coming out of your month. We were both terrible. I think he was out of ammo and maybe a little hurt my F4 was fine but do you think I could hit this fellow. NO! I'll post this on my channel and you guys can sit back and laugh. I'll post it in pilots lounge because it's not a COD subject. Well it sort of is because it refers to Russia witch will be coming up in the future. In the F4 I'm most at home. At least I kept airborne. Some of the time we were on the deck trying to stall each other out. The FMs in COD are probably a little heavier but I think the F4 will for sure have more zip to it and auto prop pitch. I will love that.

[Hippy Druid]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the forums, but have been lurking for some time.
I've joined today, to hopefully receive an intelligent response to my question. This thread seems the most apt place to post it.

I like to err on the side of caution when it comes to certain purchases. The purchase of CoD is one of those times.

From what I've read: there is no disputing some of the issues this game has suffered, I however firmly believe that no game is without bugs. The end user is the best quality assurance any developer could ask for. It's unfortunate, but it's also reality.
The GFX look nice, but I would rather it ran smooth with decent frames, than have all the glorious eye candy in slideshow mode.

If the trade off is turning down options to gain fps elsewhere, then I can live with that. (That's what modern game tweaking is about anyhoo)

I don't feel the need to post my system specs, lets just say my PC won't be an issue.

OK, my questions.

In it's current state (today) how is its performance?
Does it run well?
Does it still suffer from awful FPS I have seen stated so often in these forums?
or on a high end rig is this now negligible?
Does it prefer Nvidia cards, AMD or no preference?
Should I just wait until the update mentioned in this thread, and ask again?

Thanks in advance to all intelligent responses.
Hippy

[Norseman]

Originally Posted by svanen

I'm not an expert in FMs and I have no experience in flying airplanes with more then 180hp, but I have a private pilot license and for the first time ever playing a game I feel like I'm actually flying..

In the beginning I cared a lot about the COD graphics and bugs, but not anymore, now it is just a pure pleasure and sometimes the graphics are stunning (flying online over water or near the coast).

Why do you think all these other "simulators" show 90% of there trailers/videos from outside view?

Because it sucks to sit on the inside...

+1 !

-got prox 15000 hours here..so, yes I`m an "old-timer" but thats the simulated planes to..

Thx for the honest update!

~S~

WOP = World Of Planes. I'm on the beta and is serious competition , actually far infront of CLOD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNBhHK4VWdE

One thing to remember 'World of Warplanes' is NOT this title. They are seperate and always come up in youtube searches as one and the same.

[stndbfrgrn]

Originally Posted by machoo

WOP = World Of Planes. I'm on the beta and is serious competition , actually far infront of CLOD.

One thing to remember 'World of Warplanes' is NOT this title. They are seperate and always come up in youtube searches as one and the same.

I don't know what your aspects of comparison are, but WOP is not a simulation, first of all... so what are we talking about here?

Oh wait, I've just read your previous posts in different threads... man, what are you, trying to spread a virus with that WOP infatuation of yours?

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by stndbfrgrn

I don't know what your aspects of comparison are, but WOP is not a simulation, first of all... so what are we talking about here?

Oh wait, I've just read your previous posts in different threads... man, what are you, trying to spread a virus with that WOP infatuation of yours?

Just ignore machoo, he's a troll.