Quick Friday Update - Next Patch Info

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by Space Communist

There seems to be a lot of people here that do not understand that vsync destroys frame-rates unless your fps never drops below 60, or you are using triple buffering. Buuut triple-buffering takes up extra vram, which this game taxes heavily. You are going to have to put up with at least one of these three things in this game for the foreseeable future:

1. Terrible and inconsistent frame-rate

2. Low texture resolution so save vram

3. A bit of tearing sometimes.

I for one hardly notice the tearing.

I don't get tearing and with monitor Hz and fps sync'd its as smooth as baby's behind (except for loading stutters)

[Space Communist]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

I don't get tearing and with monitor Hz and fps sync'd its as smooth as baby's behind (except for loading stutters)

Like I said I hardly notice any. I think the people whining about it are massively over-reacting.

[Jediteo]

Anybody else having trouble with the game only using 25% CPU? I tried processaffinity=15 but no change.

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by Space Communist

Like I said I hardly notice any. I think the people whining about it are massively over-reacting.

thanks

but that's just it, this end there isn't any tearing at all - minor/ major/ in between... no tearing to notice or not notice



an example of "tearing"

[Thee_oddball]

nice Lav wolf...where you been hanging out?

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

nice Lav wolf...where you been hanging out?

behave ... it was the first clear one one which come up on a Google Images search

[Les]

I've tried v-sync on, which I can only do by allowing Windows Aero to stay on, and by forcing v-sync on in NVIDIA control panel.

It's nice, and still allows smooth play in the free-flight testing I've done, but I'm opting for higher frame-rates at the moment, by turning Aero back off and forcing v-sync off in NVIDIA control panel, all other settings on maximum.

The tearing isn't a big issue for me at the moment and I'd rather have frame-rates in the 30's than in the 20's, when flying low over English countryside buildings for example. Am getting on average about 20fps flying low over London, which is still surprisingly smooth and playable when sightseeing.

In further testing I've also seen, along with that 'random lines in the landscape' texture bug, that one where the 3D buildings just don't appear (but you don't get much if any of a frame-rate boost). The graphics bugs mainly seem to turn up after I've been adjusting settings and they can come and go sometimes without restarting the game, just by loading up different quick missions.

All in all, the game's running smooth for me now. The stuttering of old is practically gone, with any hitches now very similar to what I used to see in IL-2:1946, for example when some object or effect temprarily smashed my frame-rates.

Maybe my standards are too low, but I think it's incredible I can get these frame-rates flying over scenery as complex as what we have in Cliffs of Dover, with all the in-game graphics options on full (except for v-sync), even if just in one plane on my own.

There's obviously still a lot of work to be done in a lot of area's of the game/sim, but purely in terms of frame-rates and smoothness, I personally couldn't expect much more at the moment.

GTX580
i7 920
Windows 7
Fullscreen
1920x1200

[Thee_oddball]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

behave ... it was the first clear one one which come up on a Google Images search

no worries m8, I have seen all the documentary's (Mad max, Road Warrior, Romper Stomper) about Australia....i know what you Lad's are about

S!

[JG14_Jagr]

Ok, my patch experience. I did the English torrent version, I used 7zip to open it and dump the files where they needed to go.

I opened the game and it started up no issues. Went to Quick Mission with the Hurricane Bomber intercept. Normally with everything on high and SHADOWS OFF I get 100 fps when that mission starts. So I started it and saw 60 fps and thought oh oh... then I realized that Vsynch was working So I disabled V synch and it went up to 80+ fps.. So I turned OFF FSAA and poof..103 fps... So I notice that I had Shadows On... and was still getting 100 fps...

So basically I initially thought I LOST performance but when I realsized that some things that were not working before are now working and drawing resources I was able to isolate those things and in the end I think I have just about the same performance in terms of fps but now with Shadows ON... so in effect a NET improvement, although a conservative one. Some new screens are up and things are coming along..

Reading through the posts I'm absolutely AMAZED how many people with various hardware and almost random conf.ini settings also run all sorts of after market software to force this and force that while at the same time trying to figure out why XY and Z are not working in game when they work for the next guy. Try to take out as many variables as you can when you are having issues..it makes debugging a ton easier..

[Lurker]

Originally Posted by Space Communist

Like I said I hardly notice any. I think the people whining about it are massively over-reacting.

Well you should stop thinking then.
I have a lot of tearing but only with Aero off. With Aero on, no tearing at all it seems and thats a bit weird since it works that way wether I check V-sync on or not.