Quick Friday Update - Next Patch Info

[djwolters]

Hi all,

I did a quick install of the latest beta patch yesterday and ran the Black Death track. Performance seems to have dropped markedly with this latest beta patch (no changes to my settings), with average framerates in the low twenties (at most!). Previously I got at at least 35 FPS.

My settings: 1280x1024, 75 Hz. Game graphics: all high, shadows on.
My rig: Phenom II X6, 8 GB RAM, HD6870 2GB GPU, Windows 7 64bit.

Will try to enable Aero for the launcher.exe tonight, and play around with vsync a bit.


I also tried several of the new Quick Missions. The Axis attack on road convoy mission gave average FPS of around 12. Too low to really be playable.

On an unrelated note:

It seems there's something wrong with the Fiat BR.20 bombers: Even with wings and read fuselages shot off, the bomber model keeps floating in mid-air. They no longer fly forward, but keep hovering. Engines and other bits that were shot off gently "floated" down like they were feathers, not lumps of metal.

Another mission (Allied Bridge attack) showed a Fiat CR.42 fighter flying (and maneuvering) with some pretty severe wing damage (left lower wing including struts shot off). Damaged CR.42 kept on attacking a Defiant until kamikazing into the sea.

The AI really seems to like kamikaze attacks: most "kills" were due to mid-air collisions. Especially fighter attacks on bombers seem to regularly end in the fighter pancaking into the bomber at high speed. Avoidance routines seem to be a bit off here. I noticed this behavior with Hurricanes attacking the BR.20's. Me109 and 110's attacking Beauforts seem to be a bit better at avoiding collisions.