OLD BETA patch 14413 - May 4, 2011(!!!) - do not install!

[Mad G]

Originally Posted by Mad G

I´ve been fiddling around the quality settings from Medium to Very High. Grass is a eater but shadows are the culprit, besides flickering, it´s quite heavy or there are some conflicts specially with trees. I disabled it and the sim fly much better and smoother. It´s a shame because the lights and shadows in the cockpit is something. With shadows on, the flying experience feels hesitant.

My rig, by the way,

Gigabyte X58A-UD3R rev 2.0
i7 950 @ 4.2 GHz
Gigabyte GTX 580 @ 839/1678/2104
6 GB G.Skill F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ @1600
SSD G.Skill Phoenix Pro 60GB
Samsung BX2250 22,5" 1920x1080
Win 7 Ultimate 64
Corsair 850W
COD - Patch Beta 14.413
Sidewinder FFB II

[Zappatime]

The stutters of the last beta are much reduced for me, close to running as il2 does now to be honest, only far better looking! I did notice more shimmering tree shadows from the air - they look like shadows of trees in a blustery wind , blurrily moving around a lot.

Sounds are stronger, some of the MG sounds are very loud; stuck bombers in the 'German - column attack' quick mission no longer get stuck in mid air over the land, though I still had one permanent stuck bit of smoking debris in the air.

Still no damage model for buildings, no matter what's thrown at them.

Nevertheless, a good step in the right direction, FPS more stable with far less sudden big drops and a lot less stuttering (practically gone) over built-up areas.

It would be nice to be able to change the AI strength in the quick missions.

Keep up the progress, I'm starting to enjoy this a lot more