The Crystal Ball

[MadBlaster]

In testing a while back, I averaged ~56 fps on the tiger moth test track with XP and an unsupported DX10 8600GT 256 mb video card using the DX9 parameter in the confi.ini and only 2GB of ram. My cpu is AMD dual core 3.0 Ghz. That was before the patches. I posted the pic somewhere in a RAAAID thread. So, it does run better than 3 fps XP, even with unsupported hardware and minimal ram.

People are in denial on this game so they blame XP. Case in point. Look at Tuckie's video with 50 some odd planes in the air in offline test. He has a latest system. There is obvious stuttering and he had to tone down the graphics to get it playable. Now I remind you, the game advertised 128 player online capability. Ask yourself, "how it that going to happen?" Everyone would have to tone down the graphics settings to bare minimum on their latest hardware systems? I don't know about you, but when I start getting lag stutters online, I'm out of there. So, it's just a dream this CLoD. All the crazy things people are willing to do here to get the game to function. It's admirable, but not rational. And telling people to throw money at this game is nonsense right now. Just wait until they fix it so we know what we are dealing with. Every patch so far seems to change the game radically. If luthier announces that fps may improve by 50%, then wait and see if it is the truth or not before doing anything. JMHO.

[pupo162]

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

In testing a while back, I averaged ~56 fps on the tiger moth test track with XP and an unsupported DX10 8600GT 256 mb video card using the DX9 parameter in the confi.ini and only 2GB of ram. My cpu is AMD dual core 3.0 Ghz. That was before the patches. I posted the pic somewhere in a RAAAID thread. So, it does run better than 3 fps XP, even with unsupported hardware and minimal ram.

People are in denial on this game so they blame XP. Case in point. Look at Tuckie's video with 50 some odd planes in the air in offline test. He has a latest system. There is obvious stuttering and he had to tone down the graphics to get it playable. Now I remind you, the game advertised 128 player online capability. Ask yourself, "how it that going to happen?" Everyone would have to tone down the graphics settings to bare minimum on their latest hardware systems? I don't know about you, but when I start getting lag stutters online, I'm out of there. So, it's just a dream this CLoD. All the crazy things people are willing to do here to get the game to function. It's admirable, but not rational. And telling people to throw money at this game is nonsense right now. Just wait until they fix it so we know what we are dealing with. Every patch so far seems to change the game radically. If luthier announces that fps may improve by 50%, then wait and see if it is the truth or not before doing anything. JMHO.

stuttering has issues with stuff not related to graphics. i still have stutters with all graphics set to low if i go near a plane.

[Pudfark]

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

In testing a while back, I averaged ~56 fps on the tiger moth test track with XP and an unsupported DX10 8600GT 256 mb video card using the DX9 parameter in the confi.ini and only 2GB of ram. My cpu is AMD dual core 3.0 Ghz. That was before the patches. I posted the pic somewhere in a RAAAID thread. So, it does run better than 3 fps XP, even with unsupported hardware and minimal ram.

People are in denial on this game so they blame XP. Case in point. Look at Tuckie's video with 50 some odd planes in the air in offline test. He has a latest system. There is obvious stuttering and he had to tone down the graphics to get it playable. Now I remind you, the game advertised 128 player online capability. Ask yourself, "how it that going to happen?" Everyone would have to tone down the graphics settings to bare minimum on their latest hardware systems? I don't know about you, but when I start getting lag stutters online, I'm out of there. So, it's just a dream this CLoD. All the crazy things people are willing to do here to get the game to function. It's admirable, but not rational. And telling people to throw money at this game is nonsense right now. Just wait until they fix it so we know what we are dealing with. Every patch so far seems to change the game radically. If luthier announces that fps may improve by 50%, then wait and see if it is the truth or not before doing anything. JMHO.

I completely agree with your second paragraph.

[addman]

Originally Posted by MadBlaster

In testing a while back, I averaged ~56 fps on the tiger moth test track with XP and an unsupported DX10 8600GT 256 mb video card using the DX9 parameter in the confi.ini and only 2GB of ram. My cpu is AMD dual core 3.0 Ghz. That was before the patches. I posted the pic somewhere in a RAAAID thread. So, it does run better than 3 fps XP, even with unsupported hardware and minimal ram.

People are in denial on this game so they blame XP. Case in point. Look at Tuckie's video with 50 some odd planes in the air in offline test. He has a latest system. There is obvious stuttering and he had to tone down the graphics to get it playable. Now I remind you, the game advertised 128 player online capability. Ask yourself, "how it that going to happen?" Everyone would have to tone down the graphics settings to bare minimum on their latest hardware systems? I don't know about you, but when I start getting lag stutters online, I'm out of there. So, it's just a dream this CLoD. All the crazy things people are willing to do here to get the game to function. It's admirable, but not rational. And telling people to throw money at this game is nonsense right now. Just wait until they fix it so we know what we are dealing with. Every patch so far seems to change the game radically. If luthier announces that fps may improve by 50%, then wait and see if it is the truth or not before doing anything. JMHO.

I'm gonna go ahead and agree with this post right here, totally. I love the people on this forum that blames the bad performance on anything and their grandmothers and not a bit on the game itself. Guys with nuclear power plant rigs that makes even NASA envious have performance issues with this game. Then you hear the cries "oh but Battlefield 3 (for example) is not as advanced as this super sim". I say to these people, put Battlefield 3 on Ultra settings and CloD on the highest settings on your rig then tell me which looks more technically advanced and which performs better.

Still loving CloD for what it is though but I wish some people would wake up and smell the coffee....it's quite burnt by now.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Well, it seems clear. If anyone comes on here and asks how to get CoD to run on his system the answer should be "You can't. The game is porked, so shelve it and come back in 6 months to see if any patches have fixed it. But probably not, so just go away. Period."

Meanwhile, the rest of us that CAN get CoD to run well will stop wasting our time trying to assist those who can't and convince ourselves that we're not enjoying this sim immensely.

Not sure why, in this case, that this forum has any reason to exist any further -- but there you have it.

[addman]

Originally Posted by Snapper

Well, it seems clear. If anyone comes on here and asks how to get CoD to run on his system the answer should be "You can't. The game is porked, so shelve it and come back in 6 months to see if any patches have fixed it. But probably not, so just go away. Period."

Meanwhile, the rest of us that CAN get CoD to run well will stop wasting our time trying to assist those who can't and convince ourselves that we're not enjoying this sim immensely.

Not sure why, in this case, that this forum has any reason to exist any further -- but there you have it.

Of course you can tweak the game to a certain degree of playability and that should be encouraged. CloD right out of the box without any tweaking is a performance nightmare but this can be improved by very simple means. Don't fool yourself though, this is a game with performance issues and as I said before, I still enjoy the game for what it is and it's going to get even better.

Also, I loooove all the placebo fixes people come up with here, RAM cleaners, pagefiles etc. Being a network technician by trade it's almost cute reading about it all.

[Lant]

The community is full of idiotic fanboys.


"WHAT YOU ONLY HAVE SIX GIGS OF RAM??? LOL UPDATE YOUR RIG BEFORE YOU BLAME THE GAME!!!!"

[MadBlaster]

$8 million dollar slush fund goes a long way with certain fanboys.

(just a little joke)

[robtek]

I think the only "idiotic" thing is to seperate our community in haters and fanboys!

I still believe that we all want this sim to become the gem that already appears from time to time.

To blame everything on the hardware is as stupid as blaming everything on the software!

But to promote systems from the past is definitely a dead end, imo.

[nearmiss]

There is no reason to rag and rant about the BOB COD any longer.

It is what is is, and most of us have reasoned it out.

It will be fixed when it is fixed. If you don't have the right system spec you definitely won't be doing much with it for now.

Maybe when more issues are worked out the devs will have time to try to resolve some issues for lower lever systems.

So... this thread is locked and you that want to rant and wail need to take it elsewhere...

The COD is working adequately for many users with upgraded system.


Robtek... the separate community seems to be pointing more towards the banned and unbanned.
Those that persist will join the former (banned) with their persistent negative talk.