"Friday" Update, April 28, 2012

[Volksieg]

As I've always stated.... I do understand people's rage! Heck! When I first bought CloD I was absolutely infuriated! One thing I will say, though, is those people out there who have a rough time in single player should really give multiplayer a go! I know that sounds utter madness but I can hardly fly any of the single player missions without my PC grinding to a halt yet I spend a lot of time on ATAG and ACG server having an absolute whale of a time! Seriously! Get online and get your money's worth!

Why multiplayer seems to run much better than singleplayer? I have no idea but I do know I'm not the only person to have found this. Check out my system specs below! Sure... that's a pretty good PC for many games out there (I play Skyrim on Ultra settings for instance) but, Simulator-wise, it is pretty low spec is it not? There are guys in my squadron (JG 26. We are recruiting, by the way!) with PCs that make mine look like some kind of gift from the gods.

[GraveyardJimmy]

Originally Posted by Volksieg

Why multiplayer seems to run much better than singleplayer?

I guess certain computations that would take place on your processor are made by the server instead making performance less CPU-determined but I dont know for sure.

[carguy_]

Originally Posted by Volksieg

Sure... that's a pretty good PC for many games out there (I play Skyrim on Ultra settings for instance) but, Simulator-wise, it is pretty low spec is it not? There are guys in my squadron (JG 26. We are recruiting, by the way!) with PCs that make mine look like some kind of gift from the gods.

Lol, not simulator-wise, just pc-wise. I wouldn`t compare it to consoles, because they are prehistoric now power-wise. Otherwise your pc will not be able to run the most buffed up games on maximum video quality settings. Good example is Crysis 2 with Dx11 enabled and high res textures patch. I`m guessing you don`t even have to try it to know your pc can`t cut it.

[Volksieg]

Originally Posted by carguy_

Good example is Crysis 2 with Dx11 enabled and high res textures patch. I`m guessing you don`t even have to try it to know your pc can`t cut it.

LOL Oh I tried it...... Such is life I guess. Thought Crysis was far better than the sequel anyway. I'm a philosophical type. But yeah... my PC is aged but it plays the Total Wars, runs Baldur's Gate and, with a few hicups, I can still fly around in CloD so I'm happy. lol

[SQB]

Originally Posted by Volksieg

"I know that sounds utter madness but I can hardly fly any of the single player missions without my PC grinding to a halt yet I spend a lot of time on ATAG and ACG server having an absolute whale of a time!"

How odd, you have almost exactly my computer, apart from my 6870, yet I find the game quite unplayable. I am fine with whatever fps you throw at me, even if in this game it is invariably quite low, but whenever I approach enemy planes (or, god forbid, they approach me on my six!) the game will freeze for seconds on end!

Might I inquire as to your graphical settings? In case there is a secret in there I have missed!

~Sam

[Volksieg]

Sorry for the OT post, mods

My settings are as follows:

IN GAME

Resolution: 1280x720 (The native res is 1600x900)
Full Screen: Pseudo
Model Detail: High
Building Detail: High
Land Detail: Medium
Forest: Low
Visual Effects: Medium
Texture Quality: High
Anti Aliasing: Off
Anti Epilepsy: Off
SSAO: Off
Vsync: Off
Damage Decals: High
Building Amount: Medium
Land Shading: Low/Medium

(Low in ACG server, Medium in ATAG. - This is due to ACG having far more clouds than ATAG so I play a bit of a balancing act with the settings to maintain FPS)

Grass: On
Shadows: Off
Roads: On

CATALYST CONTROL CENTER

Running: 12.4

Anti Aliasing: Use Application Settings and Morphological Filtering both ticked (For some reason this gives me an extra 10 fps)

Anisotropic Filtering: Use Application Settings

Tesselation: AMD Optimized

Catalyst AI: Performance
(Enable Surface Format Optimization ticked.)

Mipmap Detail Level: High Performance

Wait for Vertical Refresh: Off, unless application specifies

Anti-Aliasing Mode: Multi-sample AA

Open GL Settings: Triple Buffering unticked.


On Repka servers I get fps around 58-62
On ACG I get around 36 to 22 (Depends where the clouds are. lol)
On ATAG I get an average of 56

Single Player missions? Practically unplayable the minute the "bad guys" turn up. I will add that that is only with the stock missions, mind. Missions made by the fanbase seem to run like clockwork regardless of clouds, amount of planes in the air etc... this has led me to believe that the Development team are the victims of a powerful and ancient curse.

Hope these are helpful and work for you too! Happy hunting!

PS: If anyone reads this and has any further tweaks for me that will improve performance without lowering the eye-candy, please share!