Black death track 14413 test...

[pupaxx]

Here is my test after applying Patch 14413 over last official patch (very first attempt of beta-patching)
Tested only black death track.
Major stuttering definitely gone, some minor in transition from scenes more populated then others and vice versa, quite smooth generally.
Absolutely no system crashes, error logs etc as previous official patches and vanilla version.
Flikering trees shadows still persistent, sound corrupted in playback, in the 110's attack @ airport some bombs bounce away after hitting ground.
No graphic artifacts at all.
In this test I tried a variation of Texture quality, forest density, Vsync and land shading. As u can see results are quite similar; forest off doesent improve nothing! Very strange.
Min and max values are uninfluent to judging this test, cause highest value are mostly registered with scenes unpopulated (1 aircraft and an empty sky or over sea), min value in transitions, with explosions or when I switch on fps recorder.
In normal scenes the frame rate goes in 17-30 fps in all settings variation indiscriminately +-3/4 frames per second.
Vsync on off: I'm not able in judging the difference if working or not in terms of image quality. How should it appears with on? No apparent difference 4me.
Alot must be done for CloD to be what It should be but playable 4me.

Resolution 1680x1050
Anti-Aliasing x2
Model Detail High
Building Detail Low
Land Detail High
Forest Medium
Visual Effects High
Texture Quality
Grass Off
Shadows On
Roads On
Damage decals Medium
Buidings Amount Medium
Land Shading Medium
Vsync Off
SSAO Off

Results:
Texture Quality Original - fps 26-58-10
Texture Quality High - fps 30-60-6
Texture Quality Medium - fps 30-64-11



Resolution 1680x1050
Anti-Aliasing x2
Model Detail High
Building Detail Low
Land Detail High
Forest Medium
Visual Effects High
Texture Quality
Grass Off
Shadows On
Roads On
Damage decals Medium
Buidings Amount Medium
Land Shading High
Vsync Off
SSAO Off

Results:
Texture Quality Original - fps 28-58-9
Texture Quality High - fps 29-59-13
Texture Quality Medium - fps 29-59-13



Resolution 1680x1050
Anti-Aliasing x2
Model Detail High
Building Detail Low
Land Detail High
Forest Medium
Visual Effects High
Texture Quality
Grass Off
Shadows On
Roads On
Damage decals Medium
Buidings Amount Medium
Land Shading High
Vsync
SSAO Off

Results:
Texture Quality Original - fps 28-60-9
Texture Quality High - fps 30-61-11
Texture Quality Medium - fps 30-60-13
Vsync on


Resolution 1680x1050
Anti-Aliasing x2
Model Detail High
Building Detail Low
Land Detail High
Forest Off
Visual Effects High
Texture Quality
Grass Off
Shadows On
Roads On
Damage decals Medium
Buidings Amount Medium
Land Shading Medium
Vsync Off
SSAO Off

Results:
Texture Quality Original - fps 33-66-11
Texture Quality High - fps 30-65-14
Texture Quality Medium - fps 33-63-14

Cheers

[RickRuski]

Hi pupaxx,
Your system is much more powerful than mine and it appears from the resolutions that you are running that you probably have a 24" monitor (mine is only 19" with a top of 1440 x 900 running @ 1280 x 960). from what I have read you wont need much AA when running at high resolutions as there won't be much notable difference. lowering the resolution from what I understand will give an improvement in fps at the expense of picture quality. Certainly if I turn AA on ( x2 ) I dont notice any diference in picture but there is a fps hit. The more of us that can share information on settings the better as it will help us all, especially if we can post system information as well. I can't even get "black death track" to run with any smoothness at all on my system (every thing is down at under 12--14fps). I do still have some micro stutters but certainly not enough to stop me enjoying this sim (mainly when down low over land).

Just wish "omgclod" would tell us if he has this sim and is having trouble, maybe we could take some of his frustration away by helping with his set up.

[Thee_oddball]

what is the "black death track'?

[RickRuski]

Hi oddball,

The "Black Death Track" is similar to the track of the same name found in the earlier Il2 series. It is a test to see how well your system will handle the graphic settings.

It can be found once you are into the game: -

Extras\Tracks\select

Once in there select"The Black Death.trk" then "Open".
It will then play as a recorded track

[Troll2k]

It is a standard that everyone can compare.It is repeatable every time.Hence you can judge the effect of changing settings.

It severely challenges the best of systems.So as long as everyone uses the same settings you can get a good idea of where you stand.