June 24, 2011 - v1.02.14821 Release Patch

[lancerr]

Might be worth compiling a short list of wierd AI behavior.

1.AI in DISENGAGE mode
I've noticed after the latest patch that AI behavior is a bit better than before when they are disengaging a fight - If I sneak up on a flight of 3 and start smoking one of them, previously they would have continued to head towards their airbase without consideration and without evasion. However, now I'm noticing that they actually respond (albeit way slower than they should), bank away and at least pretend to evade.

The problem however is that it seems that they bank away, and then come right back into formation (unless you keep pumping bullets into them). I've even had smoking spits zoom past me and straight into my gunsights. Wierd.

2. Waggle mode - Don't know what to call this but AI gets into this wierd wing waggle behavior where they rock from side to side. Don't get me wrong, with my terrible shooting abilities, this actually is quite effective in frustrating me but it doesn't seem like a standard evasion tactic

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by David198502

well i tried it, but it doesnt make it really faster.i have the impression that in level flight its even slower at 2500 rpm than with 2300.
though i think you maintain energy better with high rpm while climbing or turning

That's more or less true and the way it should be.

Pitch is like changing gears in a car. If you use high RPM it's like cruising on 3rd gear or something, if you use lower RPM it's like doing the same on 5th gear: it will be faster when driving straight or downhill (level flight and dives), but the amount of "pull" you get is not enough to drive uphill if you happen to not have a lot of initial speed (climbs).

In other words there is no magic prop pitch and RPM setting for all circumstances, you need to be constantly adjusting it depending on what you're doing, as long as you don't exceed the useful power band (too low or too high RPM is not useful and can even cause damage, i usually vary between 2200 and 2500 RPM).

[David198502]

thx Blackdog, thats the way i usually handle the prop pitch and my rpm.though its good to have it confirmed that im doing it right.

[Bartoszcze]

Does anybody know whether the newest ati drivers change anything together with this patch? Or is crossfire-x any better than it was before?

[albx]

Somebody else have those glitches? Latest patch installed, and I still have this and also the stripes near the coastline.
ATI 6950, catalyst 11.6 Windows 7 x64

[RE77ACTION]

Originally Posted by albx

Somebody else have those glitches? Latest patch installed, and I still have this and also the stripes near the coastline.
ATI 6950, catalyst 11.6 Windows 7 x64

No, it didn't see it (screenshot), but I may have missed it. The stripes near the coast are still there.

[Das Attorney]

Originally Posted by albx

Somebody else have those glitches? Latest patch installed, and I still have this and also the stripes near the coastline.
ATI 6950, catalyst 11.6 Windows 7 x64

Try rolling back to 11.5. I'm using a 5870 and didn't get blue lines under 11.5, but they were evident in 11.6. It also did something weird to the GFX in my Arma 2 installation.

Going back to 11.5 sorted it all out. Might work for you. No promises mind...

[RE77ACTION]

Originally Posted by Das Attorney

Try rolling back to 11.5. I'm using a 5870 and didn't get blue lines under 11.5, but they were evident in 11.6. It also did something weird to the GFX in my Arma 2 installation.

Going back to 11.5 sorted it all out. Might work for you. No promises mind...

I don't think it was the same triple blue line issue on the horizon as with the 69xx cards because only 69xx cards had them. Besides the triple blue line issue was resolved with the latest CloD patch.

But as I understand, you're not the only one with problems with the latest 11.6 drivers. I personally haven't seen any difference in CloD between 11.5 and 11.6 but 11.6 gives me artifacts in Photoshop CS4. So it is possibly not the best driver release by ATI.

[albx]

Originally Posted by Das Attorney

Try rolling back to 11.5. I'm using a 5870 and didn't get blue lines under 11.5, but they were evident in 11.6. It also did something weird to the GFX in my Arma 2 installation.

Going back to 11.5 sorted it all out. Might work for you. No promises mind...

tried 11.5, it's the same..