Patch Beta 2 - v15866 BUG REPORTS

[VO101_Tom]

Originally Posted by csThor

Already had two crashes. The game freezes but sound continues to be played ... No crash dump files are generated and I need to shut down CloD via TaskManager.

Same here. The last time it froze when a plane exploded next to me. Aircraft in the middle of a huge fireball. No dump file, i have to kill the process via Taskmanager

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by VO101_Tom

Same here. The last time it froze when a plane exploded next to me. Aircraft in the middle of a huge fireball. No dump file, i have to kill the process via Taskmanager

Confirm Thor and Tom, had to kill with Task Manager and no crash dump files either.

[Bewolf]

Hmmmm

two missions, two crashes so far, in both cases had to quit via task manager.

can't really comment on anything else yet.

[mazex]

The problems with the "post-crash" lockup must be an easy one to solve as it seems to happen to many here all the time... It's probably some build/packaging problem where a tiny explosion sound clip or flame effect that all the testers have on their rigs from numerous internal versions did not make it into the beta patch release we got. Sure that's annoying, but stuff like that can happen when you have a mod with pitch forks and torches outside of you house

But really - if this is going to be a bug reporting thread can't people please post their hardware setup, OS version and driver versions for their GPU etc? It's really impossible to see if this is a problem related only to Nvidia users, Creative Sound card users or whatever...

EDIT: After whining about this I realize that I had forgotten my Sound Card in my sig Shame on me...

[VO101_Tom]

No crash, since i switch off the EFFECTS in video menu...

[Orpheus]

Same freezing experiences as everyone else. Crossfire performance seemed a small improvement (previously it was worse than a single card) little smoother but still some texture stutter, then performance dropped through the floor after 3 or 4 missions, just like it's always done. 35-60 fps down to 15/16. Single card performance is unaffected. It's bonkers. Cat 11.8.

AA with this patch looks sharper/jaggier, especially in the cockpit. Colours are nice, engine sounds are wonderful. AI is still terrible. Perfomance, even on a single card still has loading stutters at all texture levels.

Appreciate the patch and the hard work.

[Zappatime]

Crashes when there's a ground-hit fireball explosion (not when anything crashes into sea). Reproducable with Black Death track at point of bomb impact with taking off Hurricane, would appear to be the fireball graphic that triggers the lock-up.

No crashdump file created, requires taskmanager to get out, sound continues after crash.

While its running (up to a ground crash) there seems to be more stuttering for me than 1st beta and still a big fps hit in clouds.

Using nvidia beta driver 285.38 with vsync and SSAO all settings high.

[Phazon]

• The game also freezes for me when a plane crashes. I've only ran FMB missions with just me in a single plane and as soon as I crash into either terrain or a building the game will lock up and the sound will loop. No crash log is generated. Cleared the cache, but did not revert Steam install back to original before applying patch. I just pasted it over the previous beta patch.
  
  
• The blue horizon line bug is still there. Not sure if its AMD cards only or Nvidia as well. I can see it with my HD6970 using official Cat 11.9 driver.
  
  
• The Tiger Moth sound is still really spluttery and poppy when starting up cold. I understand because its a cold engine but it really needs a warming up sound to help blend in the engine splutter sounds because at the moment all you hear are pops when it warms up and no engine running sound at all.
  
  
• Mirrors are still bugged / useless. They should be removed from the game or disabled by default.
  
  
• Some buildings sometimes don't show even on max settings. Normally its on the edge of the towns, you can see them painted on the terrain but no model appears.
  
  
• The lead (new addition?) going into the Bf-109E-3 throttle goes through an obvious level of detail change near 80% power.