Weather Tests - Not for the middle or low end PC

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by Dano

The graphical issues were seperate to the fps issue, they did not always cause such a significant drop. Fact. Even my old E6600 and 8800GTS was capable of running with clouds early on. A great many people does not equal all. Jog on mate

lol....Think you need to 'jog along' mate.....Back to Narnia and La-la land if you think the clouds never caused big performance issues previously....despite all evidence to the contrary (no offence) I already stated the particle thing just made matters worse, you must have missed it.

Nevermind though, thats enough 'the clouds were always fine' revisionism and untruth for one day, tis the past and I'm sure we all look forward to the imminent improvements.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by Dano

Riiiight, so you admit I am right and that a prior patch caused significant issues with the clouds and yet you are still arguing with me...

Clouds before hand had about the same performance impact as they do in IL2 1946, oddly enough because it takes some power to render them, or do you expect them to be CPU/GPU time free? Cooupled with a failing engine already it just made matters worse.

Not sure what evidence you've provided other than to make some claims that do not in any way tally with my experience and oh wait, yours too given you just admitted that a prior patch caused a major issue with them.

*Sigh* Since you are apparently not even bothering to read what I am actually writing or paying attention......

Heres a reminder though

"Dano mate, its not really a 'bug that was introduced a few patches ago' at all. The clouds have been crap and caused performance issues from day one (March last year when I bought the C.E. edition). The crapness was just somewhat 'amplified' by what seems to be the particle issues in the later patchs which also causes massive slowdowns with smoke for most people, but its always been a concern.

'Oh wait', I'm not agreeing with you at all or 'admitting' anything .....I'm saying its always been an issue pre particle fiasco, the patch just made matters worse.

I'm happy for you that clouds have always been 'fine' your end, thats great Dano. I have great rig and its never been 'fine', so I somewhat doubt your assertion. The 'evidence' is all there in numerous bug threads on this forum, and many others. Like I say though, nevermind.....and I'm glad you are happy with mediocrity.

Roll on patch!

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by Dano

I'm the one not reading?

Err, Yes, I read that. What of it? Apart from it not being true, lol. Neither is 'they were fine'.

Y'know what.....it doesn't matter man. You think they were 'fine' previously, and that one of the previous patches was the cause, I don't. It just made it worse. I'm a bit bemused how a GTX580 couldn't do the job as well as your 8800 at the time, and make the performance 'fine', but its a crazy world we live in Dano. Thats Ok and we can agree to disagree I suppose.

Cheers.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by Dano

Or you can carry on making stuff up...

If ye say so mate, lol....Out.

[Dano]

Orville, I apologise mate, I've just re-read everything and must admit I misread your first reply and as such I'm in the wrong here. Sorry.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by Dano

Orville, I apologise mate, I've just re-read everything and must admit I misread your first reply and as such I'm in the wrong here. Sorry.

Hey, no worries Dano mate its fine.....and I appreciate that, thanks kindly.

Cheers.

[NLS61]

So you put in the effort to make them, I think you should get reports on how they do on differnt setups.
Well i've tried them.
Normaly I'm getting around 55 > 60 fps.
the worst it gets with The first three is 38 FPS.
Everything up to to and including the full overcast is ok minum FPS there is 25 averaging 32.
The thundercloud brought my set to it knees averaging 8 FPS.
Thanks for making these availble.

Niels

[Jatta Raso]

been trying this myself, the expected happened, performance coming down below 15FPS, 8-10FPS at worst, mostly 25-20FPS, sometimes above, but the uneven frame rate (and stutters) are the real issue, it oscillates so wildly at times the average frame rate means nothing.

that aside, some flickering clouds, their colour and lightning is too even causing some lack of depth perception (at least for my eye); clouds look good from a certain angle and not so great form another, but overall they will definitely add another dimension; this test revived the notion that something's been lacking. not that great aesthetically speaking, big performance hit, but great potential there.

noted that the engine drops power dearly through thick clouds, preventing from climb and sometimes even maintaining altitude, maybe too exaggerated? didn't try the carburetor heater though.

thanks for sharing the test!
____________________________________________
q6600 2.4 oc 3.4 / GTX 570 1280MB / 4GB DDR2 800
SATA 3 / P5K-E Wi-Fi
Thrustmaster Flight Stick X