Cliffs of Dover Fight Nights!

[ramstein]

I talk and fly a lot with our squad, and a lot of us fly, several flight sims and several versions of IL-2. We chat about the upcoming patch, the problems we have now, the need to stop cheating, the lack of servers.. and also most people gather on one server, so everyone gravitates to that server. ...

We need the patch, the steam to put in anti-cheat, we run our own IL-2 1946 server, but haven't yet started our own COD server..

The lack of the patch is one reason why many people have chosen to wait to buy it, or fly it more often... some cannot afford to make a huge upgrade for the performance issues, others are sick of the open cheating....

just sayin' like it is,,,

we wait like everyone else to improve...
No way in hell I can afford to upgrade my current computer,,, but I can run on medium,,,
there are a lot of times where in a dogfight over ships the fps drops to almost frozen...
but most the time it's ok... but the patch is desperately needed,, and if it can be shown that the average IL-2 pilot doesn't need to spend a fortune to fly COD, then the rest will buy it... then the matter of the cheating, and needing some security against that...

I am not saying anything new here.. but, I have said to my friends, hey, lets try more servers, and said hey, maybe if we go to another server, maybe some will follow us over..
but, so far, no luck in having more servers rocking with COD...

And no way in hell I can run a server, it takes a monster computer just to get decent fps..
and since there is no dedicated server software that is killing the idea of running a paid server, like we do for IL-2 1946..

Just more thoughts..
hopefully, maybe, soon,,

[Peaveywolf]

How can you cheat in this game may I ask? and why would anyone want to. Also I have never crashed the program since using memory booster.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Peaveywolf

How can you cheat in this game may I ask? and why would anyone want to. Also I have never crashed the program since using memory booster.

Online as well as offline? Could you share your system specs please?

[Peaveywolf]

Both. I play on ATAC. Offline is when I crashed most to tell the truth. I tend to only play online now whilst I practice my bombing techniques and have never crashed the program to this day. I still may, but I don't think its as virulent as people make out, def not a game breaker. I think most of the ATAC team would attest to that.

Mac pro 1.1, 4 gig, 2 x zeon 5150 dual core processors running at 2.66mhz, win 7, gtx460.

[ATAG_Snapper]

Re CTD's - just info we've picked up on over the past few months:

1) Seems to happen mostly online (Peaveywolf's experience notwithstanding)
2) Happens mainly in high intensity situations ie dogfights (extremely aggravating)
3) multi-engine formations over prolonged periods of flight. ie. bombers ingressing/egressing from mission targets (extremely aggravating)
4) happens in high-graphical load situations such as low level flight over terrain
5) happens on moonless nights when Jupiter in conjunction with Venus

What to do?

1) wait for the patch. Devs acutely aware of this memory leak problem and should have it resolved.
2) erase 1C Softclub Cache folder (including Shaders folder within) prior to eac session
3) after each sortie exit then re enter CoD
4) don't fly bombers in intense dogfights low over terrain, particularly in formation

No guarantees to any of the above reducing or eliminating CTD's. No one seems immune. I usually fly online daily ~2 hrs and, following step (2) only, have suffered only one CTD (screen freeze, actually) this year. Just as I was lining up on a 110 flying low over the Dover coastline. No, really....I was. Very aggravating.

Some use Memory boost utilities with reported success; can't hurt, I suppose. No one seems immune, powerful machines/low end machines all seem to get hit. Can't hurt to have lots of RAM with Win 7 64 bits to use it; but I'd wait for the patch before spending money on this reason alone, IMHO.

[ATAG_Doc]

Flying alongside 104th Iron Mike in his 110 made me CTD. I was in a 109 just flying all over the place looking at a new mission. Something about them multi-engine Axis planes that cause it.

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

I'm pretty sure cheaters arent nearly the evil force you might think Ramstein, its a small communty and most people you see, you have seen before if you fly a bit.

Besides, why would you go through all that trouble to learn the plane, tweak a pc, get proper position, etc......just to use a cheat.

[mxmadman]

I hear you guys - I'm certainly getting a lot of the same problems. One of the more annoying (or useful, I suppose) issues is that when you first start to crash you begin to stutter each time another plane is rendered in your view. So now I'm simply scanning the skies looking for stutters instead of planes when this happens.

I do not feel that these issues are great enough to stop playing altogether. I certainly rage quit after some CTD's, but I've gone through this with countless other pieces of software...

I think ill try again to gather up folks for fight nights (or airquake, arcade matches, or whatever your preferred label is) after the patch. Moreso because it has a chance to succeed after the patch because so many people will not play until then, whether that is the case for me or not.

In the meantime, a random question: the 109 e3 does not have an automatic prop pitch like with the e4, correct?

Thanks!

[Peaveywolf]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

Re CTD's - just info we've picked up on over the past few months:

1) Seems to happen mostly online (Peaveywolf's experience notwithstanding)
2) Happens mainly in high intensity situations ie dogfights (extremely aggravating)
3) multi-engine formations over prolonged periods of flight. ie. bombers ingressing/egressing from mission targets (extremely aggravating)
4) happens in high-graphical load situations such as low level flight over terrain
5) happens on moonless nights when Jupiter in conjunction with Venus

Heh, I must admit, I am bombing mostly over water, ships, gotta start somewhere. I wasn't saying I was immune to it by the way. Just never happened since I used Memory Booster. Might be a fluke?

[28_Condor]

Originally Posted by Peaveywolf View Post
How can you cheat in this game may I ask? and why would anyone want to. Also I have never crashed the program since using memory booster.

Originally Posted by Ataros

Online as well as offline? Could you share your system specs please?

I also never more experienced crashes after fix for 1.05.15950... Memory booster has helped the program run smoother

My PC isnt in a top level (But I play a maximum of 4 hours, off or online):

Corsair ATX 850W PFC Ativo CMPSU-850TX
i7-2600K
GIGABYTE GA-Z68MA-D2H-B3
Mems Corsair Vengance 8gb 1600Mhz
VGA NVidia 470