Are you flying CLOD?

[Feathered_IV]

I'm not. Since the first day of release I've done 46hrs in total. It's the time spent checking in here for a fix that has really added up. Maddox Games aught to provide the game for free and charge a subscription to the forums.

[Insuber]

The more I play (online only - ATAG only) the more I like it. It's a paradigm shift from the old Il2.

[sorak]

Originally Posted by Insuber

The more I play (online only - ATAG only) the more I like it. It's a paradigm shift from the old Il2.

Really? Restarting your game every 40mins or so gets more enjoyable to you?

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by sorak

Really? Restarting your game every 40mins or so gets more enjoyable to you?

Restarting every sortie all but alleviates the CTD's for most of us. I haven't had one in a long time. By using the direct connect link, restarting the game takes less than 30 seconds from exiting the game to reconnected and spawned in a plane. I don't think most of us get annoyed by having to wait 30 seconds and a couple mouse clicks after an hour sortie. At least I hope not.

[sorak]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

Restarting every sortie all but alleviates the CTD's for most of us. I haven't had one in a long time. By using the direct connect link, restarting the game takes less than 30 seconds from exiting the game to reconnected and spawned in a plane. I don't think most of us get annoyed by having to wait 30 seconds and a couple mouse clicks after an hour sortie. At least I hope not.

haha That isnt the point... On your server you have full realism on and seems to be the only sever populated. 40mins isnt long enough to spot a plane or anything for that matter.. Most of the time I get up in the air.. fly around hoping to find a target to shoot at.. realise im chasing disappearing dots.. and boom crash. Looks like to me also that yeah most people are annoyed by this and the main reason people arent playing multiplayer. And how can you even say that restarting is an option to 'alleviate' the CTD's.. this is just a manual way to do a crash basically. the 30 seconds more is the least of the problem.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Sorak,

I usually spot an enemy AC before I take off on most occasions, let alone fly around looking for them. If you read the briefing, note where the spawning airfields are, read the radar messages etc., if you're taking more than 10-15 minutes to spot a contact (10-15 minutes happens to be around the time it takes to get some alt and go across the channel) then you need some glasses . Btw, ghost dots don't show up on radar. So I usually only go after radar call outs to avoid them. Also, most people use coms for teamwork, spotting enemy etc. If you read the chat messages, you'll notice the screen is usually filled with deaths on both sides, constantly scrolling. This should be a huge hint that many people are finding the enemy on a regular basis

Noone is saying the game is working great. Quite the opposite. It's just for many of us, I guess with high end systems, that we've tweaked to get the most out of IL2COD, it's a very enjoyable experience even in it's buggy state. And because of the feeling of flight, the GFX, the immersion of flying around the huge channel map, it's quite fun.

[CWMV]

Speak for yourself. Ive got a nice "high end" system and haven't even bothered to fire the game up in a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time.
Until its working in single player, its just dead in the water.