BETA PATCH v1.06.17582 - May 05, 2012

[mazex]

A lot smother performance for me even thought the FPS has not doubled it sure has improved. But it feels a lot smoother! No CTD:s so far and I really like the sound that is a lot more complete now (and it rocks!).

Sure, I maybe had anticipated a "major" boost, but as I get around 50-70 fps in average on the bomber intercept over London misson there is not much "use" of higher FPS anyway... Fooling around at low altitude over London it is completely smooth now with an average fps above 40 even on "extra all" settings skimming the roofs.

I have not tried online yet but if I don't get any CTD:s there I'm really happy with the patch, especially as more is in the pipeline!

[joker68]

After the patch, the game doesn't even launch anymore.

1) launching the game shows the "small aircraft on sight" symbol and then simply vanishes (CTD) - no error displayed.
2) There's no log created, also (LOG=1 on conf.ini)
3) On the cache/shaders folder there's only a single file with 0 bytes length, named "1.06.17582"
4) Tried to reinstall from scratch
5) Using DX10 with 12.4 Catalyst drivers.

My Specs:
Q6600@2,98Ghz, 4Gb RAM, Win7 x64, HD5850 1Gb video, 1920x1080 full screen.

[Bounder!]

Originally Posted by joker68

After the patch, the game doesn't even launch anymore.

1) launching the game shows the "small aircraft on sight" symbol and then simply vanishes (CTD) - no error displayed.
2) There's no log created, also (LOG=1 on conf.ini)
3) On the cache/shaders folder there's only a single file with 0 bytes length, named "1.06.17582"
4) Tried to reinstall from scratch
5) Using DX10 with 12.4 Catalyst drivers.

My Specs:
Q6600@2,98Ghz, 4Gb RAM, Win7 x64, HD5850 1Gb video, 1920x1080 full screen.

I had exactly the same problem - what I did to resolve:

0) Clean reinstall of Cliffs of Dover, then...
1) Made a copy of my pre-patch 'parts' folder (...\Steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\parts)
2) Cleared all files in cache (...\Documents\1C SoftClub\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\cache)
3) Downloaded the patch files from Blacksix's link
4) Extracted the files using WINRAR (don't use for example winzip - unpacks but files don't work) into a new folder on my desktop. This results in a new 'parts' folder containing folders 'bob' & 'core'.
5) Copied & then pasted the new 'parts' folder from desktop into ...\Steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\
6) Get message do you want to merge folder 'parts', 'bob' and then 'core', said yes to each and to copy and replace files.
7) Done - game now starting fine
(if anything goes wrong you can delete your 'parts' folder and replace with your backup copy from step 1).

[Tavingon]

Well we cried for it now here it is, let us keep giving feedback.

[Tavingon]

Wow, that ran like crap. Tried to take off in the Blenheim, engines sounded better but it dropped like a stone. Game was stuttery and fairly bad.

[Osprey]

Game crashes aside it now looks like 109's can turn inside the Spitfires, so now we have 109's with higher speeds (below 6km), better climb, better dive, stronger DM and better firepower lol

The light is fading, and with the crashes we still cannot run a campaign. With 1946 releasing 4.11.1 I may bite the bullet and run our campaign on that, at least it'll work.

[Volksieg]

Lastnight I was incredibly happy with the patch.... though not as happy as the dev team suggested I would be. Seems it is that way for most on here.

Ok.... today I have seen a huge performance drop. I lowered my settings back to how they were pre-patch..... still appalling performance.

I lowered the settings to less than pre-patch.... still appalling performance.

Then along came the CTDs.....

I have also noticed that there are hardly any ground shadows, no cloud shadows whatsoever, the few ground shadows there are only seem to appear when directly underneath the plane. The sites are so dim they are almost impossible to see. Textures have been downgraded. Clouds, by the dev teams own admission, have been cut back drastically until they can be fixed......... is it any wonder there was a small performance boost? (That somehow only lasted a couple of hours!!!)

We were told there would be a HUGE patch and yet the size of the download is actually surprisingly small.

I feel I have to ask this.....

Has any work been done on this patch whatsoever or did everyone sit around for months, feed us false information and, at the last minute panic and actually just remove all the problem areas from the game and hope noone would notice?

I hate to say it but I feel utterly hoodwinked. I was actually teetering on the edge of "fanboy" status..... not now.

No faith left in the development team whatsoever.

Please make me change my mind. Is that too much to ask?

[Insuber]

I flew some 20 mins in ATAG. My observations:

Average FPS looks actually a bit higher, my *impression* is around 5%.
Some occasional stutters which I didn't experience before, 2 in 20 mins.
Horizon is more hazy
The bf-109 climbs better beyond 4500 m
Had ghost dots again
Revi is less bright when lit at 100%
sound radar is still there (I know, they didn't promise to fix it ...)
Daimler Benz sound is gorgeous ... a 109 zoomed on my 109, I could appreciate a lot of nice harmonics ...
Small graphic bug inside the 109 cockpit, you can see the grass through flank and wings, the throttle cable texture is missing:



All in all it seems the right direction. Good perspectives IMHO.

[jibo]

try to rermove Logo.wmv Joker

[joker68]

Originally Posted by jibo

try to rermove Logo.wmv Joker

Thanks for the tip, but it didn't help. reinstalled, applied the patch again and removed logo. It silently CTD after the small plane on sight logo appears.

Will check again in two or three years.