BETA PATCH v1.06.17582 - May 05, 2012

[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.

[jimson8]

Nah, I'm still going to wait until the game is officially patched up and I read that most people are satisfied.

I'm sure the developers know there are a bunch of folks cash in hand, waiting for that to happen, and I'm sure they are doing the best they can, knowing that there is new money out there for the taking.

I feel bad for all the early buyers out there who have been waiting so long.

[HeavyDelta]

Welp. Time to uninstall this turkey from my HD. My patience has run out. This patch is a joke.

I've wasted 50 bucks on plenty of games that were awful. I never thought I would feel that way with a sim in the IL-2 bloodline.

I was wrong.

[FG28_Kodiak]

Can you read (first side):
The main purpose of the alpha is to find and squash any remaining or new bugs, especially crash bugs. The most common of the infamous launcher crashes have been fixed, but a few very hard to catch bugs remain. On average, a full day of flying causes about 0.8 crashes, and our internal testing has not yet provided the crash logs needed to zero in on the issue.

If you don't like to test you should not install the patch and wait for the regular update.

Originally Posted by FG28_Kodiak

Can you read (first side):
The main purpose of the alpha is to find and squash any remaining or new bugs, especially crash bugs. The most common of the infamous launcher crashes have been fixed, but a few very hard to catch bugs remain. On average, a full day of flying causes about 0.8 crashes, and our internal testing has not yet provided the crash logs needed to zero in on the issue.

If you don't like to test you should not install the patch and wait for the regular update.

I think it is first time in gaming industry when the customers were given PUBLIC AND OPEN ALPHA .... PATCH of their game and developers called it BETA PATCH v1.06.17582

Guys, dont make fools from yourselves please. IF they produced ALPHA PATCH, why they didn't test it with chosen group of community members before they go with it to the public? Or did they do it? If yes, it is not alpha anymore. Alpha is always internal and secret - just because so many bugs are there and of course main features are missing. But this is Russia, so maybe project management of software development is different there.

Not to mention that "this" was released to the public after ONE year and ONE month after release of original game.

[Rowddy]

thanks for this awsome patch my game is now 100% better playable then before, even over land. Not many stutters left here and i play in highest settings. Great job everyone.

[furbs]

Originally Posted by Rowddy

thanks for this awsome patch my game is now 100% better playable then before, even over land. Not many stutters left here and i play in highest settings. Great job everyone.

With those specs?

[kendo65]

Originally Posted by Rowddy

thanks for this awsome patch my game is now 100% better playable then before, even over land. Not many stutters left here and i play in highest settings. Great job everyone.

Funnily enough - it's a big improvement performance wise for me too - also with a gtx260. No crashes either. (Maybe some of you folks who splashed out on gtx680s recently might be able to pick one up on EBay? )

I tend to agree with Freycinet (and Ataros, etc) - people need to get their heads around the fact that they have (with another late decision apparently) decided to release an alpha mainly for purpose of getting an expanded user test base to massively increase feedback about bugs. They have concluded that they weren't making good enough progress with a small team of testers.

But, I think where they have screwed up this time is (yet again) in communication. (Ideally) there should have been advance warning of exactly what was going to be released. With everyone on tenterhooks eagerly expecting THE PATCH, to say right at the release that there was changed plans and what we in fact were getting was an alpha obviously didn't really cut through the excitement and eagerness to download and install (labelling the post title as 'beta' didn't help either). There really should have been advance notice and a WARNING not to install unless you were willing to take part in the testing process.

Don't want to be too critical - expect it was all a bit last minute, seat of the pants as usual, but ideally they should have planned/communicated it better.

For those having big problems with the patch the solution is obvious (and easy) - let Steam rewind the game back to its previous state. If you were enjoying it before keep playing the old until the new patch is done. If you weren't enjoying it, play ROF, DCS, or whatever you were into.

For the rest of us, let's do what we can to provide feedback as asked on the (many) issues still to be fixed. That way we all benefit.