Friday Official Update, July 27, 2012

[furbs]

So Monday? good stuff, though you will understand if i wait untill i see and test the patch before i start getting all giddy.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by furbs

So Monday? good stuff, though you will understand if i wait untill i see and test the patch before i start getting all giddy.

Monday is for testing. Beta release will be Tuesday only IF no bugs are found during testing as far as I got it from sukhoi.ru. But usually bugs are found. This is what testing is for

[Baron]

Originally Posted by Ataros

Monday is for testing. Beta release will be Tuesday only IF no bugs are found during testing as far as I got it from sukhoi.ru. But usually bugs are found. This is what testing is for

So, next friday at the earliest.

And im more than willing to take any bets against that at 2for1 odds.

[vranac]

Thanks B6!

This screenshots were done in the debugging mode just to show difference between new and old version.

naryv, developer on sukhoi wrote:

Optimization of particle effects and - optional, included in your effects. Screens with FPS-th made under debug, so FPS is so low is done to show the difference fps. In this version, flew for 1 hour on Repka 4, with optimization turned on and vsinkom without smoothing (as I usually fly) 60 FPS steady, average - 58, with anti-aliasing 8x - 45, average 40. i7 can not remember at what frequency, 4GB RAM Nvidia 570.

http://translate.googleusercontent.c...2WscbYD0HVrPYg

[SiThSpAwN]

Originally Posted by vranac

Thanks B6!

This screenshots were done in the debugging mode just to show difference between new and old version.

naryv, developer on sukhoi wrote:



http://translate.googleusercontent.c...2WscbYD0HVrPYg

Nice find, thanks!

[Liz Lemon]

Originally Posted by adonys

the same as the graphic "improvements". Cutting down visual effects for FPS gaining is not engine optimization, and I thought we were at that phase. Any half brain dead programmer can do that.

Actually that is often what optimization is. Cutting down the quality of effects to improve performance, but doing so in a way that has little perceivable visual impact.

[Force10]

It still doesn't explain why all the after screens have an average fps that is the same or actually lower. Degug mode was used for both tests so that kinda says that your avg fps will be the same or lower but with lower quality textures?

[Feathered_IV]

I'm somewhat hopeful here. My FPS have been frozen at 27 no matter what graphical combinations I choose, both low and high. "Five minutes" of testing does not seem very much, but if I can get just a little bit of en extra boost then the game might be playable for me at long last.

[pencon]

Next friday then ... or the one after that ..I'll believe Monday when I see it .

[Liz Lemon]

Originally Posted by adonys

lol.. don't tell that to anyone else.. they might lough at you

If people with no experience in game development want to laugh then let them.

But whenever you hear a developer talk about "optimizing" a game they mean not just cleaning up the code, but finding hackish solutions to decrease rendering time. Most of the time these solutions result in less accuracy but hopefully little visible difference.

Originally Posted by Force10

Have you ever played a track? Haven't you noticed how the black death track switches camera angles and views around and they are built into the track? I don't think it's possible to get to the options menu while a track is paused. The shots are not exactly the same time....it's as if he was watching the numbers and pressed capture at approx the same time...hence why their different.

But the images are identical with regards to angle and timing. If you don't believe me then just open up two of them in separate tabs and switch back and forth.

And its from a dev build - we don't know if they can change settings while playing a track back or not (or even if this was a track being played back)