October 18, 2012 - Patch 1.11.20362 is now live on steam!

[kakkola]

@ Klem,
Hey thx for reply,i tried everything,reinstalling,delete cache etc...if i fly alone is fine ,but if i have other planes gets worse,if i fly low stutters with grass and trees(1920x1080),at 1440x900 is decent but not really nice to look at.......maybe a problem with ram?(8gig)oh i have win 7 64
Thx!!!!cheers

[ATAG_Snapper]

Hi kakkola,

I'm away from my PC right now, and this may have already been covered (in which case please disregard with my apologies), but here's something to try if not done already:

Navigate to C:/Programs(x86)/Steam/Steam Apps/Common/Il2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover

Locate the Launcher.exe file and right click on it

Select the "Properties" tab in the menu pop up

Locate "Enable Desktop Composition" and uncheck it (ie you're disabling Desktop Composition)

Click "Apply" and exit

If you've not tried that already, I hope it helps!

Snapper

[kakkola]

@ Snapper,
Yep already unchecked but tanks for help!
Cheers!

[bornflying79]

So, this is apparently going to be my last post asking this question:

Should I buy the game now?

Two concerns:

1) Disappearing planes? This would seem extremely frustrating. Is this a problem for everyone? How often? Are there work-arounds?

2) Performance: My comp specs are: Intel Core i7 quad core 2.2 ghz, 8GB Ram, win 7 64 bit, NVIDIA GeForce GT630M 2GB dedicated. Will the game run smooth on my comp? What settings? Will track IR run smooth for me?

Is this an enjoyable sim now or a continued exercise in frustration? Your opinion is appreciated. It is now or never for me.

Thanks.

[David198502]

Originally Posted by bornflying79

So, this is apparently going to be my last post asking this question:

Should I buy the game now?

Two concerns:

1) Disappearing planes? This would seem extremely frustrating. Is this a problem for everyone? How often? Are there work-arounds?

2) Performance: My comp specs are: Intel Core i7 quad core 2.2 ghz, 8GB Ram, win 7 64 bit, NVIDIA GeForce GT630M 2GB dedicated. Will the game run smooth on my comp? What settings? Will track IR run smooth for me?

Is this an enjoyable sim now or a continued exercise in frustration? Your opinion is appreciated. It is now or never for me.

Thanks.

i cant speak for everyone....but for me the disappearing planes problem in mid ranges is extremely annoying....
some people claim that they dont suffer from the problem though, so you may be lucky...
anyway, if your rig is powerful enough, there is indeed a workaround with adjusting the conf.ini file...
for me, offline it works, but as soon as i try to fly online with MeshShowlod=1, it will cause serioius trouble in performance and make the game indeed unplayable...

and it also depends with with FOV you prefer to fly....i noticed, that the planes only seem to completely disappear with a FOV from ~80° or higher...
if i fly with the standard 70° FOV, the planes start to flicker in the critical range,and are hard to spot, but dont disappear completely...

[bornflying79]

Originally Posted by David198502

i cant speak for everyone....but for me the disappearing planes problem in mid ranges is extremely annoying....
some people claim that they dont suffer from the problem though, so you may be lucky...
anyway, if your rig is powerful enough, there is indeed a workaround with adjusting the conf.ini file...
for me, offline it works, but as soon as i try to fly online with MeshShowlod=1, it will cause serioius trouble in performance and make the game indeed unplayable...

and it also depends with with FOV you prefer to fly....i noticed, that the planes only seem to completely disappear with a FOV from ~80° or higher...
if i fly with the standard 70° FOV, the planes start to flicker in the critical range,and are hard to spot, but dont disappear completely...

Well that is certainly very disappointing. I'd rather have no sim at all over a broken sim. The disappearing plane thing I think I cannot live with and I'm not willing to spend money on. I'll be a "big boy" (whatever that means) and not waste my hard earned money. I suppose I'll wait a few years for the "sequel" to come out. I hope that means you can still fly over Britain as well as Moscow. Thanks for the feedback.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by bornflying79

So, this is apparently going to be my last post asking this question:

Should I buy the game now?

Two concerns:

1) Disappearing planes? This would seem extremely frustrating. Is this a problem for everyone? How often? Are there work-arounds?

2) Performance: My comp specs are: Intel Core i7 quad core 2.2 ghz, 8GB Ram, win 7 64 bit, NVIDIA GeForce GT630M 2GB dedicated. Will the game run smooth on my comp? What settings? Will track IR run smooth for me?

Is this an enjoyable sim now or a continued exercise in frustration? Your opinion is appreciated. It is now or never for me.

Thanks.

Be a big boy

[klem]

Originally Posted by kakkola

@ Klem,
Hey thx for reply,i tried everything,reinstalling,delete cache etc...if i fly alone is fine ,but if i have other planes gets worse,if i fly low stutters with grass and trees(1920x1080),at 1440x900 is decent but not really nice to look at.......maybe a problem with ram?(8gig)oh i have win 7 64
Thx!!!!cheers

Resolution is a big hitter and although 1920x1080 is common today my reading of posts over the past 18 months is that it can be a bit of a cliff edge for some systems, probably because of limited Video RAM and general Video Card capability. My screen is native 1680x1050 so perhaps resolution is one of your main problems.

Windows 7 is fine and implies you are running DirectX10 or 11. Directx9 has always been a problem in CoD but it was sold as Dx9 compatible and I suspect that has led to dumbing down the graphics to comply. I suspect the sequel will say Dx10 or better. 8Gb ram is more than enough. 1.28Gb Video Ram is just enough for my setup but probably not really enough for 1920x1080 on higher settings. The Video Card (GPU) is the biggest culprit when it comes to performance (if we disregard the biggest culprit of all which is generally believed to be a poor game engine - I'm not an expert on graphics).

Try reducing Textures, it may help without spoiling the look too much, and be sure SSAO is off.