OLD BETA patch 14413 - May 4, 2011(!!!) - do not install!

[Winger]

Originally Posted by gonk

Is anyone really testing this ? or is it just a bunch of employees talking it up ? This patch is terrible.... Two or us have the exact same problems...

1. Micro Stutters are back.
2. Can not exit multiplayer games. Press ESC, then hit exit ... and nothing... just sits there...

rolling back...

rolled back to last official steam patch.. micro stutters have reduced...
and the EXIT button works..

Got exact same Problems. Stuttering only in MP. SP is smooth. Unable to exit from Game and sadly no SLI working at all.
Rolled back to previous betapatch wich runs fine for me.

Winger

[gonk]

Originally Posted by Winger

Got exact same Problems. Stuttering only in MP. SP is smooth. Unable to exit from Game and sadly no SLI working at all.
Rolled back to previous betapatch wich runs fine for me.

Winger

My mate has a similar system to mine but he has 2 GTX 580's in SLI. We ran the in game frame rate tool and prior to the lasted patch we ran the same Average rate.. Now I get 30 in Black Death and he gets 58 average. (vsynch off for the test)

He set Force Alternate Frame Rendering 1.... under nvidia control panel.

[Winger]

Originally Posted by gonk

My mate has a similar system to mine but he has 2 GTX 580's in SLI. We ran the in game frame rate tool and prior to the lasted patch we ran the same Average rate.. Now I get 30 in Black Death and he gets 58 average. (vsynch off for the test)

He set Force Alternate Frame Rendering 1.... under nvidia control panel.

Wich driverversion? Also wich resolution and detail settings?

Winger

[gonk]

Originally Posted by Winger

Wich driverversion? Also wich resolution and detail settings?

Winger

driver 270.61, resol :- 1920 x 1080

[Winger]

Originally Posted by gonk

driver 270.61, resol :- 1920 x 1080

Thanks. Ill go and do a fresh install this evening hoping this will change anything. A word from Luthier to clear up the confusion on SLI would be nice. Patchnotes can be understood either way. That SLI is part of this patch or will be part of the next one...
If it was part of this one the patchnotes should read "SLI AND Crossfire support" not just "Crossfire Beta support".
Also some information on wich driver version they used to test SLI and wich Rendering mode gave the best results (SFR, AFR, AFR2 and so on) would be nice as well.

Winger

[satchenko]

Fix radio comms PLEASEEEEE!!!

[OB1]

Originally Posted by Winger

Thanks. Ill go and do a fresh install this evening hoping this will change anything. A word from Luthier to clear up the confusion on SLI would be nice. Patchnotes can be understood either way. That SLI is part of this patch or will be part of the next one...
If it was part of this one the patchnotes should read "SLI AND Crossfire support" not just "Crossfire Beta support".
Also some information on wich driver version they used to test SLI and wich Rendering mode gave the best results (SFR, AFR, AFR2 and so on) would be nice as well.

Winger

Im the one that tests with gonk, for SLI you have to go into control panel and under "Manage 3D settings" select "Program Settings" tab. Add the launcher.exe to make a profile for COD found in "Steam\SteamApps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\launcher.exe".

Down the feature list for "SLI rendering mode" select "Force alternate frame rendering 1". I also enable Vsync in the game so its a good idea to enable Triple buffering as well.

The reason SLI is not enabled by default is because the launcher.exe is set to single card by default by the devs for the purpose of making the game compatible for non beta users.

For the benchmark I had these game settings:
4x AA although it doesn't look like it works properly.
SSAO on
Vsync off
Anti hetro filter off
Everything else on maximum except building amount on medium. =58fps average on the black death.

This beta enabling SLI is all dandy if you only play single player but I only play multiplayer.... My fps in multi is still very high but there is some strange shit going on that makes it unplayable..

[JG301_HaJa]

I verified the game integrity to get it back to square 1 and then cleared the cache.
After this I applied the patch.

Appears that crossfire is working, smooth fps no stuttering with all high and as a side note I don't have the blue bands either on my double 6870 cards.

Havv't made any long tests just a quick mission with the bomber attack 5'fth from bottom
I think.

Feels better to me.

regards

[Gollum]

One step forward, Two steps back.



Have no problems running the current "real" version and haven't tried a beta patch yet but glad I haven't cosidering that we're now going to Beta Beta Beta Beta patch. Or is this Beta Beta Beta? I'm loosing track.

Just frustrating to see no progress whatsoever. I love this sim but there seems to be a lack of focus here. working on the way cockpit needles bounce when half the community can't run the game.

C'mon guys what seems to be the problem? I hope you can get the basics running on everyones rigs soon so people can atleast enjoy the game. Then updates become bonuses!!

Love,
-A highly opimistic fan slowly loosing faith.