Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs Of Dover BETA Patch v 1.03.15527

[CharveL]

- Sounds much better
- landscape WAY better!

Now we need these things fixed:

- FFB constantly cutting out while flying then suddenly coming back on. Seems to happen when a minimum value is hit the FFB just turns off or times out, leaving the 'wet noodle' until some quick control input reminds it to turn on again. IL2 didn't have this problem.

- Flickering shadows. Please, this immersion killer has got to go - I'm sure it's not an easy fix but at least give us some more video options to choose which shadows we would like to keep, and be able to turn off others that we can live without for framerate sake.

-There was something satisfying about being able to hear the "thunk" of bullets off other planes. Yes, I know the engine is in front of you but there is always a balance between fun and realism even in a sim. Pre-patch it was probably too loud but now I'm just saying maybe it's too soft so let's be able to enjoy some of these small but satisfying things within reason. I can live with the softer gun sounds but again I'd bet you can feel them through the seat of your pants enough to make them seem 'louder'. Perhaps more bass in the gun sounds because of the occlusion through the plane.

-Smoke effects (including clouds) need tuning. They are hogging FPS unnecessarily, at least up close. Maybe it's the downside of being volumetric but perhaps there's room for performance tweaking there.

Just a few quick things in my opinion that could use work. Thanks for your efforts, things seem to really be shaping up.

[Bo_Nidle]

Well I manually installed the patch and now the game will not launch at all! Tried to launch from the in file launcher without Steam but it still demands the spawn of Satan known as Steam be activated.

Frankly my patience with this POS has now been exhausted. Why praise is being heaped upon developers for releasing a patch that still fails to bring the product up to the standard it should have been on release, and drops the already appalling frame rate still further, mystifies me.

I will check back in 12 months or so to see if anything has really improved. But I'm only doing that in the vain attempt to not totally lose the £50 I was conned out of to begin with. That's the only thing saving it from being binned.

Fifty quid! I must have been nuts!!

[trumps]

You whine like a little beech! Beta patch, I would bet that you have screwed up the installation of it! I don't hear many others having too many problems.

Craig

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by Bo_Nidle

Well I manually installed the patch and now the game will not launch at all! Tried to launch from the in file launcher without Steam but it still demands the spawn of Satan known as Steam be activated.

Frankly my patience with this POS has now been exhausted. Why praise is being heaped upon developers for releasing a patch that still fails to bring the product up to the standard it should have been on release, and drops the already appalling frame rate still further, mystifies me.

I will check back in 12 months or so to see if anything has really improved. But I'm only doing that in the vain attempt to not totally lose the £50 I was conned out of to begin with. That's the only thing saving it from being binned.

Fifty quid! I must have been nuts!!

Before installing the zip file. Right click and select properties, Click on Unblock so that all the files are downloaded. This should install all the files required. Windows 7 and Vista seem to have a problem with zips. Or you can wait for the beta to finish and Steam gets the new patch download from the devs, usually by the end of the week.

[evilerny]

I will be seeding the torrent as long as I can. There were 0 people seeding when I downloaded. Unfortunately, I have Steam and I can't even use the patch...

[ATAG_Septic]

Originally Posted by evilerny

I will be seeding the torrent as long as I can. There were 0 people seeding when I downloaded. Unfortunately, I have Steam and I can't even use the patch...

It's no problem to download the patch via the direct link rather than torrent. Just extract to CoD folder, works fine with Steam here, just don't validate files in Steam as this puts it back to last version

[evilerny]

Awesome, I've had problems with patches in other games when not downloaded through steam. Good to hear it works. Also, there were plenty of people seeding, my uTorrent was just moving slower then frozen snot.

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by Chivas

Before installing the zip file. Right click and select properties, Click on Unblock so that all the files are downloaded. This should install all the files required. Windows 7 and Vista seem to have a problem with zips. Or you can wait for the beta to finish and Steam gets the new patch download from the devs, usually by the end of the week.

First I have to say thank you for the awesome job devs and thanks for the tip on the unblock. By chance does anyone know how to keep the outer 2 screens on a 3 screen setup from looking stretched out? thanx in advance. PS I'm a happy camper now.

[Gamekeeper]

Originally Posted by Hunden

By chance does anyone know how to keep the outer 2 screens on a 3 screen setup from looking stretched out? thanx in advance. PS I'm a happy camper now.

Probably better off starting a new thread as replies may be missed in a patch release topic. But here's an article on Widescreen (eyefinity) settings that may help

[Hunden]

Originally Posted by Gamekeeper

Probably better off starting a new thread as replies may be missed in a patch release topic. But here's an article on Widescreen (eyefinity) settings that may help

Thanx for the answer