BETA Patch v 1.03.15527 BUG Thread

[albx]

I did a simple test, just start the game, choose a server and connect. Select a side (red or blue). Start the task manager (control+alt+canc) or right click on the taskbar and select task manager from the context menu. If you look at the launcher.exe you see it jump from 500 mb to over 1 gb then drop again at 500mb, but the game with pre-patch don't do this. Can somebody confirm it? I think this is the problems I have online with alot of stutters and freezes, FPS dropping at 1 sec. (yes, 1 FPS)

regards

[Welshman]

ive just done a couple of quick tests and noticed something too , been having low fps myself so i decided to start the game direct from the launcher.exe from the game folder and now my fps are much better , i even thought my Xfire was working but when i checked that its not , only 17% max on second GPU .

ive deleted the old icon off the desktop and created a shortcut to the launcher.exe , much better now .

[Helrza]

Originally Posted by Welshman

ive just done a couple of quick tests and noticed something too , been having low fps myself so i decided to start the game direct from the launcher.exe from the game folder and now my fps are much better , i even thought my Xfire was working but when i checked that its not , only 17% max on second GPU .

ive deleted the old icon off the desktop and created a shortcut to the launcher.exe , much better now .

Dude, i think you might be on to something here.
I gave it a try myself, with the old desktop icon, and launching from the game itself and trying out online. i watched the memory in the task manager, with the old icon, would work with 1,400,000k+ of memory when entering into the server, crashing, locking up, C++ errors, then starting from the launcher.exe in the cliffs folder it was running at around 900,000k memory usage, hasnt crashed on entry into the server, no lockup, no errors. Ill try it for a bit longer but looks to be helping me thanks for the heads up welsh

[=PF=Coastie]

Originally Posted by Welshman

ive just done a couple of quick tests and noticed something too , been having low fps myself so i decided to start the game direct from the launcher.exe from the game folder and now my fps are much better , i even thought my Xfire was working but when i checked that its not , only 17% max on second GPU .

ive deleted the old icon off the desktop and created a shortcut to the launcher.exe , much better now .

Are you THE "Welshman" from days of old?

[Welshman]

maybe i should use my full tital .. =PF=Welshman

[=FI=Scott]

I am not disputing your findings as I haven't tried this yet (at work atm) but I am curious as to how this could work.

Isn't the desktop icon just a link to the .exe in the IL2 CoD folder ?

[Buchon]

Not totally sure but the desktop icon call the game to start through Steam, while if you start the game through Launcher.exe the game just ask for verification and starts.

It seems equal but its not.

[Helrza]

the icon installed by steam doesnt directly aim to the launcher exe, it points elsewhere. Im wonderinng to why this would make a difference, but i know im not trippin lol. Was playin on a server with clouds this arvs... I have never been able to do that without massive stutters. Also the game crashing whilst loading the server map at the selection screen and c++ errors have stopped. Weird as it sound, it seems to work for me

[Ze-Jamz]

I tried this and it made no difference to my game...get in a furball near the dek and the whole game slows to a halt..

Even if im engaging a bomber on its own and i smoke it, it has a big FPS hit if im close...this wasnt happen prior to this Beta

[Krt_Bong]

Originally Posted by =FI=Scott

I am not disputing your findings as I haven't tried this yet (at work atm) but I am curious as to how this could work.

Isn't the desktop icon just a link to the .exe in the IL2 CoD folder ?

no it is not it's a Steam shortcut (I deleted mine too and use the exe out of the game folder)