ATAG Dedicated Server is up!

[Helrza]

Originally Posted by CWMV

Thats what really gets me about it, as I doubt its hardware related (i72600k 4.4ghz/gtx580sc/8gigs ram, SSD, etc...) and my connection is always very good (around 70-80 for ping).

oh and Im with the Aussies on smoothness, it runs very, very smooth. Smoother actually than I think it does offline, but it crashes to desktop 100% of the time.

baffled...!

Ive got the same problem with the crashes, sometimes CTD, sometimes graphics freeze and have to use task manager to close, generally after about 1/2 hour of play. Mind you, when i was playing the evening map i was able to play for longer.

Other than that it runs perfectly smooth for me Dont know if ive said it b4, but thanks for a great server ATAG guys. Great server, with a great crew playing on it, it makes all the difference

[klem]

Originally Posted by SEE

I would be really gratefull if someone could someone check their Conf.ini file and see if I have a problem with my settings for [Net]. I can't log in using Clinet or HL and keep getting Serverfail message. Tried all the usual things but no luck (and my name wasn't showing as a ghost connected).


[NET]
speed=25000
localPort=27016
serverName=My Server
serverDescription=IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
serverInfo1=
serverInfo2=
serverInfo3=
serverInfo4=
VAC=1
maxPlayers=255
socksEnable=0
socksHost=
socksPort=1080
socksUser=
socksPwd=
host=216.52.148.29
port=27016
localHost=
tryDirectConnect=1

Here are mine
[NET]
speed=250000
localPort=27016
serverName=56RAF Convoys Mission << just a record of my own last mission, not ATAGs
serverDescription=IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
serverInfo1=testing << just a record of my own last mission, not ATAGs
serverInfo2=
serverInfo3=
serverInfo4=
VAC=1
maxPlayers=12 << just a record of my own last mission, not ATAGs
socksEnable=0
socksHost=
socksPort=1080
socksUser=
socksPwd=
host=216.52.148.29
port=27016
localHost=
tryDirectConnect=1

I did have speed=25000 like yours and I never had CTD.

I increased it to 250000 to see if it helped with pauses when players entered the game (or loaded custom skin?) Over an hour I only had one two second pause instead of many. Jury's still out on that though.

Also:
Broadband is "20Mb down/2Mb up" (getting about 17/1.6)

Settings: All High except Anti-Epilepsy, SSAO, Forest, and Grass all off. Buildings Amount = Medium.

Specs:
ASUS Sabertooth mobo
i7 950 @ 4GHz
6Gb DDR3 RAM
EVGA GTX570 GPU
Crucial 128Gb SSD SATA III 6Gb/s, 355Mb/215Mb Read/Write
850W PSU
Coolermaster HAF912+ case
Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium
Samsung 22" 226BW @ 1680 x 1050
TrackIR4 with TrackIR5 software
X52 HOTAS
X45 miscellaneous controls

[McFeckit]

Originally Posted by Ataros

On the contrary 30 degrees FOV ( zoomed in) gives you realistic dimensions of objects because average monitor occupies about 30 deg. of your real life(RL) FOV in your room. Only in this mode ingame 30 dg. = RL 30 deg.. That is why it is included in game.

60 and 90 deg. FOVs included in game because in RL our total FOV is about 180 degrees. You can check it if you raise your hands to your sides and move fingers you can see movement of both hands with peripheral vision without moving your eyes.

Ingame 90 deg. FOV is only an attempt to squeeze RL 90 deg. into a small monitor window which occupies only 30 deg. of your RL FOV. Thus with 90 deg. ingame FOV all objects appear more than 3 times smaller than in real life

This is a known game-design issue: average monitor can not provide realistic 180 deg. FOV and only 40-50 inch panels can provide about 90 deg. RL FOV.

Now that is interesting, I didn't know that before - thanks for the explanation. So, it's not considered to be 'unsporting' to use the zoom feature? And there I was with my face pressed up against the screen these last few months! I shall map it to one of my sliders immediately!

Apologies to Mrs X for questioning your honour

[5./JG27.Farber]

Just had a great fight with EvangelusE on ATAG server.

S!

A few stutters but nothing to complain about really. No CTD!

[bw_wolverine]

Originally Posted by SEE

Why is it Hawking that seems to attract the low level sorties? Manston and nearby rarely gets that level of attention so I use those bases

There were 60 players last night, I and another player escorted a flight of Wellingtons to and from the target without a single attack.

It seems that a lot of players on both sides prefer and enjoy the low level sorties which is why I think Trumps suggestion could help though my gut feeling is that it probably won't (it takes a while to get to around 20K) and not a lot happens player v player. When you do get the odd escort, the challenge of confronting any escort and downing the bombers is far more satisfying and more in the spirit of the BoB (for myself and a few others anyway). Which is OK...each to their own!

I don't particularly enjoy the stuff that happens near Hawkinge, but lately I've been just flying cover over that airfield to help protect pilots trying to get off the ground. I usually take off from Manston and climb to about 10,000 before I get to Hawkinge.

[klem]

Originally Posted by Ataros

On the contrary 30 degrees FOV ( zoomed in) gives you realistic dimensions of objects because average monitor occupies about 30 deg. of your real life(RL) FOV in your room. Only in this mode ingame 30 dg. = RL 30 deg.. That is why it is included in game.

60 and 90 deg. FOVs included in game because in RL our total FOV is about 180 degrees. You can check it if you raise your hands to your sides and move fingers you can see movement of both hands with peripheral vision without moving your eyes.

Ingame 90 deg. FOV is only an attempt to squeeze RL 90 deg. into a small monitor window which occupies only 30 deg. of your RL FOV. Thus with 90 deg. ingame FOV all objects appear more than 3 times smaller than in real life

This is a known game-design issue: average monitor can not provide realistic 180 deg. FOV and only 40-50 inch panels can provide about 90 deg. RL FOV.

That's really interesting Ataros. In my 10 years or so in IL-2 I had often wondered why such a useless (30') view was provided. Now I understand its an attempt to give us a dimensionally accurate impression of sitting in the cockpit - which I suppose it is for the average monitor and viewing distance. But as I said, in practice its useless. So what I need is at least three monitors, preferably five, to get a useful panorama out of the 30' FOV.

Donatons accepted.......

[trumps]

I don't know if it is this pox ridden POS buggy game or we have a couple of print screen mutha F's out there but damn this game pissed me off tonight with lockups, crashes, slide shows you name it, it did it. only when i was going in for the kill though!

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by trumps

I don't know if it is this pox ridden POS buggy game or we have a couple of print screen mutha F's out there but damn this game pissed me off tonight with lockups, crashes, slide shows you name it, it did it. only when i was going in for the kill though!

Hey trumps!

I had a lot of fun last night. Though the game only crashed once as the server loaded a new mission.

I didn't know doing taking screen shots effected the game. Though I only took one after I had crashed and I had unusual graphic effect. Sorry if it effected other players. Will not do it again on line.

A few times I had some quiet long freezes a couple of seconds or so.

Cheers and hope to see you online again soon!

[trumps]

heya bud, in all honesty i don't know if they are an issue, it was probably more just a case of my connection being on the piss tonight for some reason, though i did seem to suffer most of these at the most in-opportune times, don't mind me, just having a little vent was good fun in the main though thats for sure.

Cheers
Craig

[SEE]

Sorry to hear that you had problems Trumps. Mind you, not sure wether you intended to be humerous, but your chat lines with Bliss (while you were escorting those Ju87s and the RAF suddenly appeared from nowhere) had me smiling. That was a big formation and I had a slide show too......you got one of the Reds.......he probably wished you were suffering stutters and freezes as you squeezed the trigger......