BETA PATCH v1.06.17582 - May 05, 2012

[David198502]

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Stormcrow

BTW did re-starting the game help with stuttering? For some it seems to help.

i found that helped with all former official and beta patches....i think it has to do with filling the cache folder with new files???


every time i installed a patch(beta or not) my first impression was more stutters and freezes, but then after a couple of restarts it seemed to get better...could be possible that one gets used to the stutters though as well

[69iAF~Mike]

Installed patch, did not remove cache folder, Very High settings. 20 to 30 FPS, 50 meters AGL outside London. INSANE AMOUNT OF STUTTERING.

Remembered to delete old cache folder, same settings. Pretty steady 20FPS 50m above London. Less stuttering.

I love this patch. Previously I had to use lower setting for similar performance.

[jinzo]

okay here is my opinion for what its worth
just over a hour of game time in ATAGS no CTD no ghost dots i felt as though there was a visual range increase FMs feel good
slight fps hit but i think its due to game running in dx10 which in my opinion is exceptable.

all in all a step in the right direction yes it still needs work but a thumbs up from me

my rig
i7 2600k at 4.80 ghz
gtx 570
8 gb 1600mhx ram

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by FS~Phat

A 109 with its gear down was able to fly faster, outclimb and out turn my undamaged Spit IIa. hmmmmm....

That might be an leftover visual bug: when you set your gear lever to neutral in some aircraft, other players might see you as having your gear extended.

[Volksieg]

Although I haven't experienced the great FPS increase that the dev team spoke so much of, my performance is a lot more stable.... still getting the odd stutter once in awhile but i have yet to find any game that doesn't do that on occasion. The lack of such a massive FPS increase may have something to do with the fact......

.... I can now use shadows!!!

Thank you dev team! Keep up the good work!

Now the bugbear..... is it my imagination or has the crosshair in the 109 become fainter?

Otherwise... I am VERY happy.

[jibo]

there is way too much happy campers in here, furbs must be boiling, be kind tone it down a lil bit

[Hooves]

Well I am completely disgusted at this point. I have never had so many micro freezes, launcher crashes and just over all terrible performance.

This patch did ZERO of what it said it was accomplishing, in fact it feels more like the game on release than anything.

In fact Ill say the only thing that works properly is the new nerfed red planes lol, WAY TO GO 1C!!!!

I cant understand how a team has had this long to FIX a game and has only taken it 5 steps backwards. I cant wait to see how many steps backwards 2 years of wait time will provide.

Im hoping that the sequel is running a fresh and clean engine, and not some kind of franken engine that CloD, seems to suffer from.

But my honest consesus is that the current Dev team was handed this game, that they don't understand, and they just throw code at it until something different happens, not better, just different.

If this was an FPS title it would have been abandoned as fast as HOMEFRONT. An equally horrible release, and poorishly supported game.

[Ataros]

Repka 3 server is patched. Everyone is welcome for a quick dogfight on a small map.

[furbs]

Originally Posted by jibo

there is way too much happy campers in here, furbs must be boiling, be kind tone it down a lil bit

Nope, i just wish i was one of them. The sim now has gone from being sort of playable online with a crash after 45 mins, at least i could get a sortie in, to being unplayable with a CTD every 10mins.
I know this is a BETA patch but its taken 6 months to get here, what chance of them fixing the multitude of new bugs with in the next 6 months?

They said they tested and fixed what should be the number 1 priority for the so called "rewrite" fix the CTD, everything else is secondary to that.
The patch has given me a slight boost in FPS, though i put that down to them taking out the clouds and making the textures low res.

The major patches so far have...

1st -Screwed the sound (remember having to select no trees to have sound!)
2nd -Fixed sound but introduced the CTD
3rd - Not fixed the CTD and introduced new bugs and taken out clouds and high res textures.

As for adding new features like weather, COOP's, tree collision model, fixed AI commands and the host of other things we need to be added to have a real "BOB" sim, not a snowball chance in hell...none.

Personally i dont think they can fix CLOD and have had a very small number of people working on it for a while but its not the major graphics rewrite they have been telling us, its more of a tweak and stall tactic to get us closer the release of BOM.

6 months to get here? and they say 2 days to fix this and that? they haven't fixed the CTD in 6 months work, yer right.

I dont envy Blacksix's job over the next few weeks but im pretty sure Luthier will be hard to find, apart from a another "im really sorry but making sim is hard, we will fix it, crush everything and blah blah blah"


CLOD is now effectively done, its toast.

[addman]

They must have meant the final patch when they said everything will look the same but with better performance, right? Because I'm looking at a somewhat increased performance but at the cost of seriously downgraded visual fidelity. Pop-up clouds? WTH! Will wait until the final version of the patch before passing judgment though.