Originally Posted by Nike-it (Post 239280)

Just for information, I ran the game several minutes ago on my working PC that is very weak, even below minimum reqs (P4 3,2GHz, 2gb RAM pc3200 and GT8800 512 mb at 1280x1024x32bit and Windows XP).
On lowest settings I got approximately 22 - 25 FPS in the tutorial. Later will try it much more powerful PC.

Originally Posted by Tvrdi (Post 239306)

thanks mate...btw is there a chance epilepsy filter could be turned OFF in one of the patches?

Originally Posted by Nike-it (Post 239330)

The difference between the lowest settings for plane and normal one doesn't affect the frame rate at all, but the visual effect is very huge. See the screens attached (again, screens made on the very weak PC - P4 3,2GHz, 2gb RAM pc3200 and Geforce 8800GT 512 mb at 1280x1024x32bit and Windows XP)

Originally Posted by swiss (Post 239332)

Aaaargh!

Back in the day you just put a warning for epileptics on the box and suggested the buy something else. Problem solved.
But no, in 2011 we need an epileptic compliant game - if it's not, you can't sell it.

Jeez, this is Western Europe, you can't sue someone who warned you, yet you refuse to obey and play it anyway.

How many people are suffering of this disease anyway?
(I once met one: They can talk you, and while in the middle of the sentence just faint and drop on the floor - like they just got a headshot...
Anyway, you have be quick to catch them before the hit the floor, especially if the floor is hard.)


Wiki says: 0.5% of the population are suffering of epilepsy.
Wow, that could really damage your sales.

Originally Posted by *Buzzsaw* (Post 239179)

Salute

WARNING: Those of you who have been waiting with baited breath for this game may have a heart attack>>>

I don't want to cause a ruckus, and let it be clear I am a huge supporter of Oleg and IL-2, I plan on buying the game ANYWAY, but wondering about all the comments I am reading on the Russian boards.

All of the following is not completely clear because of translation, but this is what I understood from reading dozens of translated comments on the Russian boards. Those include comments from Luthier. (Lead developer Ilya Shevchenko)

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The game was apparently sent to the publishers in an unfinished form to be put on the discs, not surprising, with the idea that being installed by Steam, it would be immediately patched. Apparently the patch is 500 mg.

According to some on the Russian forums, there are big graphics issues with the game on lower end machines, as seen here when the settings are turned down to achieve decent framerates:

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/3...3242129254.jpg

It is not clear if this the unpatched game or after patch. Others with better machines get better results as per this:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8728/38608068.jpg

Here is a training mission grab, notice the freezes but some were not having the problems:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdxZ-aLeAK4&feature=player_detailpage[/video]



The person with the happiest result was this guy:



Notice this guy has a single only moderate speed video card, but it has a big 2Gb of VRAM, and he has 8 Gigs of Memory. Others who had dual GTX-570's had far worse results because there is a problem with dual cards.

One issue which may be a large part of this, there is apparently software in the release which is designed to avoid the possibility of people suffering an epileptic seizure while playing the game. UBISOFT insisted on this being included.

Apparently this causes a considerable framerate loss. Oleg etc. are working on a workaround for this.

However, it is not clear if it can be disabled in the Western release copies.

In any case this feature is a big problem with dual cards in SLI or Crossfire. (so wait before buying dual card setups)

The game was exhibited in beta form as you may remember, at Kiev, and hundreds of people played it without any issues. However, the UBISOFT required software was perhaps added afterwords, and now the game has problems?

(google translation)



Some Russian buyers on these boards are joking they are the guinea pigs, that is why the Western release has been delayed till after the bugs are solved.

Now maybe the guys who are posting on the boards are the ones who are having problems, maybe everyone else is playing happily?

It is clear there are some problems with the game and it needs to be optimized. Hopefully the problems can be solved. In the meantime, wondering if we can get some clarification?

Originally Posted by Nike-it (Post 239330)

The difference between the lowest settings for plane and normal one doesn't affect the frame rate at all