Even I am going negative now.
 

So yesterday, two of my BlitzPig mates, Raven and HamishUK, and friend 1.JaVa Sharpe, decide to give the latest patch a try online for the first time.

Before we can even enter the "client" screen Sharpe has a loading error and CTD. He has been unable to fly CloD for a long time and can find no fix for his problems. We were hoping that the latest patch level would help him out, no joy there.

So, the three Pigs join the Syndicate full real sever without Sharpe. We work out our loadouts and spawn at Manston. As we are warming up Bf110s attack the field. This is about 20 to thirty seconds after we spawn. At this point all sound completely stops for all three of us. (We are the only players on the server). Hamish quits as there is no point flying without sound. Raven and I take off, make one circuit of the field and land. We then quit as there is no reason to keep going.

Except for offline sight seeing there really is no use even trying to fly CloD anymore, especially online.

It's a real pity too, as there is so much good lurking just under the surface, but if we cannot use the sim for what we like, what good is it?

Really, what good is being able to select your serial number, skin, and loadout if you cannot fly the sim with sound? Even the awful stock original sounds are better than none at all.

You guys know I'm a long time (since 2001) fan of the IL2 franchise. I dearly want to continue to be so. But right now how can I be?

Maybe by Christmas it will be working.

Please Luthier, will it be?

If i was Luthier i would have my whole team working on 3 things until they are fixed...and it would keep alot of people happish for the time being until the other stuff gets done..

1. CO-Ops.
2. sound.
3. servers stopping kicking people.

I hear you brother, exact same mixed feelings and frustration. I really want to like the game but it's making it's utmost for me not liking it.:(

You see that would be the sensible approach, unfortunately for us the Dev's dont do sensible.

I really like the sim so far but there is a lot lacking! I tried online for my first time and it was horrible, hardly anyone on, sound bug etc etc. I dearly miss HL and coops but even if we had it without the sound working it's a no goer. I'm just keping my hand in offline in the hope that soon (TM?) it will be more playable online.

the bottom line is....Im too an old il2 fan...from the demo release of original IL2...the thing is, with all my HW and SW knowledge, with my more than a decent rig I can play this sim more or less smoothly only with textures on med. And still have stutters and no sound after few mins online. What can I do? Move along and wait for a better times...

This sim is simply not finished - embrace that fact. That is not a complaint or criticism, it's just a simple fact. Therefore, assume it is a leaked beta, and play it as such. The actual release date is approximately one year from now.

Keep the above in mind, no need to constantly check in on the forums, no need to debate patches, no need to debate fm's etc - you'll be a lot happier. CLOD has not been released yet! But in the meantime, we play around with the leaked beta. :)

Yes it's a bit hit and miss for me too.

I don't want to play online because of the sound bug. The sounds work in QMB & campaign but loadout is broken.

The only way I can get both is to stay in the FMB, which is okay because I get to learn how it works, but I'd rather be playing online (or in the campaign, but not as much).

This is just one of the reasons, ive shelved cod, Unistalled completly.
There is just no point at the presant to keep flying.
Luckerly i have Dcs A10-c to keep me going.....
So for now, i will keep checking back here from time time to see how things are coming along
But, I dont thinK i will be reinstalling cod, untill, at least xmas time

yes but I had a great expectations (now like a broken dream) and spent 50 bucks on CLOD and Im not living in the rich country....that bothers me a bit also....