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Originally Posted by ga_332
Ok back after almost 1 year since last time played, is the game playable? Downloading the last patch now.
And dos it work onlie on server etc............
Can you guys recomend a server thx 
Short feed back on the above to get me up to speed had been great thx |
hiya viking,
your timing is good, the most recent beta patch seems to have at last made a significant improvement in performance (grafix engine wise) for people with mid range pc's (high end pc owners had the least problems with performance in the last year). a lot of bug fixes were also included in that last beta patch, so some major annoyances (like bomb sight errors in some planes) have been fixed
to sum things up for the current state (afaics)
- online play is now worth while the price of the game, it looks much better then il2-1946 and plane detail quality and damage models are much better
- offline play is still severely limited by the lack of decent campaign and missions, and the fact some AI commands dont work (a number were fixed in that last patch), and still some odd AI plane behavior at times (but again many fixes were recently included). there is a german company who has started making CoD mission/campaign addons, and several people here have reported these as being very good. these addons exist in english versions, i think the company is called something like "desastersoft" (bit of an odd name
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- i suggest you pick one or 2 planes you really like, get to know them (and their bugs, which are mostly not "show stoppers" anymore), and start enjoying what is good in this very complex and advanced sim.
- when you think you find a problem or bug, report it in the bug threads and search the forum for info to see if there is a work around identified by other users. there is also a new ""fan base" website (cant remember the url) which is setup as a central "bug reporting" system, where people report and vote on bugs and try and have others vote on their importance in priority-fixing.
now that luthier and Co have significantly improved the main problem (poor performance of gfx engine and some glaring bugs), the hope/intention is that the other lesser bugs and residual main missing features (like lack of coop, and no dynamic campaign engine etc..) will be addressed in subsequent patches.
when you install the beta patch, make sure you read that thread to know exactly how to install it correctly, otherwise you might still be experiencing problems that dont really exist anymore. also make sure you turn down some of the very demanding eye candy settings in the options (unless you have a monster pc) like, tree density, building number and detail etc...
in summary, its very playable now for mid range pc's, as long as you are prepared to put up with a few limitations and residual bugs