WOW!... 1C has delivered!!!

[flyingblind]

Originally Posted by Devastat

So this is it, is the game finally finished?? If I update to the new beta, will the enemy planes finally try to shoot me down in single mission dogfights?

Nobody is saying the game is finished. It will always be WIP just like the original IL2. This is just a good step towards sorting out the major issues that stopped many from getting acceptable performance and is still a beta. I am sure there is plenty more to come from the developers.

[Devastat]

Originally Posted by flyingblind

Nobody is saying the game is finished. It will always be WIP just like the original IL2. This is just a good step towards sorting out the major issues that stopped many from getting acceptable performance and is still a beta. I am sure there is plenty more to come from the developers.

Has the enemy AI improved? Will the enemy hunt me down on single mission dogfights? In previous versions they just used to fly away.

[flyingblind]

Originally Posted by Devastat

Has the enemy AI improved? Will the enemy hunt me down on single mission dogfights? In previous versions they just used to fly away.

I don't think AI behavior has been changed and it is something people have been asking for. There have been posts setting out how AI can be greatly improved by changing stock settings. But I remember when I first started playing Forgotten Battles how unnerving it was when the enemy icons on the map would all begin converging on me from every side.

[tintifaxl]

Originally Posted by flyingblind

I don't think AI behavior has been changed and it is something people have been asking for. There have been posts setting out how AI can be greatly improved by changing stock settings. But I remember when I first started playing Forgotten Battles how unnerving it was when the enemy icons on the map would all begin converging on me from every side.

I was shocked to see that CloD's AI is worse than IL2:1946 even pre 4.11 (where TD did a tremedous job improving the AI).

I really hope all the grafics engine recoding is finished by now and the devs get to work on the sim aspect of CloD.

[smink1701]

Originally Posted by tintifaxl

I was shocked to see that CloD's AI is worse than IL2:1946 even pre 4.11 (where TD did a tremedous job improving the AI).

I really hope all the grafics engine recoding is finished by now and the devs get to work on the sim aspect of CloD.

I think they have improved AI but it still has a ways to go to be as good as IL2 or ROF. It is better but AI still acts a little robotic at times and at times the plane's movement seems a bit jerkey that screams "Game." I can fly ROF and while it's far from perfect, I feel like I'm dogfighting with men, not a machine.

[Borsch]

Originally Posted by smink1701

I think they have improved AI but it still has a ways to go to be as good as IL2 or ROF. It is better but AI still acts a little robotic at times and at times the plane's movement seems a bit jerkey that screams "Game." I can fly ROF and while it's far from perfect, I feel like I'm dogfighting with men, not a machine.

Please, Rof is a tremendous sim, but AI is pretty pathetic there. Yes it does fly "honest" FM, but its dumb beyond belief. RoF ai is all about spiralling to the ground level and then just keep circling in one direction. Its almost funny, just how one dimensional it is -whether it flies an agile Dr1 or speed demon Spad - it does the same thing ALWAYS. Yes, current clod ai is better (on balance) imo - at least it will mix and match a few different tactics.

Spit AI is pretty smooth now, 109 ai are just a touch jerky - but its worlds better compared to the current steam version CLoD.

[justme262]

I really don't care about AI. Online is where it's at. Human competition is so much better in every way that once you have played online you would never go back to flying offline.
I don't play CLOD or ROF offline cause I just don't get that feeling you get when you are fighting a human opponent that you know is really good pilot. The fear of getting shot down and humiliated and the triumphant moment when you shoot a human pilot down and you know he is good pilot. And you know you were lucky to survive that fight.
I just came back to CLOD after leaving disappointed. The lastest patch really impressed me.

[Borsch]

Originally Posted by flyingblind

I don't think AI behavior has been changed and it is something people have been asking for. There have been posts setting out how AI can be greatly improved by changing stock settings. But I remember when I first started playing Forgotten Battles how unnerving it was when the enemy icons on the map would all begin converging on me from every side.

Ai WAS changed Bombers no longer fly like fighters, stupid roll rates fixed, comms implemented, etc

[flyingblind]

Excellent.

[Dano]

Right, here we go so you can quit moaning about memory...

A simple quick mission with the ROTOL Hurricane at Tangmere, CEM off so I can get it rolling fast, view was swapped out to F8 and left at default level of zoom which enables a nice big cloud of dust to be kicked up and prove my point.

Left hand set of arrows, GFX options set to 1680x1050, everything maxed apart from SSAO and Epilepsy Fliter, you can clearly see that memory useage is held just under my cards available memory, the big dip in fps is when the dust kicks up properly and you can also see there is no significant change in memory useage even though there is still memory available.

Right hand set of arrows is the same senario, only I've dropped to lowest resolution available and turned everything to minimum apart from effects, again, no significant increase in memory useage even though I still have some 500mb+ free but a significant 50% drop in fps when the dust kicks up.

It is clearly a render issue and not memory related.



And even more compelling, fps up above 400 with vsync turned off with everything except effects set to lowest, you can clearly see the major impact the take off dust has to performance with no regard to memory useage.



Obviously it could always be an issue with my drivers or driver setup but I cannot get onboard with it being a memory issue whatsoever.