Here some tweaks to improve framerate.

[cre8tive Delay]

This is awsome!
Thank you very much

[5./JG27 Lehmann]

Very hit and miss for me -

Performance is GREATLY improved, but at the expense of seemingly-random crashes while loading games =/

Great start though!

Also hi@kegetys if you read this forum, I remember your awesome work from the golden days of OFP

[Insuber]

Miracle mod! Passed from low 20's to ~50 fps in my test mission ... I was able to increase the res from 1200*768 to 1600*1024, and still keep ~30 fps ... GREAT KEGETYS, you are a genius!

[reldnisch]

It works really fine! ~20 fps growth
Thank you very much, Kegetys!

S!

[Karppa]

Excellent mod!

I get best improvement by using all 3 together. Individually only 5-10% increase in average fps but with all 3 at once it's about 40%!

Only downside is that the launcher sometimes crashes now.

they need to hire ppl from the community so this game can become playable...at least on new systems

[Damixu]

Originally Posted by LcSummers

Hi,

can someone make a step by step install please? I am no native speaker, reading on simhq too, its hard to understand.

Thanks for any help!!

1) Download SFS mod tool from: http://www.kegetys.net/misc/

2) Copy 'kegetys.dll' to your IL2:CoD steam folder (mine is: "E:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover")
3) edit file "Launcher.exe.config" with Notepad and add bolded lines:

<applicationSettings>
<maddox.Properties.Settings>
<setting name="nativeDLL" serializeAs="String">
<value>parts\core\steam_api.dll</value>
</setting>
<setting name="nativeDLL" serializeAs="String">
<value>kegetys.dll</value>
</setting>
</maddox.Properties.Settings>
</applicationSettings>
...

4) Download low resolution textures mod "lowtex.7z": from: http://junk.kegetys.net/xzy/lowtex.7z

5) Open "lowtex.7z" (you need free 7z unpacker for this - found googling the internet) and unpack lowtex folder to your IL2COD Steam folder (look above). It will show as "lowtex" subfolder under the IL2COD main folder.

6) Download mod disabling the SSAO effect: http://junk.kegetys.net/nossao_mod.zip

7) Open "nossao_mod.zip" and unpack it to IL2COD folder - It will show as "nossao" subfolder like the "lowtex" on item 5)

8.) Download No mipmaps mod: http://junk.kegetys.net/nomipmaps_mod.zip

9) Open "nomipmaps_mod.zip" and unpack it to IL2COD steam folder. It will show as "nomipmaps" subfolder under the IL2COD main folder.

10) Create new shortcut to you desktop to IL2COD launcher by locating "launcher.exe" from IL2COD steam folder and use mouse right-click popup menu and select there "Send to > Create Desktop (create shortcut).

11) Right click new shotcut and select "Properties"

12) Pick tab "Shortcut" and enter to line "Target": "E:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover\Launcher.exe" -mod=nossao -mod lowtex -mod=nomipmaps If you like to enable all three mods. You can remove any of -mod=(something) if you don't want to enable it.

13) Start Steam
14) Start IL2COD with your newly created desktop shortcut.


NOTES:
There is also possibility to run mods directly from Steam by entering those starting parameters somewhere to steam (can't remember exactly how). Then you don't have to do items 10 - 14.

You can add also "-disablecomposition" launch parameter to shortcut with to disable Windows Aero UI to free some resources.

"-mod=nomipmaps" launcher parameter makes buildings looking ugly and grainy but helps FPS a lot. Other two mods doesn't reduce overall visual glory in any visible way.

If you like nice smooth looking building (but way lower FPS) you might want to remove this "-mod=nomipmaps".

I had to start the game 2-3 again due having" Launcher.exe error" during startup of a mission having enabled nomipmaps mod but just restarting the game 2 times corrected the issue without anyting other special to do.


I hope this helps you....

[Doc_uk]

Originally Posted by doghous3

YOu need to d/l not only the kegetys file, but d/l the nasao and lowtex zips.

the zips you extract to the install directory so you have two new folders nassao and lowtex.

I'm sure the guide was straight forward.

Goto steam library, right-click CoD and select properties, select "set launce options" and write -mod=nossao -mod=lowtex.

Do you mean right click Launcher, if so, when i right click there is no set launch options

[Flanker35M]

S!

Doc, easiest to set the parameters is to open Steam -> Library -> Right click IL-2 Cliffs of Dover -> Properties. There in General is a box Set Launch options. Just paste the -mod=nossao there and press OK. If want all three, then just add them there and good to go.

[Avala]

Originally Posted by SacaSoh

The textures in the game are "too big", that's the problem... the solution is not to reduce your resolution, but to reduce the texture sizes. Reducing the texture resolution will lower the overall image quality just a bit, on the other side, reducing your resolution will have a big impact in your IQ (worse if you use a LCD screen).

With the mod (lowtex and nossao) fix i've gained 25fps and less stutters, without any noticeable decrease in IQ.

Lowering resolution really was good solution so far, as Oldschool said. But, with some tweaking and tuning the textures maybe we didn't have to do that, which would be very good.

Anyway, I have the same problem as Doc_uk, I REALY dont understand what to do.

How I do this: "-Finally use -mod=nossao commandline parameter to
enable the mod for launcher.exe."?