And now, a show stopper, for me anyway...

nearmiss · #1 11-10-2011, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ElAurens

Then why bother with a forum at all?

No offence meant nearmiss.

I know you read and understand English. You twisted my words.

You know to post in sticky threads where Luthier will be reading, if expect him to possibly read your postings.

CharveL · #2 11-10-2011, 02:59 PM

Most likely imho it's a combination of factors which is why not everyone is having crashes. I haven't bothered to play online yet even since release because I don't have the time or patience to waste 20 minutes getting prepped for a fight only to crash so I'm pretty much going to wait until things are mostly sorted out.

I've been getting the odd crash in SP as well so it's not a MP only issue

I'm also thinking that there is a memory leak, but that it exacerbates some other issue affecting the video causing crashes. El's experience suggests - and we've all probably noticed significant FPS drops with close-in explosions, clouds, and smoke effects - that it might be something relating to the video buffer getting overloaded.

Just a suspicion really but I think a good test would be to significantly drop video settings to lighten the load and see how long it takes for a crash, if at all.

Either way, it's definitely a coding issue and I think the devs are well aware of it, just that they are probably working furiously to implement the new engine in order to give the efficiency needed.

Just speculation.

=FI=Scott · #3 11-10-2011, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CharveL

Just a suspicion really but I think a good test would be to significantly drop video settings to lighten the load and see how long it takes for a crash, if at all.

No, I tried this. I had everything on lowest settings and still got the CTD's and just about exactly in the same places in the same circumstances.I tried lowering the res too- no dice. What escapes me is that if it is a memory leak why would lowering the graphics clock fix the issue ?

I suspect you are right about there being some common thread that is causing this but I am as confident as I can be that there is an issue within CloD causing this rather than it being down to so many users PC's.

CharveL · #4 11-10-2011, 05:03 PM

Interesting. I'd be inclined to agree then that it's something more fundamental.

Still, it seems tied to particle effects, and at least for me, happens the closer the effect is happening. You can really see the frame rate slow down in close explosions although the same can be said for some other more stable games too.

Anyway, I'd bet they are well aware of what is going and have decided to put their efforts into a better optimized engine than a band-aid for the existing one. Unfortunately, that will likely mean a lot more time and subsequent patching for the bug train that's sure to follow.

IvanK · #5 11-10-2011, 08:12 PM

My On line experience is primarily on the ATAG server. Exe crashes for me are generally predictable. I monitor RAM usage via G15 LCD display. As memory usage approaches 80% I get a slight chopp in sound followed by the crash at 83% used.

The rate of memory usage I have observed varies directly with the number of players on line. I have gone over 1.5 hours with just 4 players on line. I have gone just 15mins with 20+ players on line. The more humans flying the quicker the RAM gets used up.

Win7 (64Bit)
6Gb RAM
GTx580

xHeadbanDx · #6 11-11-2011, 08:50 AM

does every crash eventually? or just some ppl? i havent played this game much and, not at all since the new patch. im waiting for everyone (or most ppl) to say its a good game that runs smooth... lol

robtek · #7 11-11-2011, 08:53 AM

Why don't you decide for yourself???

One man's owl is another one's nightingale.

Insuber · #8 11-11-2011, 09:00 AM

- It runs smooth only with the "right" H/W and OS
- It has still issues in some key areas: FM, AI, stability, various serious bugs in CEM of some planes, still some graphical issues
- Many players cannot run it decently, or at all, due probably either to insufficient video Ram, unsupported video card, or old OS (Vista or XP are handicapped)
- once you have it running, it is graphically beautiful. More than beautiful, stunning and immersive.

CharveL · #9 11-10-2011, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nearmiss

I know you read and understand English. You twisted my words.

You know to post in sticky threads where Luthier will be reading, if expect him to possibly read your postings.

Lighten up Francis, and maybe stop trying to be a forum cop. If El wants to post a separate thread which is actually bringing up a reasonable discussion topic why not let him?