All in all a nice patch...

[Buchon]

Originally Posted by jibo

image quality (blurry, blocky) is part of the new rendering process, (mapping, filtering ...)
i'am more worried about the "old bugs" soon we will see if the rework was deep enough.

More correctly a problem with it :

Originally Posted by BlackSix

• Texture cache failing to draw higher-res textures on close-up objects with lower settings on below-recommended video cards.

This is the reason behind the low quality textures, a issue between the new textures management and the texture cache.

Everything else is conspiracy theories.

[Gourmand]

Originally Posted by senseispcc

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Never forget this is only a BETA or ALFA patch

we don't forget, but... what is the difference between the beta and the current version? except the number at the bottom corner?

the patch should fixe CTD, it's not fixed... and all the little bug like stuka break wheel that still does not work...

in my opinion the dev team is too small... and they wait too long time for asking the community to test beta version... we should have periodically alpha patch for helping the dev to test theire work and for being more reactively that 6 month.

I am sad about the dev.. we are other game for waiting... we can easily switch... but they only have this game...

Luthier, you make "tunnel effect" with your project...
chose among your mature or experienced community for more frequent alpha test and strengthen gradually and not block by block to easily return back to

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Here are some thoughts on the new patch thus far...(from a Ju88 pilot's perspective)


Well for me the ctd with the twin engine bombers is much less then prepatch, infact, of the five hours I have been able to test on the ATAG server with Ju88, no ctd's were had and thats while....drum roll please...flying in formation I'll give that 4 grins! thanks devs!

When I pan left/right with tir5 while parked at tramcourt the buildings and fauna appear a bit smoother

With the new nvidia beta drivers fxaa works with little performance cost

Formation flying was a huge issue that if now fixed gives alot of hope for big bomber formations.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by MajorBoris

Well for me the ctd with the twin engine bombers is much less then prepatch, infact, of the five hours I have been able to test on the ATAG server with Ju88, no ctd's were had and thats while....drum roll please...flying in formation I'll give that 4 grins! thanks devs!

Yes, this was specifically tested and addressed as naryv mentioned @sukhoi.ru http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=31835

Please send more crashdumps and logs to let more issues be solved soon. Post annoying bugs at bugtracker and vote for them.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Ataros

Guys, if you read the patch notes the purpose of this alpha-release is not to make our flying more comfortable or enjoyable but to collect crash-logs and crash-dump files. CTDs of different nature (and specific to user hardware) are hunted and fixed one-by-one as goes from naryv's comment @sukhoi.ru I refer to here http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=31835

They reworked the core of the engine (multi-threading, etc.) and only now they will start fixing bugs with our feedback. Disappointing ATM but still very promising.

Exactly my thoughts, it's a testing patch and nothing else. Treating it as finished gameplay material is only setting oneself up for disappointment.

Originally Posted by PotNoodles

Nobody is disputing the fact it's a alpha/beta patch or whatever. Those who are having problems are just telling the Devs it's failed for whatever reason. People may call that moaning or whatever else they like, but without this feedback there will be no results. People are obviously going to be disappointed because this alpha/beta has been built up so much to be the patch that finally makes the game playable.

Well, in all fairness moaning and feedback are very different. For example...

Feedback: "Tried the new patch today. I encountered such and such issue when doing this and that thing, here's a screenshot/crash logs/ how to reproduce the bug, here's my PC specs/driver settings and here's my in-game detail settings."

Moaning: "Oh my god, this is worse than before, i'm getting less FPS now, this patch is a joke!"

[senseispcc]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

Moaning: "Oh my god, this is worse than before, i'm getting less FPS now, this patch is a joke!"

This last sentence is not true it is not worse it is simply not better. I never have any crash of my system or of the launcher or maybe a long time ago before the first patch.
I think this patch is made to correct the most obvious errors with some planes modeling errors and for making this game more afordable to mid range PC's. Do not forget also this is not the final version of the patch.
Give the DEV. team some time to make all this work. It is not a easy task. We are far from the 320x200 pixels from 1989 "Their finest hour" from "Lucasfilm".

[Ze-Jamz]

Originally Posted by Gourmand

we don't forget, but... what is the difference between the beta and the current version? except the number at the bottom corner?

the patch should fixe CTD, it's not fixed... and all the little bug like stuka break wheel that still does not work...

in my opinion the dev team is too small... and they wait too long time for asking the community to test beta version... we should have periodically alpha patch for helping the dev to test theire work and for being more reactively that 6 month.

I am sad about the dev.. we are other game for waiting... we can easily switch... but they only have this game...

Luthier, you make "tunnel effect" with your project...
chose among your mature or experienced community for more frequent alpha test and strengthen gradually and not block by block to easily return back to

I have to agree a bit here.. personally it runs the same for me..i had 1 ctd yesterday after about 2 hours of play so cant comment any further on the issue...didnt see any ghost dots which was my main gripe..

getting the occasional 1 sec freeze but it was on ATAG with around 30ish players and skins were on so im guessing that may have something to do with it

[jibo]

keep in mind there is 22 persons working on cod/bom ... much less than on angry birds

[Ataros]

Guys, if you read the patch notes the purpose of this alpha-release is not to make our flying more comfortable or enjoyable but to collect crash-logs and crash-dump files. CTDs of different nature (and specific to user hardware) are hunted and fixed one-by-one as goes from naryv's comment @sukhoi.ru I refer to here http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=31835

They reworked the core of the engine (multi-threading, etc.) and only now they will start fixing bugs with our feedback. Disappointing ATM but still very promising.

[=FI=Scott]

The single big improvement for me is with CTD's. I have not had one post patch. Although that is a big step forward the trade off seems to be lower overall graphical quality. The landscape in particular looks like its being viewed through net curtains. I'm not going to touch off a bomb here but compared to another sim I fly it looks awful.

Performance wise I am not seeing anything like the massive increases suggested pre-patch by the devs (in fact its so marginal its neither here nor there) and in terms of fluidity it worked better for me before. I will run it to test for the couple of days but it isn't that much fun due to the poor AI.

Sorry, but if this was supposed to be the 'wow' moment it just wasn't. I think they got put in a corner and had to release something, and something just isn't that great. Overall I think it is buggy, clunky and way off the pace in comparison to its competitors. That is not a rant, just my own personal opinion