noob to Il2 Sturmovik COD- virtually unplayable- need help/advice please!

[TheSelf]

Originally Posted by ATAG_MajorBorris

Hi Theself,

The triple monitor setup may require triple sli gtx 580 3gb to get 60fps and that’s if sli were working perfect (maybe the next patch) to have settings at max.

Comparing CoD to a console port or FSX, which is 6 years old is a little unfair but your system will provide a playable experience I’m just not sure if it can do the 3 monitor setup yet without bringing the graphic settings down.

The choice between 3 monitors at reduced eye candy/resolution or one that looks great is yours


Below is some explanations of the settings tweaks by Luthier


http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=19819

For a full walk through of tweaks we can help you on the ATAG Ts3 coms too : ) just say when...

thanks very much for your reply Major Borris- that link was helpful and point # 15 'Note about Aero Desktop Composition' and disabling desktop composition seemed to make all the difference- that was the only change I made after which I got it running smoothly with everything maxed out at 1920x1080 and can run even with Nvidia 3D Vision just about- and even medium graphical settings at 5760x1080 triple monitors- so much more satisfying- thanks so much!

(PS- after finally installing again onto this 'clean' system- to confirm, BF3 also runs normally after installing so no issues beyond Il-2)

I'd love to take you up on your offer for a full walkthrough on other tweaks etc to optimize this sim to the max- what is the ATAG Ts3 coms and what do I need to do to proceed?

Is it worth installing Patch 1.06.17582? Does it improve framerate further? Can we still play multiplayer with beta patches or are there any limitations with the beta patches and how can we uninstall the patches back to the version I'm at now if the patches cause instability? Also interested in any mods for improved sound effects, particularly of the machine guns/cannons etc and playing online, flying in formation with squadrons online etc-seems like a steep learning curve with this sim, but I'm about to learn to fly for real in life and hope it complements this game

With gratitude

[ATAG_Bliss]

Hi TheSelf - everything you need to know to setup TS3 along with how to join etc is all right here: http://theairtacticalassaultgroup.com/forum/forum.php

[Troll2k]

I do not have either SLI or Crossfire but from what I have gathered theses do not wok properly in Clod at the moment.

The GT 590 is essentially an SLI platform on one card.

If it is possible I would try to turn off one GPU and go to a single monitor until things are improved.

[ATAG_Bliss]

The patch made SLI worse, but I heard from a few crossfire users they are running at a much better frame rate.

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Thanks Bliss for the the help!

Sounds like we have a real flyer on our hands, now we just have to get him in the cockpit on the ATAG server

TheSelf, just let us know when you want to get on Ts3 and we can make that learning curve less steep.

I think the answer to your questions is mostly yes!

See ya in the air!

[TheSelf]

thanks everyone for your help- in it's current state the GTX 590 is running in SLI- it was disabling the aero 'desktop composition' that helped (this doesn't affect aero in windows in general does it- only in COD- correct?)- have yet to try without SLI- running off of one GPU- are you saying disabling SLI and running off of only 1 GPU will actually increase frame rates? I seem to be discovering about lack of support for SLI for some sims all at the same time- just tried to get X plane 10 to run- found out I had to disable SLI/run off of only 1 GPU to get it to even run- otherwise it crashes on startup- not worth it to me as I would prefer to use my video card in the way it's meant to be used and not have to change modes and screen resolutions between sims and games all the time...

PS- anyone know when the ETA of the next stable optimized patch will be (eg. the official next update is that's the stable version of current Beta Patch 1.06.17582)? Are the developers still continuing to update this sim (and oficial updates will continue to come via steam) or is it all done by the community at this stage and will have to be manually updated via downloads from this site?

I will do some exploring of COD and look forward to getting onto Ts3 soon- thanks again guys

[ATAG_MajorBorris]

Originally Posted by TheSelf

thanks everyone for your help- in it's current state the GTX 590 is running in SLI- it was disabling the aero 'desktop composition' that helped (this doesn't affect aero in windows in general does it- only in COD- correct?)- have yet to try without SLI- running off of one GPU- are you saying disabling SLI and running off of only 1 GPU will actually increase frame rates? I seem to be discovering about lack of support for SLI for some sims all at the same time- just tried to get X plane 10 to run- found out I had to disable SLI/run off of only 1 GPU to get it to even run- otherwise it crashes on startup- not worth it to me as I would prefer to use my video card in the way it's meant to be used and not have to change modes and screen resolutions between sims and games all the time...

PS- anyone know when the ETA of the next stable optimized patch will be (eg. the official next update is that's the stable version of current Beta Patch 1.06.17582)? Are the developers still continuing to update this sim (and oficial updates will continue to come via steam) or is it all done by the community at this stage and will have to be manually updated via downloads from this site?

I will do some exploring of COD and look forward to getting onto Ts3 soon- thanks again guys

The aero just turns off the fancy transparent windows and can be turned back on easily.

Frame rates improve without sli? not sure but the sli guys I know mostly have it shut off untill its properly implemmented.

ETA for patch? 2 weeks lol, maybe this friday

Updates-Beta updates are manual through this site but easy.

Official updates smartly update for you via steam.