BETA PATCH v.1.08.18956 - August 3, 2012

[Das Attorney]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Mirror online.

International version 18956
MD5 checksum

Russian version coming soon.

Thanks for the mirror. Very quick download!

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Das Attorney

Thanks for the mirror. Very quick download!

It ought to be. It's connected to an OC48 line, and the server itself was forged in the fires of Mt Doom. One server to rule them all.

[Dano]

Trees fixed, Hurricane startup fixed, fps - back at pre performance patch levels, so still no where near what they were but significantly better than the last beta, will do a detailed fps comparison later once there are plenty of seeders in the swarm so I can drop out for benchmarking.

[priller26]

I suppose after reverting to the clean install (verifying game) we should also delete cache, and let the new patch create a new cache file? Just curious, want to install properly. Many thanks.

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by priller26

I suppose after reverting to the clean install (verifying game) we should also delete cache, and let the new patch create a new cache file? Just curious, want to install properly. Many thanks.

Verify game files, delete cache, install patch, run game once to build new cache, then re-launch game and enjoy.

[Rangi]

Verify game files, delete cache, run game/mission, delete cache, install patch run game/mission, re launch enjoy....

[Freycinet]

Thx Captaindoggles, both for the d/l link and the explanation above, but sorry, I am very thick when it comes to this installation process, could you specify it further?

1) I go into Steam, games library, CoD, properties, local files and then "verify integrity of game cache".

2) I delete the cache how?

3) Install patch by unpacking the .rar into which folder exactly?

Thanks!

PS: Atag is already running their server with the new patch!

[ariel__s]

For those who are still asking how to install the patch correctly, I will quote what B6 said on other thread:

If you do the integrity check, you will go back to the last official version (before all the recent betas).

If you uninstall everything, download and reinstall, it will also get you to the latest official version.

So, they do the same thing, but the integrity check takes less time. I prefer the integrity check

My checklist:


1) Verify integrity of local files (to get back to last official version)


2) Go to your documents\1c softclub\IL-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover folder and
go into the cache folder. Delete everything in there
(the game will rebuild it based on the new version next time you run the sim).


3) Extract the beta patch in the game folder
(c:\whatever_you_named_it\steam\steamapps\common\I L-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover) and let it overwrite anything it wants to overwrite


4) Run the sim one to force it to rebuild the cache.


5) Start a free flight quick mission to force it to add anything else it
might need in the cache.


6) Exit the sim.


7) Restart the sim.

Now you can test your frame rates with a clean install of the latest beta,
as well as a correct cache folder for your version. If you skip
steps 5,6,7 you might see that initially you get worse performance,
because the game might still be adding files to the cache. However,
the next time you start it, it will be better and you will get the true
performance.

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

Thx Captaindoggles, both for the d/l link and the explanation above, but sorry, I am very thick when it comes to this installation process, could you specify it further?

1) I go into Steam, games library, CoD, properties, local files and then "verify integrity of game cache".

2) I delete the cache how?

3) Install patch by unpacking the .rar into which folder exactly?

Thanks!

PS: Atag is already running their server with the new patch!

2) Visit Documents/1C SoftClub/IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover/cache and then delete the entire contents of that folder.

3) Unpack the patch into Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover and it should overwrite some files within the 'parts' folder.

[Jaws2002]

First quick and dirty bomb drop with ju88 straight after airspawn, from 2000m, I got the salvo about ten meters from the aiming point.

Good times ahead.