WOW!... 1C has delivered!!!

[Dano]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

You may need a 2GB card I think

Rubbish, I could load a very memory light mission and I'd still see significant fps drops when the particle system kicks in, it's a rendering issue not memory.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Dano

not memory.

But video memory. It is not related to a mission, but only to texture and effects quality.

Too high settings for given hardware = reason for poor performance.
I have 2GB vram and always had effects on medium in 1680x1050. As well as land shading and some other settings. Always solved stutters and low FPS for me.

[Devastat]

So this is it, is the game finally finished?? If I update to the new beta, will the enemy planes finally try to shoot me down in single mission dogfights?

[flyingblind]

Originally Posted by Devastat

So this is it, is the game finally finished?? If I update to the new beta, will the enemy planes finally try to shoot me down in single mission dogfights?

Nobody is saying the game is finished. It will always be WIP just like the original IL2. This is just a good step towards sorting out the major issues that stopped many from getting acceptable performance and is still a beta. I am sure there is plenty more to come from the developers.

[Devastat]

Originally Posted by flyingblind

Nobody is saying the game is finished. It will always be WIP just like the original IL2. This is just a good step towards sorting out the major issues that stopped many from getting acceptable performance and is still a beta. I am sure there is plenty more to come from the developers.

Has the enemy AI improved? Will the enemy hunt me down on single mission dogfights? In previous versions they just used to fly away.

[flyingblind]

Originally Posted by Devastat

Has the enemy AI improved? Will the enemy hunt me down on single mission dogfights? In previous versions they just used to fly away.

I don't think AI behavior has been changed and it is something people have been asking for. There have been posts setting out how AI can be greatly improved by changing stock settings. But I remember when I first started playing Forgotten Battles how unnerving it was when the enemy icons on the map would all begin converging on me from every side.

[tintifaxl]

Originally Posted by flyingblind

I don't think AI behavior has been changed and it is something people have been asking for. There have been posts setting out how AI can be greatly improved by changing stock settings. But I remember when I first started playing Forgotten Battles how unnerving it was when the enemy icons on the map would all begin converging on me from every side.

I was shocked to see that CloD's AI is worse than IL2:1946 even pre 4.11 (where TD did a tremedous job improving the AI).

I really hope all the grafics engine recoding is finished by now and the devs get to work on the sim aspect of CloD.

[Borsch]

Originally Posted by flyingblind

I don't think AI behavior has been changed and it is something people have been asking for. There have been posts setting out how AI can be greatly improved by changing stock settings. But I remember when I first started playing Forgotten Battles how unnerving it was when the enemy icons on the map would all begin converging on me from every side.

Ai WAS changed Bombers no longer fly like fighters, stupid roll rates fixed, comms implemented, etc

[Dano]

Right, here we go so you can quit moaning about memory...

A simple quick mission with the ROTOL Hurricane at Tangmere, CEM off so I can get it rolling fast, view was swapped out to F8 and left at default level of zoom which enables a nice big cloud of dust to be kicked up and prove my point.

Left hand set of arrows, GFX options set to 1680x1050, everything maxed apart from SSAO and Epilepsy Fliter, you can clearly see that memory useage is held just under my cards available memory, the big dip in fps is when the dust kicks up properly and you can also see there is no significant change in memory useage even though there is still memory available.

Right hand set of arrows is the same senario, only I've dropped to lowest resolution available and turned everything to minimum apart from effects, again, no significant increase in memory useage even though I still have some 500mb+ free but a significant 50% drop in fps when the dust kicks up.

It is clearly a render issue and not memory related.



And even more compelling, fps up above 400 with vsync turned off with everything except effects set to lowest, you can clearly see the major impact the take off dust has to performance with no regard to memory useage.



Obviously it could always be an issue with my drivers or driver setup but I cannot get onboard with it being a memory issue whatsoever.

[SQB]

Dano, this... I... wow. That's pretty compelling evidence!