BETA PATCH v1.06.17582 - May 05, 2012

[Skiiwa]

Much better improvements for me! Used to have awful lag when loading into the world from textures. Didnt see any Textures loading after I loaded into the world and no stuttering. Flight was very smooth. The one bad thing I saw was banding on shadows.

*forgot to mention im running the latest release Nvidia drivers and DX.

[roadczar]

Worse performance for me as well.

[pencon]

Well I keep trying to extract the patch folders into the game folders and Nada , same every time .

[JG52Uther]

pencon, open the patch file, right click and copy the file within, then just paste it into CoD, over writing the ones already there.

[fifi]

All in all, to me this beta patch is a NULL step forward

Ok sounds are slightly better, radio orders seems working now, some FM seems improved and very few AI improvments.

BUT:
- antialiasing is still crapy aweful (without SMAA inject mod - a chance it's there!)
- No FPS improvment close to ground (still micro stutters)
- cockpit gauges highly lost in sharpness (cockpit rendering WAS the COD N°1 awesome feature)
- no more far clouds
- Ground shadows are still flickering (whatever settings)
- Big FPS hit when looking ground smoke on landings (was fine before)

...and i'm NOT running COD full max settings!
SAO is disabled, ground texture aren't "original", shadows on medium, number of buildings on medium, buildings rendering on medium, AA disabled (on or off same poor rendering)

I7 875K - Zotac 580 - 6 Go RAM

[Sven]

Thanks for rolling out the patch!

In our flying group we have not encountered any CTD's online, which is what we all hoped for. Furthermore, my FPS have been increased a bit, some guys didn't have an increase. My crossfire setup no longer causes the game to run bad, so now it doesn't matter if I run 1 or 2 cards.

I like the new sound of the Stuka, but I do not like the enhanced sound of BF109/110 , it doesn't sound more real and makes it sound like a lower rev engine, like a bomber ( especially the BF110 ).

The dials on the stuka have turned greenish, like the BF110 dials ( but they are yellow ).

And lastly, I really like the haze on the edge of the map, looks real, some people in our flying group are real pilots and agree with me there!

[pencon]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

pencon, open the patch file, right click and copy the file within, then just paste it into CoD, over writing the ones already there.

ALRIGHT ! IT worked ! thanks a lot JG52Uther , the thing I was doing wrong was trying to EXTRACT the files straight to the cliffs folder . When you said copy and paste , I realised I should first make a folder on the desktop and extract into that . THEN copy , and PASTE it into the cliffs folder . Worked like a hot damn! .Mine works smooth and fluid over water sofar . Haven't tested it with fraps yet but my main concern is addressed. The AI is finally aggresive and comes after you so there can be a fight at last instead of flying right in front of you for target practice .To the guy who earlier said he's done with this sim. I noticed your machine specs and they were really way too low .

[[URU]AkeR]

Tried it very fast. GREAT improvement in my lower end machine!!!! THanks!!!!
I have everithing on medium except forest and buildings in low, 1440*900, no ssao, no aa, no vsync, no shadows.
Quik mission free flight over Dover, steady 48fps, no stutters. Used to be 20 - 25 fps with stutters.
Quik mission free flight over london, average 29 fps, freezes in the first seconds (loading textures?) then some micro stutters. London was forbidden for me, 14 fps and freezes.
Then i put shadows on and did the qui mission intercept bombers over hawkinge, 30 fps, and few micro stutters, i could not use shadows before.

Two bugs i will post later in bug thread, had to run it in pseudo full screen, didnt see anithing in full screeen. When i put forest to medium i see no trees but some forest like textures on the ground.

EDIT: my RIG E8200, 2 gig ram, gtx260.

[smink1701]

Thanks for the patch and all the hard work. Sincerely, went for a quick ride over London and didn't see or hear much of a difference. Oh, well, it's the thought that counts. Hoping it will get better and better.

[pencon]

I love the way the Ai immediatley gets right into the formation you ordered , awesome , that's what I've been waiting for and the enemy is so much more aggresive .I'm finally likin this Sim .It's easily awesome enough to keep playing till the next great patch day . Thumbs way up Black 6 !