Il-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs Of Dover BETA Patch v 1.03.15527

[Fall_Pink?]

Thanks for the patch and some observations:

The good:
- New colors and lighting look very nice and more real
- Sound has much, much improved and hope to hear more

The bad:
- Voice sound level is too low
- gun sounds are too low I think
- still too many sound echo's from other planes when they use the radio.
- Performance wise this beta patch is however not very good. Despite having a high end system, it has dramatically dropped my avg fps. Stuttering on landscape loading has increased and disk IO (constant small spikes on my SSD) has also increased during flight. This most definately must be looked into. Stuttering is not caused by cpu starvation because my cpu usage remains remarkably low on all cores; too low in my opinion.
- AI warping and very rapid movement changes of AI still there. Either caused by the game engine

New command structure is being worked on and that's nice to see. I really hope to see a fully working AI command menu in the final patch and please look into the - for me much - worsened fps (~ 26 avg fps with only a couple of planes in the game). It cannot be related to any CoD settings afaik. I still use the same settings as before I installed the beta patch.

Regards,
FP

[PissyChrissy]

Ok i must be retarded....

I downloaded the patch - twice - one direct, one torrent.

Using Vista, in each case, after unzipping with 7-zip, i'm left with only:

"Paintschemes" folder
"parts" folder
"09062011 Beta Readme"
"Launcher.exe(.config)" - config file - does nothing but open up XML document in wordpad)

Am i missing something here?

[Dano]

Originally Posted by PissyChrissy

Ok i must be retarded....

I downloaded the patch - twice - one direct, one torrent.

Using Vista, in each case, after unzipping with 7-zip, i'm left with only:

"Paintschemes" folder
"parts" folder
"09062011 Beta Readme"
"Launcher.exe(.config)" - config file - does nothing but open up XML document in wordpad)

Am i missing something here?

Nope, you just need to copy the lot into the steam/steamapps/common/il2 cliffs of dover folder telling it to overwrite all files.

[PissyChrissy]

Originally Posted by Dano

Nope, you just need to copy the lot into the steam/steamapps/common/il2 cliffs of dover folder telling it to overwrite all files.

Ahhhhhh, i thought it was looking for an installer for the patch. Cool, thanks!

[pwgee]

Im getting the little crosshairs when i try to start the game after Beta patch, but no game start after that. I tried re-installing the beat files with steam shut down and again the game still wont start. Any ideas? Which executeable am I supposed to be starting with after the beta patch? Is there a way to run the beat without steam running?

[jf1981]

Hello,

Installed the patch, the game will not start, it would crash at launch. Is a stable patch released soon ? Via steam or direct ?

Thanks
J-F

[reflected]

I haven't been playing CloD for a lnog time, but I gave it another try with this new Beta patch.

The sounds are much better, still not cutting edge though, but pretty good.

The new colors are very nice, it's a huge progress!

However, the gameplay is still choppy, stuttery, and jerky, no anti-aliasing at all, bad FPS.

If all this wasn't enough, the AI still starts 12 rolls in a row at the roll rate of an F16 as soon as I draw a bead on him.

Guys, this patch is a progress, but you'll need 5 of these to make me want to try this game again.

Oh, i7-920, 6G RAM, GTX470, Win7 64 here.

[Iku_es]

Im getting the little crosshairs when i try to start the game after Beta patch, but no game start after that. I tried re-installing the beat files with steam shut down and again the game still wont start. Any ideas? Which executeable am I supposed to be starting with after the beta patch? Is there a way to run the beat without steam running

I had the same troubles after installing the patch, the game CTDed and didn't start up (launcher32.exe crash).
I followed the following steps:
- Verified the cache integrity: (Didn't work )
- Unistalled the game, and installed it again. Started the game once and exited.
- Installed the patch.
- Cleared the cache (manually), and defragmented it (steam).
- Up and running

I haven't noticed any fps drop after installing the patch.

I like the new colors, and the new sounds are amazing, I spent most of my playtime watching flyby's of the Me109 ... lovely.

Sound levels may need an adjustement, but don't forget that it is a beta patch.

Keep up the good work guys.

[LcSummers]

A minor graphical glitch on the Spitfire MK Ia.

Red light right sides "Fuel pressure low" is visible in external view .

[caprera]

Thanks Luthier ^^