Game version 2.004 discussion: New features and improvements

[216th_Xenos]

This occur all the time since the last patch, even with the graphics settings in low. Before the patch I used the graphics in Ultra. 

 

Been experiencing stutters too, in Europe Expert +.    

 

No freezing though.

[216th_Jordan]

This occur all the time since the last patch, even with the graphics settings in low. Before the patch I used the graphics in Ultra. 

 

Thats a bit weird. Maybe one of the config. files was changed slightly. In the end, the worst thing that could happen is that you will need to wait for Dx-11 for it to get better I guess, which is not too far out.

[Toxin1]

Thanks Devs for the continued improvements.  

 

I am also experiencing stutters and a big drop in FPS from steady 60 to less than 30 during landings on the Moscow Map with only a single plane on the map, P-40 in QMB. Anyone else seeing this?

 

My Specs:

i5 3570K@4.2

16 gb ram

850 EVO Pro 256 gb SSD

GTX970

G-Sync ROG Swift @1920x1080 Ultra, 4x distance, 2xAA

Win 7 Ultimate 64

 

Update:  Thanks for the responses on my issue.  After updating my drivers and a deeper dive, its looks like my GTX 970 can't handle the distant grass setting.  Once unchecked, FPS was closer to 45-60 near the ground and landings were smooth again. 

 

Edited October 24, 2016 by Toxin1

[Matt]

@Toxin1: I have a very similar system (stock CPU clock though), run the same settings and don't see stutters or a big FPS drop. I'm running the latest NVIDIA drivers, so maybe you should give those a try, if you're not using them yet.

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

Game is smooth at 3440x1444 on ultra, max AA and terrain. i7 6700K, gtx 1070, 16gb@3200

Edited October 21, 2016 by 307_Tomcat

[Hoots]

yeah, compare bf-109 vs La-5 from a different perspective, enjoy!

 

[Edit] The right nose cannon from the bf-109 looks much shorter than the left one? Why is the right nose cannon much shorter?

How do you get the see through mini map?

[LLv34_Flanker]

S!

 

 The guns on E, F and early G were installed "stepped" because of ammo feed was dine from between the guns. In the G-6 and later you got the bulges, because the ammo feed was from outside and guns were symmetrically.

[Pilot_Rabbit]

ETA of next update? will yak1b be flyable with dx11?

[Jason_Williams]

Next update planned for December maybe in time for Santa. Complete contents are unknown but that is when we begin Early Access for first Kuban material and new Collector Planes. DirectX 11 just entered beta today. It will be while before we have any concrete detail on DX11 pros or cons. This is new territory for us.

 

Jason 

[Blooddawn1942]

Good to hear. Is there a rough order planned, which BoK planes are too be released in EA? Spitfire was mentioned to be already in production. So there is a chance we will get it before spring?

[SCG_motoadve]

What is direct X 11 going to change? Graphics quality? Smoothness? both?

Its pretty nice at the moment, I would ask a bit of shine on the planes, just a bit.

[kissklas]

First of all mostly performance. But it depends what you do with what you have. Look at DX as a tool more than a product. It allows for creation of better content. Both visual and performance wise. For example the shaders will be rewritten, but they might not write new shaders that use all the bells and whistles of Dx11.

[JAGER_Batz]

I don't care since i'm no longer flying her but thanks for the information Jason

A lot of player will appreciate   and I won't waste precious time testing something that did not changed

 

Disappointed anyway 

me too, kites always be kites....

[coconut]

No performance changes for me, it's still pretty much the same 30-60FPS. Maybe some changes to the net code and the way interacts with the renderer, blocking it too much too often.

I would not suspect the clouds unless you have the same problems in QMB when setting up high clouds.

 

I really like this version so far. Having AI spotter planes is going to add a little something to MP missions, I think. A moving objective to attack and defend. I haven't checked if player-controlled planes can also be used as spotters. That could be fun.

 

Being able to control the clouds altitude is also nice. I chased a FW190 tonight, and I first I had trouble following him. The clouds from 1500m to 2100m were at just the right altitude for him.

[Urra]

No performance changes for me, it's still pretty much the same 30-60FPS. Maybe some changes to the net code and the way interacts with the renderer, blocking it too much too often.

I would not suspect the clouds unless you have the same problems in QMB when setting up high clouds.

 

I really like this version so far. Having AI spotter planes is going to add a little something to MP missions, I think. A moving objective to attack and defend. I haven't checked if player-controlled planes can also be used as spotters. That could be fun.

 

Being able to control the clouds altitude is also nice. I chased a FW190 tonight, and I first I had trouble following him. The clouds from 1500m to 2100m were at just the right altitude for him.

Objects spotted by the plane are identified how? On map as icon, or simply popup text note?

[smink1701]

Next update planned for December maybe in time for Santa. Complete contents are unknown but that is when we begin Early Access for first Kuban material and new Collector Planes. DirectX 11 just entered beta today. It will be while before we have any concrete detail on DX11 pros or cons. This is new territory for us.

 

Jason 

Rock on Brother!

[tailwheel]

 

Hi guys,

 

After the last patch I have serious stutters and freezing. Yesterday in WoL server all in the base moved with pulsed movement, I don't know what's the problem but this never happened to me before.

Please help!

 

ECV56_Palex

 

I had video/audio stuttering before, even happened on youtube. Ended up being my wireless card conflicting with my sound card. I disabled wireless and the problem went away. It started all of a sudden after some windows update.

[Habu]

No performance changes for me, it's still pretty much the same 30-60FPS. Maybe some changes to the net code and the way interacts with the renderer, blocking it too much too often.

I would not suspect the clouds unless you have the same problems in QMB when setting up high clouds.

 

I really like this version so far. Having AI spotter planes is going to add a little something to MP missions, I think. A moving objective to attack and defend. I haven't checked if player-controlled planes can also be used as spotters. That could be fun.

 

Being able to control the clouds altitude is also nice. I chased a FW190 tonight, and I first I had trouble following him. The clouds from 1500m to 2100m were at just the right altitude for him.

Yes a player can be a spotter. You have to select the option in the plane advanced properties, and set the spoting area. The spoting area i set by the mission builder and can be adjust.

[FlyingNutcase]

Next update planned for December maybe in time for Santa. Complete contents are unknown but that is when we begin Early Access for first Kuban material and new Collector Planes. DirectX 11 just entered beta today. It will be while before we have any concrete detail on DX11 pros or cons. This is new territory for us.

 

Jason 

 

It's looking to be an especially merry Xmas this year. ':-D

[coconut]

Objects spotted by the plane are identified how? On map as icon, or simply popup text note?

By an icon on the map.

[Frequent_Flyer]

The AI bomber/Attack aircraft formations are still very unrealistic in their flight patterns.When attempting to avoid a hostile aircraft they fly like a school of fish, a complete immersion killer. Additionally the AI 110's  fly like a  car rally. they fish tail, nearly stop on a dime and change direction. A dog fight with a hostile AI is still just a bunch of planes chasing their tail. I do not see any difference in the AI .

[sport02]

great ground physic  improvement , I try it for take off and landing with all aircrafts just for fun !!

I like also ground just near the runway

Edited October 22, 2016 by sport02

[71st_AH_Mastiff]

The only things that may have changed and would help correct the perceived FM changes is the atmospherics that may have been corrected. I.e. Pressure and altitude, physics, or input updates.

Edited October 22, 2016 by 71st_AH_Mastiff

[Urra]

great ground physic improvement , I try it for take off and landing with all aircrafts just for fun !!

I like also ground just near the runway

Ground handling is great, I can finally land safely in the snow in an emergency. It's not easy but it's doable. And tires end up to their neck in snow.

[Avatar13]

Wow... I'm just totally blown away with the progress of this sim since I've been away... It's not perfect, have had about 4-5 freezes (out of about 30 missions, mostly quick missions) requiring me to use the task manager to kill the process, and only a couple of pauses during a long mission (~40 min.) but other than that, and with graphics on Ultra, almost everything maxed (AA at 2x as it looks better for some odd reason), fps almost always pegged at 60, it's drop dead gorgeous and a hell of a lot of fun. Did a couple of campaign missions and was totally immersed. The wife and cats will be seeing little of me over the next few months...

 

EDIT: There's friggin' guys walking around the airfields now!! (love the Rata BTW!)

Edited October 23, 2016 by Avatar13

[Finkeren]

EDIT: There's friggin' guys walking around the airfields now!! (love the Rata BTW!)

Those have been there for a long, long time. Well over a year.

[Habu]

There are there from the first early access of Bos. But there is a trick to use it, that some mission builder don't know, or don't want to use.

[Avatar13]

Those have been there for a long, long time. Well over a year.

 

Well, that may be true, but this is the first time I've seen/experienced it. Yes, I've been pretty much out of the loop for longer than that. Just sharing my surprise/enjoyment of it.

[KoN_]

 

I flew so fw 190 and these are my impressions:

- Greater control maneuvers, even at lower speeds

- Even AoA

- Greater warning before stal

- Control smoother rudder, better skid

- More efficient weapons

somebody else has these impressions?

 

No change to 190` i could tell with in five minutes . Not unless this has been posted here as a April fools joke .   Or your being sarcastic . lol 

Edited October 23, 2016 by II./JG77_Con

[Comes]

Great Update. Really like the new Clouds.

 

Just one thing:

If I play in normal mode and disable Icons or the HUD completly, the Icons are still visible in Bomb Sight. It was not like this before. Has this been done on purpose?

[vanscov]

Sorry guys, I can't find the link to update my game. When I launch the game appears a message saying I have to update the game, then nothing happens and I can't play of course. So I can't find the file to download it. I couldn't find an answer in the official web, any little help? Please!!!

[Bando]

When firing up the game, you do it with the launcher.exe?

[LLv34_Taku]

I just want to mention something that relates to those of us with MS FFB2 joysticks. Prior to this update I was having issues where I would receive continuous thumping of the FFB or where the FFB was too stiff or one axis had no FFB. If I held my joystick off center when entering the game the issue didn't seem to arise as often. If it did occur, I could correct it by doing an Alt-tab out and back into the game.

 

Since the update, I do not seem to have this issue anymore. All seems to work as it should. I was wondering is this was specifically addressed in the update and just not mentioned in the notes. I know others have had this problem. Is it no longer an issue for others who had this happen?

Still happens to me atleast, running on Win10. Alt-Tab does something to it but doesn't fix it everytime. Going to "Input Devices" at Options and clicking Accept is another cure when flying but that crashes the game quite often.

[GunnyHighway]

Get a D3D error message at start. Produced a ticket for support.

 

Solved. Refer to :    http://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/25852-d3d-error/

Edited October 25, 2016 by GunnyHighway

[VBF-12_Stick-95]

Still happens to me atleast, running on Win10. Alt-Tab does something to it but doesn't fix it everytime. Going to "Input Devices" at Options and clicking Accept is another cure when flying but that crashes the game quite often.

Ya, I think I spoke too soon.  Still happens here too.

[Danziger]

I've been doing mostly skinning lately and just firing up quick missions using the mouse. I wanted to see what all the fuss is about over the post-patch MiG-3 takeoff and landing but now the game doesn't see my stick...

[III./ZG1_LoHan]

Great update, Thx! S!

[ShamrockOneFive]

Sorry guys, I can't find the link to update my game. When I launch the game appears a message saying I have to update the game, then nothing happens and I can't play of course. So I can't find the file to download it. I couldn't find an answer in the official web, any little help? Please!!!

 

Are you using the Launcher to start the game? The launcher auto-patches when a new version comes out.

[No601_Swallow]

Here's a quick question about 2.004.

 

I've just reinstalled the game following a PC meltdown. While remapping my inputs (grrrr......) I mistakenly hit Left Ctrl +1 (I've "traditionally" had that for selecting engine 1). In the HUD (with that "dashboard" readout on), three small red rectangles appeared in the lower centre of the screen - and stayed. Hitting Left Ctrl +2 turned them blue (or green? I can't actually remember!), while Left Ctrl +3 turned them grey.

 

Now, I can't find find Left Ctrl + a number in the default assign keys interface (at least I don't think they're there), so my question is: what do these little red rectangles signify?

[LLv34_Taku]

Here's a quick question about 2.004.

 

I've just reinstalled the game following a PC meltdown. While remapping my inputs (grrrr......) I mistakenly hit Left Ctrl +1 (I've "traditionally" had that for selecting engine 1). In the HUD (with that "dashboard" readout on), three small red rectangles appeared in the lower centre of the screen - and stayed. Hitting Left Ctrl +2 turned them blue (or green? I can't actually remember!), while Left Ctrl +3 turned them grey.

 

Now, I can't find find Left Ctrl + a number in the default assign keys interface (at least I don't think they're there), so my question is: what do these little red rectangles signify?

Flares. Remove flare pistol by pressing LCtrl+ the key left of 1. Dont remember what's it in English, "Tilde"?