Pauses when turning icons ON or OFF

[SCG_motoadve]

Is it just me getting this?

All runs real good and smooth, even with icons ON.

Its the turning them ON or OFF process what creates pauses, and in Career mode they are even worse.

 

I am thinking or doing a re install.

 

[Wolf8312]

You mean the game actually pauses or drops fps 

 

It's not just icons, the Hud and the zoom, all seem to be a little more erratic than they used to be when used in game, though maps are about the same. I've never even tried icons.

[SCG_motoadve]

Its a mini pause, yes same with map, and zoom also a mini pause.

Didnt have that before.

 

So maybe no need to re install if I am not the only one.

[dburne]

Yep I get those mini pauses as well, when turning icons on or off, hud on or off, map, etc.

 

 

[chiliwili69]

Yes, I also have those minipauses as well. It is just about 0.2 seconds where the STeamVR sensors are displayed.

 

I only suffer this in the Kuban map, but not in Stalingrad map.

[Rjel]

I noticed it today too. Not a pause or a stutter just a slight jerk. Like a frame was cut out from a movie film.

 

I'm not sure if it's related but I've noticed when using either the mini map or the full map (O) that my plane icon doesn't move as smoothly as before. It feels like a second or two in between my plane's icon position and the next one displayed.

 

The OP mentioned maybe doing a new install to possibly fix the issue. I'm running a clean install. I do a fresh install after all major updates. It seems to run better for me when I do. Might be my imagination but it works for me.

Edited March 18, 2018 by Rjel
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[soupdragon]

I have this issue as well. Just a very quick screen flash which shows my Rift sensors, then it's back to normal. 

Happens when I turn off/On the technochat and also when opening the map.

SD

[fiddlinjim]

I have noticed the same problems when trying to activate the HUD, Labels etc.

Requires multiple presses on the joystick switch to finally activate and the keyboard reacts the same.

[Madmatt]

Yup, same here. I get the same pauses when I play with Oculus or on my monitor. Occurs when I display the HUD, turn labels on or off and when I bring up or increase size of the minimap. It also takes about a second longer to display the full screen map with the briefing info then it used to before the latest update.
 

Madmatt

[Boneboys]

Same here.

I try to keep the hud off as much as possible for obvious fps drop reasons, the stutter or mini pause only started happening with the Kuban update.

 

Rift + 1070

 

EDIT : does not happen when flying a simple Quick mission (no AI).

Edited March 20, 2018 by Boneboys

[Grey*Ghost]

Same here, switching indicators on and off or going to map causes some kind of stutter.

I have no performance impact when the hud is on or off, just when I switch.

 

I am not sure what it is, i currently avoid doing it towards the end of a sortie as i don’t want to risk a game-crash or something...

 

Edited March 20, 2018 by JagdFalke_B00MER

[BeastyBaiter]

Same, happens on all maps in all game modes.

[scrapmetal]

I switch on and off the icons and maps, constantly. I assume they did some optimisations to the hud, and this is the trade-off. I hope this is fixed soon, as it's very jarring.

[Guest deleted@134347]

concur.

[fiddlinjim]

I feared that I was the only one experiencing these pauses and screen flashes when using the Hud/Map changes and VR zoom.

Once I have selected and remain on one Hud/Map setting everything is fine but switching from one to another is very disconcerting.

VR zoom works but is not smooth at all.

these are the only serious issueS that I have found with 3.001, however it should be addressed by the DEVs.

Edited March 22, 2018 by fiddlinjim
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[OrLoK]

Ive always had this but in this latest release the effect is much reduced.  WORSE!

 

Edit: I have no idea why i said it was reduced. must have been drunk or asleep at the time, my apologies.

Edited March 27, 2018 by OrLoK

[fiddlinjim]

I just posted this listing in the Bug reporting section for the developers.

Edited March 22, 2018 by fiddlinjim
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[Starcos]

I also experienced fps drops when I turn on or off the hud.

However, since the patch the hud doesn't seem to punish your fps anymore, I can just have it on, and all is good

[dburne]

2 hours ago, Starcos said:

I also experienced fps drops when I turn on or off the hud.

However, since the patch the hud doesn't seem to punish your fps anymore, I can just have it on, and all is good

 

Interesting, HUD on still seems to have the same impact on performance for me as it did prior to 3.001.

[Archie]

Getting the map issue as well, brings up the controllers. 

[Starcos]

On 3/23/2018 at 4:00 PM, dburne said:

 

Interesting, HUD on still seems to have the same impact on performance for me as it did prior to 3.001.

 

Funny thing, just flew my first MP sortie since the patch (until now I was lost in career mode ), and in multiplayer the hud still ruins my fps. 

[OrLoK]

On 22/03/2018 at 8:17 PM, OrLoK said:

Ive always had this but in this latest release the effect is much reduced.  WORSE!

 

Edit: I have no idea why i said it was reduced. must have been drunk or asleep at the time, my apologies.

 

[A_radek]

On 2018-03-23 at 1:44 PM, Starcos said:

I also experienced fps drops when I turn on or off the hud.

However, since the patch the hud doesn't seem to punish your fps anymore, I can just have it on, and all is good

On 2018-03-23 at 4:00 PM, dburne said:

 

Interesting, HUD on still seems to have the same impact on performance for me as it did prior to 3.001.

Been turning hud off out of habit but if it has less of an Fps hit than before it would explain the new lag when switching off/on. This needs benchmarking.

[claw]

When using the map/labels/hud the game stutters. But when I do it flying the P-39 it crashes the game. It's likely related. 

 

Edited March 28, 2018 by claw

[-=[]=-little-Guardian]

I accidentally/intentionally stumbled upon a way to disable at least the Rift camera symbols, that appear in the sky each time I turn on/off the HUD or map.

 

I found these so annoying that I dug for hours through every possible file in the steamVR folder. I finally found that in:

 

     SteamVR - resources - rendermodels - rift_camera

 

In the folder: rift_camera there is a file called:  rift_camera.mtl

 

While tinkering with the settings in the file to get rid of the rendermodel or make it transparent, I accidentally renamed it without noticing.

Next time I started Il-2, the flying rift camera symbols were gone. It's not the most elegant solution, but it works at least for me.

 

Just rename the file to something like rift_camera_orig.mtl  and hopefully it is gone for good.

 

There is still the flicker when opening the map or HUD, but without the black cameras in the sky the immersion isn't broken as badly any more . . .

 

Greetings

           little Guardian