Kuban Performance Still Poor

[Fang333333]

I'm just writing this with some hope that somebody will someday improve the fps on Kuban. I have written about this before, I have had others say they have issues. The performance of the Kuban map is NOWHERE NEAR the other maps. I get constant stutters, time slows down, it's just been horrid since release. The other maps work fluidly and great. Kuban is almost unflyable. This is especially disappointing as I was originally a preorder investor. I am also a preorder for Bodenplatte and I am equally concerned about future performance issues.

 

Fang

[THERION]

Hi,

 

see my specs below in my signature - not the brightest system one may have, but still I can fly on any map including the Kuban map really

fluidly, no stutter, no glitches - nothing. So maybe you're system is poor or you have something wrong with your configuration.

 

Just tell me about your system, post some screen shots about your settings (in game) - maybe we can sort this out.

 

Cheers

[Fang333333]

It's really important to note that all other maps run great!!

There was another forum started where other people have issues with Kuban. There is no denying it is MUCH harder on the computer than the other maps. 

Either way, here is what I run, which again has always worked good with the other maps. 

 

Excuse the poor picture, I can't seem to take a screenshot but the info is there.

It's not in anyway top of the line, I know that. But again the other maps Always ran smooth for me and Kuban is night and day.

 

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 17134) (17134.rs4_release.180410-1804

System Model: HP Pavilion Notebook

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6500U CPU @ 2.50GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.6GHz

  Memory: 12288

M Available OS Memory: 12178MB RAMPage File: 7302MB used, 13579MB available

[THERION]

1 minute ago, Fang333333 said:

It's really important to note that all other maps run great!!

There was another forum started where other people have issues with Kuban. There is no denying it is MUCH harder on the computer than the other maps. 

Either way, here is what I run, which again has always worked good with the other maps. 

 

Excuse the poor picture, I can't seem to take a screenshot but the info is there.

 

Oh, I see, you are running the game in VR, which is quite demanding concerning the system resources. I do not use VR at the moment - and certainly not with my rig - 

but I see some points on your screen that really kill performance, especially for the Kuban map if you ask me. And yes, the Kuban map is more demanding as all the

other maps - so, thinking of it, what are we going to expect with the Bodenplatte map?

 

My suggestion for you would be as follows:

 

- Shadows quality = high

- Mirrors = simple

- Distant landscape detail = normal

- Horizon draw distance = 70 / 100 km

- Landscape filter = blurred (this will help you spotting enemies)

- Grass quality = normal (I want to fly and not to lawn or smoke the grass, isn't it?)

- Clouds quality = medium / high

 

- Full screen = off

- HDR / SSAO = off (now this is a performance killer!)

 

All the rest of your settings are OK and shouldn't have much impact on the performance. And depending on the CPU and GPU you have, you may also switch

to ULTRA preset.

 

Btw. to take screen shots in the game, just hit the print screen key and you'll find the screen shot in the sub-folder "screenshots" in your game directory.

 

Keep us informed, mate.

 

Cheerio

[Art-J]

Fang, mind you, with more complicated terrain mesh on this map, and much more forest coverage all around, it will always be more resource hungry than the others, requiring gfx settings compromises to be made, as pointed above. How much more hungry is debatable, but hardware requirements of other maps are just irrelevant in this case. By definition don't expect the performance of  maps to be equal. 

[Fang333333]

Thanks for the tips. Actually no VR, Not sure why that was checked. I have literally tested on every level, every setting and this is the best setting for me. I've spent many many hours on it. Unchecking any other boxes or lowering anything else does not really do much for the loss of graphics.  

 

I could actually RAISE settings even farther on other maps and still have ok performance for me.

 

If Bodenplatte is also a huge hit on fps I may have to stop preorders : (. The reason why I invested in the sim was Stalingrad looked and ran great. I'm really keeping fingers crossed this won't be the case.

 

Why switch to ULTRA instead of HIGH?

Edited March 7, 2019 by Fang333333

[No_85_Gramps]

It may very well have to do with your CPU. 2.6 ghz is slightly below the recommended minimum of 2.8. Although it hasn't been discussed recently, the topic of IL2 being CPU bound pops up every now and again. Kuban may just be pushing the limits of your CPU. 

[-=PHX=-SuperEtendard]

Looks like your GPU is significantly below the minimum system requirements (GTX 660 or better). Looking at Techpowerup the 660 has around ~70% to 114% higher performance than the 940MX (there are different variants of the 940MX)

[Fang333333]

Yeah I agree its not optimum but when the other maps do so well you can see why I would expect Kuban to be reasonable.

 

 Someone recommends switching to ULTRA why?

 

What is HDR?

 

Couldn't there be a patch to boost performance on this map?

 

Edited March 8, 2019 by Fang333333