Client issues yesterdays mission

Petr · Post by **Petr** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 4:39 am

Hi all,

Some pilots had the 90% loading problem yesterday. Some could be resolved but for others it was too late and the mission eneeded to start.

For all those who have unresolved issues, there will be a new test this Tuesday from 21h30 onwards. The objective is to make sure your game loads correctly with the phase 2 - mission 1 on the server.

So, 11/02, 21h30 on Varp TS.

It would be nice if you could post if you intend to come.

Cheers,
Petr

310_Podrs · Post by **310_Podrs** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 5:00 am

According to my DF Server experience with problems related to 90% loading stuck (humans), you could try to change the texture compression to S3TC in game graphics menu (in conf.ini it is value TexCompress=3)

=VARP=Hunter · Post by **=VARP=Hunter** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 6:23 am

After few attempts I've managed to connect and was just about to take a seat when i was kicked from the server.
See you in Tuesday to confirm that all works fine.

[DBS]Scruffy · Post by **[DBS]Scruffy** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 8:01 am

Already switched to S3TC. Changed texcompress to =3
I will login tomorrow 21:30 to see if i can join.

See you at TS.

[DBS]Scruffy · Post by **[DBS]Scruffy** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:18 pm

Ok, posted what we talked about tonight, on battle-fields.com forums.

http://www.battle-fields.com/commscentr ... e3/post#49

i hope i didn't forget anything

StG77_CountZero · Post by **StG77_CountZero** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:00 pm

Thanks Scruffy, ill add what =VARP=Bobby posted on VARP forum regarding settings for guys with problems of having low FPS in game.

They can try change this (I just translate it):

You can always see your FPS in game by opening consol window (Shift+Tab) and typing: fps START SHOW

1. If you have extra space on hard disk you can have one game instalation with low settings only for SEOW, as missions are demanding

2. lower your resolution to 1024x768, or less if you need

3. check also in your video card settings or Nvidia control panel (ATI or Nvidia) that Triple Buffering (important for OpenGL) and Vertical sync are always ON, all other setings on Aplication controlled or Global setting

4. Dont use Perfect map tekstures mod and try turning on EFFECTS Low mod

5. open conf ini... and change this settings Landgeom=2 , Shadows=1 *(can be on 0), Water=1, Effects=1, Forest=2 or 0 , HardwareShaders=0

here is also =VARP=Bobby part of conf.ini ( ATI video card )

[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=2
TexCompress=3
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=0
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=0
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=0
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=0

HardwareShaders=0

Shadows=1
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=2
LandShading=3
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=2
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=1
Effects=1
ForceShaders1x=0

PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.0625
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

6. Run as Administrator in root folder of your Il2 HSFX7, aplication il2Setup.exe... set your Texture compression on S3TC and Texture mipmap filter to trilinear or bilinear... like on this picture (This will fix 90% loading bug)

check also in conf.ini under [Render_OpenGL] that TexCompress is on 3, and TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt is on 1

7. Start game....and if neccesary edit also these settings, for example start with high......Landscape lighting dosent have to be high...same as Objects details... can be set low (you should see improvment on FPS)

8. Settings for sound:

hopefully this will help guys with low FPS on start of missions or around big amount of ships and moving ground units, im glad that almost all guys who had problems on mission #1 come and fix them on this test today

Also comon thing in SEOW missions is bailing out on mission start, quick recordings are forbiden in SEOW missions so it happends that in user setings quick replay key is on some macro and when mission starts your game starts recording, so server automaticly ejects your pilot.
To Fix this you need to copy User file from player that dosent have this problem and re-map your controls then

311_Hammer · Post by **311_Hammer** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:26 am

Thank you Count, I'll check my settings again step by step.