System Questionnaire

[acetnt367th]

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

A: Yes, much less than patch 3/4. Happens when I get close to more than 2 enemy fighters especially when range is very close and speeds high

2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

A: None

3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

A: Frame rate patch 5 about the same as 4. Have 50fps generally. Drops to 20-30 in big furballs

4-   What version of Windows are you using?

A: WinXP Home

5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?

A: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ (266FSB)

6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?

A: ECS L7VMM

7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

A: Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB AGP

8-   How much RAM does your system have?

A: 512MB DDR PC2100

9-    What make and version are your video drivers?

Omega driver (based on ATI Catalyst 4.6)

10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

A: Application preference - both of them

11-   What make and model is your soundcard?

A: Onboard AC97

12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
A: 3/4

13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?

A: Dlink DI 624  Router and Zonealarm (free version)

14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?

A: Mcafee Virus scan 7 - disabled when playing game

15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

a: 512

16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

a: Both at 1024 by 768



17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems? [/B]

Need to check this next time (will edit post then)

[Seraphim]

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.  Yes, not severe, but ocassionally very random when it happens

2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5? None so far. Experienced many before latest patch, usually when flying straight level or going to runway from tower.

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized. If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5? Only when sliders are maxed, lowered to about 80% frame greatly improved

4- What version of Windows are you using? Win XP Pro

5- What is your CPU brand and speed? Intel 2.4Ghz

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known? Abit IT7 Max

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI. ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256Meg AGP

8- How much RAM does your system have? 512Mb

9- What make and version are your video drivers?ATI Catalyst 4.6

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup? Application Preferance for both

11- What make and model is your soundcard? Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 Platinum

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?Maximum

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?none

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?McAfee antivirus

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?512

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?1600x1200 16 for both

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?mem used  about 64meg

[Puck]

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

Yes.  They're reasonably uncommon, but every once in a while everything stops for a few seconds, and when it comes back it looks as though it re-maps all the textures.  Video will jerk to current position, stop again, all the visible object will re-texture themselves, then game play continues.  I've augered a few times doing this, so it's safe to say the game is continuing to run behind all the graphic glitches.  This incarnation of the freeze is new to patch 5.  I think most of my previous graphic problems were mostly a hot video card.


2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

No

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized. If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

Occasionally frame rate will drop to 1 or 3 FPS.  These are mini-freezes that generally don't last long.  Otherwise frame rate has improved over p4

4- What version of Windows are you using?

XPPro

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
P4 2.6

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?

Soyo Dragon Ultra P4-400

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro AGP 128M

8- How much RAM does your system have?

1.5G

9- What make and version are your video drivers?

Catalyst (not sure which one; downloaded two weeks ago)

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

Application default

11- What make and model is your soundcard?

Creative SB Live!

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

??  Should be one notch south of full

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?

Symantec Firewall/VPN Appliance 100 & XP's ICF

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?

Network Associates (McAfee) VirusScan Enterprise 7.0

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

1024

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

AH: 1280x1024 32bbp
Desktop: 1600x1200 32bbp

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

Don't know.  The readout green is pretty hard to read up against the blue sky.

[DAVENRINO]

Originally posted by Pyro
System Questionnaire

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

No, and previous versions had slight stutters first time texture loaded.

2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

YES!!!!!!!!!!  Average 1 per hour but at random intervals and conditions-often with no other planes around and max fps of 60(refresh rate).  It has been the worst with Patch 5 but had a few during Patch 3???( not sure which patch)


3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

No, but fps did drop with Patch 5.


4-   What version of Windows are you using?

XP Pro SP1 w all updates and DX9b All fresh install 2 weeks ago.  I have a clean system with unecessary stuff killed using EndItAll2.

5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?

AMD Barton 2500+ stable @ 11x200 (3200+) and watercooled with no system crashes blue screens or hangups ever..

6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?

 Asus   A7N8X-E Deluxe with latest Nvidia Unified Driver 4.24


7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

ATI Radeon 9800XT 256MB at stock settings(not even overdrive)  These crashes have occurred with Catalyst, Omega and DNA drivers based on 4.5 and 4.6.  Current drivers are the lastest CAT 4.7.  


8-   How much RAM does your system have?

1024 Mushkin Black PC3500  Level 2  low latency


9-    What make and version are your video drivers?

Currently official ATI Catalyst 4.7  I always use Driver Cleaner 3.2 when installing drivers.


10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

4xAA / AF off

11-   What make and model is your soundcard?

Nforce2 Soundstorm onboard  w latest reference Nvidia drivers and no vox/sound problems


12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

max


13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?

Linksys Router  and Sygate software (killed before AH)

14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?

Norton Systemworks 2004 updated manually and killed before AH.

15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

Set at default 1024


16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

Both 1024x768x32

17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

260/55
 

[6GunUSMC]

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

A.  Stutters galore, usually when changing views in combat.  Sometimes as long as a 3 to 5 second pause. I have had these problems from the beginning of AH2 Beta.  




2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

A.  No CTDs with Patch 5 yet.




3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

A.  Only low FPS when stutters hit - 130 - 170 FPS in tower.  All sliders max detail.


4-   What version of Windows are you using?

A.  Windows XP Professional SP1




5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?

A.  AMD Athlon64 3200+ (The one with 1MB L2 cache)




6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?


A. Gigabyte K8NS Pro - NForce3 250 Chipset.



7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

A. BFG Asylum 5600 - Geforce FX 5600 - 256MB AGP



8-   How much RAM does your system have?

A. 1.5 GB Corsair PC 3200




9-    What make and version are your video drivers?

A.  NVIDIA 56.72  Slightly better performance using the newest Omega drivers, but stutters remain.




10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

Both OFF



11-   What make and model is your soundcard?

A. Realtek ALC850 (onboard)




12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

A.  Full




13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?


A. Norton Internet Security 2003 (Disabled while playing)



14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?

A. Norton 2003 (Disabled while playing)




15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

A.  Defaulted at 1024, same problem at 512, 256




16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

A.  Both at 1024 x 768




17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

A.  Avail 264 Used 38 to 70

[CobraEye]

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?
If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and
severity with which they occur and specify when you
began having the problem. If no, please specify
whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and
what version or change to your system alleviated it.

Yes stuttersin patch 5 are a major problem for me.
They seem to happen most often when switching view
postions with the tophat.  Also, the use of VoX makes
them worse and if these 2 are combined with just
entering the view range of an airfield, the results
are horrible.  The orginal 2.0 seemed to work ok but
still I have yet to be happy with the frame rate
results.

2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please
describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and
whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no,
did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?  I have had 3
CTD's with patch 5.  The only thing I remember as
common was someone was talking on range vox.  It stuck and kept repeating.  I guess technically this wasn't a CTD as I had to use the reset button on my computer to get this to stop.                

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in
Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings
and detail sliders along with your framerate from the
tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.
If no, were you having framerate problems prior to
Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area
with Patch 5?

4- What version of Windows are you using?

Windows XP Home

5- What is your CPU brand and speed? AMD 2800

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known? Biostar, forget the name brand, can check when home

7- What is your video card make and model? Please
include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

Biostar GeForce FX 5600 256 Ram AGP X8


8- How much RAM does your system have?  1 Gig

9- What make and version are your video drivers? latest from nvidia

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic
filtering set to in you video card setup?  what ever is the basic setting from windows.  Havent dorked with this

11- What make and model is your soundcard? Onboard sound

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set
to?  Reduced it to one from right.  Improved the vox issues some.  Moving further left (less accel) makes it worse

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any? none


14- What antivirus software do you use if any? Norton Corporate

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH? 1024

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?1024x768 16M color
What resolution and color depth is your desktop set
to? 1024x768  16M color

[214thCavalier]

System Questionnaire

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

1. No stutters in previous patches, some in patch 5 when fighting low but suspect its more to do with the fps loss in patch 5.

2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

2. No CTDs in patch 5 so far. 2 or 3 a week in previous patches.

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized. If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

3. Frame rate loss from version 2004          is between 6 -15 fps in tower with patch 5.
1280 res.
Ground detail 3 miles, both LOD settings are under the "T" in detail.
NDISLES Towers, A15 46 fps, A33 102 fps.

4- What version of Windows are you using?
4. XP Pro

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
5. Intel P4 3.2g

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
6.  Abit IC7 Max3

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
7. Powercolour 9800 Pro 128mb AGP

8- How much RAM does your system have?
8. 512MB

9- What make and version are your video drivers?
9. Catalyser 4.7's

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
10.  AA = 4.  AF = 8. Neither setting impacts performance compared to disabling them.


11- What make and model is your soundcard?
11. Creative Audigy.

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
12. Full, never had any problems related to acceleration, just to be sure did try turning it off. No effect.

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
13. Zonealarm Pro. Uninstalled and no effect.
Router = Alcatel Speed touch 510.

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
14.  Nortons 2003 Pro.

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
15.  512, did try it at 1024 but doing so i noticed stutters appearing at merge which i do not get using 512 textures.

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
16.  AH = 1280 x 1024 32 bit.
Desktop = 1280 x 1024.

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
17.  Available 128.8mb
Used video memory usually in the  74 and 81 mb range.

[Gunslngr]

System Questionnaire

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?

Not any more. Uninstalled AH2, AH1, AH sound manager and
Mistsu's sound's etc and reinstalled AH 2 patch 5 (full version)
used driver cleaner to clean out all sound and Video drivers and
reinstalled. Now AH2 runs like warm butter.

2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?

NO

3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5

 No, 58 -60 FPS Solid (if that is considered good)

4- What version of Windows are you using?

Win XP Home Edition.

5- What is your CPU brand and speed?

AMD 1.83 GHZ (Barton Core)

6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?

MSI 6712

7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

EVGA Nvidea 5200 128 meg AGP.

8- How much RAM does your system have?

256 MEG

9- What make and version are your video drivers?

Omega 1.5303

10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

Off and Off.

11- What make and model is your soundcard?

C-media CMI 8738/C3DX

12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

3/4

13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?

14- What antivirus software do you use if any?

15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

512

16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

1024 x 768 32

17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

ystem Information
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Time of this report: 7/10/2004, 07:42:41
       Machine name: GARY-BPII0W4ZQY
   Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030422-1633)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
       System Model: MS-6712
               BIOS: Version 07.00T
          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+,  MMX,  3DNow, ~1.8GHz
             Memory: 256MB RAM
          Page File: 119MB used, 498MB available
        Windows Dir: E:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0b (4.09.0000.0902)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
     DxDiag Version: 5.03.0001.0902 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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  DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
      Display Tab 1: The file nv4_disp.dll is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL).  You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer.
        Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
          Music Tab: No problems found.
          Input Tab: No problems found.
        Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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        Card name: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Omega 1.5303)
     Manufacturer: NVIDIA (Omega 1.5303)
        Chip type: GeForce FX 5200
         DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0322&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_A1
   Display Memory: 128.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (85Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5303 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 11/17/2003 07:33:00, 4323968 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: No
  WHQL Date Stamp: None
              VDD: n/a
         Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
    Mini VDD Date: 11/17/2003 07:33:00, 1618939 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4062-11CF-0777-0A2000C2CB35}
        Vendor ID: 0x10DE
        Device ID: 0x0322
        SubSys ID: 0x00000000
      Revision ID: 0x00A1
      Revision ID: 0x00A1
      Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_B ModeMPEG2_C h
         Registry: OK
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
       AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: Not run
 D3D7 Test Result: Not run
 D3D8 Test Result: Not run
 D3D9 Test Result: Not run

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Sound Devices
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            Description: C-Media Wave Device
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_0111&SUBSYS_011113F6&REV_10
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: cmaudio.sys
         Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0643 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Debug
            WHQL Logo'd: Yes
          Date and Size: 11/18/2002 16:51:40, 377358 bytes
            Other Files:
        Driver Provider: C-Media
         HW Accel Level: Standard
              Cap Flags: 0xF5F
    Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 100000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 17, 16
 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 17, 16
              HW Memory: 0
       Voice Management: No
 EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
   I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
               Registry: OK
      Sound Test Result: Not run

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Sound Capture Devices
---------------------
            Description: C-Media Wave Device
  Default Sound Capture: Yes
  Default Voice Capture: Yes
            Driver Name: cmaudio.sys
         Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0643 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Final Debug
          Date and Size: 11/18/2002 16:51:40, 377358 bytes
              Cap Flags: 0x41
           Format Flags: 0xCC0

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Gameport Devices
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+ CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
| Location: PCI bus 0, device 7, function 0
| Matching Device ID: pci\ven_13f6&dev_0111&subsys_011113f6&rev_10
| Service: cmpci
|
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DirectPlay8 Modem Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnet.dll (5.03.0000.0900)
DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnet.dll (5.03.0000.0900)
DirectPlay8 IPX Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnet.dll (5.03.0000.0900)
DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider - Registry: OK, File: dpnet.dll (5.03.0000.0900)
Internet TCP/IP Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpwsockx.dll (5.03.0000.0903)
IPX Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpwsockx.dll (5.03.0000.0903)
Modem Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpmodemx.dll (5.03.0000.0900)
Serial Connection For DirectPlay - Registry: OK, File: dpmodemx.dll (5.03.0000.0900)

DirectPlay Voice Wizard Tests: Full Duplex: Passed, Half Duplex: Passed, Mic: Passed
DirectPlay Test Result: Not run
Registry: OK

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DirectPlay Adapters
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DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider: COM1
DirectPlay8 Serial Service Provider: COM2
DirectPlay8 TCP/IP Service Provider: Local Area Connection - IPv4 -

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DirectPlay Voice Codecs
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Voxware VR12 1.4kbit/s
Voxware SC06 6.4kbit/s
Voxware SC03 3.2kbit/s
MS-PCM 64 kbit/s
MS-ADPCM 32.8 kbit/s
Microsoft GSM 6.10 13 kbit/s
TrueSpeech(TM) 8.6 kbit/s

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DirectPlay Lobbyable Apps
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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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      Drive: E:
 Free Space: 17.1 GB
Total Space: 29.3 GB
File System: NTFS
      Model: Maxtor 6E030L0

      Drive: D:
      Model: LITE-ON LTR-12102C
     Driver: e:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 5.01.2600.1106 (English), 8/29/2002 05:00:00, 47488 bytes

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System Devices
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     Name: CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
Device ID: PCI\VEN_13F6&DEV_0111&SUBSYS_011113F6&REV_10\3&61AAA01&0&38
   Driver: n/a

[Overlag]

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

stutters in dogfights... with 5 or more planes around, probably the caching of the 512 skins when i get close? Also stutters when im in bombers taking off near trees.


2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

ive had a few, but not too many, patch 4 and 5 greatly improved stability for me. Had so few that i cant remember when it happend! could be more down to a small system instability i picked up (DAM VIRUSES!)

3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

not sure really, i had been using 256 textures in patch 4 due to its slowness at 512. But now im back to 512, and its "ok" compaired to what i remember in patch4. Sliders are about 1cm from max on the detail.

4-   What version of Windows are you using?

WinXP Pro SP1

5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?

Athlon 64 3200 @ 3400 speeds

6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?

Asus K8V Rev1.02 bios 1007.

7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

ATI Sapphire 9700pro 128mb. AGP!

8-   How much RAM does your system have?

1gig of PC2700 right now, had 512mb PC3200 when i started trying AHII in beta. improvements ive seen may be from this upgrade in ram (down grade in speed though) or from your updates?

9-    What make and version are your video drivers?

CAT4.6

10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

FSAAx2 (was x4 with AHI, but cant use that now, too slow)
AFx8 in performance mode, not quality

11-   What make and model is your soundcard?

Creative audigy 1

12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

Max

13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?

Asus ADSL (UK) router on 100mb lan using switch. Firewall not normaly on (due to router), but i use Zonealarm

14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?

AVG and webbased housecall by trend.

15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

512 now, thinking of going back down to 256 (since alot of skins are still old and 256 is totaly smooth)

16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

1280x1024x32 for both (TFT looks ugly otherwise)

17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

once it gets in the late 80s i think.


note: stuttering isnt really as bad as it was, but as a whole the FR seems down on patch 4, but more stable hence less stuttering

[Roscoroo]

ok here's the deal i did a switch from a gf 2 64 mb to a brand new 9550 ati card in my old gamer  Ive played this verson on two different video cards ...

Pc is
1.3 ghz amd cpu w 256 L-2 cache  ECS K7S5A mainboard @ 200 mhz fsb
512 pc 133 sdram
Win 98 se with the aftermarket 1.5 service pack
DX 9.0b
Fix it utilities AV program running Trend micro av files /eng
no Fire wall or routor
744 kbps dsl connect 80-91 avg ping to the arena

I have 7 processes running in my startup menu ... (as i said this has been my rocking finely tuned  gaming machine for the last 3 years )  (8 processes with the ati 9550 installed)

Video card was
Abit siluro GF 2 mx 400 64 mb
running 56.45 nivida drivers

in game vid mem 64.3 mb  used 16.5 avg
game sliders 2/3rds of the way up
 full textures
800x600 monitor setting at 16bit
frame rates ran 25-55 avg with peaks at 80  and the Heavy furball /action frames were droping into the single digits
3 fps in a ship gun one time and a disco when this happened
Note the game stutters stoped after about 20-30 mins flying
and didnt come back at all .


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ok new video card same pc
Powercolour ATI 9550 256mb ddr

600x800 32bit   4x AGP

Display Devices
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        Card name: RADEON 9550
     Manufacturer: ATI Tech. - Enhanced
        Chip type: RADEON 9600 Series (AS) Rev 0
         DAC type: Internal
       Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4153&SUBSYS_20841002&REV_00\000800
   Display Memory: 255.0 MB
     Current Mode: 800 x 600 (32 bit)(optimal refresh rate)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: ATI2DRAG.DRV
   Driver Version: 4.14.0001.9138 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
 Driver Date/Size: 2/3/2004 23:10:58, 95456 bytes
      WHQL Logo'd: n/a
  WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
              VDD: *vdd,*vflatd
         Mini VDD: ATI2VXAG.VXD
    Mini VDD Date: , 0 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0213-11CF-5173-8500A1C2C935}
        Vendor ID: 0x1002
        Device ID: 0x4153
        SubSys ID: 0x20841002
      Revision ID: 0x0000
      Revision ID: 0x0000
      Video Accel:
 Deinterlace Caps: n/a
         Registry: OK
     DDraw Status: Enabled
       D3D Status: Enabled
     

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Sound Devices   (NOTE this is the same for bolth video card tests)
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            Description: SiS 7012 Wave
 Default Sound Playback: Yes
 Default Voice Playback: Yes
            Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_0A141019&REV_A0\BUS_00&DEV_02&FUNC_07
        Manufacturer ID: 1
             Product ID: 100
                   Type: WDM
            Driver Name: sis7012.sys
         Driver Version: 5.00.0000.6110 (English)
      Driver Attributes: Beta Retail
            WHQL Logo'd: n/a
          Date and Size: 4/8/2003 13:46:56, 820229 bytes
            Other Files: sis7012.sys
        Driver Provider: Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.(1.11.00)

Now with this card im no longer getting the low frame rates
the card video is set at quality
the ingame sliders are set at 80% of the way up .. full textures
the textures look way better (no more white see thru mountains)
but im now getting frame freezes again when i look around alot in heavy furballs

FPS is now running 25-80 avg and no more really low fps numbers
video mem 256  used 23  

I also have been getting voice chat lock up ... but the game sounds keep running .

I lowered the sound acceleration down a notch and the vc lock ups stoped ... but after awhile i was getting a wierd gun reverb from the heavy furball feilds (didnt matter were i was tower ,gun, gv , hanger )it was the same wierd sound  but the sound went away while i was in a plane ...

Im currently running the stock AH2 sounds and i didnt have this problem while running the GF 2 card ...


If you guys need i can send in bolth DX files ...

I kinda feel like i traded one problem for a new problem ...

Im also thinking about going to the cat 4.3 drivers ... but i wanted to get a good baseline / and break in with the 9550 cards stock drivers for a few days at least ..

ive tested my other games and I have no problems in those so far they all run great at highest quality /graphics settings .

i feel that i did get a good install of all the drivers and dx  with the card switch .. i even did a regedit to beshure everything was cleaned out correctly

[Pei]

Originally posted by Pyro


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System Questionnaire

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.
 

Yes: in frequent and usually at low altitude. All but one were very short (< 1 sec) though one went on for sever seconds (very strange as I was quite high up and there weren't any  other a/c around that I could see). I hadn't had any problems before this since the early beta versions.

2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

Yes: twice while hitting clipboard buttons (one to go to hanger, one to launch a/c IIRC). Again I haven't had any CTD problems until patch 5 since early beta.

3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?
 

Framerates in patch 5 occasionally drop below 20: before I never got below about 25-26.

4-   What version of Windows are you using?
 

Win2K SP4

5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?
 

AMD XP2100

6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?
 

VIA, can't remember the model

7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
 

NVidia GeF4 Ti4600 (AGP)

8-   How much RAM does your system have?
 

1 Gig

9-    What make and version are your video drivers?
 

NVidia 56.56

10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
 

2x for both.

11-   What make and model is your soundcard?
 

SoundBlaster Audigy

12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
 

3- Standard Acceleration (have tried settign it to Basic but hasn't made a difference).

13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?
 

Dlink DSL-504 ADSL router

14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?
 

Norton AntiVirus V7

15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
 

Default

16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
 

1280x1024 at 32bit for both

17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

Can't remmebr though it does seem to use less vid mem in this patch than before. I'll try and take anote next time I get a stutter.

[6GunUSMC]

One BIG CTD while in dogfight with the JB squad... It started with the long stutters, then BOOM!  CTD!  They all had CTDs too.  It was rather nasty.  I had a few CTDs before Patch 5, also in heavy combat.

Originally posted by 6GunUSMC

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

A.  Stutters galore, usually when changing views in combat.  Sometimes as long as a 3 to 5 second pause. I have had these problems from the beginning of AH2 Beta.  




2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?

A.  No CTDs with Patch 5 yet.




3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?

A.  Only low FPS when stutters hit - 130 - 170 FPS in tower.  All sliders max detail.


4-   What version of Windows are you using?

A.  Windows XP Professional SP1




5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?

A.  AMD Athlon64 3200+ (The one with 1MB L2 cache)




6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?


A. Gigabyte K8NS Pro - NForce3 250 Chipset.



7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.

A. BFG Asylum 5600 - Geforce FX 5600 - 256MB AGP



8-   How much RAM does your system have?

A. 1.5 GB Corsair PC 3200




9-    What make and version are your video drivers?

A.  NVIDIA 56.72  Slightly better performance using the newest Omega drivers, but stutters remain.




10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?

Both OFF



11-   What make and model is your soundcard?

A. Realtek ALC850 (onboard)




12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?

A.  Full




13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?


A. Norton Internet Security 2003 (Disabled while playing)



14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?

A. Norton 2003 (Disabled while playing)




15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?

A.  Defaulted at 1024, same problem at 512, 256




16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?

A.  Both at 1024 x 768




17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

A.  Avail 264 Used 38 to 70

[DipStick]

1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem. If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.


Old Computer: Usually 2-3 per flight, seemed to get better over time. Never tried the trick below.

New Computer: Very few. As per someones suggestion the first time I entered the game I clicked on all the 'default' planes to load the skins. Have only an occasional "mini-freeze" now (probably when I ran across a custom skin).


2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?


Old Computer: Usually about once every 2 hours or so.

New Computer: None as of yet.


3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5? If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized. If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?


Old Computer: Yes it was erratic. Usually around 40-45ish. Clear sky high up 70s. In furball or around smokey field could drop into teens. Also noticed it would drop into teens anytime I was NEAR a bomber formation.

New Computer: No. Usually around 72. Drops to around 30 in furball.


4- What version of Windows are you using?


Old Computer: Win2k SP4

New Computer: WinXP Home SP1


5- What is your CPU brand and speed?


Old Computer: Pentium III - 1 Gig

New Computer: Pentium IV - 2.8 Gig


6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?


Old Computer: Via Apollo or something? (don't recall)

New Computer: Via P4P800-FL


7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.


Old Computer: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB - AGP

New Computer: ATI Radeon 9700 Pro 128MB - AGP


8- How much RAM does your system have?


Old Computer: 768MB SDRAM PC133

New Computer: 512MB DDR PC2700 - 333


9- What make and version are your video drivers?


Old Computer: Catalyst 3.2s (could not get new ones to work)

New Computer: Catalyst 4.7s


10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?


Old Computer: 4x | 4x

New Computer: 4x | 4x


11- What make and model is your soundcard?


Old Computer: SB Live 5.1

New Computer: VIA AC'97 Audio (onboard)


12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?


Old Computer: 75%

New Computer: 75%


13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?


Old Computer: Tiny Firewall (disabled when playing)

New Computer: Kerio Firewall (disabled when playing)


14- What antivirus software do you use if any?


Old Computer: BitDefender (disabled when playing)

New Computer: BitDefender (disabled when playing)


15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?


Old Computer: 256?

New Computer: 512


16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?


Old Computer: 1024x768 (32bit) (72hz)

New Computer: 1024x768 (32bit) (72hz)


17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?


Old Computer: Would climb to around 90ish, then would CTD or Chat would go blank then CTD shortly thereafter.

New Computer: N/A... Have had no 'real' problems.

[68DevilM]

Originally posted by Pyro
We'd appreciate it if some of you could take the time to fill out the following questionnaire, particularly if you're having problems.  We're trying to gather as much information as possible to narrow down why some people are having problems.  Please answer as much as you can or if you're not sure  how to check something in particular, ask and I can provide specific instructions.  Please keep your responses concise and to the questionnaire so we can process the information efficiently.  Thanks for your help.

If you live in the DFW area and are experiencing severe problems, we'd be very interested in taking a look at your system.  If you fit this profile and are interested in this, please contact us.

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System Questionnaire

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

yes during close dog fights and fuballs

2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?whats a ctd?

3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?40's and 50's with teens during furballs, running ati 9200 128mb with performance all the way up

4-   What version of Windows are you using?windows xp

5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?athlon xp 1.99

6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?unknown

7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.radeon 9200 pro 128mb

8-   How much RAM does your system have?756mb

9-    What make and version are your video drivers?unknown

10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?performance

11-   What make and model is your soundcard?

12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?unknown

13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?none

14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?notran

15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?midrange what ever that was

16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?mid again

17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

32 or so used and 120 something free

[68DevilM]

Originally posted by Pyro
We'd appreciate it if some of you could take the time to fill out the following questionnaire, particularly if you're having problems.  We're trying to gather as much information as possible to narrow down why some people are having problems.  Please answer as much as you can or if you're not sure  how to check something in particular, ask and I can provide specific instructions.  Please keep your responses concise and to the questionnaire so we can process the information efficiently.  Thanks for your help.

If you live in the DFW area and are experiencing severe problems, we'd be very interested in taking a look at your system.  If you fit this profile and are interested in this, please contact us.

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System Questionnaire

1-   Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency, conditions, and severity with which they occur and specify when you began having the problem.  If no, please specify whether you had a problem in the past with AH2 and what version or change to your system alleviated it.

yes during close dog fights and fuballs

2-   Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTD’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5.  If no, did you experience CTD’s before Patch 5?whats a ctd?

3-   Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?  If yes, please describe your video settings and detail sliders along with your framerate from the tower in offline mode with your clipboard minimized.  If no, were you having framerate problems prior to Patch 5 or did you see an improvement in this area with Patch 5?40's and 50's with teens during furballs, running ati 9200 128mb with performance all the way up

4-   What version of Windows are you using?windows xp

5-   What is your CPU brand and speed?athlon xp 1.99

6-   What is your motherboard make and model if known?unknown

7-   What is your video card make and model?  Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.radeon 9200 pro 128mb

8-   How much RAM does your system have?756mb

9-    What make and version are your video drivers?unknown

10-   What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?performance

11-   What make and model is your soundcard?

12-   What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?unknown

13-   What firewall program or router do you use if any?none

14-   What antivirus software do you use if any?notran

15-    What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?midrange what ever that was

16-   What resolution and color depth do you use in AH?  What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?mid again

17-    What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?

32 or so used and 120 something free