Latest patch = Frame rate hit

[Bosch232]

Has anyone else noticed a drop in frame rates since the patch that came out on Tuesday?
I use a lower end laptop, and it's been very noticeable.

(Spaz, you're banned from this thread, so shut it)   

[RAS]

Bosch

I haven't noticed a frame rate drop since the new patch.  I have noticed an improvement in ground visual mode frame rate on my machine.  I don't use a laptop, however, so not sure if this information is relevant for ya.

RASCAL

[dkff49]

I also noticed a FR drop on my computer at home which used to stay at 74 fps and drop to about 70 fps in ground vis. Even after patch 2 it never went below 50. Now since patch 3 frare average 60's and go as low as 40-45 and have become more erratic and fluctuates  constantly. Still very payable but I thought the new patch was supposed to makethis problem better.

[SpazMan]

Has anyone else noticed a drop in frame rates since the patch that came out on Tuesday?
I use a lower end laptop, and it's been very noticeable.

(Spaz, you're banned from this thread, so shut it)   

My computer ran GRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEAAAATTTTT!!!!!! 

But Then again I don't have a low end laptop.....    

[Bosch232]

I TOLD YOU YOU'RE BANNED FROM THIS THREAD, YOU HAM-FISTED HACK...   

[uberslet]

since the new VERSION came out i have had horrible lag at times, but other than that no.

[a1945]

since the new VERSION came out i have had horrible lag at times, but other than that no.

I also have noticed a drop in fr, mine use to be at 55-60 but since the patch tuesday, it goes as low as 2. And ive shut off pretty much every detail in the game, my comp is as laptop but only 5 months old.

[Bosch232]

I will try to be online again this weekend, but I fear the worst.

Frame rates while in the cockpit are now about 10.
Going "outside" the bomber is now useless, as the FR's are typically 3 (not exaggerating).

I've turned everything off that I can think of.

[BaldEagl]

You might want to post this in the tech support forum if you haven't already done so.

[BarryBD]

Same problems here

[The Fugitive]

Posting a Dxdiag report, and a 15 minute run of ping plotter would go a long way in MAYBE sorting out your problems. Your game settings as well.

Just saying "it ain't working" and hope to get help is going to work.

[Bosch232]

My post was mostly to see if it was just me, not to ask for solutions. 
(But that wouldn't mean I'd be closed to suggestions, of course.)

I have all graphics sliders on the minimal settings.

Here's something that I find wierd, but maybe not...
I actually get better frame rates when I set ground visibility to "full" (Shift+F1) instead of the min ground vis setting (Shift+F4).
Intuitively, that seems wrong.  The processor should be drawing less "stuff" on the F1 setting, I would think.  But it's not that way.

[Bosch232]

Ok, it appears to be a CPU issue rather than a memory issue.  I left the Task Manager running while I opened and ran the game for a few minutes.  The CPU usage is all over the map, but definitely pinging the 100% mark and almost always in the upper end of the graph.

That leaves me with only the option of turning off non essential stuff, I guess. 
Stupid Vista.  I even own a legal version of XP, but all new computers ship with Vista installed.   

[The Fugitive]

When running the game the CPU usage is SUPPOSE to be 100%. The game takes a lot of CPU to run. Using FSautostart to shut down....even if only temporarily... as many processes as possible will help a lot. Going <HERE> is a good place to start to see what you can shut down, or more importantly what you shouldn't shut down.

[mtnman]

Beware- this may just be superstitious belief, but it seems to work for me as well as a few others, so I'll pass it along...

Anytime I get a new patch I end up with some stuttering problems.  Not so much FR problems, but here's how I fix them.  I go to the HTC folder, and delete my "cache" folder.  I then go out of the game and do a disk clean-up and defragment (whether it says I need it or not), restart my computer, and restart my game.  This seems to fix all of my problems, at least for a month or so.  The cache folder rebuilds itself when you start the game again, so don't empty it out, just simply delete it.  If I notice FR/stutter problems I repeat the process.  I don't need to do it all that often, and it makes things run smoothly for me...