Been looking and looking and looking now have some questions.

[TwinBoom]

ran test lusche and i are exp same thing

dellxps gen5
dual 3.0 intels
8800 gts 320mg
3 gigs crucial

[Jenks]

ten367th

1. yes stutter
2. no stutter
3(1) no
3(2) no
4 A little stutter but not bad.

My results mirror ten367th

Jenks

[Speed55]

I'll try and do the test tonight, but without detailed terrain on i was able to play Sunday without any stutters.

With detailed terrain on, no matter what resolution (128 to 1024 hi res), even if the detail/ground vis sliders are all the way to the right,  it stutters.

That's using TrackIr, not hat switches.

[ttflier]

1. Go into the tower at, I.E. it is the default. And lower clip board.
     Wait about 15 secs doing nothing. Now look right, Did the View stutter as it paned around?

Yes

2. Release the right view ,after you have been looking forward,  look right again, was there stuttering this time?

No

3. Turn off detail terrain, Save it by pressing ok, Exit game , then repeat test 1 and 2.

No and No

4. Fly online with detail terrain OFF for a while, did almost all you stuttering go away?

Still some stuttering, major Frame Rate fluctuations, from 7 to 60.  Not sure if this is relevent or normal, but my CPU is pegged at 100% when in game.

DXDIAG
Time of this report: 8/4/2009, 22:30:19
       Machine name:
   Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061
       System Model: PP163AA-ABA A800N
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          Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3200+,  MMX,  3DNow, ~2.2GHz
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 Card name: ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP
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   Display Memory: 512.0 MB
     Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)
          Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
  Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
      Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
   Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6822 (English)
      DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
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      WHQL Logo'd: No
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      Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_A

Hope this helps.

ttflier

[Tempest3]

1. Go into the tower at, I.E. it is the default. And lower clip board.
     Wait about 15 secs doing nothing. Now look right, Did the View stutter as it paned around?
Yes. If I go left it isn't nearly as bad until I reach the right side.

2. Release the right view ,after you have been looking forward,  look right again, was there stuttering this time?
Yes. Same as before.

3. Turn off detail terrain, Save it by pressing ok, Exit game , then repeat test 1 and 2.
Yes - but better. Now if I go left it doesn't stutter at all till I reach the right side.

Pentium D 840 3.2GHz
HIS HD 2600 Pro with latest ATI drivers - Catalyst disabled.
4 GBs Corsair RAM

[Megalodon]

Please do all these first test off line with ndisles terrain.

1. Go into the tower at, I.E. it is the default. And lower clip board.
Wait about 15 secs doing nothing. Now look right, Did the View stutter as it paned around?

Yes

2. Release the right view ,after you have been looking forward, look right again, was there stuttering this time?

No

3. Turn off detail terrain, Save it by pressing ok, Exit game , then repeat test 1 and 2.
  1. Yes
  1. Yes

4. Fly online with detail terrain OFF for a while, did almost all you stuttering go away?
Almost

[Padre]

Dell Dimension 9150 Dual Core 2.8ghz 4gb RAM Nvidia 9800

Please do all these first test off line with ndisles terrain.

1. Go into the tower at, I.E. it is the default. And lower clip board.
     Wait about 15 secs doing nothing. Now look right, Did the View stutter as it paned around?

Yes

2. Release the right view ,after you have been looking forward,  look right again, was there stuttering this time?

Yes

3. Turn off detail terrain, Save it by pressing ok, Exit game , then repeat test 1 and 2.

NO

4. Fly online with detail terrain OFF for a while, did almost all you stuttering go away?

NO , was getting around it (until today with TT Terrain) with a Hard Boot.
This series of actions seemed to have cleared it up even with Detailed terrain re-enabled.

[R 105]

I figured that out the other day. I turned off detail terrain and the shutter stopped and my frame rate went up to a point (30-35 FR) I can now play the game.

[Seafit]

1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. No

Flying online with G-Detail off I still get a slight stutter so I'm unsure if I'm looking at 2 problems (one being with my PC I mean). I'll try more testing and if I find a problem will let you know.

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Card Radeon X1650 Series (256MB)

[chewie86]

1. Yes
2. No
3. Same as 1&2
4. Yes (almost all)

core 2 duo 2.8 ghz nvidia 8800 GS 2 gb ram

[lyric1]

1= yes
2= yes
3= yes
4= yes
5= not as much on line as usual.

[texastc316]

1. Go into the tower at, I.E. it is the default. And lower clip board.
     Wait about 15 secs doing nothing. Now look right, Did the View stutter as it paned around?
yes
2. Release the right view ,after you have been looking forward,  look right again, was there stuttering this time?
no

3. Turn off detail terrain, Save it by pressing ok, Exit game , then repeat test 1 and 2.
no
no
4. Fly online with detail terrain OFF for a while, did almost all you stuttering go away?

yes


amd64 x2 6000+  3.1ghz
3gb ram
XP sp3
geforce9800gt

[oso831]

1. Go into the tower at, I.E. it is the default. And lower clip board.
     Wait about 15 secs doing nothing. Now look right, Did the View stutter as it paned around?
yes
2. Release the right view ,after you have been looking forward,  look right again, was there stuttering this time?
no

3. Turn off detail terrain, Save it by pressing ok, Exit game , then repeat test 1 and 2.
no
no
4. Fly online with detail terrain OFF for a while, did almost all you stuttering go away?

yes, very slight stuttering fps 50-60

intel e6300 wolfdale, 2 gigs ocz ram ddr2 800, 8600gt pcie

[hitech]

Thanks for the help. Todays patch will have less stutters but the fix I need to write to almost eliminate the stutters of this type is a little more involved to fix, and is a 1 or 2 maybe more days of work if what I am thinking of becomes more complicated than I envision 

So we decided to release today , and then start the surgery to minimize this type of stutter. It is caused when you cross a 1 mile cell boundary and the terrain has to be rebuild and loaded.

HiTech

[texastc316]

thanks for the update on the update to the update HT.