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Help and Support Forums => Aces High Bug Reports => Topic started by: Pyro on July 04, 2004, 12:40:49 PM
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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.
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?
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?
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
8- How much RAM does your system have?
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
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?
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
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I played patch 5 only briefly, 10 mins according to log but found it too annoying to play much longer. Will try again tonight or tomorrow so that I can answer your questions more fully.
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, stutter/freezing every few seconds. Happened in a previous patch but not in patch 4.
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 in 10 minutes. Occasionally in patch 4 and before but infrequently and usually when exiting to 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?
No problem with framerate in any of the patches.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Windows XP Pro
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Intel 2.8Ghz Hyperthreading
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
ECS 848P-A
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 AGP 128MB
8- How much RAM does your system have?
512MB
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
ATI Download version 6.14.10.6451
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
AA - 4X
Ansiotropic - 16X
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Audigy Gamer
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
3/4
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
Nothing at PC, WGT624 Netgear wireless router (am using imbedded nic wired to router)
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Norton 2004, of course ;)
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?
AH -1280x1024 100hz
Desktop - 1024x768 100hz
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Sorry, will have to provide this later
Regarding getting together, you are certainly welcome to come here and check it out. I'm also willing to bring my box there, when's a good time?
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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.
EDIT: spoke too soon - stutters from hell last night and tonight
From beta build 38 thru patch 4 I had bad stutter problems, some CTD's and invisible GV's at mid ranges. Patch 5 cleared up a these problems for me. Stutters are completely gone now and I can see ground vehicles at ranges between 400 and 2800yds now. Overall a great improvement for me.
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. CTD's seem to happen as a result of my ride (airplane or gv) exploding or having shells hit very very close when I'm in a GV, however they don't happen every time these situations show up. When I do get CTDs I either get the bsod or a message box notifying of some "Dhelp error". The CTD's seem to have started with patch 5 for me.
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?
Frame rates actually improved with patch 5 although they were never a problem after about beta 15. I can now run the game with the distance slider set to about 2 1/2 miles instead of the lowest setting.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Win98, Build 4.10, 1998
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
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Athlon 1600XP MMX, 3DNow, ~1.4GHz
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
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K7SEM
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
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Nvidia GeForce 4 MX440, AGPx8, 64MB onboard ram (running in an AGPx4 slot)
8- How much RAM does your system have?
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256MB
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
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Omega 4.14.0010.4523 (28/07/03)
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
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AA set to none (0); AF set to "application"
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
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SiS Direct Sound (onboard), driver: 4.11.0001.3090(21/12/00)
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
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3/4's the way to the right
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
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Zone Alarm (free version), DI-604 Dlink router.
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
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Panda
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
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256
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
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1024x768x32 in AH, 1280x1024x32 on the desktop
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
used starts at 24.4 and rises to 37-ish after about an hour, shows 63.4 available.
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1- Yes, stutters. Occurs when encountering other planes (800-0 away), every time I go to an airbase, when I get near a CV, etc. GV's don't seem to be a problem even though I can hear them fire/reload from a good distance away. Severity: 2-5 second freezes normally. Occasionally longer, depending on the ack/puffy ack conditions.
2- No CTD in patch 5. Had them in patch 4 with the newest ATI drivers, rolled them back to the next-newest version and problem was solved. Tried both sets to get rid of the currents stutters in patch 5, but neither helps.
3- No frame rate problems.
4- Windows XP, Home Edition
5- AMD 64 3000+ 2.0 GHz
6- MSI K8T Neo -FSR
7- ATI Radeon 9800Pro, 128MB, AGP
8- 2x512 PC3200 DDR400
9- Current driver: 6.14.10.6451 dated 6/9/04. Also tried 6.14.10.6444 dated 4/7/04.
10- anti-aliasing: 6x anisotropic filtering: application preference
11- RealTek AC'97 (on board)
12- Have tried Full to None, same results
13- No firewall installed. Windows XP firewall disabled. Linksys router (BEFW11S4) (no firewall built into the router)
14- No anti-virus installed.
15- Currently 1024. Have tried 1024-256.
16- 1280x1024x32 in-game. Desktop is the same.
17- VidMem available: Normally 120-125. Used: 90-120.
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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.
very little studder problems, no studder or freeze problems before ( no freeze problems now)
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, I have yet to have a CTD since around beta patch 31 or 36 time
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?
Frame rates went up slightly when airborn by 8 to 10 , frame rates dropped horribly when under 3k alt and over bases , fr is lower also when engaged or have more than about 4 planes around, was way much better in patch 4. Sliders set to full performance and 0.5 miles detail. download set to 1, all check boxes checked. Still getting the disappearing and redrawing of terrain
Win98se
Athlon XP 1700+ , 1.53GHz actual
ECS K7S5A Pro
Ati Radeon 9000, AGPx4, 64MB DDR
256MB PC2700
ATI 4.3 Cat drivers ( last update for win 98, ME )
AA set to 0; AF set to "application"
AC 97 sound (onboard)
3/4 sound setting in dx
Zone Alarm Pro & DI-604 Dlink router.
Norton's, also use spybot and Micro Trend ( Norton's turned off except when downloading stuff or checking email )
256 Max texture size ( default )
1024x768x32bit in AH ( default )
1024x768x32bit on the desktop Refresh rate set to 120 mhz ( Vsync off with Vsync on loss bout 5 fps)
VidMem available: 63.8/61.9. Used: 19/27 ( used more in patch 3, a little less than patch3 in patch 4, patch 5 is even lower)
Framerate in tower (clipboard closed ) usually runs around 32 to 48 ( depending on if clipboard is open or closed , is now running in patch 5, 23 to 36 )
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AKIron, can you give us a call? 817-251-1540
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1: studders are hard do explain, sometimes get them in large furballs (with 10 planes or more in the area) also get them whenever passing a plane in an head on trajectory.
2: havent had a CTD since patch 2 maybe, then it was mostly the whole clipboard dissapearing then.
3: FR are in the low teens (14-16) at a base whenre there are more then 10 planes in a patteren (capped by enemies and such)
FR in the 60's and higher flying at alt even with 5+ squaddies in formation.
FR in the 20's when alone attacking a formation of bombers
most other questions can be answered here:
http://home.wi.rr.com/jabostaffelhq/dxdiag.htm
it has my DX data and at the bottom it has the text form my AH files (video8 and world.cfg files).
i run a dlink router, model dl 704P
i don not run any antivirus while playing any games, i do not run a firewall while playing any games
my video card i have set to 2x antiailiasing, and antiroscopic filtering is off, performance set to "performance" not "quality". vsync is on and all other settings are off.
accelleration is set to full for both sound and graphics.
in AH i have max texture to 512, and all option boxes checked, usually when starting AHII up i have about 65-75mb vid memory used. it slowly creeps up to above 90 but i havent really spent alot of time watching that lately.
any other questions just let me know.
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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.
It seems to have little freezes when the ground is in my front windscreen.. sometimes with many aircaft around. It happens pretty frequently, patch 4 seemed to have the least of this.
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?
Frame rate dropped a little... nothing really noticable just yet...
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 1 (2600.xpsp2.030618-0119)
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Dell Dimension XPS Gen 2,Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Don't know
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
ATI Technologies Inc RADEON 9800 XT, 256.0 MB,
Chip type: RADEON 9800 XT AGP (0x4E4A),
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4E4A&SUBSYS_10021002&REV_00
8- How much RAM does your system have?
2046MB RAM
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6444
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
Anti-Aliasing 6x
Anisotropic Filtering 8x
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Creative SB Audigy 2 Audio [CF00]
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
3/4
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
Macfee, but I shut it down while playing
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Macfee, also shut this down
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?
Desktop:1152 x 864 (32 bit) (100Hz)
AH: 1200x1000 (32 bit)
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Have to get back to you on that...
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Pyro, I tried turning off the AA and the ansiotrophic filtering. Seems that that decreased the duration of the mini freezes and possibly the frequency though I'm not certain about the latter. They definitely become more pronounced when in a low furball.
To recap, here are my settings:
No sound (folder renamed)
1280x1024x32
No AA
No Ansiotropic filtering
Other video cards set to max performance
Vsync on
and the AH2 video prefs:
(http://www.inettek.com/stuff/settings.jpg)
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1- I’ve been having problems with stuttering and very poor frame rates in very busy furballs, but I think that it has gotten better with patches or my new RAM.
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?
3- I just had my first AHII CTD, it came after installing patch 5. (I’ve had a few lock ups from using Alt-Tab)
4- Windows ME
5- 1.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon
6- ECS K7AMA MOBO
7- NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4200 AGP 128 MB
8- 1024 Crucial
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
Not sure
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
Not sure
11- MOBO default/attached for sound
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
No idea
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
None
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
AVAST! (but I shut it down)
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?
True Color 32 bit 1024 x 768
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
I’ll have to watch next time.
eskimo
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1- Had stutters in patches 3 and 4 but patch 5 fixed all that.
2- none so far
3- saw an improvement in patch 5
4- Windows XP pro
5- Intel Celeron 1.2Ghz
6- don't know
7- Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti 200 64mb AGP.
8- 256mb
9- Omega 6.14.0010.5303
10- AA 2xQ , AF Aplication-controlled
11- SoundMax Digital Audio (i think)
12- Full
13- Windows XP firewall on
14- AVG Free Edition
15- 512
16- 1024x768 in both
17- no problems so far
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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.
Pretty continuous at start-up. I do a full scan within the cockpit - as the vid mem usage increases the studders decrease. I get them whenever engaging a new plane type. In furballs and near the ground. I have always had them but Patch 5 made it impossible to fly. I tried all the ingame options to make the video performance faster "performance" and none of them helped.
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?
Never had 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?
My fps degraded with every patch. I finally set all sliders to the right to "performance" - didn't help a bit.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Win XP Home ed
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
PIV-1.7
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Unknown - DELL Dimension 8200
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
ATI 9600 SE AGP 128 MB
8- How much RAM does your system have?
512 MB Dual Channel DDR 800 Mz
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
ATI 6.14.10.6414
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
AA and AF set to "Application Preference"
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
SB Live
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
3/4 within dxdiag - I tried others with no change
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
No firewall - Linsys router
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Norton - but disabled during game play
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?
both - 1280 x 1024 - 32
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
problems are continuous. vid mem usage went DOWN with patch 5. Im using between 30 MB and 50 MB. Vid mem usage was up to 90 MB before when the problem was not as severe.
AKPanther
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1- no
2- no
3- no
4- XP Home
5- Intel 3.06 P4
6- Epox INTEL865 EP-4PDA2+
7- AGP Chaintech FX5900XT Nvidia 128meg card
8- 2 x 512MB PC 3200 Ram
9- Nvidia oem drivers ( no problems, didn't mess with'um )
10- 4X for both
11- Soundblaster 512 XP configured it.
12- 3/4
13- none
14- eTrust EZ Virus ( snooze mode for play )
15- 1024
16- 1024x768 True Color for both
17- No problems
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System Questionnaire
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I am having stutter problems with patch 5. The stutters seem to occur when I encounter a new object or new view of an object for the first time,( e.g., a muzzle flash, a new plane, 400 yards from the new plane, a new skin etc.).
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I am not having nor have ever had problems with CTD's in AH2
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I am not haveing problems with framerates in patch 5, and haven't had problems since arround patch 33 or so (whenever they optimized the video).
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Windows xp home
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athlon XP 2800+ ~2.1 ghz
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Asus A7N8X-LA
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NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X
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512Mb
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Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4523 (English)
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anisotropic- off, anti - aliasing - app cotrolled/off (tried both settings, and stutters for both)
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Integrated AC97 audio, realtek alc650 6 channel audio codec subsystem.
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3/4
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Zonealarm
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Norton
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default 256
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AH 800x600x32, Desktop 1024x768x32
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Varies but from 16.5 - 18mb of 63 available
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Etch take the stutter test that HiTech posted.
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1) No not since patch 5
2) No CTDS
3) Running 1600x1200 32bit 1024 textures seeing low=30 High=75 (monitor refresh)
4) XP Home
5) AMD Athalon XP 2400+
6) Gigabyte 7VTX
7) Creative GF4 4800SE 128mb AGP
8) 512mb pc2100
9) Nvidia 56.72
10) Both set to Application default
11) Creative SB 5.1 live
12) Standard
13) Zone Alarm Pro
14) None Running when using AH2
15) 1024
16) 1600x1200 32bit AH2 1024x768 32bit desktop
17) No problems now as it stays 124meg available 60-64meg used.
Adjuster
This patch fixed it for me !
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1 - Yes, when I pan around with the hat on the joystick I get a few stutters when new textures are loaded.
2 - no CTD's patch 5, but a few before 5.
3 - Yes, but I have a 64 meg video card so I know part of it is on my end.
4 - WinXP Pro
5 - Athalon 1.4 ghz.
6 - Asus something or other.
7 - AGP GeForce2 MX400 64 megs.
8 - 256 meg DDR
9 - Latest catalyst drivers for said video card.
10 - I dont know since I dont see this setting anywhere.
11 - Soundblaster PCI sound card, dont know what type.
12 - Dont know
13 - Firewall - zonealarm; router - Linksys router
14 - Norton antivirus
15 - 256
16 - game; 1024x768, med colors desktop; same setting, 32 mil colors.
17 - used - 40 to 50 megl available - 64 meg
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1. Yes. When others are nearby or I'm scanning the skys in search for enemies. Basically anytime I change the view.
2. no
3. no
4. winxp home ver 2002 service pack 1
5. amd 2 gig
6. gigabyte ga-7vaxp
7. nvidia 4200ti 128 agp
8. 512
9. nvidia 5.6.7.2.
10. Don't know where to get this info, sorry
11. onboard sound (via ac97 enhanced audio
12. full
13. win xp firewall (not on while playing though)
14. mcafee's antivirus (not on while playing though)
15. 512
16. both are 1024 x 768 highest 32bit unlimited frames
17. Don't know where to get this info, sorry.
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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. A LOT! Anywhere from microfreeze to the one that just fried me and I came to the BBS to report it. Another one of the 8 second screen freezes, which occured as I got close to an enemy P-38, of course I was pointed towards the ground, on unfreeze, instant death! I don't think it was the P-38, I had already got within 200 of it on a previuos merge, I think it was a friendly plane that cam e close to me on the chase that caused it.
The stutters started with Patch 3, no problem before. I reset my textures to 256 on HT's advice that fixed it. But now they are back in patch 5.
2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?
No. I had one, but it was my vid card acting up, not AHII. OC'd too much.
I used to get CTd's in AHI a long while ago, but it has been a long time.
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 FPS problems. My frame rate has been ok since near the end of the beta.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Win 98 SE
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Intel Celeron 1.4
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Intel 440 BX, originally had an Intel P-3 600 Coppermine. The Celeron is an upgrade.
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
Asylum Nvidia FX-5200 Ultra 128 AGp, DX-9 aware.
8- How much RAM does your system have?
384
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
Nvidia 4.14.10.5664
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
AF = Off. AAx2. However I have found AA makes no difference to my stutters.
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
SoundBlaster Live Value
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
3/4
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
No Firewall. Netgear RP614 router, Comcast cable ISP.
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
None while in AHII, Norton AV the rest of the time.
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
256
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
1024x768, 32 bit color. However I have run 16 bit a lot too, makes no difference. Desktop and AHII both the same (1024x768).
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Available is typically 130 ( on a 128 card), Used starts at 19.5 and works it's way up to 42-43.5.
Stutters occur a lot at first, then even three hours later still occur at the worst possible time (just as I get close to an enemey plane!).
These stutters are driving me nuts and very much lessening my enjoyment of this game.
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System Questionnaire
1- Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?
No problem with stuttering now. Had trouble before game went live, but since ver 2 thru all patches ok.
2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?
Was getting CTD about once everyother hour , but since patch 2 I've only had one all together.
3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?
I was "playable as you went live on ver 2 had sliders almost all the way down. FR has increased with patches, and have moved sliders up for more detail.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
XP Pro
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
P4 1.8
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
P4IBMS, from ECS
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
GeFroce2 Ti 64 meg AGP
8- How much RAM does your system have?
768 meg
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
6.14.10.5672 Nvidia
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
"application controled" for both
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
SB live 5.1
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
full accelaration
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
Lynksys router
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Nortons, but its "killed" before I run AH2
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
256
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
800x600 highest color in both
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
video is around one third to one half used in game, never more.
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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.[/B]
Not noticable
2- Are you having CTDÂ’s in Patch 5? If yes, please describe the frequency and conditions of the CTDÂ’s and whether this began or intensified with Patch 5. If no, did you experience CTDÂ’s before Patch 5?[/B]
I have not had a problem with CTD's.
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?[/B]
Frame rate is adequate in patch 5. 14-18 near a base, 45 (limited) over water and at altitude. 7-8 external view of bomber group high over water.
4- What version of Windows are you using?[/B]
ME
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?[/B]
AMD Athlon 1.1MHz
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?[/B]
Compaq w/VIA chipset
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.[/B]
AGP Radeon 9200 128MB
8- How much RAM does your system have?[/B]
128MB
9- What make and version are your video drivers?[/B]
ATI catalyst 4.3 for ME
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?[/B]
set to "Application Preference"
11- What make and model is your soundcard?[/B]
SoundMAX
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?[/B]
"Standard"
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?[/B]
Dlink DI 713P router
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?[/B]
None.
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?[/B]
256
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
800x600x24 in AH (not completely sure on color depth)[/B]
1024x768x24 on desktop
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?[/B]
Generally shows 30MB used 130MB avail when playing. I have problems all the time so that would be the level with problems
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1- NO
2- NO
3-Frame rates are little lower than previous patches (when stuff gets busy)
Top 3 sliders all to max qual
TTLPF to 1
FR unlimited
Gamma 1
All options chosen.
Test FR 59
4- Win 98 SE
5- Athlon +2600 (see dxdiag linked below)
6- DFI NFII Ultra Infinity
7- Nvidia FX5600 256MB AGP
8- 512MB
9- see dxdiag linked below
10- AA + 2 x Q AF set to application
11-Creative 5.1 digital
12-Standard (3/4)
13- No Firewall on this PC.....router is Netgear DG814
14- None on this PC
15-512
16-1024 X 768 32 bit same in game (see dx diag)
17- Vid mem available 264. Vid mem used varies.
In previous patches would start at 84 and creep upto 119.It is more stable and lower in patch 5 starting at 54. I have never seen it over 80 in patch 5
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1-No ..previously due to incorrect sound card setting
2-No
3- Not for system spec
All sliders to the right
Frset to unlimited
All options chosen
gamma 1
FR test 40
4- Win 98 SE
5-AMD Duron @ 1.3 Ghz
6-Micro Star Int MS-6340M
7- radeon 9200 SE 128MB AGP
8- 256 MB
9- Omega 2.6.37
10- Both set to application
11-SB 4.1
12- standard (3/4)
13- Zone alarm (disabled during gameplay) Netgear DG814 router
14-Norton Anti virus (disabled during game play)
15-256
16- 1024 x 768
17- Vid Mem avaialble 129 Used 19.
Main problem is re drawing of base graphics and transitions as reprorted elsewhere.
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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.
[/b]
No issues related to Patch 5. However, through out the betas and now in AH2 I have only experienced 1 real issue and that is micro warps when I con is close.
The betas and AH2 have run fine for me with a few exceptions. Most of these were addressed in subsequent patches.
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?
[/b]
No CTD's in Beta 5. I experienced 1 CTD a few versions ago where I lost the text buffer and CBM. Vid mem climbed then I crashed. After a patch I have not experienced another.
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?
[/b]
My FPS dropped somewhat from patch 4 but not dramatic. 69 avg in tower 100 (refresh rate above 3lk, depending on ground cover / player density around 60 below 3k
4- What version of Windows are you using?
[/b]
WinXP SP1
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
[/b]
AMD 3200
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
[/b]
Asus A7N8X-E
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
[/b]
Geforce FX 5950 Ultra 256 ram 8 x AGP
8- How much RAM does your system have?
[/b]
1024
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
[/b]
Nvidia 56.72
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
[/b]
4 x aa / 4 x AF
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
[/b]
Onboard Sound / Nvidia nforce audio
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
[/b]
Full
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
[/b]
2-wire Home portal built in Firewall.
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
[/b]
AVG (freeware) and Panda ActiveScan
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
[/b]
1024
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
[/b]
1600 x 1200 32
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
267.4
61 - 75 used but as I said no issues here.
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1. Yes having studders. Coming down runway or if I`ve just upped and use different views. Stuttering in medium to large groups. Stutters do not seem to be quite as bad as they were for a while.Seems the longer stretch I play the less of a prob I have.
2.No CTDs as of yet with patch 5. I did have a few CTDs with patch 4.
3.No FR probs with patch 5 or before.
4.Windows XP Home Edition
5. Pentium 4 2.8
6.Intel (not sure model)
7.ATI Radeon 9700 AGP 128 meg
8.256
9.6.14.0010.6444 Catalyst
10.Application preference 4x Application preference 2x
11. Soundblaster Live ( I believe 5.5)
12.Standard
13. Kerio
14.AVG (not ran in AH)
15. 512
16. 1024X768 desktop 600X800 AH
17.I usualy show around 1/4 of the 128 used when palaying AH.
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1- no problems.
2- not since early beta
3- no
4- xp pro
5- p4 2.8 533 overclocked to 3.2ghz but worked just fine before.
6- MSI of some kind.
7- agp msi geforce3 ti200 64megs
8- 1gig, but 512 till a couple of days ago.
9- 5.6.7.2
10- 2x=31fps 4x=21fps 0x=70fps
11- santa cruz
12- 100%
13- D-link wireless router
14- norton 2000
15- 512
16- 1076x768 both
17- no issues. tends to be lower than available.
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1 Aside from warping, my ch usb hotas is suddenly having a case of sticky buttons, non then working buttons. Views stick then trigger sticks etc.Unable to play the game since the patch.Can use my hotas in IL2 so its not the equip. I have reinstalled windows and obviously everything that has to do with the game and still have the same problems. I had this same problem with the game about 3 months ago. Then you patched and it went away. Here it is happening since Patch 5.
2 No
3 No
4 XP pro
5 P4 2.8 800 bus
6 Msi 875p neo 3rd board Ive tried when AH has issues
7 Sapphire 9800pro 128
8 1 gig
9 The latest ATI drivers
10 game pref
11 Audigy SB
12 3/4
13 None running during gameplay ZA latest edition
14 Not running during gameplay F-prot
15 512 default
16 Its between 30000 and 40000
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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.
ans: All good untill 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?
ans: No and 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?
ans: No and No
4- What version of Windows are you using?
ans: WinXP-Pro SP-1a totally updated.
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
ans: Intel 1.7 GHz
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
ans: ABIT TH7-II
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
ans: ATI Radeon, 128, AGP
8- How much RAM does your system have?
ans: 512 RDRAM
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
ans: Omega Cat 4.6
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
AAX4, AFX2
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
ans: TurtleBeach Santa Cruz-Newest drivers
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
ans: Standard
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
ans: Linksys
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
ans: AVG
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
ans: 512-Default
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
ans: 1152X864 - Desktop and 32bit
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
ans: 125 available, 65 Used .
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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.
No stutters at all. the test patch helped, but Patch 5 sealed the deal for me. pls note this thread though.thread link (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=122763)
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 CTDs at all so far :) Did experience some in previous patches.
Believe patch 4 slowed down some of the discos for me.
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 low framrate - lowest FR was 19FR NOE over water with about 36 Ju88s in formation. This was looking back at formation. Previous versions i was trying to run at 1200x1600 and was limited FR wise by my monitor. patch 4 seemed to help on the low close to ground flights, but when in air was holding steady 60fps in 1200x1600, now steady 75fps at 1024x1280.
Test patch seemed to help out some also, but FR was really never a big problem here.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Win XP pro - all current updates patches
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
AMD Athelon 64FX, 3200
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Gigabyte K8NS PRO, using Nvidea 250 chipset drivers.
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
128 MB ATI RADEON 9500pro/9700 AGP 8X
8- How much RAM does your system have?
1.5 GB Ram
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
Current OMEGA drivers based on catalyst 4.6, I believe
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
Antialiasing set to 4x; Anistropic set to 2x
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Soundblaster AUDIGY platinum ex
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Full
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
Using Norton Internet Security, have a Linksys wireless-g internet router. The PC I use AH on is hardewired to router (non-wireless connect)
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Norton Anti-virus (in Norton Internet security package)
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
Max texture size is a 1024
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
I'm running AH at 1024x1280; same as desktop.
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
When I was having problems before test patch and Patch 5, the use would show 122.7 avail, 122.7 used. Now in around 122-123 Available, 80 used.
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(1) - Nope
(2) - No, put in a 6 hour non-stop stint last night & was fine. Before pach 5 I could guarantee a CTD before 2 hours was up.
(3) - Nope
(4) to (9) - see tag
(10) - aa= 2xQ af=8x
(12) - Standard Accel
(13) & (14) - off when running AH2
(15) - 1024
(16) - 1024x768 for game 1260x1024 for desktop
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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 have become pretty frequent after the patch. they seem to happen most while using the hat to look around. Noticed maybe 3 tops before the patch.
2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?
None. Had 1 before
3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?
Seems fine.
4- What version of Windows are you using? XP
5- What is your CPU brand and speed? AMD XP 2100
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Gigabyte, dont know the model
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
GF4 Ti4600 128 AGP
8- How much RAM does your system have? 512
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
No clue. What ever it came with.
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
AA at 4x, anisotropic is off (what the hell is that anyway?)
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Soundblaster XGamer (2yrs old)
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Never messed with it, not sure what it does
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
dont use one
14- What antivirus software do you use if any? none
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?
1280x1024 32bit for both
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Didnt note it. Ill look next time Im on.
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.
I live about 45 minutes away from Grapevine but I work just down the road in NRH. I only work every 3rd day so Im flexible.
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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.
[/B]
Stutters happen when in furbals and possibly when certian audio events happen. I installed a SB Gamer Live! 5.1 and disabled onboard sound but it made no difference.
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 CTD's in patch 5, only two 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?
I have great framerates until I get in a busy area with lots of cons. Framerates will max out at my monitor refresh rate when at altitude but will drop to the low to mid twentys at damaged field with lots of cons. Framerate in tower offline is in the 57-62's. Patch 5 gave me a 15% improvement in the tower but I get the same poor performance when in furbals at a damaged field.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
XP Pro SP1 w/ latest updates.
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Intel P4 2g Northwood...400mhz FSB
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
ASUS P4C800 Delux
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
Saphire ATI Radeon 9600XT...128mb
8- How much RAM does your system have?
1 Gig PC3200
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
Omega 2.5.51 OC'd 533 Core 330 Mem
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
Both set at 'application preference" or OFF.
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
SB Live! Gamer 5.1....latest drivers.
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
MAX
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
MAX Netgear Wireless MR814v2, Zonealarm free version.
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
None
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
Default 512
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
1024x768 32bit
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
125mb available, 40-60 used
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1. Yes, some stuttering w/patch 5 mostly when things get busy {lots of A/C, smoke, bombers & bomb drops, other veh's}
Can drop to approx 20-30 FPS from above a 60FPS
Never went below 100fps in AH1 no matter how busy it got.
Gameplay is just never really smooth, like AH1, always seems like I'm running the game on a P3 600 with a 64mb PCI vid card with 128mb ram.
2.Have only had ONE ctd since patch 5, was trying to go to hanger from tower, CTD
3. Somewhat of improvement with frame rates in patch 5. Have all set to performance, except view range {set to just under 3 miles} No transitions, maps, or horizons. 1280x1024 32color 512mem {default} When settings are bumped up, framerates get worse. Frame rates have been poor since day one.
4.WinXP Pro
5. AMD XP3200 400fsb
6. Epox 8RDA3+
7. ATI Radeon 9800Pro 256mb AGP {in 8x mode}
8. 1.0GB Corsair XMS PC3200
9. Currently Omega's 25.51 {no O/C} have tried every driver on the planet, little to no performance gains or loss.
10. Currently No AA and No A-filtering {have had them both on every setting, little to no improvement}
11. Creative Labs Audigy2 ZS w/latest drivers
12. Currently none {again, had it on or off, no diff}
13. Cable connct'n, Dlink 604 router, usually ping server at 40ms
14. Norton's Antivirus2004 {disabled during gameplay}
15. 512
16. Game-1280x1024x32 Desktop 1600x1200x32 @100 refresh {note: game screen looks funny at 1600x1200, didn't in AH1, so now run game at 1280x1024}
17. 254 avail, between 60-80 used {sometimes near 100}
Thank you
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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.
Yes. It happens mainly when in larger numbers of planes especially when firing guns.
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 at all.
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?
Main problem is the spike of frame rates from 78 in flight to 17 in a fight with a large number of planes. THis has always been an issue however.
4- What version of Windows are you using? Windows XP
5- What is your CPU brand and speed? AMD XP 2500+
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known? SOYO Dragon Plus
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI. Radeon 9800 Pro 128 AGP
8- How much RAM does your system have? 512 3200 DDR
9- What make and version are your video drivers? Catalyst..version was latest as far as I know.
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup? On for both.
11- What make and model is your soundcard? SB and not sure.
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Not sure
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any? Linksys Router..
14- What antivirus software do you use if any? none as it is in the router so im told.
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH? 512
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? default What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to? 800x600 32 bit
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems? not sure.[/B]
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1. In the first 30 min or so I have studders when engaging enemy A/C after engaging several different types it seems to smooth out. In GV's as with A/C but it also does this when getting into veiw of new terrain. Didn't happen before patch 5
2. Had occasional CTD's before patch 5. since patch 5 I have had none
3. Ok this is a hard one. When I first log on its at 45-50fps after a few seconds it goes to 25 and remains UNLESS a A/C {freindly OR enemy} flys by tower then it drops to 10. It varies wildly when flying it will go as high as 50 looking staight ahead about 2k above ground level and plummet to 12 this is when im flying all alone too. It also varies greatly depending on A/C a spit will get me 25 but a p38 will get me 47. My first engagement after logon it will drop sometimes below 10 Yet after a while it will just vary between 37 and 19 regardless of how many planes are near me. Before patch 5 i was getting 50-60 ussually with occasional wild variations. {this is asid from new ground and A/C textures comming into veiw} I used to run my sliders dead center and got 50-60 frames now they are set just under the E in more for performance. so since patch 5 my FR have dropped and the wild variations have increased.
4. windows XP pro version 2002 service pack 1
5. AMD 866Mghz
6.err dell dimmension 4100
7. Nvidia fx5200 AGP 4x with 128mb ram
8.384 mb ram
9.NVIDIA (Omega 1.5303)
10.application controlled. When I tried turning it on my FR got really bad
11.creative SB live value
12. 3/4 acceleration
13.vcom system suite firewall {turning this off improves my FR and they seem to steady out some}
14. Vcom system suite anti virus by sun micro systems
15. max texture 512 {default}
16. in AH 1024X768 with 32 bit color 100mhz refresh/ desktop 1152X864 with 32 bit color 85mhz refresh
17. vid memory available is 127.9 since patch 5 used is ussually around 47mb. Before patch 5 it was around 79mb used
hope this helps. Im soon going to be getting a new rig but Im more than willing to continue testing on this one to find min. requirements
Also if you guys are going to be around this weekend I can bring my box over to ya
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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.
Stutters down from previous versions.
Kinda hit and miss sometimes. Most frequent probably when going from a sky dominent view to a ground dominent view
Ocasionally in furballs and occasionally when first engaging in a dogfight
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 CTDs in patch 5 as of yet. I have however been disco'd several times.
Experianced CTDs the most probably with patch 4
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?
Yes,
Detail sliders set at 3/4 detail. Tried moving sliders all the way to performance with only negligible improvement in overall performance and still dropping to the teens and low 20s, So I moved them back up
The most noticable improvment is moving from Maxed out detail where game is unplayable especially under 10K to 3/4 beyond that as I said. Negligible.
Texture size is default 512 reducing has next to no effect
(Texture size is not viewable in offline mode so those are online settings)
Horizon, transition, mimmapping all checked
Gamma at 1.0
Framerate in tower offline mode1024X768, 42fps when looking forward but will drop to 30 when looking either laft or right
At a resolution of 800X600 these numbers are 42fps looking forward and 32 when looking to either side
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Fully updated Wiondows XP professional
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
AMD Antholon XP2100+,mmx,3DNOW~1.7 GHZ
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
ASUS A7V333
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
128MB PNY Verto nVidia GeFORCE FX 5200 AGP (with latest drivers as of 5/26/04)
8- How much RAM does your system have?
512MB Corsair DDR333 RAM
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
Nvidia V56.72
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
Interesting question.
Default and now current setting is "off- application controled"
Tried experimenting changing it to "aplication controled 8X" noticed improvement in FR stability above 10K and to a small extent below 10K but still get drops into the low teens and 20's.
One noticable difference is the game loads much faster at 8X
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 soundcard
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
3/4 accelerated
13- What firewall program or router doyou use if any?
Linksys etherfast w/4 port switch model BEFSR41
Nortons internet security. Either disabled or turned off with "End It all"
But really havent noticed a difference when its running or not. I keep it at the least disabled during play just because
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Nortons- Disabled during play (Same as above)
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
Default Max Size is 512
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
display mode of 1024x768 both destop and in game
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Haveta double check on this tonight. but when was getting CTD's I would get problems when it reached 79 out of 130
Currently It remains pretty stable at around 42 of 130 no matter what. But I will double check tonight to make sure
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1. I've had stuttering in every version of AH2, including the betas. It got worse in patch 5. Happens anytime I get near another plane, anytime I am low over the ground, when I am zoomed in in the tank gun, etc. Not too bad when I am flying alone over water, but using the view hat too much seems to induce them even under those conditions. I have NEVER had a stutter when calibrating the bombsite, by the way.
2. No CTDs in patch 5. I had a few in the betas, none since going online with the release version.
3. My frame rate went down in patch 5, now I get about 60 in the tower, in patch 0-4 I got 80 to 90 in the tower.
4. Windows XP home edition, fully updated.
5. Intel P4 2.4 GHz
6. Asus P4S533-VL (SONY Vaio)
7. Nvidia GEForce 4 MX440, 64Mb AGP 4x
8. 1024 MB RAM
9. Driver make: Nvidia
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.5672 (English)
10. Antialiasing 2x, Anisotropic Filtering off (been playing with theses settings, doesn't make any difference that I can see)
11. YAMAHA AC-XG WDM Audio Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_8127104D&REV_A0
12. Standard (been playing with this one, too. Reducing it has not affected stuttering)
13. Netgear RP 614 connected to my ericsson Piperider cable modem via ethernet, ethernet to the PC. No firewall (for God's sake don't tell anybody that!):eek:
14. Macafee, but I disable it when I go to the game. If I leave it on, I get "microfreezes", which I define as screen freezes that last several seconds, as opposed to stutters that are of short duration and usually multiple events.
15. 256. I've tried lower and higher, doesn't affect stutter at all.
16. 1024X768 32 bit both in AH and the desktop. Going to 800X600 did not affect the stuttering.
17. Typically starts off with about 21M used/63.8M total. I'm never stutter free.
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1- Yes but not as bad as previous patches.
2- Yes
3- No
4- Win 2K
5- AMD Athlon 64 3500 (dual channel s939)
6- Asus A8V
7- AGP ATI 9800SE softmod to 9800PRO, 128mb
8- 2x512mb
9- Omega drivers 2.5.44
10- Application preference
11- Onboard uses realtek AC97
12- Full
13- Linksys BEFSX-41
14- Norton
15- 64
16- 1024x768x32 Game, Desktop 1280x1024x32
17- Avail 130.6, used varies
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1. No real problems. Flying in a congested area, with lots of GVs and lots of smoke coming up, I noticed a few warps. Nothing too serious.
2. No.
3. Frame rates are a little lower - but that might have been due to traffic density in the area in which I was flying. Still hitting 70fps, and 50fps is still normal.
4. W2000 Pro SP4 with all updates applied.
5. AMD XP2600 set to 1.9GHz (not overclocked)
6. Asus A7N8X-DLX.
7. ATi Radeon 9600 "Amateur" 128MB AGP.
8. 512MB.
9. Catalyst drivers: wxp-w2k-catalyst-8-02-040515a-015958c.exe
10. Anti-aliasing: 6X; Anisotropic: 4X.
11. None - using the onboard sound.
12. eek - didn't understand the question - sorry.
13/14 Trend Micro Internet Security, which I leave up when playing AH.
15. 512.
16. Desktop: 1152x864, 32BPP. AH: 1280x1024 - not sure what is meant by AH color depth, but it's a setting I haven't changed - using default.
17. Not really having any problems. Video memory usage is way up since I pushed up the antialiasing/anisotropic settings - 90MB of the available 128MB is typical usage when playing AH.
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I did a little parameter tweaking and got much improved performance. I edited my previous post to show my updated results.
I'm actually quite happy with the results I'm now getting with my sub-minimum machine (128KB ram untill I can find a local place with memory in stock). Only complaint is the WinME-Radeon9200 problem.
--Peregrine
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1 - Are you having problems with stutters in Patch 5?
Yes. I had them before patch 5, and now they are the same. When I engage in fight, I often experince short freezing or stutters. Looks like there is a problem with writing on disk or downloading new skins. I didn't try to defragment disk, may be it would help a little.
Frankly, I would like to have the possibilty to disable this feature (custom skins) on my side. I don't care about art, I want to fly. And looks like only veterans use custom skins. I have little or no chances to kill them, and often it is possible only on the first pass - I will never get another chance! But exactly on the first pass I get freezing for 1 second which destroys my aiming.
Or just write these skins in cache file after they have killed me, when I sent to tower.
2- Are you having CTD’s in Patch 5?
No. Had couple of CTDs before, looks like they gone with patch 5.
3- Are you having a problem with low frame-rate in Patch 5?
Yes. I have 40-50 FPS in tower, 60 FPS on alt and FPS drops to 10-20 in furball. When engage in fight with even 1-2 opponents FPS around 20-30 and worse if zoom.
Looks like I have bottleneck in CPU spped. I have P4B with Pentium4 1.6 G and Radeon 9800 Pro 128M. Any changes in video card configuration (performance-quality in desktop display settings), AGP apperture size, AGP speed (I can set 1 or 4) in BIOS don't affect significantly. Performance sliders in AH2 video settings all are in the most right positions for performance.
My friend who also plays AH2 has Radeon 9200 (or 9600) with 128 M and Pentium 4 2.8 G, and his FPS never drops low than 60 even in low alt furball. On alt or in tower he has 80-100 FPS with performance sliders set on center. BTW, he aslo experiences stutters but they are shorter than mine.
I had much worse situation before patch 5 but I can't say what fixed the problem. Before patch 5 I didn't have AGP drivers installed on my system, so it might be the reason.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Wndows 2000 Professional
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Intel Pentioum 4 1.6 G
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
ASUS P4B
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
Radeon 9800 PRO 128 Mb. AGP set to 4x, motherboard doesn't support 8x
8- How much RAM does your system have?
512Mb
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
The latest from ATI site, downloaded week ago.
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
Tried everything, doesn't affect FPS much.
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
On board.
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Standart. Tried all, no changes.
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
Nothing on this computer, have external firewell.
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Nothing.
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
Tried 512, 256, 128. No considerable changes in FPS, stutters seems worse with large texture size. Set 128 now.
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
AH2 and desktop set to 1024x768, 16 bit.
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Available 128, used 40 (with 128 Texture size) .
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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, I'm having stutters in patch 5 and I've had it for every version before. However, the stutters in patch 5, after I installed Cat 4.6 Drivers are ALMOST gone. They seem to happen when ever a new player enters icon distance. I can't be sure on this though as it has also happaned other times.
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, not a single one.
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?
Yes, my maximum frame rate is still the same, but in big fights with 10-15 players or so the FPS drop down in the low 20's. This was not the case prior to patch 5 when my FPS never seemed to drop bellow 40. All settings set to default, (SHIFT F1 for full range visability). Resulution is set to 1600x1200 and textures to 512. I tried lowering textures to 256 however there was no improvement, if anything, I got less FPS.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Windows XP Pro without any service pack installed.
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz.
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
I originally thought my Main Board was intell but to make sure I check in Si-Soft Sandra and this is what some of what it gives me.
Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corp.
MPS version 1.40.
The Dell Computer I have is a modell 8250. I can't seem to find any more info about my main board.
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
ATI Radeon 9700 non Pro 128Mb running at AGPx4. It is BIOS flashed to PRO and overclocked to 370/300. Zahlman Heatsink and fan used to cool it. I've tried to remove OC aswell but it makes no difference.
8- How much RAM does your system have?
512mb RDRAM 1066.
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
ATI Cat 4.6
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
It is set to application preference. I will play around with it some and see if I get any different performance in AH.
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Soundblaster Live with over 1 year old drivers. (if anyone can't point me to a place where to download new drivers I'd appriciate it, I can't find anything on soundblasters web page).
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Full.
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
D-link Dl-714P+
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Norton
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 32bit for both AH and Desktop.
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
No more or less then when I am not having problems. Last time it showed around 40 used and FPS still dropped.
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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.
Had them pretty bad in later betas and patch 0 and 1. They went away with patch 2, 3, 4, but are back now with 5. They are VERY few, only one or two per hours.
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?
Have not had a CTD in weeks.
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?
My FR has been about the same since bets 20 or so.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
XP-Pro SP1 (and all critical hotfixes)
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
AMD XP2100+
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Asus A7M
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 256
8- How much RAM does your system have?
1024 DDR
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
Catalyst, less than a month old but dont know the version number)
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
Max on both
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
SB Live 5.1
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Full
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
Linksys 802.11G on the outside for DHCP, Cisco PIX on the inside (IOS 6.3)
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Symantec corporate edition (disabled when flying)
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?
1280X1024X32 @ 90Hz (desktop and game are the same)
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems
unknown
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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.
-->> I'll take the 5th on this one or plead ignorance, leaning towards the latter.
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 did have one CTD on P5 when I launched in a posted mission I made, waypoints included. Didn't run any missions before so I don't know if it was P5 related. Before P5 didn't really pay attention but had them occasionally.
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?
-->> Yes, low frame-rate but specs are close to minimum, see below.
1280x1024 on both display and AH, using 32 colors.
MFR-unlimited, Gamma=1, Options are all checked.
Sliders; LoD and DOS sliders set are set under the 'rf' in peRFormance, GDR set to max at 3, TtLPF=1.
Offline on Ndiles map in Tower and minimized clipboard 52-53 with 26.2 of 61.2 mem used, Cnt=0.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
-->> Win98se.
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
-->> AMD Athlon XP1500+ running at 1,333Ghz and not O/Ced.[Recieved direct from AMD after I bought an Athlon T-Bird off eBay and it had a bug and didn't display jpeg files correctly].
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
-->> Abit KT7A- RAID { Don't use the RAID hardware }. I loaded 7N bios but 3DMark2001 reports it at 6.00PG
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
-->> NVIDEA GeForce4 Ti4200 64Mb DDR memory, AGP. The card is not O/Ced.
8- How much RAM does your system have?
-->> 256Mb, it is NOT DDR memory.
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
-->> WHQL 56.64 and I usually get them off the guru3d website.
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
-->> Both are set to 'Application controlled'.
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
-->> SoundBlaster 5.1 Gamer driver 4.12.0001.0905 [English].
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
-->> Set to 'Standard Acceleration' 3/4s or one notch from full.
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
-->> I use Sygate Personnal Firewall [free version] and I connect using Earthlink Dial-up. I do keep this running when flying AH.
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
-->> I use Grisoft AVG antivirus [free version] and I DO NOT keep this running while flying AH.
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
-->> 256, the default.
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
-->> AH set to 1280x1024, display is set to 1280x1024x32colors.
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
-->> Available is 61.2 and since last patch used hangs around the low 30s range.
It doesn't get close to 61.2 like it did before P5.
Didn't ask but using DirectX 9.0b
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1. Yes, Low FR, Below 10K with lots of cons. Drops down to as low as 4FPS. Always had low FR with AH2...improving with each pach.
2. No CTDs thus far in patch 5
3. Yes, Video settings to performance. textures at 256. From tower large airfield without smoke or damage 35FPS.
4. XP
5. AMD Athalon, 1.2GHZ
6. ABIT KT7133
7. ATI Radeon 9600 128meg AGP.....just standard 9600
8. 630meg SDram
9. Latest Catalyst from ATI 2Weeks old...not at PC will edit when I am home tonight.
10. Set to aplication controlled.
11. Onboard
12. None
13. None
14. Norton...disabled while playing game...ENDITALL ran also
15. 256max
16. 800x600 ...max resolution...true color I think..will edit tonight.
17. Availabe 130meg...used 35meg since patch 5....prior to patch 5 was 80meg-90meg used
RHIN0
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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)
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
Since the introduction of patch 5 I have been subjected to stutters. They occur on average twice a minute and last upwards of a second. This only started since 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?
No CTDs experienced in patch 5. I haven't seen any 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?
Frame rates have been consistent. I've seen no marked improvements since release.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
XP
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Athlon XP2000+
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Gigabyte GA-7VA
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
Leadtek v770 ultra Geforce4 ti4600. 128M RAM onboard. AGP 4x.
8- How much RAM does your system have?
768M Crucial PC2700
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
nVidia reference drivers 56.72
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
Application controlled
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Hercules Game Theater XP
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
100%
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
D-Link Xtreme-G wireless router attached to comcast broadband.
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
None
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@32bit for both AH and desktop. Running at monitor refresh of 100Hz.
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Typically around 40M used.
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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.
Sometimes freezes when I transmit (voice) for up to 15 seconds. Never happened before latest patch. Usually happens at least once per session.
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. 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?
No. No.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
XP Pro SP2
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Pentium4 2.8gz
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
MSI 845PE MAX3
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
NVIDIA GEFORCE4 TI4400 128MB AGP
8- How much RAM does your system have?
512 MB
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
NVIDIA 66.93 (OMEGA)
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
AA - application
AT - application
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
On-board Cmedia CMI8738
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Full
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
Trend micro Internet security
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
Trend micro Internet security
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?
Varies 1600 x 1200 32/1280x960 x 32
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
126.4 49.4
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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, although its very minor. Sutters occur mostly when diving down from alt into a fight. Changing views seems to cause a fraction-of-a-second pause. Biggest problem here is that I'll get white squares pop up where the trees are as they come into "range" and then they'll draw. Assume this is a hardware problem, as I've had it for awhile. Worse since the trees were re-done though. Anytime I get the white squares, I get a stutter. I never have stutter issues in GVs though, when I'm on the ground, no matter how low frame rates might be.
Will make one note here, as I have noticed several people say that they have problems "at first". When the game first loads, it takes a minute, sometimes as much as two and a half minutes, for everything in the arena to "load" once I am in the tower. I can pull up the roster on the clipboard and keep hitting refresh, and the numbers will continuously build until everyone is registered with my comp. Issues such as bombed buildings at whatever base I start at, flames, etc dont load right away. Everything "fills in" gradually. I can also watch the frame rates gradually increase during this time, as the load on my system decreases. If I were to try to takeoff or perform any actions besides looking at the clipboard until everything is "loaded", the game would be almost unplayable. I've always assumed everyone noticed this and waited patiently until everything finished loading before trying to takeoff. I guess I shouldnt assume.
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. I have not had CTD issues since AHII version 1. That was on an older comp with many issues. This computer I do have reboots on occasion, but they seem to have been heat related hardware issues and not due to anything in AHII.
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, if anything my frame rates improved with the latest patch. I do still encounter low frame rates on the ground, esp. such as the current small islands map in the MA tank town area when there is heavy traffic and lots of smoke. I've seen my frame rates dragged down to as low as 18 by the heavy smoke use from the tanks. Otherwise I usually dont drop below the high 20s on the ground in a GV, and am usually in the low 40s in GVs or taking off from a base in a plane.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
Windows XP Pro SP1
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Athlon XP 2600+ OC'd to 2.3 Ghz
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Biostar M7NCD
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
PNY Geforce FX 5900XT 128MB, softmodded to a FX 5900U with the Rivatuner utility.
8- How much RAM does your system have?
1Gigabyte
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
Omega 66.93 Previously used Omega 61.77 with excellent results also. Possibly better than the current ones.
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
AF- 4xS (supposed to have the impact of the 2x setting with most of the quality of the 4x setting)
AA- Application Pref.
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 (dont see any difference between this one or the onboard Nvidia nForce2 sound, but I use the SB card for the gameport for my analog controllers).
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Full.
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
No firewall. Linksys 4-port router (have to get home and find the model).
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
None
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?
1024x768 in game, 1024x768x32bit desktop.
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
Have to check when I get home.
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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.
>Patch 5 seems to be quite ok
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.
>I didnt have CTD`s too often even with the elder versions
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?
>Yes. I have suffered low FPS.
My video settings:
-texture 256
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4- What version of Windows are you using?
>XP, sp2
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
AMD 2600+
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Asrock K7
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
>Powercolor Ati 9800Pro AGP
8- How much RAM does your system have?
>1024 Mb
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
>Ati Radeon
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
>Anti-aliasing
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
>on the motherboard, SiS
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
> 0
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
> Zonealarm
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
>FreeAV
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
>256
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
>32
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
>Vid mem used...appr. 150-200 mb, available 512 mb
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1st system (mine)
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
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. It was when I was changing the graphic detail sliders under video settings during flight. The other was when I was a gunner on a bomber or even a observer on a fighter, when that person was shot down and then bailed before me, I got CTD with acehigh.exe error.
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?
Yes. I know have to use medium range in stead of full range when low alt. I have ground detail at 50%, Object size 100% and range 3mi. 1280x1024x32 512 textures. 4xAA and no AF. I had these same settings with other patch but full range with acceptable FPS (25-40). Now at full range it at 16-24.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
WinXP Pro
Version 2002
service pack 2
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
AMD 64 3200+ (2.27 ghz OC)
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Asus K8N-E deluxe (Nforce 3 250 chipset)
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
ATI X800XL 256meg AGP 8X
8- How much RAM does your system have?
1.0 gig
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
ATI's catalyst 5.7
6.14.10.6553
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
4x AA and AF is off
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
Full
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
Linksys WRT54GS
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
AVG free addition (off and services unloaded during AH gameplay)
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?
AH = 1280x1024x32
DT = 1024x768x32
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
used is about 75-100megs
available is 512megs. ( I found out why 512meg instead of 256. Aparently its related to AGP apeture size. It adds what u have it set to to the memory on card. For instance I have 256 card and 256 apeture size. When I went to 128 on apeture, it displayed only 384 for total available.)
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2nd system (son's computer)
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.
Yes, during gun fire and getting into big furball with lots of GV's on ground while flying low.
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?
yes, gets lower with every patch. Level of detail is about 25%, Displayed object size is 25% and range is set at 60%. FPS is 20.
4- What version of Windows are you using?
WinXP pro SP2
ver 2002
5- What is your CPU brand and speed?
Pentium 3 1.0ghz (1.13 OC'd)
6- What is your motherboard make and model if known?
Asus CUSL2 (intel 815 chipset)
7- What is your video card make and model? Please include amount of memory and whether it is AGP or PCI.
PNY Geforce FX5700LE AGP
8- How much RAM does your system have?
512 meg
9- What make and version are your video drivers?
61.77
10- What level is your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering set to in you video card setup?
both application preference
11- What make and model is your soundcard?
Soundblaster Audigy gamer
12- What level is your sound hardware acceleration set to?
3/4
13- What firewall program or router do you use if any?
no program, router is Linksys WRT54GS
14- What antivirus software do you use if any?
none
15- What is your Max Texture Size set to in AH?
256
16- What resolution and color depth do you use in AH? What resolution and color depth is your desktop set to?
1024x768x32 for both
17- What is your Vid Mem Used and Available displaying in AH when you are having problems?
used = 25megs
available = 128megs
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you all know this is an ancient thread about AHII 2.00.5
the current version is 2.04.1
that's 4 versions, and multiple patches of versions in between.
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I guess I got suckered, lol.
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Originally posted by Mustaine
you all know this is an ancient thread about AHII 2.00.5
the current version is 2.04.1
that's 4 versions, and multiple patches of versions in between.
I was going to say something , but i wanted to see what kinda haul this would net .... 38
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1. NO
2. Yes, last about 30min then dumped. Started right after new patch. I am DSL with eithernet. It seems to be related to this latest patch. I switched from usb port 3-4 months ago and had no discoes. Now I cannot fly perk planes because I will get dumped.
3. NO
4. ME. Nothing running except explorer and load power profiler in msconfig. When running AdAware spyware check, shows 10 process running.
5. Need to find out.
6. Need to find out.
7. Nvidea Gforce FX5200 AGP 4X 128mb
8. 128 mb
9. Nvidea 41.??
10. Both to Application and performance.
11. Soundblaster
12. 3/4 - full. Will slide it toward left and try.
13. None
14. Norton 2005
15. 128
16. 1024x768 16 bit both.
17. Used 127.1 Avail 110.0 in main at 8K alt. On runway 127.1 avail 126.0 Frame rates at 20 in tower in main, at 10K with ack and burning field with 20 other planes around 20-30. It is playable.