It's here! There is no readme yet. The patch addresses a lot of small things, which will all be listed in the readme included with the patch once it goes live.
Main areas of improvement are performance and FPS. We’ve also updated sounds, fixed some minor bugs around aircraft etc.
We’re still optimizing some things as I write this, so the final patch should offer slightly better performance.
Before installing the patch, make sure that your game version is up to date. If you have disabled automatic updates in steam, re-enable it and allow steam to update the game to the most recent version which is 1.00.13820.
The patch will not work with an earlier version of Cliffs of Dover.
Download the patch and manually extract it to your main game directory which by default is
(Program Files)\Steam\steamapps\common\il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover
Your new game version will be 1.00.13915. This patch will later be overwritten by an automatic update.
Note that while this version will allow you to play online with the older version, they are actually incompatible and you will run into issues. You do not have to report them.
http://www.1cfiles.com/IL2_CliffsofD...2COD_13915.rar
What to look for:
1. Changes in performance – please report whether it’s gotten better, and if so, by how much.
2. Any graphical bugs or glitches, especially with landscape, buildings and trees.
3. Any other unforeseen glitches and bugs.
PLEASE keep this thread ONLY for the discussion of the beta patch. Please do not re-report previously reported issues. Please do not use this as a Q&A thread or a flamewar thread or a feature request thread or a lamentation thread. Please keep it purely utilitarian. That’s what this beta patch is – a quick way to see if it does what it should without doing something it shouldn’t.
Thank you all for your support!
NOTE: This is the international version of the patch. It will not work with the Russian version. If you have purchased a Russian version of the game, download this instead:
http://www.1cfiles.com/IL2_CliffsofD...D_13915_ru.rar