Members Ssnake Posted March 31, 2017 Members Share Posted March 31, 2017 On 29.3.2017 at 3:28 PM, daskal said: wow - are we expecting a new update? Is there an info thread on it somewhere? Couldn't find one. To answer your question: Yes, we are. We announced even back in August '16 that we'd release an update later that would bring the new terrain engine. Back then we assumed that it would take us half a year. As it turns out, "one year" would have been the more accurate prediction, but these things are inherently difficult to estimate, so I'm rather unapologetic about that. We announced with version 4.010 that we'd release an update in the first quarter 2017; looks like we'll be running a week late, but again, it's probably better to give you something that is reasonably well tested rather than blindly adhering to an arbitrary date. As per my statements above, this one won't include the new terrain engine. Rather, we saw it as our mission to improve general performance over the 4.0 results, and while the final numbers aren't in yet, overall I think it's safe to say that you will notice cases where the frames will be up substantially; however, these improvements aren't across the board, but if they are mostly in situations where the frames are really bad in 4.010 and before it's probably better than having higher frames where they used to be good already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalAB Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 This perhaps not the best place to ask this question but was eSim able to address some of the shadow anomalies that popped up with the last upgrade? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted March 31, 2017 Members Share Posted March 31, 2017 I can but point you to the release notes which I will publish in a few days. So many things were addressed, including shadow related ones, I really don't have all that ready in my memory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt DeFault Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 On 3/29/2017 at 5:05 AM, Gibsonm said: I maybe re-installing Win 7 on this box. FWIW, Classic Shell can make Win 10 look and function almost exactly like Win 7. I've been using it for a while now and am very happy with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brun Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 I have a i7-4790K 4.00GHz GTX 980, 12 RAM, I recently upgraded to a GTX 1080, 32 RAM. Maybe a slight improvement in FPS for SB. Every other program I have was A quantum leap in FPS, with Much Higher resolution than before. All I want for 2017 is for My investment in My PC to pay some dividends In SB, even a few FPS better would Make Me do the happy dance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) My results to date attached. Caveat: have done some additional screen shots as it wasn't specified if some of the views were zoomed in or not. Can provide screen shots if people want to know which is which. Will run again on both machines when 4.xxx comes out. Steel Beast performance.xlsx Edited April 13, 2017 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted April 13, 2017 Members Share Posted April 13, 2017 7 hours ago, Gibsonm said: Will run again on both machines when 4.xxx comes out. Well, get crackin'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munckmb Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Ssnake said: Well, get crackin'. Nice! Except the links for part 3 and 5 are still version 010... Edited April 13, 2017 by munckmb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted April 13, 2017 Members Share Posted April 13, 2017 11 minutes ago, munckmb said: Nice! Except the links for part 3 and 5 are still version 010... Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewood Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) I just cleared my cache and refreshed to make sure. 3 and 5 are still for 4.010 edit: If I copy the links to 3 and 5 and then change the address to hit 4.019, it works. Edited April 13, 2017 by thewood 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapper_511 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 12 minutes ago, thewood said: I just cleared my cache and refreshed to make sure. 3 and 5 are still for 4.010 edit: If I copy the links to 3 and 5 and then change the address to hit 4.019, it works. That'll work, thanks 'wood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 4 hours ago, Ssnake said: Well, get crackin'. Thanks. Email for server executable en route. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brun Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 On 4/3/2017 at 11:50 PM, Brun said: I have a i7-4790K 4.00GHz GTX 980, 12 RAM, I recently upgraded to a GTX 1080, 32 RAM. Maybe a slight improvement in FPS for SB. Every other program I have was A quantum leap in FPS, with Much Higher resolution than before. All I want for 2017 is for My investment in My PC to pay some dividends In SB, even a few FPS better would Make Me do the happy dance. Big improvement in FPS. Happy dance will commence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirzayev Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 I did a test between the two versions. My FPS did improve (29.367 to 35.466 average), but it seems that urban areas are still within the "unusable" range. Still, it is better than before, so I'll take it. Mirzayev Performance.xlsx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) So I've tested the existing machine with 4.019 and surprisingly, for the comments about 4.019, took some FPS "hits" (4.010 = 34.8, 4.019 = 30.7). These tend to be in the M60 component - Tests 1 - 5: 0:26 / 0:31: TI view of forest unmagnified 0:29 / 0:36: TI view of forest magnified 3:12 / 3:16: View though daysight in rain 3:19 / 3:25: TI view of forest unmagnified 3:21 / 3:30: TI view of forest magnified 3:56 / 4:34: View from Commander driving towards town. About to test new machine and will post completed spreadsheet. Steel Beast performance.xlsx Edited April 14, 2017 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) Finished the 4.019 run in the new machine. It achieved a 49.5 average FPS rating using the default settings (compared to 41.2 with 4.010). Details here (including the 2nd run on the old machine that took the FPS hit): Steel Beast performance.xlsx Edited April 14, 2017 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted April 14, 2017 Members Share Posted April 14, 2017 As it turns out, the benchmark doesn't create a scene that shows the particular improvements in 4.019 when you have lots of walls, fences, hedges, and other linear obstructions. Those seemed to drag down the frame rate in previous 4.0 versions particularly badly - no longer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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