ARMA II Beta Builds Released: Latest version/build: 1.04.6xxxx

[Binkowski 26]

Sweet new beta, going to download it. Hopefully they work this time, I think the problem I had earlier was a corrupt registry key, which was messing with the game reading the version. Anyway, downloading now!

[Alex72 1]

How much/little value should we test on that "GPU_MaxFramesAhead=N"?

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How much/little value should we test on that "GPU_MaxFramesAhead=N"?

EDIT:

I think that is the same as Pre Rendered frames. It is good for those who cant access it and helps yet a bunch of people. However it doesnt help me who had no issues from start. People complained and got ARMA2 in good shape - i did not complain and got the other way around.

Cant you make a button that sets the mouse back to good old days? And let the smoother be there as well. Im guessing its not possible. The skipping i get (as others) is weirdly enough un-affected by PreRenderFrames. No matter if i go 8 or 1 its the same in 1.04. The heavy skipping doesnt change i mean.

EDIT(again): After starting ARMA2 Latest beta and checking the ARMA2.CFG it added this:

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3;

Would be nice to know some values to move within. Seems corny to just add some numbers. Lower value is less skippy and higher more skip? Or the other way around?

Thanks though BIS i have a feeling this might be what will settle this once and for all. :)

Alex

Edited September 23, 2009 by Alex72

[tophe 69]

How much/little value should we test on that "GPU_MaxFramesAhead=N"?

---------- Post added at 06:00 ---------- Previous post was at 05:30 ----------

EDIT:

I think that is the same as Pre Rendered frames. It is good for those who cant access it and helps yet a bunch of people. However it doesnt help me who had no issues from start. People complained and got ARMA2 in good shape - i did not complain and got the other way around.

Cant you make a button that sets the mouse back to good old days? And let the smoother be there as well. Im guessing its not possible. The skipping i get (as others) is weirdly enough un-affected by PreRenderFrames. No matter if i go 8 or 1 its the same in 1.04. The heavy skipping doesnt change i mean.

EDIT(again): After starting ARMA2 Latest beta and checking the ARMA2.CFG it added this:

Would be nice to know some values to move within. Seems corny to just add some numbers. Lower value is less skippy and higher more skip? Or the other way around?

Thanks though BIS i have a feeling this might be what will settle this once and for all. :)

Alex

Have you tried dragging the mouse smoothing thingy to max in Arma2-settings?

[Alex72 1]

Tjena. :)

Yes ive tried a lot of things. However - It seems this beta can do some good in this area. The general feel right now (without action) is very very smooth for me. :)

Im doing tests atm and found one disturbing thing: There is something flickering (light). I notice it in the menu first, and its when i have post processing on i can see it clearly (LOW), it seems there is something in the sky/top screen that flashes so the whole screen flashes irregulary. In the menu it looks like the first horizontal resolution pixel (line one of 1024x768) is flashing so thanks to HDR combined with Post Processing effects it makes the whole screen flash.

In the game itself the screen does not flash, but i can see on my weapon it reflects something flashing in the sky(?). Will check more.

No addons - v59210 - windowed 1024x768. (will check without windowed mode)

EDIT: Way too late for me to do this. I just remembered i dont have -mod=beta in my target... idiot.

EDIT: Tophe, maximum smoothing in the control menu makes me unable to move the mouse. It sticks when i move faster than very slow. So not an option.

Edited September 23, 2009 by Alex72

[SnR 1]

Latest Beta is Fail, first beta to have any negative effects for me:confused:

Loaded up with pre beta settings, and had constant strobing / screen flashing

in the LHD view.

Went into editor, and found all texture strobing like a Xmas tree.

Turned Post Process OFF and it minimised the problem.

ATI user severely effected by 59210:butbut:

[ryan80 10]

for some reason i can't install the latest 1.04 beta patch, it says game version 1.04 required and my current version is 1.03. but i already had updated to the 1.04 patch earlier.

found what the problem was, had to delete the previous beta folder and now able to install this.

Edited September 23, 2009 by ryan80

[Alex72 1]

@SNR:

Did you read my post before yours?

Im doing tests atm and found one disturbing thing: There is something flickering (light).

I just remembered i dont have -mod=beta in my target line... idiot.

Check that.

EDIT:

Ryan, UNINSTALL previous BETA and then install the latest (reason to why it gives you such an error). You should have a beta uninstaller in your arma2 folder. (If not - download the latest beta and use the uninstaller in that package. Just unpack/drag to your ARMA2 root folder and keep it there - it works for all beta's).

Edited September 23, 2009 by Alex72

[.kju 3244]

Try 0 or 1 for GPU_MaxFramesAhead to remove mouse lag.

0 might cause FPS issues though.

You should see similar behavior in terms of improved mouse movement like with cpuCount=1.

Edited September 26, 2009 by kju

[Horus 83]

Try 0 or 1 for PU_MaxFramesAhead to remove mouse lag.

0 might cause FPS issues though...

Just set Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames=2 in nV CP or use ATT for ATI and set Flip Queue Size=2 ;)

[Alex72 1]

Im playing with the other value atm. The "1000" one. Raising it gave some interesting results - i think. MaxFramesAhead like i said i already have in Nvidia CPL.

Might start to be better though - maybe. Need more testing.

[connos 10]

Awesome new that they continue the Beta Patches. Downloading the latest one right now and I will post results.

[Maddmatt 1]

Just set Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames=2 in nV CP or use ATT for ATI and set Flip Queue Size=2 ;)

Not so effective. In my experience GPU_MaxFramesAhead=0 gives best results. A setting that I can't set using ATT, the drivers use a setting of 3 when I try that even though it shows as 0.

[Alex72 1]

In my experience GPU_MaxFramesAhead=0 gives best results.

Wow ok. That is set to 1000 per default by BIS. I tested 1500 and found it nice lol. Maybe just imagined it. The Pre Rendered Frames i had set to "1" in Nvidia Cpl for ARMA2 before BIS started changing the mouse, and it made ARMA2 fast and direct.

Now it doesnt matter what i do (v1.04). High or low - no noticeable change. However the beta now seems to give us the tools to maybe get something going.

Will test your "0" idea.

EDIT: Tested. Ok for me that is a no go with the "0". It made me lag heaps. I was very pleased to see how much it does change things though wich is good. :) I tested to set it to 500 (just for kicks to see what happens), and 500 really made my game smooth. I mean it was like night and day. Im not done testing though and will keep checking where everything is best for me personally.

But to everyone that tests the latest beta 59210: Make sure you change those settings around to see where you get most out of the game.

The values is in the ARMA2.CFG file called:

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3;

Change both settings around a bit and see. Very low on the first made me lag, but it might be good for someone else.

Alex

Edited September 23, 2009 by Alex72

[Pauldarrington 9]

Can i ask what GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000; GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3; does? as i have chanage the FramesAhead to 0 and didnt see any difference

[Horus 83]

I think the game uses the value from GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=Ñ…; and in my case game "see" true value from nV CP.

[=wfl= sgt bilko 10]

Would be nice if a developer explained the two settings.

Not everything in cfg files are ment to be changed manually.

[.kju 3244]

Please people read closely ..

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=0/1/2/3; are reasonable values. 3 is driver default.

This setting is very similar, yet not exactly the same as Pre-Rendered Frames / Flip Queue Size.

Especially a zero value is not meaningful for the later, yet might work for the arma2.cfg setting just fine.

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3;

These two are only for information.

1000 means for BI not set.

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead is the driver value of Pre-Rendered Frames / Flip Queue Size.

[Alex72 1]

Wich one is used over wich (Detect/PreRender)? Windows one or game one?

Sorry maybe blurry question. If i have it set to 3 in windows, will that over ride the games (CFG) value or vice versa?

Edited September 23, 2009 by Alex72

[maddogx 13]

Would I be correct in assuming that the GPU_MaxFramesAhead parameter is only useful with VSync activated?

[Natalon 0]

The newest Beta-Patch causes a lot of problems on my system (i use this graficcard: Powercolor HD 4870 pcs+ with the newest software)

To compare Patch 1.04.59026 and Beta-Patch 1.04.59210, i made 2 vids each for the same situations:

Patch 1.04.59026:

Test 1 - Standing by Heli H

E_FKHo3bq5g

Test 2 - in LAV25 HQ (after reentry in game with Alt-Tab

xs4smwzApAM

same Situations with Beta-Patch 1.04.59210:

Test 1 - Standing by Heli H

Q6DDUfnz6iw

Test 2 - in LAV25 HQ (after reentry in game with Alt-Tab

43BMBc-dhkY

[santafee 10]

Huh,doesnt look good.Im using HD 4850,no problems so far.

I saw the community bugtracker on dev haven.If you are registrated can u open bugtickets by yourself?-how?

[otrebla_snake_ita 2]

They're fixing the AI finally! =D

I hope they'll improve it too =)

The newest Beta-Patch causes a lot of problems on my system (i use this graficcard: Powercolor HD 4870 pcs+ with the newest software)

To compare Patch 1.04.59026 and Beta-Patch 1.04.59210, i made 2 vids each for the same situations:

Patch 1.04.59026:

Test 1 - Standing by Heli H

youtube]E_FKHo3bq5g

Test 2 - in LAV25 HQ (after reentry in game with Alt-Tab

youtube]xs4smwzApAM

same Situations with Beta-Patch 1.04.59210:

Test 1 - Standing by Heli H

youtube]Q6DDUfnz6iw

Test 2 - in LAV25 HQ (after reentry in game with Alt-Tab

youtube]43BMBc-dhkY

Cool, with this new patch we'll have the same effects of the hallucinogenic mushrooms XDDDDD

Edited September 23, 2009 by Rellikki
Quoted multiple hotlinked YouTube videos

[MehMan 0]

What ATI drivers are you using? Don't forget to add that.

[ginger mcale 11]

SNR has exact the same problem, he said disabling postprocessing effects could disable that drug effect: http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1445854&postcount=830

[nomdeplume 0]

I saw the community bugtracker on dev heaven.If you are registrated can u open bugtickets by yourself?-how?

Click on "New issue" in the main menu bar; the one with Overview, Activity, Roadmap, Issues, New issue, Wiki.

Make sure the subject you enter is descriptive without being an epic novel, so it's easy for others to skim the lists and see what it is about with only the subject.

Leave Status, Priority, Assigned to and Target version at their defaults as the people that manage the tracker will set them appropriately.

Oh and of course, do a few searches using different terms to see if anyone else has already reported the issue before adding a new one.