I updated to 4.4.25 last night and, im happy that the tanks have been fixed, but I noticed they have added new smoke trails too, and I've been having serious lag. It might be the new smoke trails or it might just be me. Has anyone else had the same issues?

I get hang ups with the smoke trails too so i cant play now.if you are confusing this with lag then im afraid like me your device is now a paper weight.
Z these graphic updates which are not compatible with slower devices should have the option in settings to switch them off like the clouds etc.

Yeah, same here. Any time a smoke trail comes into view, the scene goes very jerky and more often than not I get shot down. I'm using an iPad 1 with the most basic graphics settings selected and had been OK until now. I hope it can be improved or the game will be unplayable. To me, game play is far, far more important than graphics.

J4ff wrote: I get hang ups with the smoke trails too so i cant play now.if you are confusing this with lag then im afraid like me your device is now a paper weight.
Z these graphic updates which are not compatible with slower devices should have the option in settings to switch them off like the clouds etc.

I think so too.

Cundall wrote: Yeah, same here. Any time a smoke trail comes into view, the scene goes very jerky and more often than not I get shot down. I'm using an iPad 1 with the most basic graphics settings selected and had been OK until now. I hope it can be improved or the game will be unplayable. To me, game play is far, far more important than graphics.

Yeah, i don't care if it's graphics from 2003, as long as the gameplay is good I'm ok with the graphics.

I moved the topic into DF Support, so Zup has a better chance of seeing it.

I've got the same issues with my HTC G2, which is an older phone that I have to use because my Samsung Galaxy s3 can't keep the game going. While the new release runs relatively smoothly on the Samsung (until the game quits out), the same release is jittery on the old HTC. I've always had all graphics options turned off on the HTC because the processor is slow, so this is as good as I can get it.

Too bad, I had kept 4.4.24 on the HTC because I was paranoid that the new smoke would cause problems! I was disappointed when it finally forced me to upgrade on that phone.

Manfred

Cundall wrote: Yeah, same here. Any time a smoke trail comes into view, the scene goes very jerky and more often than not I get shot down. I'm using an iPad 1 with the most basic graphics settings selected and had been OK until now. I hope it can be improved or the game will be unplayable. To me, game play is far, far more important than graphics.

i couldnt agree more,gameplay over graphics anyday.The fun of dogfight has bit by bit slipped away with the ever increasing demand for graphic enhancements.
In nearly 2 year ive been throught two phones which at the time played great.Then came the tanks and the explosions hung my device.Then the second phone became unusable with the loss of Arm6 and now after update 500'n something these smoke trails hang up my tab.
Zup stick in the settings an option to dissable please.

Manfred wrote: I moved the topic into DF Support, so Zup has a better chance of seeing it.

I've got the same issues with my HTC G2, which is an older phone that I have to use because my Samsung Galaxy s3 can't keep the game going. While the new release runs relatively smoothly on the Samsung (until the game quits out), the same release is jittery on the old HTC. I've always had all graphics options turned off on the HTC because the processor is slow, so this is as good as I can get it.

Too bad, I had kept 4.4.24 on the HTC because I was paranoid that the new smoke would cause problems! I was disappointed when it finally forced me to upgrade on that phone.

Manfred

That stinks... and thanks for moving it.

J4ff wrote:

Cundall wrote: Yeah, same here. Any time a smoke trail comes into view, the scene goes very jerky and more often than not I get shot down. I'm using an iPad 1 with the most basic graphics settings selected and had been OK until now. I hope it can be improved or the game will be unplayable. To me, game play is far, far more important than graphics.

i couldnt agree more,gameplay over graphics anyday.The fun of dogfight has bit by bit slipped away with the ever increasing demand for graphic enhancements.
In nearly 2 year ive been throught two phones which at the time played great.Then came the tanks and the explosions hung my device.Then the second phone became unusable with the loss of Arm6 and now after update 500'n something these smoke trails hang up my tab.
Zup stick in the settings an option to dissable please.

Just like the clouds.

Zup,
PLEASE change the game back to the way it was before.
This "upgrade" looks nice, but it's turned my aircraft into a brick!

SB

ok, i'll add the option to make the smoke option or lower quality. Dang, i didn't think smoke would make it so slow on older devices... i don't even want to think what real time shadows would do to it

i updated on my galaxy s3 to the 4.4.25 and it still boots me back to my home screen after about 2 minutes of play. the shakey buildings and uncontrolable plane is fixed but that does me no good if i can only play 2 minutes at a time. any ideas on a fix for this?

zuperman wrote: ok, i'll add the option to make the smoke option or lower quality. Dang, i didn't think smoke would make it so slow on older devices... i don't even want to think what real time shadows would do to it

well when you do introduce real time shadows,can we have an option for that too please

Less manouverability. Less speed. Messg "You are out of bombs" in red letters right in the middle of my sight, when I fire my guns - messes with my targeting horribly. Fix, pls!!

Butterfly,

For the bombs dropping and that annoying message... Do not touch the screen with more than on finger at a time. If you touch it anywhere with 2 fingers the bomb drops. After that you get the message.

zuperman wrote: ok, i'll add the option to make the smoke option or lower quality. Dang, i didn't think smoke would make it so slow on older devices... i don't even want to think what real time shadows would do to it

Thanks Zuperman, that would be great. It does make a huge difference. I do have one slight concern, which is that with the new smoke, a damaged aircraft becomes much more visible. If it's possible to make the lower quality smoke just as visible this would be good, otherwise players with older devices will be at a disadvantage with regard to 'target acquisition'.

Cundall I already took care of it. Do you have an android? You can try with the 4.4.27 version on the store

zuperman wrote: Cundall I already took care of it. Do you have an android? You can try with the 4.4.27 version on the store

Hi Zuperman, no Android, I'm on ipad 1. Thanks

zuperman wrote: ok, i'll add the option to make the smoke option or lower quality. Dang, i didn't think smoke would make it so slow on older devices... i don't even want to think what real time shadows would do to it

Don't worry, it's great! If anything I should just buy a new device, if i could afford it :/. Thanks for adding the option/ lower quality.

Any word on this? Game now unplayable as far as I'm concerned. I'm going to have to stop playing until it's sorted as I can't hit anything now and I'm a sitting duck. My averages are totally screwed and worse, I can't enjoy the game.

Sorry to moan, I know the developers are just trying to improve the game and I'm sure for some people it's working brilliantly. Sadly, I can't afford a newer device and I never thought something two and a bit years old would be obsolete.

Cundall wrote: Any word on this? Game now unplayable as far as I'm concerned. I'm going to have to stop playing until it's sorted as I can't hit anything now and I'm a sitting duck. My averages are totally screwed and worse, I can't enjoy the game.

Sorry to moan, I know the developers are just trying to improve the game and I'm sure for some people it's working brilliantly. Sadly, I can't afford a newer device and I never thought something two and a bit years old would be obsolete.

I kind of agree with you, im trying to put a game in every few hours but it's just so difficult with the game so laggy and my plane is way less maneuverable and its much more sluggish. Don't worry Z It's just us guys who don't have newer devices, for everyone else it's working fine. Love the game as much as i did when it was perfect for my device! Whether I can still play it well or not.

Absolutely E-F-9, I'm only complaining because I love the game so much. If I didn't care I wouldn't be so upset. It really is the best game I've found on iPad so I'll be heartbroken if I can't play it any more.

The game has reached an ultimate level of lag. I've never seen it this bad. The influx of recently ranked up noobs flowing in is most likely the cause as the dedicated high rank servers get flooded and noob servers lighten up.

So as skilled as you are.....I'll take your left-overs...
...I've watched you work....I'm happy to get off the ground anymore. I'll keep changing sides to balance the games to 6-2 at least.

I'm tired of doing it and wasting my time for folks that never have said..thank you.

(yea..I'll keep doing it)

Thanks Paul. I've started switching sides too, especially if its a MOM on the low end of lopside. I also still scream "magic time" on every stealth run, to which reds reply back with a "oh ship"

Far as the lag, the only real solution is more servers. Don't know why Zup doesn't just set up a "server fund" I would be happy to chip in a few bucks