Patch 1.16 beta out

**Rocco** · 04-24-2009, 09:35 AM

BIS those crazy mofos, another beta patch, as i said on oddicial forums, it will devide the community even more, we will have 3 communities basically: those who play 1.14, 1.15, 1.16...crazy.

Do we update?

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=72281

**TWilson** · 04-24-2009, 10:26 AM

With the amount of improvements made (specifically "up to 100% increase in frame rate", VON Fix, and AI improvement) this is a must have, even if your not using an ATI card or Vista.
ArmA Beta Patch 1.16 Details

I'm amazed that with ArmA II around the corner Bohemia Interactive is still working with ArmA, this has tilted the scale for me and will now buy ArmA II the day it comes out, must give my support to BI.

Rocco this does not have to divide us, we have the ability to install more than one patch at a time by changing the mod/patch name...

Cheers

**Rocco** · 04-24-2009, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by TWilson

With the amount of improvements made (specifically "up to 100% increase in frame rate", VON Fix, and AI improvement) this is a must have, even if your not using an ATI card or Vista.
ArmA Beta Patch 1.16 Details

I'm amazed that with ArmA II around the corner Bohemia Interactive is still working with ArmA, this has tilted the scale for me and will now buy ArmA II the day it comes out, must give my support to BI.

Rocco this does not have to divide us, we have the ability to install more than one patch at a time by changing the mod/patch name...

Cheers

just installed it and it automatically updates 115 to 116, so i hope that the rest of the beta community who use 115 will update soon, because TG is not the only server i want to play on. Cant wait to test it!

**TWilson** · 04-24-2009, 11:26 AM

rename the 1.15 beta directory before install if you want the ability to use 1.15 and 1.16.
eg: e:\ArmA\beta > e:\ArmA\beta_1.15 (edit your shortcuts to reflect change)

my shortcut for beta 1.15 (with Affinity set automatically)
Target : C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 2 beta_1.15\arma.exe -noPause -nosplash -mod=beta_1.15;DBE1;@PROPER;@ACE;@aceip;@opx-Avgani_1.5_Afghan_1.0;@VopSound_ACE_1.19
Start in : E:\GAMES\ArmA

my shortcut for beta 1.16 (with Affinity set automatically)
Target : C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 2 beta\arma.exe -noPause -nosplash -mod=beta;DBE1;@PROPER;@ACE;@aceip;@opx-Avgani_1.5_Afghan_1.0;@VopSound_ACE_1.19
Start in : E:\GAMES\ArmA

1.16 Changelog
5257 - Fixed: Game did not run on ATI cards in fullscreenmode on Vista x64 with large memory.
5257 - Fixed: Crash at ArmA.exe:0x174b27 - caused by wrong internal weapon state.
5257 - Fixed: Crash at ArmA.exe:0x56536 - caused by wrong turret state in MP.
5257 - Fixed: MP: Player driving motorcycle could be ejected with no apparent reason, sometimes leading to death.
5257 - Fixed: MP: Sometimes falling of a parachute a few meters above the ground.
5257 - Fixed: Dedicated server: Bandwidth balancing was often wrong, showing problems esp. when new players were joining.
5257 - Fixed: Players connecting JIP with custom files do not cause server lagging.
5257 - Fixed: Players with custom files get no longer kicked when server does not run on default port.
5257 - Optimized: Reduced memory usage with large view distances.
5257 - Fixed: Scene loading when starting a mission might sometimes use excessive amounts of memory.
5257 - Optimized: Slightly reduced VRAM usage with large view distances.
5257 - New: "Absolute" mouse control bindings (no auto centering) are now possible.
5258 - Fixed: Command line parameter -maxmem=xxx was not working on LINUX dedicated server.
5258 - Fixed: Crash at offset 0xfb57.
5259 - Fixed: Voice over Side channel could be transmitted to wrong listeners after respawn.
5260 - Fixed: Dedicated server crashed when script made soldier fire with Binocular.
5260 - Fixed: Grass and foliage was not affected by helicopter down wash since 1.04 version.
5260 - Fixed: status of disableAI was reset during save
5261 - Fixed: The FOV was deflected after TrackIR +tZ input had been removed from Zoom in/out action.
5262 - Fixed: Fast forward is now disabled when using binocular.
5262 - New: Optional server.cfg entry timeStampFormat to specify time stamp for each line in *.rpt file.
Possible values: "none", "short", "full".
5262 - Fixed: Manual camera left/right movement was not mapped to mouse.
5262 - Fixed: Some AI commands on dedicated server might be delayed when the server window had focus.
5263 - Improved: Texture mip management more reliable in low VRAM conditions.
5264 - Fixed: Incorrect simulation importance for some entities in MP (for players in vehicles)
5264 - Fixed: Only relative path is now supported in commands:
loadFile, exec, execVM, execFSM, preprocessFile, preprocessFileLineNumbers, kbAddTopic
5272 - Fixed: "pending message" issue for large updates, causing desync in MP
5272 - New: Action inputs "Car more left" / "Car more right".
5272 - Fixed: Game did not run on ATI cards in fullscreenmode on Vista x64 with more then 4 GB RAM.
5273 - Fixed: Reduced excessive virtual memory fragmentation with ATI/AMD graphics cards.
5276 - Fixed: Changed BattlEye integration (fixing "random" player kicks)
5257 - Improved: Provided error message for some unexpected memory initialization failures.

EDIT: I guess this patch is not that big a deal, most of the advertised changes were when going from 1.08 to 1.16 (not 1.15 to 1.16)
Changes to 1.15 after 1.16 install.
* OpenAL will be updated during the patch process to version 2.0.3.
* 5272 - Fixed: Game did not run on ATI cards in fullscreenmode on Vista x64 with more then 4 GB RAM (fixed again).
* 5273 - Fixed: Reduced excessive virtual memory fragmentation with ATI/AMD graphics cards.
* 5276 - Fixed: Changed BattlEye integration (fixing "random" player kicks)
* 5277 - Attempt to fix: Crash opportunity

Cheers

**Bamboo** · 04-24-2009, 01:13 PM

I don't think it will fragment the community much more, at least not after the first few days. Most people that are running the 1.15 beta will update, and I doubt there will be any 1.15 server after a couple days. So it will be just 1.14 and 1.16.

And I have a feeling some of the updates are things that they have been working on for a while, and possibility things being worked on for ARMA2, so they just patched it in to help ARMA1 players. They are wanting to look really good right now, like they really care about the community and fixing their product, so people will be able to better trust ARMA2.

**sparks50** · 04-24-2009, 02:14 PM

I hear about some HUGE fps increases in the forum. Its also very good if they fixed Battleeye, this game is in dire need of cheat protection for public games, and at www.arma-rpg.com, we always get a lot of game wrecking cheating if we turn BE off.

**Jorge.PT** · 04-24-2009, 02:38 PM

I can confirm that there is a HUGE fps increase with this patch. It's a must have.

**Bamboo** · 04-24-2009, 05:39 PM

All servers are now patched to 1.16.
Please continue to post thoughts on the patch and what you notice.

**stebbi92** · 04-24-2009, 07:14 PM

This patch doubled my FPS too

It's very effective.

**Ghost02** · 04-24-2009, 07:33 PM

Originally Posted by Bamboo

All servers are now patched to 1.16.
Please continue to post thoughts on the patch and what you notice.

Taking your word for it!

**Rocco** · 04-25-2009, 11:41 AM

Everything appears to run much smoother after the patch!

**GeneralCarver** · 04-25-2009, 12:13 PM

I'm not noticing much FPS increase. Not sure yet. Must keep playing.

**Jeepo** · 04-25-2009, 12:25 PM

I jumped from 30 ish to 50 ish....so I upped my settings and am back at 30 now!

**Fincuan** · 04-25-2009, 12:46 PM

I ran a few simple tests to see if this performance increas is indeed true. Armamark and an unmodded Arma was used, and in each case I ran the test first once to precache stuff etc, then again to get results. This is the recommended procedure when using Armamark.

Results:

Beta 1.15

Beta 1.16

Settings used:

The important specs:
2x Ati Radeon X1950Pro 256mb in Crossfire Mode
C2D E6400 @ 2.9 ghz
4Gb DDR800
Windows 7 x64

Conclusion:
According to these tests, each run only once, the performance increase is 1.2%. It fits nicely within any error margins, so in my end this patch did not bring any performance increase that's easily measurable. "General smoothness" is something this test cannot measure, and I'll have to keep an eye on that while playing.