Profile of Protos Angelus

Are we really comparing a 210 scout unit to a 240 MG unit?

The idea that a kubel that constantly needs to drive around to avoid MG rotation is UP is nonsensical. Is this really the level of discussions? A low fire arc recon vehicle can't shoot on the move? I mean honestly. This is a new low. And the argument "You need 2 units to drive out one". I mean, you lost all credibility by saying that. Holy F*** this is amazingly retarded.

ullu, let's be honest, you are a bigger troll. Furthermore, katitof is anything but a troll. Objectively, he's more correct than 90% of this forum. Every post from you is bashing on allies and stating incorrect facts constantly or deflecting and using whataboutisms. So, you know.... check yourself.

Yeah, after trying it out in 4v4 it doesn't feel like the engine overhaul we've all wished for so dearly. Even after just 10 minutes it was chugging like always while under-utilising my CPU and GPU. It's probably more of a bandaid solution to potentially delay or hide the worst shortcomings of the engine, such as crashes. They were always fairly rare for me though.

But hey, the menu is smooth now! And I didn't pay for it.

But seriously, I would totally pitch in for a crowdfunded or 'Remastered' version to improve responsiveness in the bottlenecked parts of the game, such as particle effects (smoke/fire) and late-game in team matches. The fact that no matter what CPU you buy 7 years later, it never fully utilises a single core still hurts. That kind of engine development is probably 'new game release' money only though.

But it's not an engine overhaul. It's an engine update. 4v4, unless some major overhaul happen, will never run smoothly. It's just too big of a game mode with lots and lots of calculations that have to be made. I'm only interested in the final update, to see how the 64 bit engine handles stuff.

I completely agree. Make x64 for what? And not to make, for example, a new model for the paratroopers in the Soviet "Airborne Forces" commander or to provide advanced modding tools that would a second breathe into the game.

So performance and general game reliability << some models you spend 0 times looking at?
How would that breath a 2nd life into the game? Literally 0 usefulness from models. Maybe rich Fortnite kids would want to have pink waifu paratroopers or something moddable...

What does this mean for the stability of the game? Will it be a noticeable improvement?

It should. Modern processors/Win10 x64 handles 64bit executions much better than 32bit ones. Along with the higher memory availability to the game, it should definitely lead to more stable FPS, less crashes and better memory management. In theory, it should help greatly, but we will have to see the final result. Hence the BETA, to check how most systems handle the game, and how the 64bit client handles most systems. I remember back when first x64 Windows started rolling out that there were improvements in FPS/memory latency, etc. in 64 bit applications (compared to identical 32bit) only due to the fact that the 64bit OS + 64bit Program had much better registry optimization. I remember reading an article about it. How windows registry in 64 bit is vastly superior to 32 bit.

One thing people tend to forget is that even low range CPUs and GPUs are enough to play today's AAA games in fluid 60 FPS. In theory, a 1GHz core/memory clock in GPU and i5/Ryzen 5 level CPU has enough raw power to compute everything. The reason why people get bad performance comes from the communication between the hardware and software which is mediated by the API. Vulkan or DirectX. (efficiency of DX and Vulkan is still low, will need to wait for prodigy kids to optimize it)
With all that in mind, optimizations to the code by updating it to 64bit should lead to improved performance.