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beet1e · « **Reply #105 on:** June 19, 2004, 01:08:03 PM »

Steve - sign up as Steve2 in AH2, and I'll edit the sig.

Oh, er... and you have to fly 3 109E sorties too!

MrLars · « **Reply #106 on:** June 19, 2004, 01:12:06 PM »

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Originally posted by TBolt A-10
It must hurt to go from 1st to just-like-everyone-else, eh?

Whiner.

LOL....so true.

Adapt and overcome.

Or whine and begone.

AH2 is a blast, got back into my grove after just a few days.

The update cycle has been put into gear and AH2 will only get better as time passes.

Steve · « **Reply #107 on:** June 19, 2004, 01:13:33 PM »

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Not shooting at 600yds+ he won't.

Agreed, I never fired til they were w/in 400 though, unless I was trying to catch a fast plane by forcing them to evade. *

*Exception: There was that rare time when a faster plane would run away "Straight and level" It was always fun to pour lead into them at 800 to 1k out.

Steve · « **Reply #108 on:** June 19, 2004, 01:14:27 PM »

Thanks, Lars. you're a big help.

nopoop · « **Reply #109 on:** June 19, 2004, 01:26:20 PM »

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Originally posted by MrLars
The update cycle has been put into gear and AH2 will only get better as time passes.

I missed that. We're going to have continual updates again. Once it gets rolling it's gonna rock.

tzr · « **Reply #110 on:** June 19, 2004, 02:09:50 PM »

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Originally posted by Steve
Nuke, Mosq, etal. so just to be clear: If I had set my resolution lower the planes/objects would have gotten bigger, not just text?

Yes, Steve

It helped me to turn off tracers also

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #111 on:** June 19, 2004, 02:17:30 PM »

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AKAK I tried Beta several times and had the same concerns throughout.

Bah! Don't quit over one night's bad shooting make you quit. My gunnery is back to n00b levels and it's a pisser but it's something that will return to normal in a week or so. You just have to get used to it and the flying part is still the same.

ack-ack

Steve · « **Reply #112 on:** June 19, 2004, 02:22:36 PM »

OK, what about the slider bar in Video settings: "displayed object size". Will someone please tell me exactly what that pertains to?

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #113 on:** June 19, 2004, 02:27:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Steve
Todd.

I still had my convergence at 375-350-325. where did you finally settle on?

I changed everything from 325-300 for the .303s and 275 for the 20mm cannons (the default convergence settings for the Spit V/Seafire) and brought them all in to 200 yards without any staggering. Due to the higher hit resolution, wing-mounted guns no longer seem to enjoy a real shotgun effect across a large area. If you're not hitting with lots of lead in one spot, the other plane just will not sustain critical damage.

After doing this and making sure my snapshot aim was where I liked it, I turned tracers back off and went online. I noticed an immediate and substantial increase in hit percentage and lethality. My first sortie up, I killed four guys within 30 seconds on the exact same kind of blind snapshots that weren't working for me earlier.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Fariz · « **Reply #114 on:** June 19, 2004, 03:32:05 PM »

Any change will make some people unhappy.

TBolt A-10 · « **Reply #115 on:** June 19, 2004, 04:03:16 PM »

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Originally posted by Steve
T-bolt may be right though, maybe i'm a gamer and not a "simmer". Simmers love all that micromanaging of flight, I wasn't into all that. I'd like to have a beer while flying around shooting at pixels and goofing in the text buffer.
And, since this is a flight "sim" maybe in that regard AHII is a step forward and I'm just a dinosaur.

Steve,
The great thing about AH2, though, is that there is room for both the simmer and the video-gamer. Believe me, until AH pilots have to practice serious engine management, constantly trim each time we change our RPM, manually switch fuel tanks, never have the option to use auto-take off or auto-climb, AH is about as gamey as a 'sim' is gonna get.

It sounds like you were using the worst possible screen res; that would frustrate anyone. Now, you just gotta put in some seat time & pretty soon you'll be back to your own self @ the top of the dog pile.

So, from the rest of us who will ALWAYS just suck, allow me to say <<<>>>> before you get too big headed & famous.

Seeker · « **Reply #116 on:** June 19, 2004, 04:10:47 PM »

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Originally posted by Steve
Nuke, Mosq, etal. so just to be clear: If I had set my resolution lower the planes/objects would have gotten bigger, not just text?

Planes will be bigger; but more "blockier"; that's to say; at lower resolutions the visual object will fill a physicaly larger screen area; but have jagged edges.

People are going all gooey over high resolutions because with a BIG screen and a high resolution you can see every little detail

But I don't care if I can count the rivets from 600 yrds; I just want to make sure I can hit SOMETHING at 400; hence; for me; 1074 is my upper limit on a 17" monitor.

You may well wish to experiment with 800 (chances are you'll get more FPS too).

I think displayed object size relates to hangers and the like; but I'm not really sure.

beet1e · « **Reply #117 on:** June 19, 2004, 04:16:27 PM »

Steve,

Ah, so you're showing some interest in settings etc. When can we expect you back?

Still, this whole debacle has revealed a new dimension in AH whinery. You're never going to live this down. You know that, don't you? TBCW personified!

Steve in the ladies washroom yesterday

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #118 on:** June 19, 2004, 05:06:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Steve
Todd.

I still had my convergence at 375-350-325. where did you finally settle on?

I'll agree with what DMF said in his post. The new hit model really means you have to hit your target dead on or you dont get much effect.

In AH1 the hit resolution was very low, this meant you did not have to hit the plane in order to do damage. It was effectivly a "hit bubble."

In AH2 the hit resolution is much higher which means that you must hit the plane and the close shots are not good enough.

So now if you spread your convergence across three ranges of 75 feet each, 75 feet is a lot, you may only be hitting with a few of your guns at any given range for a small target.

In AH1 you would probably hit with all of them. In AH1 this was a crutch, it was a fake advantage and now its gone.

Set your convergence to 200 or 300 yards on all guns and try it again please.

Steve · « **Reply #119 on:** June 19, 2004, 05:09:15 PM »

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You're never going to live this down. You know that, don't you?

Well, I'll take my lumps if it turns out I had my res too high... and lumps, and lumps, and lumps. I'm used to it though, my life is rife w/ mistakes... I just try not to repeat them. Oh, and I'm not talking to you.

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ut I don't care if I can count the rivets from 600 yrds; I just want to make sure I can hit SOMETHING at 400;

AMEN!

FWIW I have a 19" monitor... but it is an old (5 years I bet) monitor. The DP is pretty good but it is an old cheapie Arcus that will not die. As silly as this sounds, will a new monitor w/ a similar DP improve graphics quality?

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allow me to say <<<>>>> before you get too big headed & famous.

lol, if I make it back three is no need. Not only could I not hit anything, I never lived to land. lol I'll be a nice, fat, juicy, toothless target for you.