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Offline Brooke

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« Reply #15 on: July 15, 2005, 03:24:25 PM »
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I believe so.  It does at least recognize them, and I've played around a little with mine in AW v1.20.  It sees them, but which axis is what is a screwed up for me.  I might be able to fix it with fiddling, but I was just interested in using the old AW for getting screen shots of films of old scenarios, so using the joystick didn't matter that much.
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« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2005, 10:34:12 AM »
Well, I aint flying yet, but what brought me here was remembering that HT and Pyro among others were running this show .

Frying Tiger still here? Who else?




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Howdy, Shaky Stick!  What has brought you to Aces High (as opposed to other on-line flight sims)?  For me, it was getting the urge to fly again after so long away from on-line flying and deciding that Aces High was the best out there.  It was a pleasant surprise when I found that it also has the largest concentration of former AW folks.
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« Reply #17 on: July 16, 2005, 12:25:23 PM »
Hail and welcome Shaky Stick. You will ever be known by us, even those you have never met, because you are part of the legend that made us. I hope you chose to join our virtual world.
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« Reply #18 on: July 16, 2005, 02:31:58 PM »
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Well, I aint flying yet, but what brought me here was remembering that HT and Pyro among others were running this show .


Yep, that was part of it for me, too.
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« Reply #19 on: July 16, 2005, 02:42:07 PM »
Hmmmmm   seem to remember a Base named Shaky.


My old old name was Moxie.
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« Reply #20 on: July 16, 2005, 02:58:23 PM »
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Frying Tiger still here? Who else?


Last word on FryT was he was with Cornered Rat Software working on WWIIOnline.
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« Reply #21 on: July 16, 2005, 10:45:43 PM »
Thats right..I'd forgotten about that :) Wasn't therre long before the tents folded, IIRC.

Who do ya think it was named after? :)

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Hmmmmm   seem to remember a Base named Shaky.


My old old name was Moxie.
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« Reply #22 on: July 16, 2005, 10:48:29 PM »
OK, somoen help me out and describe the new arenas and their use? Most are self explanatory, but still :)

Have downloaded the client and am trying out the flight model. I'll see how I do with my "twisty stick" before I consider new ones.

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« Reply #23 on: July 16, 2005, 10:57:45 PM »
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OK, somoen help me out and describe the new arenas and their use? Most are self explanatory, but still :)



Main Arena is exactly what its name implies. Every plane is available, and some cost Perks to Fly. Capture enemy bases is the name of the game, but you can do whatever you want really.

Training Arena is where to spruce up your skills, There is a Dedicated group of Trainers, who you can contact for help.

Dueling Arena is where you go to duke it out, with another opponent or a group of opponents.

Combat Theater is a Rotating Group of Terrains and Planesets, Changed Weekly AFAIK.

Special Events is set for Special Events, Wenesday Nights Eastern, Thursday Afternoon Eastern, Friday Night Eastern, are the staple events, This is where Scenarios and other events take place too.
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« Reply #24 on: July 16, 2005, 11:37:55 PM »
So I take it the poulation ratio of dweeb/grifers is lower in the combat theater?

Some impressions....

Twisty stick has got to GO! I need rudder pedals...using the twister has me hitting rudder when I don't need it...plays hell with gunnery.

Flight model seems "bouncy" (yes, a "real" plane bounces a bit if you manhandle the stick or release stick pressure abruptly"). Plays hell with my gunnery .

Turned off that auto take off and stall limiter crap first thing. Managed a take off, some touch and goes and a full landing first thing out..I LIKE how low speed landing performance is handled, but its hard to judge you distance above ground (typical for flight sims...2-D screen and all). Bounced the freaking plane twice, but kept the nose up. Spins are easy in the 'Cat at least, usual recovery tecniques seem to work well.

Whats with the planes flying with one or both wings shot off? This doesn't happen in the arena, does it?
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« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2005, 12:28:46 AM »
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So I take it the poulation ratio of dweeb/grifers is lower in the combat theater?


Combat Theater is often almost empty.  Seems not many folks want to be restricted to realistic period-plane matchups as opposed to how it is in the Main Arena, where you fly whatever you want.

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Twisty stick has got to GO! I need rudder pedals...using the twister has me hitting rudder when I don't need it...plays hell with gunnery.


I've never used one, but I'd assume those things do suck for flight sims.  Even if they didn't, that's not the control set for a real plane, so I'd not use it.

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Flight model seems "bouncy" (yes, a "real" plane bounces a bit if you manhandle the stick or release stick pressure abruptly"). Plays hell with my gunnery .


It might be that the difference is that you usually aren't looking thorugh a gunsight in a real plane trying to line something up.  If you did, it might seem bouncier.  I seem to recall the same feeling of bounciness when I flew at Air Combat USA, but it was so long ago that I can't recall for sure.

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Whats with the planes flying with one or both wings shot off? This doesn't happen in the arena, does it?


Nope.
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« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2005, 11:21:55 AM »
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Twisty stick has got to GO! I need rudder pedals...using the twister has me hitting rudder when I don't need it...plays hell with gunnery.


What you can do in the meantime is widen the rudder axis deadband a LOT. That way you won't apply rudder unless you really mean to.

You using gameport or USB gear?

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Whats with the planes flying with one or both wings shot off? This doesn't happen in the arena, does it?


No, that's just those AIs in offline mode.

Although it is possible to shear the wingtips off a 262 and still fly....matter of fact, it gets faster when ya do that ;)

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« Reply #27 on: July 17, 2005, 02:45:38 PM »
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i dont got enough perkies as it is and i like upen my lancs to kill 1 dang t 34 or wirble its fun droping 42 bombs

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« Reply #28 on: July 17, 2005, 02:47:01 PM »
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Hey there...anyone remember me from the "old old" days?

Shaky Stick


I remember you...Don't remember who I was though, Isn't that something :mad:
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i dont got enough perkies as it is and i like upen my lancs to kill 1 dang t 34 or wirble its fun droping 42 bombs

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« Reply #29 on: July 17, 2005, 06:47:44 PM »
Twisty is a Logitech Extreme 3D pro USB. The old FLCS Pro is, of course, gameport...with the olf AT keyboard interface plugs...ya know..the BIG ones . No throttle on that stick though.


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You using gameport or USB gear?

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