Originally posted by Oleg
Only difference between real event and film is possibility to see situation from external view, various angles and even enemy planes. Neither ping/lag nor CPU speed, memory, video card and so on affect it.
So you are saying that if you have high end very fast system and I have a low end slower system that there is NO difference in what we see? Aside from quality of graphics. And perhaps FPS.
I MUST disagree with you VERY VERY MUCH! I've seen to many individuals obtain a better average score per month AFTER they obtained a newer faster system!
I'm sure many of the people here in AHII can attest to that!
Further I KNOW I completely missed a La7 coming right at me I did not even attempt to fire as I manuvered to avoid it and I was looking at the La7 passing to my left with a good 20 to 30 feet between us BUT I SUDDNELY GOT A RAMMED by that La7 after it had passed me and I lost parts. That is the kind of thing that this thread is about.
Didn't have film on at the time
Started filming afterward but those kind of incounters on my part are few and far between because of my flying style.
I have seen films on my system that run one time show one thing and the next something SLIGHTLY different. I had the path and the film location set different then HTC intended. I set the path correctly and the film changed just slightly. The first time I ran it it showed what I thought I saw. I had fired and the tracers appeared to pass right through the other plane. The second time I ran it the tracers fell behind the plane. Ya I had a little trouble with that as well! I reported the information to HTC at the time.
Given all the different variations of systems, monitors, ram, etc. etc. etc. and the possiblity of virus, worm, trojan, pingtime, dropped packets, dsl, cable, dialup etc I find statements such as the one made by youself to be TOO ABSOLUTE!
TELL YOU WHAT! If I can obtain a video camera and set it to run and record what shows on my monitor plus record everything that occurs with the AH recorder at the same time and then perhaps SHOW the very slight difference that I believe may be happening will YOU PAY me for that? Will you at least compensate me for the cost of the camera?
BECAUSE SIR I do not believe such absolute statements to be accurate! I further believe that while I may not have the totally accurate reason behind what I express, there is something within what I have expressed that contains perhaps a smidgen of truth. I've seen far too many such statements disproved in my life time to accept it.
Please keep in mind that my system spec have not been listed to this thread. My connect speed and condition of that connect have not been posted to this thread. Nor have I expressed that I may have later discovered that my system had a virus, worm, trojan, spyware, or something at the time. The condition of the phone lines where I'm located has not been posted on this thread.
Further I've found from time to time I SEEM to have rubber bullets. I log off and log back on and the rubber bullets start hitting. A possible server issue? A possible ISP issue? I don't know but it sure SEEMS to make a difference!
Further If I have a CTD or I press alt+f4 I might as well remove and reinstall AHII because something just isn't right anymore if I don't. I get rubber bullets allot afterward. I do the above and I start hitting. I've been flying in online flight sims for a very long time. I've seen allot of strange things occur while flyin in online flightsims as well as other online games. Sent film in to HTC of a dirt diver not too long back. The plane dove into the ground and came up about 5 seconds later somewhere else.
I will put this out for your information....... I just had SBC (the local phone company) out to check the lines and they repaired one of the 2 phone lines at my location. The weather here had created a problem on one of those lines.
