I read all the posts about the update before seeing it for myself. I downloaded it last night and saw it first hand then. I was prepared to be really disappointed. I wasn't. Ok, I don't care for the sparseness of the terrain and I had to up my gamma a bit because of the darkness. However, being able to see the details of the airfields and the towns is going to help JABO considerably. I'm happy about that. Also, I find I can just generally "see" better. Things are a lot clearer I think. That's more important to me than ANYTHING else. I didn't get the sense of "lack of depth" some people have talked about. I actually found when coming out of a split-ess, I can judge how close I am to the ground a little better than before because details of the ground start to get clearer and clearer as I get lower and lower. That's just how it should be IMHO. Maybe it's my graphics card that's the difference here? Interesting.
One extra thing I did which I'm wondering may be an issue for some of you. I first tried downloading the update from the game and when I realized how slow it was I decided to go to the forum and get the update there. That's when I noticed the link to the hires package and decided to go ahead and install that too even though I already had it. (I am running 1024 textures) Could it be that you should install this particular one (AHHIRES2100.EXE) to get better graphics? Honestly, it looks pretty darn good except for the sparseness and the need to boost the gamma a bit.
I do agree that some of the colors could use a bit of tweaking. I really hate the gray color of the water. Out here on the east coast, the Atlantic Ocean does look gray like that though. I liked the more blue from before much better however.
Comments like "I can't play this game now" and "this is horrible" I just can't relate to. Maybe it is my hardware and extra effort to tweak my setup a little that's making the difference for me. At this point at least, HTC gets a big
from me!
Oh well, just my opinion once again
