Water Effect Option!

[bandit752]

I dont understand why downloading from the UpDate Site should be different from the AutoUpdater when you start HTC?

[HomeBoy]

Funny, I've only had a machine and VC capable of running animated water for a few weeks myself.  I actually liked it, especially the reflections of the sun.  They were spectacular.  If you have FSX and turn water effects to full, it looks very much like what the animated water setting produced.  Sort of that plastic look.  That I can do without but I sure liked the sun reflections.

The only thing I REALLY would like to see "fixed" (not that it's broken) is the contrast (darkness, gamma, whatever).  I would always vote for anything that enables me to see better.  Better SA is always my goal (thus TIR, better VC, better monitor, etc).

Originally posted by Shuffler
My problem in the game stems from your profile for the CH setup  
I got it off another BBS. Getting used to it now... working great, now if I can get used to the pedals I'll live longer.

Thanks for making available your CH profile

  Thanks Shuffler!  Glad you've found the profile helpful.  Hope the switch to "right-handedness" wasn't too difficult.

[HomeBoy]

Originally posted by bandit752
I dont understand why downloading from the UpDate Site should be different from the AutoUpdater when you start HTC?

I don't know but it is.  It's been like that for the ten years I've been doing AH upgrades.   I'll wait ten minutes or so and if it's not making good progress, I'll break out, go to the update site and usually have it downloaded in less than five minutes.   Case in point:  last night, about 5-10 minutes

[OOZ662]

Originally posted by FrodeMk3
I was hoping the water change was so we could get seaplanes...?

Because the ground and ocean are only one (maybe a few) polygons deep, you can't make seaplanes or submarines without them falling through the terrain. If you read about the bugs where tanks fall through and fall forever, the same thing would happen I bet. You can recreate it but running a PT into the side of a CV. You sink a little, then fly up into the air, usually coming bacfk down to fall through the ocean.

I could be wrong, though.

Originally posted by bandit752
I dont understand why downloading from the UpDate Site should be different from the AutoUpdater when you start HTC?

There are a couple differences. You choose where you want the file. You have to run the file. The autoupdater downloads the same file into the AHII folder (instead of, say, the desktop of My Documents) and runs it automatically.
Seriously, if you've updated automatically before, you can find the patch application in the AHII folder just as if you went to the web page and Save As...ed it there.

[Saxman]

I've noticed that green planes REALLY disappear against the new terrain.

[scottydawg]

Originally posted by Saxman
I've noticed that green planes REALLY disappear against the new terrain.

Thus the term 'camouflage'.

[Spikes]

Originally posted by scottydawg
Thus the term 'camouflage'.

Burn.

[Saxman]

Yeah, well, the Blue Planes don't benefit NEARLY as well over the water, so

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

That is because most are used in the pacific.

download the skinpacks and go thru them,lots of good colors to go with diffrent water.