Author Topic: Hi-Tech questions (Read 2915 times)

Clifra Jones · « **Reply #60 on:** November 30, 2007, 12:24:43 PM »

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Originally posted by Wingnutt
IMO..

the angular jotty terrain,

Just an FYI, the angular jotty terrain is not the result of a game deficiency it is the result of the terrain designer. I have build a very rolling terrain, it is not easy but it can be done. The way the terrain tiles get laid out is also an issue, It can be made to look better but again it is a lot of work.

People want the hillsides and canyons and such, to make them look realistic is very tedious work. You can make the angular ones quite easily.

One thing we need is desert, stone, jungle and snow tiles. I have seen some created by players and they look great. They just need to be approved by the very busy HTC staff so that they don't cause framerate issues.

SirLoin · « **Reply #61 on:** November 30, 2007, 12:34:49 PM »

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Originally posted by thrila
What i do miss is when hitech/pyro/skuzzyused to arrive in the arena to chat and answer questions in blue text. Not sure it would really be feasible with the massive numbers we have nowadays

SirLoin · « **Reply #62 on:** November 30, 2007, 12:36:07 PM »

B29s would be great..Add the nuke option for evil con mission.

Shuffler · « **Reply #63 on:** November 30, 2007, 03:24:01 PM »

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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
I think almost anyone would say they do a good job with personal support of the customer. Leadpigs point is about HT's interpersonal skills instead of the customer support overall. I'm not saying hes a bad guy, actually quite the contrary. Some people are better off dealing with constructive criticism than others.

Heck he even plays santa every Christmas!

FBplmmr · « **Reply #64 on:** November 30, 2007, 04:43:04 PM »

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Originally posted by Wingnutt
I swear I gag every time an addition or enhancement of this game is denounced for the sake of "It would make it difficult for people with old computers to play"

weather

better terrain

better bomb effects

better rocket effects

better plane damage effects

the list goes on and on...

in the rest of the entire world we live in.. gamers upgrade their rigs to keep uo with the developers. only in aces high are developers held back and forced to languish for the sake of some geezers and their circa 1999 computers..

if you can afford to pay for the MA.. you can afford to get your crap box up to spec..

a $30 motherboard, a $75 processor, a $20stick of ram and a $50 video card..

is all it would take to run the dog snot out of this game, and even leave room for future upgrade..

the fasted rig in the world it wont be.. but AH2 isnt exactly doom 3 either..

if you can run quicken you can run AH2, and if you own quicken you probably have enough money to afford the upgrade, or why the hell would you have quicken..

where am I going with all of this? I haven't a clue, my phone rang mid way though typing this and the train is now far from the tracks..

dont make me have this discussion again.

Please post links to these items as I would very much like to run the snot out of this game for $175.

LEADPIG · « **Reply #65 on:** November 30, 2007, 06:12:20 PM »

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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
I think almost anyone would say they do a good job with personal support of the customer. Leadpigs point is about HT's interpersonal skills instead of the customer support overall. I'm not saying hes a bad guy, actually quite the contrary. Some people are better off dealing with constructive criticism than others.

Here's the one man to get what i was saying. My opinion, AH rocks. The inventors are geniuses. Personal support of the customer, is excellent, i once had them respond within an hour of when i posted an E-mail. So all that is not my point.

I felt a little dissed when i put up a thread giving honest observations about the product i enjoy and some of the things i'd enjoy even more if were added. I don't care if they do what i've asked, today tommorrow or never, i'm just saying thats all.

Leadpig:
I guarantee I will spend just as much time on the things you asked for, as I spent ......

Oops already spent more time typing then it did to change the name on one arena.

HiTech

When i was told that i felt as if Hi-Tech were telling me, screw your opinion you don't matter. Which i thought was an odd response to my thread. I've seen him do this before. I felt it lacks business sense to say such a thing to your customers. Maybe it was a joke. Do i care what Hi-Tech thinks of my opinion, no, it's his game, i'd leave if i wanted to. I'd like to move on but people keep missing my point, which causes me to reinterate myself. As i hate being misnderstood on my opinion. Especially when i mean no ill will by it. It is what it is.

kilz · « **Reply #66 on:** November 30, 2007, 06:19:17 PM »

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Originally posted by The Fugitive
Yes they did have them, all two of them. There will never be a nuke in the game. The idea of the game is to simulate air combat. Everything else was added to help in that. Buffs are here, mostly for something else to shoot at, GVs are here just as targets for bombs, towns and field are here just so bombers have something to bomb so the fighters have something to shoot at, or defend again bringing more air combat.

thats funny that you would say this game is only a fight sim and flight sim and nothing else. bombers where only brought in for more air to air targets and gvs where brought in so Fight simers would be able to bomb targets on the ground.. could have fooled me but last i checked it was all about resetting the map. or did i miss something here.

you bring up nice points but now can you back them up with facts something that can be proven and if all your statements can be proven then prove them right now all you have is nothing cause i found no statement proving any of what you said.

again not doubting you but prove it. best way to do that is to have Dale post himself stating that this is only a flight sim or fighter sim. this would be intresting to see him post something like that.

hubsonfire · « **Reply #67 on:** November 30, 2007, 06:30:49 PM »

You suggested that because of the resources put into TT, other things that are (in your opinion) more important aren't being addressed. HT made the point that he spent almost no time on TT.

I just don't see how you take that as meaning "screw you and your stupid ideas". You are reading way too much into that one little post.

LEADPIG · « **Reply #68 on:** November 30, 2007, 06:37:53 PM »

Another point i just remembered is.

You folks have me suggesting that i'm saying that the atomic bomb should be used as the ultimate pork weapon.

I feel if you did as mentioned earlier. Perk the B-29 somewhere in the 175 to 500 range. (The B-29 carried quite a few bombs even without nukes so we can't have people running around free with that.) Perk the nuke seperately, say 600 to 1,000 perks. Perk points for using the nuke could only be gained by flying and scoring in the B-29. Then on top of that, if the bomb is used there would be a time restriction prohibiting it's use for say 4-6 months. I believe this would control it. Only those serious about it would work to earn it. And then they'd be scared to use it because of the time restriction afterward. It would make people think before using it. Sort of like the real bomb. You'd have very few people using it. And for those that did it would be a very special well earned surprise.

For those that saw it, it would be a neat little show, the field would be destroyed in one fell swoop and could be taken over. However the field would be open to action and up for grabs right after that. No need to simulate years of radioactive fallout. And the guy would have to gain those points allllllllllll over again. Hence it would be a neat little trick, used sparingly and well controled.

999000 · « **Reply #69 on:** November 30, 2007, 06:51:17 PM »

9999900000<------------------------------Looking in the Hanger for the B29..lol
~~999000~~

Guppy35 · « **Reply #70 on:** November 30, 2007, 07:00:13 PM »

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Originally posted by 999000
9999900000<------------------------------Looking in the Hanger for the B29..lol
~~999000~~

That's all you need, a 20mm in the tail of a 29 to go with the twin 50s. Geez yer dangerous enough with those 50s in your 17!

999000 = another reason to never bring the 29 to AH

hubsonfire · « **Reply #71 on:** November 30, 2007, 07:07:41 PM »

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Originally posted by kilz
again not doubting you but prove it. best way to do that is to have Dale post himself stating that this is only a flight sim or fighter sim. this would be intresting to see him post something like that.

How about this? It's quite dated, and they may backpedal on this with so many people less interested in combat than in CTF these days, but here it is.

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Originally posted by Pyro
The game is about aerial combat and that takes precedence to everything else. There will be tanks and such in the game but they won't ever be the main focus.

Vehicles will be useful for harrassing the enemy and capturing bases. There will be a lot more vehicle bases scattered around the terrain than airfields, so the travel distances won't be a huge factor.

But the gist of the message is that yes, we'll be putting more into this game than airplanes but our focus of the game is still aerial combat.

Or how about this from the Game Info section of the front page?

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Aces High II is a massive multi-player online combat simulation centered around the World War II air-war.

I'm throwing this one in for the milkrunners.

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Fight against hundreds of real players from around the world

LEADPIG · « **Reply #72 on:** November 30, 2007, 07:18:23 PM »

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Originally posted by 999000
9999900000<------------------------------Looking in the Hanger for the B29..lol
~~999000~~

Stop the presses !!

I retract everthing i said about the B-29

Do not, i repeat do not, let 999000 in a B-29

We must stop him !!!

kilz · « **Reply #73 on:** November 30, 2007, 07:58:26 PM »

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Originally posted by hubsonfire
How about this? It's quite dated, and they may backpedal on this with so many people less interested in combat than in CTF these days, but here it is.

Or how about this from the Game Info section of the front page?

I'm throwing this one in for the milkrunners.

if this is the case then why have the major focus of the game on base captures?????

why not do away with base captures since its just a air combat sim????

ow and loved the last one

hubsonfire · « **Reply #74 on:** November 30, 2007, 08:19:44 PM »

That's just it, kilz. I don't see a major focus on base capture, except by the players. Yeah, you get perks for it, but only the guy who flies the unarmed goon in. Yeah, the war gets you some perks when it's won, but you can get a lot more perks defending, in less time. Beyond that, the war (and it's perceived importance to some) is just a part of the game that allows for some variety of action, and also allows the fronts to move around, so it's not the same fight over the same base. It's part of the game, but it's not the biggest part.