Author Topic: The Good Old Days (Read 3342 times)

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #30 on:** January 17, 2008, 08:04:29 PM »

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Originally posted by Max

There were no SpitVIII, Spit IV or Spit XVI, or La7, F4U1-A, Ki-84, 109-K4,
B-25, B-24J, P-38G, P-47N or Sherman M-4.

The P-38J was introduced the same time as the G, prior to that all we had was the L model. Forgot which tour we got the L in, but it was just after AH went live, glass tail and all. Spitfire IV? Didn't know we ever had that model, nor have I ever personally heard of an IV model but think you meant the XIV. Seem to recall the La7 being available at the start.

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Max · « **Reply #31 on:** January 17, 2008, 08:38:48 PM »

Meant to say Spit14

Urchin · « **Reply #32 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:24:06 PM »

For the first couple years anyway... you could actually find a decent fight.

Been lacking the past 5 or so though.

Meatwad · « **Reply #33 on:** January 17, 2008, 09:35:06 PM »

Towns had an ammo bunker and a barracks in them. Very VERY small towns, just a handful of buildings and 3 acks

VH didnt looks like a vh, just a mesh screen flat rectangle building.

Graphics were a lot easier on systems

Fun flight bugs (you could take a C-47 with 25% fuel from the high alt base on the uterus map and climb way over 70,000 feet.

moot · « **Reply #34 on:** January 17, 2008, 10:31:16 PM »

The Ta152 kicked ass.

MOSQ · « **Reply #35 on:** January 17, 2008, 10:55:52 PM »

Ostwinds were more deadly in a GV battle than Panzers, because Osty's had a mix of HE and AP ammo.

moot · « **Reply #36 on:** January 17, 2008, 10:57:35 PM »

That's right.. Coming 90 degree down onto a panzer and giving it a burst of 50cal from e.g. a P47 would kill it. 110G2s would do it too, and so would a 262. I can't remember if 20mm could do it as well. I think they could.
Yep.. I'm pretty sure I remember taking a C-hog to the outskirts of the AKPizza map with lots of fuel and rockets, and popping GVs left and right with short bursts of top-down 20mm.

Meatwad · « **Reply #37 on:** January 17, 2008, 11:01:56 PM »

Heres a picture of my Goon when it just hit 70,000 feet. This was online in the MA too back in AH1 on the Uterus map

Larry · « **Reply #38 on:** January 17, 2008, 11:10:30 PM »

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Originally posted by MOSQ
Ostwinds were more deadly in a GV battle than Panzers, because Osty's had a mix of HE and AP ammo.

no recoil

TheDudeDVant · « **Reply #39 on:** January 18, 2008, 12:09:19 AM »

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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Seem to recall the La7 being available at the start.

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The La7 was added at the same time as the Tempest

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #40 on:** January 18, 2008, 12:10:58 AM »

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Originally posted by moot
That's right.. Coming 90 degree down onto a panzer and giving it a burst of 50cal from e.g. a P47 would kill it. 110G2s would do it too, and so would a 262. I can't remember if 20mm could do it as well. I think they could.
Yep.. I'm pretty sure I remember taking a C-hog to the outskirts of the AKPizza map with lots of fuel and rockets, and popping GVs left and right with short bursts of top-down 20mm.

Yep, 20mm cannons would do it too. Used to do the same in the P-38L on the same map.

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BaldEagl · « **Reply #41 on:** January 18, 2008, 12:26:38 AM »

If you walked into the door of the maproom, you went down a set of stairs and there was actually a map on a table in the middle of the room.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #42 on:** January 18, 2008, 01:03:38 AM »

I sure seem to remember going out from the tower to the plane and then the canopy closing on the runway too.

Redd · « **Reply #43 on:** January 18, 2008, 06:13:59 AM »

HT's first sim .... these were the good old days , when the net was just starting ...awesome fun.

ColKLink · « **Reply #44 on:** January 18, 2008, 06:45:01 AM »

the sheep didn't sport a "HT" brand on em...............110 still ho's the same though

........ I liked the nighttime , gave a newb someplace to hide,....for a few mins.