So Many ?'s

[Soulyss]

The game 'auto minimizes' when you ALT-TAB out for some strange reason.  I asked why that happens and got no response other than "they are never going to change it".  I would be nice to surf the web on my dual monitor or check DrudgeReport (LOL) on those long flights to the action.  In FA you could ALT TAB out, play with your TeamSpeak etc, and keep an eye on your flight, and the Joystick would still work as well.

I'm not sure how it's supposed to work with multiple monitors, but ALT+TAB is a windows command to switch programs, the same thing should happen in other programs/games (at least in a single monitor situation).  AH is fairly stable, I'll ALT+TAB during climb out to come here and check the forums or do other things all time with little trouble.

For dual monitor setups something like you describe may be do-able and worth posting in the "wishlist" forum. 

[MADe]

Sounds,

I notice many sound packs available. Which is considered the one to use?

How do you post jpegs here?

[MADe]

Hey Cheese,
I hear ya!

[Soulyss]

Sounds,

I notice many sound packs available. Which is considered the one to use?

How do you post jpegs here?

Everyone has their own favorites when it comes to the sound packs, I would just save a spare copy of the "sounds" folder somewhere so you can go back to defaults if you don't like it and try a few of them out.

Here's a quick answer about pictures I used in another thread
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First you need to find some web space to upload the picture to, there are a number of free services available (photobucket is one I know of but I know there are others).  Once it's uploaded you just need to put the URL inside the image tags and you're off and running.


the image tags use the square brackets [ ], I'll use parenthesis so you can see the tag

(IMG)http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq209/Soulyss/P39snapshot.jpg(/IMG).

If you replace the () with [] brackets you'd see this.

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The exception to this rule is the forum listed further down the list called "Films and Screenshots" Which can have the pictures uploaded directly from your hard drive.

[Cheese]

I'm not sure how it's supposed to work with multiple monitors, but ALT+TAB is a windows command to switch programs, the same thing should happen in other programs/games (at least in a single monitor situation).  AH is fairly stable, I'll ALT+TAB during climb out to come here and check the forums or do other things all time with little trouble.

For dual monitor setups something like you describe may be do-able and worth posting in the "wishlist" forum. 

The problem with AH is that it minimizes when you ALT TAB out.  In Windows mode, FA would stay active on screen and you could keep an eye on radar and make sure nobody was bouncing you while you fiddled with your other monitor.

[ImADot]

The problem with AH is that it minimizes when you ALT TAB out.  In Windows mode, FA would stay active on screen and you could keep an eye on radar and make sure nobody was bouncing you while you fiddled with your other monitor.

So there's the difference I think.  AH runs in fullscreen mode, not a window.  Makes sense that when you Alt-Tab AH has to minimize to get you to the desktop.

[MADe]

Sound Packs,
I'd rather not waste time right now hunting thru them, other things to learn. I'm having a hard time with the default sounds, bullet hits, engine sounds. I'm not getting any of the help that sounds give you. Which is the most used pack in game? Which pack would help with bullet associated sounds and damage sounds.?

How do I dump the green text at top of screen?

I was looking at the sim pit rigs, and with the above monitor talk. How many monitors can you drive with this game? I have 4 dvi outs and 2 s-video outs.

[Ghastly]

Sound Packs,
I'd rather not waste time right now hunting thru them, other things to learn. I'm having a hard time with the default sounds, bullet hits, engine sounds. I'm not getting any of the help that sounds give you. Which is the most used pack in game? Which pack would help with bullet associated sounds and damage sounds.?
What will help mostly is tuning the sound volumes relative to each other.   I tend to avoid custom sounds altogether, as it's a good way to induce performance related problems that are really, really hard to determine as to cause (caveat, speaking generally, as to specifically about a particular pack or even AH.)

How do I dump the green text at top of screen?

Try pressing Ctrl-I - unless you've remapped it, of course.

<S>

[MADe]

Whats the green text called?

[Lusche]

Whats the green text called?

Global System Display

[Krusty]

The AH sound system was just entirely recoded, so many older sound packs do NOT work properly. I had a custom sound mix from various packs, but after the sound update all damage sounds were inaudible, flaps, landing gear, and engines were FAR too loud (so loud vox was inaudible as well!) and after reading some comments on the forums from Skuzzy (I think) I removed my custom sounds pack and it's much more playable.

For you beginners, switching over from FA, I would strongly suggest using the default sounds until a NEW sound pack comes out that is specifically mixed for the new sound system in AH. This just kicked in in the last major update so none of the sound packs are really designed to work with it yet.

[MADe]

The AH sound system was just entirely recoded, so many older sound packs do NOT work properly. I had a custom sound mix from various packs, but after the sound update all damage sounds were inaudible, flaps, landing gear, and engines were FAR too loud (so loud vox was inaudible as well!) and after reading some comments on the forums from Skuzzy (I think) I removed my custom sounds pack and it's much more playable.

For you beginners, switching over from FA, I would strongly suggest using the default sounds until a NEW sound pack comes out that is specifically mixed for the new sound system in AH. This just kicked in in the last major update so none of the sound packs are really designed to work with it yet.

Good Advice TY

[MADe]

What are the requirements for registering a squad?

[Ghastly]

None. 

[MADe]

Got a photobucket album but pics will not post?

Everyone has their own favorites when it comes to the sound packs, I would just save a spare copy of the "sounds" folder somewhere so you can go back to defaults if you don't like it and try a few of them out.

Here's a quick answer about pictures I used in another thread
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First you need to find some web space to upload the picture to, there are a number of free services available (photobucket is one I know of but I know there are others).  Once it's uploaded you just need to put the URL inside the image tags and you're off and running.


the image tags use the square brackets [ ], I'll use parenthesis so you can see the tag

(IMG)http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq209/Soulyss/P39snapshot.jpg(/IMG).

If you replace the () with [] brackets you'd see this.
(Image removed from quote.)
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The exception to this rule is the forum listed further down the list called "Films and Screenshots" Which can have the pictures uploaded directly from your hard drive.

G