So I saw a new IL2 commercial

[JOACH1M]

Ok let's be honest, many HTC players have poor frame rates and graphic settings, how many people would be able to play with those graphics? It would be just stupid to get graphics that high

[Ack-Ack]

"Take Part in Massive 128 Player online Battles"
I have been in scenarios with that many on one team.

at 40 seconds it looks like a 202?

Saw this in the official product game play specs.

•Exciting Single-Player Campaign – The campaign thrusts the player into the middle of the battle. The player will join the British Air Force to fight the German forces and renegade pilots on his own side.
 

Renegade pilots? 


ack-ack

[Reaper90]

Renegade pilots? 

Renegade is in my squad, and I'm sure he'd be offended by the mere insinuation of him doing any such things.

[Jayhawk]

To be honest, I didn't find the graphics that great, not bad, but not amazing.  I like the water detail better, explosions and splashes are a little better, but a lot of it is just "new", thus exciting.  IMO, the minor disadvantage Aces High has in graphics is shadowed by the huge advantages in game-play.

[Bruv119]

Saw this in the official product game play specs.

Renegade pilots? 


ack-ack

you don't think they are referring to, Free-French,  Polish or Czech?   

Or they have a built in game mechanism that lets people swap sides and grief 

[Ex-jazz]

Me like.

The AH-fanbuyz will bash it, because just... It's not AH.

[Motherland]

To be honest, I didn't find the graphics that great, not bad, but not amazing.  I like the water detail better, explosions and splashes are a little better, but a lot of it is just "new", thus exciting.  IMO, the minor disadvantage Aces High has in graphics is shadowed by the huge advantages in game-play.

Did you actually watch that commercial?

The lighting effects, texture resolutions, 3d detail, the fire (oh, especially the fire) etc. etc. are all stunning. Aces High is just finally surpassing the graphics quality of the original release of Il2... in certain areas.
This game looks amazing, and if it's like the previous Il2 releases it will have detailed engine management and stuff, correct? I'll definitely have to check it out once it comes out.

[Spikes]

Ok let's be honest, many HTC players have poor frame rates and graphic settings, how many people would be able to play with those graphics? It would be just stupid to get graphics that high

Well I'll be frank, but some people need to enter the 21st century. To run Windows 7 smoothly and quickly takes a half decent computer these days. People can't run windows 98 machines forever and expect to be able to play all of the new games. I know it's a rough economy now, but with an ever changing technological world, even a decent computer can be had for 400-500 dollars.

[xNOVAx]

Well I'll be frank, but some people need to enter the 21st century. To run Windows 7 smoothly and quickly takes a half decent computer these days. People can't run windows 98 machines forever and expect to be able to play all of the new games. I know it's a rough economy now, but with an ever changing technological world, even a decent computer can be had for 400-500 dollars.

QFT

[Flipperk]

To be honest, I didn't find the graphics that great, not bad, but not amazing.  I like the water detail better, explosions and splashes are a little better, but a lot of it is just "new", thus exciting.  IMO, the minor disadvantage Aces High has in graphics is shadowed by the huge advantages in game-play.

I'm going to have to agree with Frenchy on this, IL2 gives you a more immersion feeling to the air battles of WWII. AHII has great game play but it feels like I am dog fighting in a pixelated arena more than an actual environment and that is what AH lacks.

Yes it is true graphics are not everything, but without the graphics you are limited in immersion, which in a simulator is probably the most important aspect.

[Babalonian]

It looks really nice... but I'm more of a "beuty is only skin-deep" type of guy.  I'll stick with HTC, I'm sure they're working on something.

[RightF00T]

I'm glad this thread came up, because I bought a download of Il2: Forgotten Battles years ago for a less than stellar computer and I remember my computer reaching the point of smoking when I loaded it up.  I was going through some old backups and I found the download in a folder. I recently got a video card for my already newer computer and I decided to re-register(the registration still works by the way!) and I've been loading the game up now and then. 

My first flight was in a P47 of course and after going across the map on a mission at 8x speed(which took 15 mins) I finally found some AI planes....I closed to within 400 yds and let off some rounds.    Nothing...no hit sprites.  So I made another pass and closed into 200 yds and proceeded to promptly ram straight into the 190.  I still haven't made a kill and this is 3 weeks later after 5 or 6 flights.

I miss AH. 

[Motherland]

Ok let's be honest, many HTC players have poor frame rates and graphic settings, how many people would be able to play with those graphics? It would be just stupid to get graphics that high

That has some to do with HTC being a small operation, big teams are able to... I don't know, optimize the software I guess a lot better, and I suppose they have access to other technology that can make the game more streamlined. Games from small companies never can run as well with the same level of detail in graphics as games from large companies, from my experience.

Wings of Prey or whatever the console port was was ran a lot better on my PC than Aces High does despite looking more or less like Cliffs of Dover, granted I'm sure the flight model calculations were a bit smoother.

[ink]

Il2 suked, I have no doubt the graphics look good with the new release, but I would bet the game itself sux just as bad as it did before, screw that Im a hardcore AHer and will probably play this game as long as its playable or untill I cant hold my stick any longer.....

[phatzo]

I'm not a huge fan of Il-2, its OK and a good distraction but its simply too fidly as a relax after work type of thing, too much buttonology and WhereTF am I f your not paying constant attention. Not being able to climb out AFK is a big detractor for me.