new patch made connection impossible

[BERN1]

i figured it out.
now everytime I fly I hafta turn all the protection off.
I get frustrated,alot....

[MORAY37]

Having same problem.  Logged on to fly scenario, and got locked up. That sucks.

I can open the game, but clicking any arena or offline flight causes a complete freeze on my system.  

It is obvious that whatever you guys are doing with this patch is not going to work with my system any longer.  I have worked with you to fix this issue since the initial update...posting dxdiags and screenshots for hours....  When you rolled it back, everything worked fine.  

Now, instead of "aces high has stopped working" upon opening the game (which was the problem before, until rollback) ...I can open the game, but then completely freezes my system, the second I try to enter an arena. I can do nothing after it freezes other than reset the power now. I've downloaded it 3 times, and keep getting that the video8 file is corrupt, as well, even after running chkdsk.

I have tried downloading the game as a patch, and as a full install.  I have shut off the firewall, even though it lets me get to log-on screens. I have done a complete diagnostic on my system, and it is clean.  I'm running 18 processes at start up.  RAM is clean, over 1,200MB available.

I can talk to people in the arenas from the lobby.  Really really frustrating.  Obviously mine is one of very few that are having this issue.  Well, I guess mine will no longer be an issue.

Thank you for the 9 odd years of enjoyment, plus the time on Airwarrior.  Perhaps it truly is time to grow up out of this hobby anyway.  I will be canceling this subscription on Monday.   to all.

[Raptor03]

Hmm, i run Norton on my desktop, and have had 0 issues with it or and game installs....

But i guess im also the more tech savvy people in my area lol... my only thing against norton is that its a Resource Hog. it hogs resources more than any other program i use...

[BERN1]

no....dammit i am Not cancelling my account. and I apologize for saying so.
I just get really frustrated and tend to go OFF :mad:the removing AH from the permission area of my firewall  and re adding did the trick
the last few weeks of AH have been very difficult ,and at times no fun at all,from lost b-29 drones , connection problems after last patch, my total lack of any kind of fighter skillz.
taking a Deeeeeeeeeeep breath

[The Fugitive]

no....dammit i am Not cancelling my account. and I apologize for saying so.
I just get really frustrated and tend to go OFF :mad:the removing AH from the permission area of my firewall  and re adding did the trick
the last few weeks of AH have been very difficult ,and at times no fun at all,from lost b-29 drones , connection problems after last patch, my total lack of any kind of fighter skillz.
taking a Deeeeeeeeeeep breath

drinking heavily seems to help me   

[BERN1]

drinkin messes with me meds,but thanks for the input

[Skuzzy]

<snip> removing AH from the permission area of my firewall  and re adding did the trick <snip>

This happens more often than anyone can imagine.  We get all the blame for the stupidity of software firewall issues.  Norton is the worst, McAfee is not much better.  Even Zone-Alarm has the same problem.

[MORAY37]

Skuzzy,

Ok, I don't know why this patch had any effect on my graphics card settings, but it did.  The old version did not, and when it was rolled back, everything was fine for the game.  I did not change a thing, same drivers, same everything between patches. 

New patch somehow changed all the settings on my card, specific to running AH2.  This has never happened on a patch update to me, so..  don't know how, don't know why, but after reapplying all the proper settings I can get the game to run normal.  Funny thing is, the second you rolled the version back, everything was fine. 

I was out of ideas and figured I would just look in the NVIDIA settings.  Just an FYI. 

(Nvidia 7600 GTS,  Driver: nv4_dsp.dll version 6.14.0012.6658 (1/7/2011))

[Skuzzy]

The 7600GT cards are getting very long in the tooth.  I have one in my work computer and I no longer run with "Detailed Terrain" checked as the frame rate bogs down too much when there is a lot of activity in the area.

The game really does not have the ability to change video settings on its own.  It will disable advanced options if the frame rate drops too low, for too long.

[MORAY37]

The 7600GT cards are getting very long in the tooth.  I have one in my work computer and I no longer run with "Detailed Terrain" checked as the frame rate bogs down too much when there is a lot of activity in the area.

The game really does not have the ability to change video settings on its own.  It will disable advanced options if the frame rate drops too low, for too long.

Yes, I need to upgrade.... meh I need a whole new system, who am i kidding.

[BERN1]

This happens more often than anyone can imagine.  We get all the blame for the stupidity of software firewall issues.  Norton is the worst, McAfee is not much better.  Even Zone-Alarm has the same problem.

the weird part I never had that problem untill this patch,back to windows XP tomorrow the heck with Vista

[Skuzzy]

the weird part I never had that problem untill this patch,back to windows XP tomorrow the heck with Vista

Not everyone will have the problem, but when it happens, the only way to fix it is to remove the software and reinstall it again.

Vista has more bugs, related to the use of Norton, than there are Legos in Legoland.  Norton did some really nasty things to Vista.  Not that Vista was ever a solid product, but Norton took the problems to a new high.

[BERN1]

XP installed!
workin on stick settings
no problems