Is Aces High II soon to become just a memory of good times past?

[TequilaChaser]

I wouldn't call FA crap, it was different... I played with it up til 1.0, and revisited it several times over as each new version came out ie: 2.0, 3.0 etc... They had an excellent community just like AW and WB and most of us from all 3 have ended up here..

TC

[craz07]

See Rule #4

[BuckShot]

I wouldn't call FA crap, it was different... I played with it up til 1.0, and revisited it several times over as each new version came out ie: 2.0, 3.0 etc... They had an excellent community just like AW and WB and most of us from all 3 have ended up here..

TC

Maybe I was a bit harsh on FA, I did have lots of fun there.

Having been fully immersed in AH for a while now, I would say that FA was more comparable to WT rather than AH.

It is my hindsight of comparing AH to FA that has me calling FA and WT crap. I lost my squad to turd thunder. They compare it to FA.

[BuckShot]

I applaud Hitech for not doing similiar.. Can i get a hell yea??  orrr.. nott..

Hell yea!!

[BnZs]

First, if Aces High isn't easy to find via a web search, that is a terrible problem. I don't know the technical details of that sort of thing but obviously it needs to be fixed.

Second, I see advertisements for War Thunder and Word of Warplanes when I open magazines like "Air Classic" or whenever I look at aviation-related videos on Youtube. I do not see advertisements for Aces High. Again, this is a problem, for obvious reasons.

Third, regarding views, here is a less radical suggestion: At least have the snap views for each plane adjusted to somewhat decent by default with the download. Everyone adjusts their views a little differently, but the default positioning is just bad. I think I flew for a week when I started before I knew you could adjust the rear view to see something besides headrest. This is not merely a matter of me being dense, every other sim I had flown had fixed non-adjustable views for each plane.

Fourth, I would highly suggest a good instruction manual explaining to new players how to use all of the game's features be included in PDF form with the download.

[Oldman731]

I don't think the game is all that tough to set up for a normal person.

...er...well...I suppose no one has ever accused me of being a normal person, but setting up my joystick and throttle took me forever.  That may be necessary, given all the available options and the need to work with all manner of joysticks.  FSX and X-Plane aren't a whole lot easier. 

B&Z's observation that a pdf manual would be helpful would be a great help in dealing with this.

- oldman

[Gray]

Today I did my part.  The Comcast guy left my house after making repairs to my stuff and then flying and landing a D3.   He drove away with a big grin.  He says "what if I get addicted?".    I said "so?".    Spread the word to one and plant a seed.

[scott66]

Today I did my part.  The Comcast guy left my house after making repairs to my stuff and then flying and landing a D3.   He drove away with a big grin.  He says "what if I get addicted?".    I said "so?".    Spread the word to one and plant a seed.

LOL very nicely done sir

[BaldEagl]

Fourth, I would highly suggest a good instruction manual explaining to new players how to use all of the game's features be included in PDF form with the download.

This. 

I'd have never stayed in AW or here if I hadn't downloaded and printed the instruction manuals first.  I have a really hard time understanding how HT thinks people are going to figure out how to even get off the ground.  Most aren't going to go searching for the trainer's site, the help forum or the Wiki, most of which are also out of date.  It's almost as though he wants to make it as hard as possible on prospective new players.

[zack1234]

Download a set up manual would be a good idea

I have a 2K gaming system,G35 headset,Trackir and full CH setup and AH graphics are very nice.

The newer updates to Yak for example are very nice, the Tempest is poo because it is old.

The Hurricane graphics are very nice, the 110 has no joystick  because it is old

I must be playing a different game because WT,IL and ROF are not that impressive.

ROF multiplayer game plane is poor, offline mode is better which is says it all

I had a beta invite to WT and it was not very good,

If AH was not very good I would not pay $9 a month for it,

I have tried to contact AH in regards offering my business ideas to improve the game but so far I have had no replys, it must be my spam filter

[Karnak]

3. Graphics - Simply put, they suck. War Thunder uses a graphics engine from 2008, so stating that graphics are tied to ultra-new tech doesn't cut it. Enough said.

I agree that graphics are an issue, but this is nonsense.  When the initial version of an engine is released has no bearing on what that engine needs or can do down the road.  Titanfall was made with the Source engine, the engine introduced with Half-Life 2 released in 2005.  Do you think a 2005 computer would be able to play Titanfall acceptably?  Elite Dangerous is using the Cobra engine, the same engine used on 2003's Roller Coaster Tycoon. World of Warcraft (2004) is using the engine created for Warcraft III (2002).  In all cases these engines have been continuously upgraded and the texture sizes and polygon counts increased.

Is War Thunder using a 2008 engine that has not been updated with new capabilities since 2008 and limiting itself to the texture sizes and polygon counts that are the 2008 limits?  I highly doubt it.

[BnZs]

Perhaps some of you feel that prospective players who would judge a sim mostly upon graphics are somewhat shallow witted, and perhaps you are right. Nonetheless, their money would still serve to keep the doors open.

[NatCigg]

First, if Aces High isn't easy to find via a web search, that is a terrible problem. I don't know the technical details of that sort of thing but obviously it needs to be fixed.

Second, I see advertisements for War Thunder and Word of Warplanes when I open magazines like "Air Classic" or whenever I look at aviation-related videos on Youtube. I do not see advertisements for Aces High. Again, this is a problem, for obvious reasons.

Third, regarding views, here is a less radical suggestion: At least have the snap views for each plane adjusted to somewhat decent by default with the download. Everyone adjusts their views a little differently, but the default positioning is just bad. I think I flew for a week when I started before I knew you could adjust the rear view to see something besides headrest. This is not merely a matter of me being dense, every other sim I had flown had fixed non-adjustable views for each plane.

Fourth, I would highly suggest a good instruction manual explaining to new players how to use all of the game's features be included in PDF form with the download.

 
 
 
 

[Chilli]

I've been around AH since about their launch.

Changes that I have seen, and probably will soon see, have been what the community has asked for.

There have been many, many excellent ideas and points of view discussed in this and numerous other threads.

HTC is a relatively small workforce (family) and where they have placed their focus, they rein at the head of the class.

Let me be one of the first to step forward and offer my service to compile a list of training "balloons" that hopefully could be automated in the map controller menu.
(I thought that was a wonderful idea from Kruel to bring newer players up to speed while online)

The single largest improvement in gameplay would be anything that would shorten the time from spawn to the time in action.
(Of course unless that is achieved by launching from capped fields to numerous vulch attempts).         

[Copprhed]

See Rule #4