Aces High - The first six months

[Skyyr]

I'm half certain the La7 work isn't Skyyr; the ailerons aren't welded up.

Most of the LA-7 stuff should be Kruel flying. Kruel is our resident video specialist - you should see new intro he's making for our films. The quality of the upcoming films will put this one to shame.

[Zerstorer]

I just looked at the last FSO logs and unless I missed it, I don't see "The Damned" listed there.  Do you guys fly FSO's?  If not, why not please?

I believe many squads choose not to do so, Zoney.  But for the record, I've brought it up.  I'll let the head honcho make that call.  I have personally enjoyed flying FSO in the past except for one very unfortunate occasion flying a He111...which bored me to tears...but that's the nature of the beast.

[Kruel]

I just looked at the last FSO logs and unless I missed it, I don't see "The Damned" listed there.  Do you guys fly FSO's?  If not, why not please?

We are working this as well, not yet though, I'd be happy to come along if invited (can't speak for the rest)

[Zerstorer]

We are working this as well, not yet though, I'd be happy to come along if invited (can't speak for the rest)

I would as well.  I have been invited by a few squads but never got around to following up....real-world ack cropped up.   

[TequilaChaser]

I just looked at the last FSO logs and unless I missed it, I don't see "The Damned" listed there.  Do you guys fly FSO's?  If not, why not please?

If I am not mistaking, The Damned FSO squad we had in which I think Drano was the FSO CO, was disbanded sometime between 2009 to 2010 and the few existing FSO participants of the
 Damned moved to other squads in the MA, except for me and a few others...

We might come back to FSO,  I, myself, along with old Damned members fly FSO with Nef's 412th...


TC

[Skyyr]

I just looked at the last FSO logs and unless I missed it, I don't see "The Damned" listed there.  Do you guys fly FSO's?  If not, why not please?

As it stands now, Fridays are usually squad nights in the MA for a majority of us. That, and most of us prefer the faster pace of the MA. We've considered it and are still looking into it, but (for example) flying Spitfires vs D11's and Bombers is, for the most part, just boring to many of us, especially given the time commitment. That's not to say that we'll never participate in FSO's, it's just that we're less into the historical aspect and more into pure fighter combat. TC has talked about it, as has Fulcrum, so who knows? Maybe we'll give it a shot.

Now, an FSO with a full selection of early, mid, or even late war aircraft for both teams, with limited lives, last squad standing wins? We'd totally be into that.

That said, stay tuned for some stuff we have planned in the near future.

[Zoney]

I would strongly encourage your squad to "step up", register your squad NOW for the July FSO and come play on Friday nights.

Do it.  If it does not work out then you simply do not register for August.

Come on TC, you've got a sizeable squad.  Bring your teamwork and tactics to the FSO's as a squad and make it work man,  

[Kruel]

I would strongly encourage your squad to "step up", register your squad NOW for the July FSO and come play on Friday nights.

Do it.  If it does not work out then you simply do not register for August.

Come on TC, you've got a sizeable squad.  Bring your teamwork and tactics to the FSO's as a squad and make it work man,  

Like we said we are mulling it over, I'm sure some of us will join as guests, just to see what it's about, but a lot of us aren't the type to fly a bomber for 4 hours,.

Edit: I'm definitely interested just for the experience.

[Zerstorer]

Now, an FSO with a full selection of early, mid, or even late war aircraft for both teams, with limited lives, last squad standing wins? We'd totally be into that.

FSO is a historical scenario based event.  You only have one "life" per frame, tho' you can jump into a bomber and gun for them after you die (unless something has changed).  It's not a squad dueling event, but rather a war scenario with specific objectives assigned to each "country", which is further deligated to individual squads.  Much more "realistic" than MA combat as it has decreased icon ranges, more realistic fuel burn rates (so fuel management is a factor), time objectives for squads, very limited radar, etc.  It's almost always fun and challenging....sometimes you draw a stinky assignment but that's the way it goes.

[Vinkman]

Kruel,
I noticed of lot nice pilot-view work in that film. Is that Track IR footage that you are capturing, or is that experten use of the AH film viewer? 

[Kruel]

Track IR with Fraps, the next video will have both, I wish Track IR was functional in AH film viewer, the raw capture files are massive, and time consuming to compress.

Also a lot of folks don't have the processing power to run Fraps and play the game with a decent frame rate, "free" view in AH film viewer would make that much more feasible for those folks.

[Zerstorer]

Also a lot of folks don't have the processing power to run Fraps and play the game with a decent frame rate, "free" view in AH film viewer would make that much more feasible for those folks.

One of the reasons why I don't appear in the film....I can run FRAPS, but capturing a triplescreen setup running the game at 5990x1080 resolution can stress even a good Intel i5 quad-core setup like mine.  I'd hope to try Shadowplay and then maybe cut down the film to only show the 1920x1080 "centerview, but my understanding is that Shadowplay doesn't support Surround / Multiscreen setups. 

[Kruel]

One of the reasons why I don't appear in the film....I can run FRAPS, but capturing a triplescreen setup running the game at 5990x1080 resolution can stress even a good Intel i5 quad-core setup like mine.  I'd hope to try Shadowplay and then maybe cut down the film to only show the 1920x1080 "centerview, but my understanding is that Shadowplay doesn't support Surround / Multiscreen setups. 

Your best bet is to use a separate PC with a passthrough capture card, it should not have a problem capturing 9 screens. The cards are pretty cheap too, 150$. The PC doesn't need to be a beast either, just massive hard drive space.

[Kingpin]

Like we said we are mulling it over, I'm sure some of us will join as guests, just to see what it's about, but a lot of us aren't the type to fly a bomber for 4 hours,.

Edit: I'm definitely interested just for the experience.

First, it's only a two-hour event, three nights out of the month.  That's 6 hours a month -- not a very big time commitment compared to MA flying hours.  It's also not nearly as "boring" as you might think.  The most exciting fights are found in FSO, because you have one airframe and one life to work with to help your side win, making the intensity level much higher.

If you want to stand out as a squad who uses teamwork, and who can excel regardless of the aircraft you fly, then FSO is the place to go.  Using teamwork to get kills in the MA, flying uber rides against a vast majority of players who are not working together, is a rather easy task.  That's setting the bar pretty low as a squad.  Getting kills in FSO where every encounter is team vs. team, and surviving to land your mission, is a whole higher level of game play.

Two cents from someone who has done both.

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Ryno

[Kruel]

First, it's only a two-hour event, three nights out of the month.  That's 6 hours a month -- not a very big time commitment compared to MA flying hours.  It's also not nearly as "boring" as you might think.  The most exciting fights are found in FSO, because you have one airframe and one life to work with to help your side win, making the intensity level much higher.

If you want to stand out as a squad who uses teamwork, and who can excel regardless of the aircraft you fly, then FSO is the place to go.  Using teamwork to get kills in the MA, flying uber rides against a vast majority of players who are not working together, is a rather easy task.  That's setting the bar pretty low as a squad.  Getting kills in FSO where every encounter is team vs. team, and surviving to land your mission, is a whole higher level of game play.

Two cents from someone who has done both.

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Ryno

Understood, like I said some of us will jump in and see if we have fun. We don't look for people who don't work together though some of the most fun we have is when we run into a squad in the MA. Or into superior numbers.

What we really want is squad v squad dueling brackets or KOTS style battles with everyone flying the same plane, where the only variables that exist are the pilots/squads.