Off hours game is terrible. - Alternate games?

[CAV]

I have been trying Il-2 Cliffs of Dover on Stream and liking it..........

also I do IRACING during off hours.

CAV

[icepac]

I never have a problem finding fights or things to bomb or things to defend or ships to sink.

Maybe add a bit of variety to your mission profiles.

[Zerstorer]

WWIIOL is a horror. Not worth the hard drive space.

If you are looking for a quick fight off hours you could pick up one of the IL2 games... the multi-player can be fun but it won't have as many players... still, very small maps usually so it's not a problem to find a fight. Just keep in mind that some of the flight model changes can take getting used to and some of the social conventions held by the AH community do not apply.

[shotgunneeley]

I was interested in trying WW2OL:BE as well. The full combined arms style and supporting roles really appealed to me, feels like a cross between BF1942 and AH. Incorrect modeling does not bother me as much as buggy/inconsistent gameplay. After playing offline for a while to get a feel for the system, i decided to start an account. However, upon following the link to begin an account my PC threw up a warning stating that their website security certificate was out of date, which was a bit concerning. I have yet to start an account and have resolved not to until the problem is fixed. I can't get in touch with them, though, as there isn't a phone number and the forum/help tickets may only be submitted by registered players.

Keep this up, and I'm afraid I'll just have to return to AH and beg foregiveness for straying.

[FESS67]

I never have a problem finding fights or things to bomb or things to defend or ships to sink.

Maybe add a bit of variety to your mission profiles.

Thanks icepac - I guess I should have noted in my original post that I am interested in air to air combat.  I know there are many other aspects to this game such as tanking / bombing etc but they simply do not interest me.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I was interested in trying WW2OL:BE as well. The full combined arms style and supporting roles really appealed to me, feels like a cross between BF1942 and AH. Incorrect modeling does not bother me as much as buggy/inconsistent gameplay. After playing offline for a while to get a feel for the system, i decided to start an account. However, upon following the link to begin an account my PC threw up a warning stating that their website security certificate was out of date, which was a bit concerning. I have yet to start an account and have resolved not to until the problem is fixed. I can't get in touch with them, though, as there isn't a phone number and the forum/help tickets may only be submitted by registered players.

Keep this up, and I'm afraid I'll just have to return to AH and beg foregiveness for straying.

If you knew what kind of controversy Cornered Rat (the developer) raised when starting the game you wouldn't be surprised their certificates are not cared for. The product launch was full of hyperbole and assurance but fell flat on its back. They claimed to have 'phat pipes' to handle hundreds of thousands of simultaneous players and the server crashed at a few thousand. There was HUGE interest in WW2OL at launch time but they messed it up.

[Meatwad]

I quit playing WW2OL when the rules were changed to where you cannot capture a town unless an AO was given for it. I had fun going with a small group sneaking towns, but aftr that change I lost a lot of interest. I ended up out of boredom trying to see what buildings I can stuff vehicles into and even drove some off the cliffs of dover just to see what would happen. Even tried landing/takeoff from tops of buildings in brussels.

I wasted a lot of equipment doing that 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I wasted a lot of equipment doing that 

Ah yeah ww2ol had the attrition aspect to it too. Must have made some sofa generals pretty unhappy! 

[Rich46yo]

If you want an answer from them you might have to E-mail a few different guys.

It was a great idea that fell flat on its face. Years ago I did have the most exciting moments in gaming I ever had while playing WW2OL. Now? Its Ghost Town filled with very few of the old players. They also have a bad habit of allowing personal attacks on players in the forums by others who happen to have given them a bunch of $$ free in their builders program. Its hard to tell who the bigger suckers are, the "builders" or the "Devs". If you can even call them "Devs" since nothing is ever developed.

[MrGeezer]

I have been trying Il-2 Cliffs of Dover on Stream and liking it..........

also I do IRACING during off hours.

CAV

Any idea how to get CoD to recognize that there is a joystick?  Can't seem to get any help on this.  Please?  Thanks.

[Zerstorer]

Any idea how to get CoD to recognize that there is a joystick?  Can't seem to get any help on this.  Please?  Thanks.

Did you go into Settings and attempt to map the joystick buttons /axis, or is the game simply not seeing your joystick period i.e. when you try to map a button or axis to an action in the game the game doesn't see the controller.

PM me if you wish for help.

[Brooke]

I think that the answer is much-smaller fighting areas in off-peak hours.  (Or better yet, somehow fighting areas that scale according to number of players.)

Smaller areas can be fun down to even just a several people playing.

That is how Air Warrior was with a tiny fraction of the number of players in Aces High even off peak.  It was fun down to about 4 people playing.  It's whole terrain map was the equivalent of about 1.5 sectors by 1.5 sectors.

[FLOOB]