Beta 2

[loony1]

Would still like to see a little work on the shadows. I tested it at 1024 and 4096 res and both show a lot of shadow flicker when looking at trees when flying the flicker at times borders on strobing.....shadows from the sun flicker and look blocky in the cockpit....Shadows created by the windows in the hanger look blocky.  edges like ^^^^^^^^^ instead of smooth curves or smooth straight lines. Terrain could use some mounds or maybe some big rocks.

[Easyscor]

Gun Bat

That's the problem. In the TE manual under construction, it lists "Hard Gun Bat" and points out the 4k hardness.

[bustr]

Hey I pushed buttons and nothing went boom for weeks until I missed shooting at the tank I placed up on that battery over looing the TT spawn. Shocked the heck outta me when it went poofh!! Because it was the first time I missed that tank......spectacular little explosion........

Thank you all.

I need them to be their in game hardness for anyone practicing shelling them.

[Pudgie]

Updater went w\o a hitch.

Beta started up just fine.

Will report as I go....so far nothing to report that hasn't been already.

Noticed the steady progression of tuning work being done (game looking good but using less resources).

 

 

[Skuzzy]

I took this to mean that the clipboard wasn't downsized any more but that's apparently not what was fixed?

See jpg. The clipboard is at least half the size it was upon entering the game.

Did you crop that image or is that actually the desktop size?

[Skuzzy]

update went well.

Game crashes when entering offline.
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Application Error
Date:          1/21/2016 8:15:45 PM
Event ID:      1000
Task Category: (100)
Level:         Error
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:     
Description:
Faulting application name: ahbeta.exe, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x56a10d91
Faulting module name: d3d9.dll, version: 6.1.7601.17514, time stamp: 0x4ce7b7b3
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000221ab
Faulting process id: 0xca8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d154b1d585e76a
Faulting application path: C:\Hitech Creations\Aces High Beta Game\ahbeta.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\d3d9.dll
Report Id: a961b7c8-c0a5-11e5-bad8-00241d133a48
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Application Error" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
    <Level>2</Level>
    <Task>100</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-01-22T01:15:45.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>4779</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>spiney-PC</Computer>
    <Security />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>ahbeta.exe</Data>
    <Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
    <Data>56a10d91</Data>
    <Data>d3d9.dll</Data>
    <Data>6.1.7601.17514</Data>
    <Data>4ce7b7b3</Data>
    <Data>c0000005</Data>
    <Data>000221ab</Data>
    <Data>ca8</Data>
    <Data>01d154b1d585e76a</Data>
    <Data>C:\Hitech Creations\Aces High Beta Game\ahbeta.exe</Data>
    <Data>C:\Windows\system32\d3d9.dll</Data>
    <Data>a961b7c8-c0a5-11e5-bad8-00241d133a48</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>
Hopefully this means something to the boys creating AH3.

I can load mele/online tho np.
My settings transferred over correctly.

SweetFX runs with BETA2, he he.

Rename the "settings" folder and try it.  If it works, we would like the old folder zipped up and posted here for us to test with.  Thank you.

[Kanth]

Updated with no problems and very quickly.

 Checked missions area and was cool to see the listing of when each mission would kickoff.

 Joined a B17 mission in progress without my gear plugged in and was flying with a mouse.  Flew, dropped bombs in the middle of the night and then bailed. Limited time this morning but more testing later.

[TheFox]

Updated with no problems.

Both this release and Beta 1 will not quit out of the game - cursor freezes and Tower remains on screen. Only way out is to CTL-ALT-DEL at which point Win 10 says Ahbeta has a problem and will not close. Click on Cancel and all OK to start again but same result each time.

Shadows still very flickery but that might be down to me not fully understanding what settings to use. Frame rate between 55-60 pretty much all over.

Looking very good already

[FLS]

It looks like the quick link from the home page is the old version and the download page is the new version.

Home page link.  http://downloads.hitechcreations.com/AHBETA001.EXE


Download page link.  http://downloads.hitechcreations.com/AHBETA002.EXE


When zoom is enabled the up view no longer looks up. By itself it's an over the nose view and it no longer combines with the other views. Look down also stops working when zoom is enabled.

External aircraft sounds start and end abruptly instead of fading.

[Skuzzy]

I took this to mean that the clipboard wasn't downsized any more but that's apparently not what was fixed?

See jpg. The clipboard is at least half the size it was upon entering the game.

Does this happen every time?  If so, please give me detailed, step-by-step what you are doing.  We cannot figure out how to duplicate this, and until we do, we cannot fix it.

Are you running the game at a different resolution than the native resolution of the monitor?
Do you have multiple monitors?
Are you using a Matrox Triplehead?
If you have multiple monitors, how are they configured to be used by Windows?

[FLS]

Skuzzy when it happens to me it's because the AH window isn't full size when I start AH. If I set it to full size first the clipboard is ok on exit.

[Skuzzy]

Skuzzy when it happens to me it's because the AH window isn't full size when I start AH. If I set it to full size first the clipboard is ok on exit.

None of us here run with a full size window, yet none of use have ever seen this phenomenon.  Only a few people are having this issue.  There has to be a common denominator between the folks having this issue.  We are trying to figure it out.

[Kanth]

The clipboard issue happens to me every time.

I have two monitors, they are not the same size but are at the same resolution.  1920 x 1080
I run the game on the larger monitor the desktop is spanned across both my monitors.
The game video settings are also set to 1920 x1080

when launching the game the clipboard is totally readable about 1/4 total width of the window it lives in
Click Offline Practice

The game begins and becomes full screen, and the clipboard remains the same relative size to itself but it now is about 1/6th the width of the screen because the game is full screen and not just a window.
Exit the game and the clipboard is nowabout 1/6th of the WINDOW that it now lives in(it has shrunk) which makes it small and unreadable..

So that's kind of what I"m seeing and what my setup is. Let me know if there's any other info I can give to help.

Are you running the game at a different resolution than the native resolution of the monitor?  NO
Do you have multiple monitors? YES
Are you using a Matrox Triplehead? NO
If you have multiple monitors, how are they configured to be used by Windows? split desktop

[FLS]

This is the order of events. Happens every time.

[BowHTR]

The clipboard issue happens to me every time.

I have two monitors, they are not the same size but are at the same resolution.  1920 x 1080
I run the game on the larger monitor the desktop is spanned across both my monitors.
The game video settings are also set to 1920 x1080

when launching the game the clipboard is totally readable about 1/4 total width of the window it lives in
Click Offline Practice

The game begins and becomes full screen, and the clipboard remains the same relative size to itself but it now is about 1/6th the width of the screen because the game is full screen and not just a window.
Exit the game and the clipboard is nowabout 1/6th of the WINDOW that it now lives in(it has shrunk) which makes it small and unreadable..

So that's kind of what I"m seeing and what my setup is. Let me know if there's any other info I can give to help.

Are you running the game at a different resolution than the native resolution of the monitor?  NO
Do you have multiple monitors? YES
Are you using a Matrox Triplehead? NO
If you have multiple monitors, how are they configured to be used by Windows? split desktop

I have this same setup but with 1680x1050 res and im having the same problem. I also use TrackIR.