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[easymo]

 I guess my puter cant handle the eyecandy. Warps all over the place, the rubber bullits are back. feels like im playing WB. Nearly unplayable for me.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

I run a P350 w/128 meg ram, a TNT2 32meg and a 4 gig HD. I have my conect with cable. My FR is 9 in normal gaming in 1028xwhatever.

It's ok, when I'm in smoke or clouds it starts getting blink blink blink but still flyable as usually I don't shoot at people.

I believe that hits are computed on my computer not on the server, so rubber bullet is my fault not connection or CPU speed. I know that when other planes look warpy I shoot and if I hit the plane 1 or 2 secs later damages will take effect.

I also have the feeling that it takes more lead to down a plane and that's great for me because it makes dogfighting more interesting because longer, few lucky snapshots and boom.

Finally, if I recall good, this 1.3 patch shows all the hits, so maybe we are used to before when 20 rounds were hiting and only 3 showed. Now that the 20 hits show, we have the feeling planes are stronger.

[This message has been edited by SFRT - Frenchy (edited 06-27-2000).]

[easymo]

 Ive killed planes with snapshot. And emptyed my cannon into others that where not fazed. The only whey I think that could have happened is if they changed the damage model on some planes.

  BTW the planes I question where not warping at all.

[Yeager]

Easymo I feel for yas.  

Eye candy isnt everything but after simming in vast wastelands *for years* I think what is here today in AH is far and away worth the money to get a decent machine.

FWIW. P2 333, 128 pc100 sdram 16 megs TNT1
and 56k USRob gaming modem are giving me mid 30s for FPS on average.  Very acceptable here.

As far as connects, you always mention rubber bullits.  Makes me think you have a bad line locally or somewhere down the pipe.  After the work you did troubleshooting thats all I can guess.

Best wishes!
Yeager

[Baddawg]

My rig is nothing to brag  about  A PII 350 64 meg ram  Geforce256 32 meg video card
13 gig hard drive. Cable modem 17 inch monitor
 I get 45+ fps  in the game  21 if clouds  and smoke on the field are  around. Mostly i average in mid to high 30s in frame rate. Anything over 25 fps does nothing but give you bragging rights at the water cooler.
I play in 1280x1024 32 bit color
32 bit color increases my frame rate from the 16 bit . 1280 x1024 makes everything look fantastic
I make sure all extras are off on my machine i  have my machine running at 92+ %  of its resources free .

I hope your problems can be fixed Easymo


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[By-Tor]

 Easymo'
You sir, are FAR too good of a pilot to leave this BEST OF sim.I too am in dire need of RAM it seems as the new release is taxing my HD heavily . However,I have a 400mghz 64 mg ram system and have come to realize that the cost of'flying the best'is not so much in the cost of game, as it is in keeping up with the steep technology curve the Century mark has bestowed upon us.If you ,like myself,are as enthralled hy WW2 air-combat,You will do whatever it takes to keep up with the speed of tech.advancement. HTC is worth the sacrafice!It doesnt get any better than AH and life is short,find your passion and do whatever it takes to imbibe.
 Cheers,
By-Tor

[Torque]

Geeze EZ I thought u had some steaks ready I was hungry.........pppsssttt..... me too 5 fps in smoke...oh well..........

[Macboy]

 

I guess my puter cant handle the eyecandy. Warps all over the place, the rubber bullits are back. feels like im  playing WB. Nearly unplayable for me.

easymo, you have a bad line somewhere between your computer connection and HTC. And perhaps that same bad line caused your bad connx with WB. hmmm  maybe - or I could be mistaken - mainly because you have stated numerously that WB sucks because of bad connections causing warps, right? ahhh  - - - i can see clearly now the rain is gone  

But seriously, you have a bad pipe somewhere along the line. Could be between you and your ISP, your ISP, or somewhere enroute to HTC (and, of course, NC, sheesh)

oh, and, quit blaming the online companies for YOUR bad connx.

not antagonistic guys, relax, I'm just pointing something out, couldn't pass it up, relax  hehe

p.s.
numero uno on my aca/ah list  

[Sharky]

Easy,

I'm starting to feel the techno squeeze myself.  I have a C300@450 and a Viper 550.  Normally I see frame rates of 30-40, however if there are a lot of planes around it can drop into the teens.  With the smoke I take a real hit if I fly through it so I don't.

As far as connects go, I've never seen better in WB than in here.  I will admit that since 1.03 I have seen more than in the past, but I'm seeing alot more players also.  One thing you might try.  When I was about to get my cable modem I was worried because I'd heard how connects to things like WB/AH could be pretty bad with cable.  Now I wasn't about to pay for an ISP just to play WB on and use cable for everything else.  I did some surfing and found several free ISPs.  One I found, I think it was FreeWeb, gave me the best connections I'd ever had with a dial up connection.

You might try one of those.  There are a lot of them around and you might find one that takes a differant route into HTC and will fix your connect problems.  They're free so try a bunch and see if one works for ya.

Sharky

[Kieren]

 

easymo, you have a bad line somewhere between your computer connection and HTC. And perhaps that same bad line caused your bad connx with WB. hmmm maybe - or I could be mistaken - mainly because you have stated numerously that WB sucks because of bad connections causing warps, right? ahhh - - - i can see clearly now the rain is gone

Since when was gloating not antagonistic?

Re-read his post. He is not talking about connects, he is talking about the graphic load. Frame rate, not ping rate. Methinks you are just reading what you want to see, not what is there.

FWIW, I am here because I cannot connect to WB for more than 5 minutes at a time... funny, though netstorms happen to all companies, I have never, even in the worst of AH conx probs, EVER had anything approaching the probs I had there. And yes, I do blame them for it. Nothing personal, but the day they uprooted from Texas to North Carolina things went downhill fast.

Finally Macboy/MG/Litigator, the only reason people jump on you here is because every comment you make is laced with sarcasm and ill will. Even this "helpful" tidbit you offer is a self-indulgent, gloating, brow-beating of Easymo for past statements (that IMHO are completely justified WRT iEN). I for one would not miss you in your absence.

[This message has been edited by Kieren (edited 06-28-2000).]

[Macboy]

Not gloating, I don't win anything by it, as a matter of fact, posting here is a losing proposition. Actually keep my posts to myself (trying) by not posting, I couldn't pass this one up though, since it was in the same vein with some crap I had posted earlier at AGW.  

His puter isn't fast enuff, and his connection is subpar. He needs to upgrade both. And many have shown him some options/cures in responsive-AH-community-style. I was pointing out something to him, and to the community, that blaming IEN/HTC about connection probs/lack of computer power is usually a going to get you nothing but bad karma  .

Its not their fault the internet is unstable in your region at any given time. Their servers are plenty powerful enuff, and they have plenty of bandwidth to spare leading in/out of their respective servers. My connections to WB are at a all-time high with pure, unadulterated green beacons (except for the duration of the con i experienced an intermittent yellow, annoying). DSL has been super stable for me and good for the ol' gameplay. The wb complaint department doesn't get a helluva lot of connection complaints anymore.

But my point being, that easymo's main thing was:

Warbirds sucks because it was nothing but warps. Warpbirds or something to that extent.

He stated it many times, as he has once again stated in his comment about it "feels like I'm playing WB." making it sound like WB has unstable connx in/out. I'm pointing out it isn't WB, its somewhere between the front of his box up to but not including, the online game servers.

Don't know whats gloating about that, except the pristine connection I'm experiencing with the DSL  to capable servers.

[Westy]

 Sharky, I've got decent cable modem service from "ISPChannel."   I've only seen yellow or a rare red beacon on the night that 1.03 was being downloaded and I've never been dumped or disconnected (by my ISP or due to network issues) from HTC. Ever. Been very happy with the service since I got it last November.  Now Road Runner or Media One customers, well your mileage may vary. But those are the AOL of cable modem services and I'd cry if I had to have them.

 -Westy

[Ripsnort]

To defend Warbirds, I had better nights than others "after" the move to N.C., but everynight wasn't warpy in WB's for  me.  I've seen less warping here in AH, but as someone mentioned, the internet accumulates more and more  every day, and it's outdated phone lines, communications systems need to be upgraded.

[Kieren]

Macboy-

Ok, that was very civil, S!

I won't go much further into Easymo's problem, as he can speak for himself if he cares to. I do know that he has broadband access (can't remember if it is DSL or cable).

All any of us can do is talk about the conditions we have and hope to relate that experience in a beneficial manner to those that need the information. I myself have ISDN, and even before that on dial-up I never had a connection problem with AH. I did with WB, to the point of being completely unbearable. I don't wish to drone on about that point, but when I stated my situation at the other BBS some time back I had many who came at me with the same "don't blame them with for problems" remark. I like to think I am a reasonable enough guy that I didn't, and wouldn't, for just myself. The trouble was the board was filled with other people who had the same trouble (actually, DoA BBS). I know that when I would get dumped from the arena I could log back in and half the arena was replaning.

FWIW I did switch ISP's- five times! I did everything humanly possible to stay in the game. I would still be there now, as I loved DoA dearly, and loved the community there greatly. I never personally had a problem with any member of iEN or on their or any other BBS. It really came to "I literally can't play this game, and there isn't a damn thing I can do about it".

I put all of this here so you know where I am coming from. I don't jump ships for the bigger/better thing every time something comes around. A product earns my loyalty, and I stay. Another important part of the game to me is the community I am going to spend a large part of my free time in. In my time here I have found, in large part, satisfaction in all areas.

And don't take my comments as a knock on any iEN product- it isn't. I would criticize the delivery of that system (if I complain at all), but even that comment is pointless. So, unless someone pulls the scab off that old cut, I choose to live in peace.  

[easymo]

 My prob showed up with 1.3. Patches improved it. But its still there.

 I have a 300a oc to 450. 64 meg ram. TnT2 card. Houston. rr. pings rung about 12ms.

 WB dumbed down the leathality according to HS. That was what I was referring too. And why I moved here.

 And i want to apolagise again to torque. When I bury a a con in sprites with a 1c I expect it to hurt. Between your prob and mine. It was hopeless

[This message has been edited by easymo (edited 06-28-2000).]