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Offline The Fugitive

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IT'S BACK!!!!!!
« on: May 15, 2021, 04:25:24 PM »
Most of you old timers like me will remember how you went about learning this game from the start. You downloaded the game, got a basic setup on your stick jumped into the game and if you got off the ground you were repeatedly and unceremoniously killed over and over again.

Then the learning began. We didnt hunt for tricks and added software add-ons, no we did research. We hunted down all the information we could find on the internet on everything we could get to get better, make our computers better and so on. Through the years there were many that sought to help by building pages with helpful tips.

Animals Tactics

Tips on getting the very best out of your computer and your internet connection.

Soda's aircraft page

Write ups on every plane in the game. Strengths, weaknesses, and best yet, how to fight in them or against them.

Doktor Gonzo's aircraft page

A side by side comparison of the fighters in Aces High.

All lost to time..... well maybe not all   :devil

I contacted Gonzo and he gave me all the code and files he had for his site. The data was still good, but the way the program worked wasnt. The program used "Flash" to generate the graphs and put them into a page. Flash is a big "no-no" now and browsers wont even load it. I reworked the opening page and got someone to help with the coding to get it working again.

This is the first step in putting together a big help page. Through the years playing this game we all love I have accumulated a lot of "helpful" sites/information. I hope to build a site with everything stored in one place. I will give credit to the originators and link back to there pages but I hope to have it all stored on one server. I dont plan on leaving the game anytime soon, and I hope the game is around for years to come. With that thought I figured having this information in a single easy to find site might help new guys pick up on the learning curve a bit easier.

So here is the first step, The NEW Gonzo's Fighter Comparison Page

Offline Oldman731

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Re: IT'S BACK!!!!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2021, 04:38:55 PM »
Thanks for all your work on this, Fugitive.

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Offline Devil 505

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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2021, 04:49:32 PM »
Most excellent!

Thanks Fuji.  :salute
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Re: IT'S BACK!!!!!!
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2021, 04:56:02 PM »
I can help with programming/coding stuff, if that is still needed.

This is a great improvement over HiTech's default page, which I've been using. https://www.hitechcreations.com/component/ahplaneperf/?Itemid=139

I still feel like some old hands can teach us "newbs" some things. For instance, I just learned about trim aiming in AH just a few weeks ago, so something like Soda's aircraft page would help me a lot!
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Offline JimmyD3

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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2021, 05:39:04 PM »
Most Excellent Brother!!!!  :aok :aok :aok
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Offline SunKing

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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2021, 08:15:25 PM »
I'm thinking of coming back to the game. It's been over a decade.

Offline Oldman731

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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2021, 08:18:34 PM »
I'm thinking of coming back to the game. It's been over a decade.

So stop thinking.  Come back.  You'll recognize some old friends, and meet new ones.

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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2021, 06:13:56 AM »
This site was indispensable to me way back when. Superb job getting it back from the nether!  :aok :aok :aok
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2021, 07:20:04 AM »
Used that site a lot, and recommended it to newbs.  Glad to see it back.  Thanks, Fuji!   :salute
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Re: IT'S BACK!!!!!!
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2021, 07:21:16 AM »

I still feel like some old hands can teach us "newbs" some things. For instance, I just learned about trim aiming in AH just a few weeks ago, so something like Soda's aircraft page would help me a lot!

Trim aiming?
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« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2021, 08:46:59 AM »
Wow! Kudos for gettin that done Fugi. Made my day!   :aok

 :salute

Just made a comparison of 4 planes. Color assignments are blue, green, brown and gold. Any way of changing the gold or brown to red as they're difficult to distinguish in the chart...for me anyway. (I'm using a 32" 1440 res screen)

Thanks !
« Last Edit: May 16, 2021, 08:52:46 AM by Max »

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Re: IT'S BACK!!!!!!
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2021, 09:05:08 AM »
Nice work Joe.  :aok

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Re: IT'S BACK!!!!!!
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2021, 09:36:37 AM »
I can help with programming/coding stuff, if that is still needed.

This is a great improvement over HiTech's default page, which I've been using. https://www.hitechcreations.com/component/ahplaneperf/?Itemid=139

I still feel like some old hands can teach us "newbs" some things. For instance, I just learned about trim aiming in AH just a few weeks ago, so something like Soda's aircraft page would help me a lot!

Trim aiming?  Please elaborate.
« Last Edit: May 16, 2021, 09:55:29 AM by Puma44 »



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Re: IT'S BACK!!!!!!
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2021, 10:24:52 AM »
Nice work Fugi, thank you!    :salute

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Re: IT'S BACK!!!!!!
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2021, 12:10:58 PM »
Wow! Kudos for gettin that done Fugi. Made my day!   :aok

 :salute

Just made a comparison of 4 planes. Color assignments are blue, green, brown and gold. Any way of changing the gold or brown to red as they're difficult to distinguish in the chart...for me anyway. (I'm using a 32" 1440 res screen)

Thanks !

Done, I was going to change that but it slipped by, thanks for the reminder  ;)

Thanks guys, Im glad ya'll like it.  <S>