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Offline Ack-Ack

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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #30 on: May 26, 2021, 01:19:01 PM »
Anyway to approve those 2 other maps before you get tangled up in Vulkan? Would be great to have some new boards to fly on. New maps go a long way and bring excitement.

Adding Vulkan support would be far more beneficial to the game than a map or or two.
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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #31 on: May 26, 2021, 01:25:04 PM »
Adding Vulkan support would be far more beneficial to the game than a map or or two.

Forreal? Tbh, I am not sure what Vulkan even is.
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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #32 on: May 26, 2021, 02:28:48 PM »
Adding Vulkan support would be far more beneficial to the game than a map or or two.

Don't the maps just need to be approved?  Some players already spent gobs of hours making them.

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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #33 on: May 26, 2021, 05:56:15 PM »
How well does the Vulken version perform? Are there any plans to add DLSS?  Is there any chance that the DX11 version of AH will be replaced with DX12 in the future?

Testing them both out there on other games/sims, Vulkan had a higher frame rate on equal settings but DX12 was silky smooth by comparison.
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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #34 on: May 26, 2021, 06:14:35 PM »
Forreal? Tbh, I am not sure what Vulkan even is.
Glad I wasn't the only one that doesn't have a clue what that is lol.

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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #35 on: May 27, 2021, 03:51:59 AM »
Don't the maps just need to be approved?  Some players already spent gobs of hours making them.

So? 
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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #36 on: May 27, 2021, 07:58:46 AM »
Glad I wasn't the only one that doesn't have a clue what that is lol.

It means we will "live long and prosper " :)

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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #37 on: May 27, 2021, 09:44:47 AM »
Don't the maps just need to be approved?  Some players already spent gobs of hours making them.

if i remember correctly they also need to be tested.


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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #38 on: May 27, 2021, 10:43:44 AM »
Vulcan is basically a cross-platform API for 3D graphics and computing, minus a large overhead.

AH3 will only benefit from having Vulkan, it's not as good as getting another P-38 but a step in the right direction.


Wait wait wait...

Cross platform as in mobile and console?

I feel like this is a dumb question but I'm under the weather and not processing information all too well this morning.
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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #39 on: May 27, 2021, 02:24:12 PM »
if i remember correctly they also need to be tested.


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What is the process of this?  Removing some of the jumbo maps and replacing with smaller ones, relative to the population size would be a huge plus.

I'm not knocking whatever the heck Vulkan is, but the map size and length of time in rotation has been brought up here a lot lately.

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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #40 on: May 27, 2021, 03:09:40 PM »
Last night was bad btwn 8 and 9 est

Whatever country auto select put you in had zero close fights

Smaller maps would go a long way and if they are won quickly even better

Too bad the emphasis of this game cannot be set back to a2a from the base capturing game it sadly evolved into

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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #41 on: May 27, 2021, 03:52:36 PM »
What is the process of this?  Removing some of the jumbo maps and replacing with smaller ones, relative to the population size would be a huge plus.

I'm not knocking whatever the heck Vulkan is, but the map size and length of time in rotation has been brought up here a lot lately.

don't know about the testing procesd. but I think there's lots of time needed. some maps have had big flaws that were only found after they were put into rotation.


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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #42 on: May 27, 2021, 06:22:43 PM »
Vulcan makes sense if you have a modern OS.
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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #43 on: May 27, 2021, 07:36:58 PM »
don't know about the testing procesd. but I think there's lots of time needed. some maps have had big flaws that were only found after they were put into rotation.


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Best way to find the flaws, however. 100’s of players basically testing them instead of a small handful spending how many hours...?
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Re: New features in the works?
« Reply #44 on: May 28, 2021, 01:06:14 AM »
Best way to find the flaws, however. 100’s of players basically testing them instead of a small handful spending how many hours...?

dont tell me, I dont make the rules, I follow them.


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