Noob question

[9128adam]

Jeez I guess the question wasn't so bad 😄20 years is some steady experience if I say so myself , I received a pm in the forum's yesterday regarding some training and I'd like to say thank you for the offer and I may take that up sometime,the only problem I had is to reply i had to type a verification question on what state hi-tech was formed in and being on the cold side of the Atlantic,I had no idea!😄where was aces high formed please?

[oboe]

The answer should be Texas.

Hitech and a small crew broke away from Warbirds in 1999?, when iEN bought the company and wanted to move all production to North Carolina.   Hitech, Pyro, Waffle?, Superfly, NateDog?, Ronnie, and I forget who else - they all left the company and formed Hitech Creations, which produced Aces High in around 2000.   

(If memory serves, I think this version is pretty close)

IIRC correctly Warbirds was originally produced by iMagic?   And it was an outgrowth of some film camera code Hitech had created to run with a different air combat sim (the name escapes me) - but it had 3 countries, A, B, and C.

Warbirds had four countries - Red, Green, Gold, and Purple.  And it had a rolling plane set, where at the start of each tour, only the early War aircraft were available.  I think it took two weeks to get to the late-War aircraft?

[SPKmes]

???  A verification question to answer a PM ....  Is this new?
seems a little over the top if you ask me... I can understand if it was a guest randomly PMing someone.... but a reply to a PM ???

[SIK1]

???  A verification question to answer a PM ....  Is this new?
seems a little over the top if you ask me... I can understand if it was a guest randomly PMing someone.... but a reply to a PM ???

I was wondering about that too. Since I was the one that sent the PM about training. I've never heard of a verification question to answer a PM.

Adam the offer of training still stands, the biggest hurdle is finding a time that works for us both. I'm West Coast U.S. (GMT -8).  My schedule is fairly flexible as long as I have enough forewarning. Let me know what times would work for you and we can figure something out.

 
Sik

[9128adam]

i will do Sik,thank you, US timezone shouldnt be an issue, i will get back to you soon, hopefully see you in the arena! really enjoying the bombing aspect of the game at the moment.

[9128adam]

The answer should be Texas.

Hitech and a small crew broke away from Warbirds in 1999?, when iEN bought the company and wanted to move all production to North Carolina.   Hitech, Pyro, Waffle?, Superfly, NateDog?, Ronnie, and I forget who else - they all left the company and formed Hitech Creations, which produced Aces High in around 2000.   

(If memory serves, I think this version is pretty close)

IIRC correctly Warbirds was originally produced by iMagic?   And it was an outgrowth of some film camera code Hitech had created to run with a different air combat sim (the name escapes me) - but it had 3 countries, A, B, and C.

Warbirds had four countries - Red, Green, Gold, and Purple.  And it had a rolling plane set, where at the start of each tour, only the early War aircraft were available.  I think it took two weeks to get to the late-War aircraft?

Texas was the one, thank you, and nice information on the game, interesting read, thank you

[MrGeezer]

Hi Adam!

I do see you flying for the bishops nights that I am on.  My VOX (voice) is currently out, but come to bishops channel 177 and if you have a question, ask there.  No one will taunt you, or laugh at you there.  We were all "new" once.     


Best Regards

ROX

[decoy]

Texas was the one, thank you, and nice information on the game, interesting read, thank you

Yeah, twenty years ago, WBs had a thirty day rolling plane set.  Each day represented a month during WWII, and the aircraft available to players were those that came available as each 'month' passed.  Field capture was tough and arena capture was unheard of.  I used to love flying a zeke and one of my squaddies suggested that I spend an entire tour flying off of 'our' cv.  I got really good at carrier landings, in zekes, the wildcats, and tbfs.

[The Fugitive]

Yeah, twenty years ago, WBs had a thirty day rolling plane set.  Each day represented a month during WWII, and the aircraft available to players were those that came available as each 'month' passed.  Field capture was tough and arena capture was unheard of.  I used to love flying a zeke and one of my squaddies suggested that I spend an entire tour flying off of 'our' cv.  I got really good at carrier landings, in zekes, the wildcats, and tbfs.

For history on the game from the man himself......

https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,288301.msg3661143.html#msg3661143

[decoy]

For history on the game from the man himself......

https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,288301.msg3661143.html#msg3661143

Outstanding.  I didn't know that.  HiTech had told me he was in on WBs from the beginning, but this explains a lot.  Thanks Fugitive.

[The Fugitive]

Outstanding.  I didn't know that.  HiTech had told me he was in on WBs from the beginning, but this explains a lot.  Thanks Fugitive.

no problem, always looking to help!  <S>

[Puma44]

Welcome aboard!    Great to see you in Monday Night Madness.