I know that some might find this shocking but some of us are actually promoting AH3 in the IL2 forums and nobody is complaining about it:
Aces High III “Big Week” Scenario Feb. 3rd - Mar. 2nd
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Yesterday at 11:23 AM in Other Sims and Games
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Posted yesterday at 11:23 AM (edited)
Not sure if there any Aces High players in here but there is a new scenario starting on 2/3/24 and continuing on Saturdays through 3/2/24.
To coincide with the new Masters of the Air tv show premier this scenario will focus on a Big Week style time frame of the European campaigns. Not an exact redo but there will be bombers to fly and shoot.
Aces High is free to try and always free offline. There are over 120 WWII Planes and vehicles to use. No credit card is needed for your free trial and during you will get two week access to all multiplayer arenas.
Scenario planes to include the B17 and varying models of P51’s, P47’s, BF109’s and FW190’s.
Registration begins on 1/7/24. More info to come and can be found at the AH Special Events site.
Aces High Special Events
There is also a teaser video on YouTube.
All are welcome!
Edited 20 hours ago by Dadtallica
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Posted 19 hours ago
Sounds like fun!
If you plan to fly it you might want to download it and get your stuff setup before the even or you might find yourself fumbling around.
You could always be a gunner though. I don't think you even need a joystick for that if I recall correctly.
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Posted 17 hours ago (edited)
19 hours ago, HazMatt said:
Sounds like fun!
If you plan to fly it you might want to download it and get your stuff setup before the even or you might find yourself fumbling around.
You could always be a gunner though. I don't think you even need a joystick for that if I recall correctly.
No joystick required but it is very highly recommended. All planes, vehicles, and guns are controllable by mouse and keyboard.
AH3 also is friendly to VR.
Always a good idea to get settings squared away and make yourself comfortable offline first.
Edited 17 hours ago by Dadtallica
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Posted 4 hours ago
How is this compared to Warthunder, IL2, and DCS? I played Air Warrior back in the day and I think this is the spiritual successor right? I always liked the larger number of players online in one game, and the ability to capture bases was fun too. Great gameplay. But I'm dating myself and talking AOL in 1997 here
How much does it cost a month to play after the trial?
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Come on back! There are no shortage of the old Air Warrior vets in Aces High lol!
You pretty much described it as it is today. AH has a lot of unique things that those others do not. Player numbers aren’t like the old days but getting about 130 in prime time and more for the scenarios and FSO’s. It’s 14.99 a month after the trial.
No charge to download and start flying offline if you want to get familiar again. You can wait a bit and sign up for the account closer the scenario if you want to try it during the two week trial.
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Posted 2 hours ago
Cool maybe I'll check it out for Big Week. I actually remember Air Warrior III doing that in the late 90's. How's VR work compared to IL2?
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2 hours ago, kestrel79 said:
Cool maybe I'll check it out for Big Week. I actually remember Air Warrior III doing that in the late 90's. How's VR work compared to IL2?
I do not use VR since I have a 55” screen but from all accounts it’s a game changer and AH handles it very well.
You should pop in the AH forum ahead of time you will for sure find some old AW friends. In fact a few days ago people were looking up old Air Warrior stats lol. What was your AW call sign?
There is also a section solely for VR if you have specific questions. AH BBS
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What site has the old AW stats? I'll have to check that out. I was in 7th or 8th grade, I was probably terrible. <f16> or <f-16> something like that. I flew with a squadron too, but the name of the squad escapes me. I remember our CO's name was Chunks, or Chnks something like that. And the best pilot in our squad was Dark9. Maybe the Warhawks, Warhammers, something like that. Idk.
I would get up early before school at like 6am and fly a B-17 below radar and bomb all the factories for mega points while only a handful of other people were playing online. Also have fond memories of being a gunner on a fully crewed B-17, and we came across another B-17 and got in an epic dogfight of bombers. Great times. Back when you had unlimited free time to play games.
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1 hour ago, kestrel79 said:
What site has the old AW stats? I'll have to check that out. I was in 7th or 8th grade, I was probably terrible. <f16> or <f-16> something like that. I flew with a squadron too, but the name of the squad escapes me. I remember our CO's name was Chunks, or Chnks something like that. And the best pilot in our squad was Dark9. Maybe the Warhawks, Warhammers, something like that. Idk.
I would get up early before school at like 6am and fly a B-17 below radar and bomb all the factories for mega points while only a handful of other people were playing online. Also have fond memories of being a gunner on a fully crewed B-17, and we came across another B-17 and got in an epic dogfight of bombers. Great times. Back when you had unlimited free time to play games.
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I am not sure where they got them but I will post this screenshot in the forum and see what happens. AH is still full of old AW pilots.
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1 hour ago, kestrel79 said:
Also have fond memories of being a gunner on a fully crewed B-17, and we came across another B-17 and got in an epic
Do they have b 17?
how is the gameplay compared to il 2 and fm