Simulated Aerial Combat Roundtable

[AKIron]

Does telling people to stop posting ever really work?

[Dadtallica]

Everyone is free to do whatever they choose.

[AKIron]

So why ask for this one to be closed and another started? Not trying to be confrontational here though it does come naturally to me.

[edge12674]

I think it brings up a possible way AH could attract more players.  Allow one fighter, one bomber, and one GV to be free forever in the MA.  This in addition to the two week free trial.  I know this has been suggested before.

It appeals to the crowd that has less powerful PCs, takes up a small amount of drive space.  This is being done in other sims out there and just might get players past the "subscription hurdle".

[Eagler]

I think it brings up a possible way AH could attract more players.  Allow one fighter, one bomber, and one GV to be free forever in the MA.  This in addition to the two week free trial.  I know this has been suggested before.

It appeals to the crowd that has less powerful PCs, takes up a small amount of drive space.  This is being done in other sims out there and just might get players past the "subscription hurdle".

That idea has been shot down by HT himself here and other threads...

https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,406093.0.html

Eagler

[edge12674]

That idea has been shot down by HT himself here and other threads...

https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,406093.0.html

Eagler

Sure wish HiTech would post some sort of news.  A possible plan for the future or even just an acknowledgement that "the lights will be left on till it is no longer cost effective".

[hazmatt]

And of course any and all modules have a free two week trial that resets every 6 mos.

You want a challenge take off in the 109 with all assists off like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3hY_iiZEuI

Wow. you made that look easy. I've heard otherwise lol.

[hazmatt]

Unless you are on Steam.  No trials there.   

No, I don't want to transfer my licenses to standalone. 

I haven't done anything through Steam. Is there a reason I should or should not?

I'm thinking to buy one of the old Il2 versions too during the next Steam sale but it looks like I can only buy them through steam?

[hazmatt]

There are dozens of videos on what settings to use. Tell me your CPU, memory, and GPU and I can recommend some settings.

I'm running a 12100 with a 1080 ti with 32GB

[hazmatt]

I found an interesting flight sim today. Massively multiplayer, fair to middling graphics, decent flight model and lots of cool planes. It was right in my attic all along.
https://imgur.com/qRalvYS

Wow! that's a nice manual with the binding. Mine has like the notebook type spiral holding it together.

Can you setup a server so we can play? Didn't AW have 8 or 16 player?

[CptTrips]

Sure wish HiTech would post some sort of news.  A possible plan for the future or even just an acknowledgement that "the lights will be left on till it is no longer cost effective".

I don't think anything is on the horizon. 

https://www.hitechcreations.com/flight-simulators/2435-what-s-planned-for-aces-high-for-2024

[hazmatt]

FC3 is a really good/cheap stepping stone for getting your head around modern combat while flying at hair-on-fire speeds, and not sure if it was mentioned before but the single aircraft options are dirt cheap.

$80 per plane is dirt cheap? I read in one of the posts that I can get half off my first purchase but $40 doesn't seem dirt cheap compared to the 5 or 6 planes for $25. Maybe I missed something?

[edge12674]

I don't think anything is on the horizon. 

https://www.hitechcreations.com/flight-simulators/2435-what-s-planned-for-aces-high-for-2024

Interesting. I had not seen this.  So nothing requiring a user update outside of player produced skins.  Maybe map rotations?  No acknowledgement of the decline in player numbers over the past 23 years? 

Are any of the current AH players noting any change in game play aside from declining numbers (yes, I know there appears to be a slight uptick in the MA, but FSO and scenarios continue to falter)?

[CptTrips]

I haven't done anything through Steam. Is there a reason I should or should not?

I think most seem to prefer standalone.  If you want to do trials, that is easier.

I have stuck with Steam mainly because they already had my billing info rather than hand it out to another company.  Especially Russians.  I'm sorry, Swiss. 

What exposure I have with Steam, I've already had for years so that risk is a sunk cost.

Also it auto-updates for me.  When  I wake up and a new patch has been released, it is already on my machine installed.

But I'd bet most will tell you to go standalone.

[hazmatt]

I'm looking into getting a 4070 Super so I'm thinking about trying out some other Sims.

Does anybody play Warthunder? Is it as gamey as I've heard? The graphics look nice but I haven't tried it in many years and the last time I did I just flew the P36 around.

Does Combat Flight simulator still exist or is there some way to fly WWII planes in Microsoft flight simulator?