Is Aces High Worth Buying?

[Dadtallica]

I looked behind the sofa cushions and failed to find such a sum. Low personal living expenses/needs, meaningful efforts to improve the game to keep it running and more passion to keep it alive than the next man is all I will ever be able to offer.

It’s worth what someone would pay of course. Intellectual property alone could be valued at $1M. Thats just the code itself and what surrounds it, the individual plane models and server environment. Some of those things are fairly unique in the flight sim world.

I have had GPT do extensive deep research on this for some time. I have a whole project dedicated to AH in my GPT. I use it for gameplay and to discuss and table top the things we chat about here.

[Animl-AW]

Well,
Putting plans and negotiation tactics in open air is the last place you want to start. He’s mist likely going to read, but not reply, nor would I.

Every question requires a private sit-down with HT.

Everyone is just guessing from their POV.

HT also watched what happened to AW. I’m not so sure he would want his gem going that route. He’s not starving or in disparate situation to give someone a bargain.

If thats the case, the effort would be to get and keep numbers up to afford an update. If this can’t be done then gambling odds diminish.

If ya can’t get numbers up in this case ya shouldn’t own it.

No one is proving that deep core concept.

We had a momentum going last yr, it was broken by several incidents. One being saying we need numbers then more post about how great another game is. “You’re fired. Not to mention more severe stupid.

Right now, no one is proving they should own it. Some suggestions I see here, thise oeople should never touch coding.

Great intensions tho, god bless ya
No offense intended

If ya got the money, talk to HT, not here.

BTW, I believe AH is savable

[AKKuya]

I know nothing about coding and programming.  I tap the power button and click the desktop icons.  I know that buying the game requires hiring talent to code and program the game.

I'm sure Dale gets a kick out of our ideas due to our not knowing anything on the true business model of the game he created and runs.  He keeps that information to himself especially the true count of monthly subscriptions.  We guess.

We do have passion.  We do have the BBS to vent and amuse.

[Animl-AW]

I know nothing about coding and programming.  I tap the power button and click the desktop icons.  I know that buying the game requires hiring talent to code and program the game.

I'm sure Dale gets a kick out of our ideas due to our not knowing anything on the true business model of the game he created and runs.  He keeps that information to himself especially the true count of monthly subscriptions.  We guess.

We do have passion.  We do have the BBS to vent and amuse.

Oh ya, I can hear HT lol from here.
Would be super kewl if poly count could just be turned up without an huge upgrade.
The "Pipe Dream" knob.

[fd ski]

i work in software development. 100k per year will get you very little in terms of coding ability those days. Wages got crazy in last 2 decades. Programmer from 1990s and programmer of 2025 are two very different beasts.
Then comes everything else, art - at far more detailed level then what it was back in the days, complexity, supporting various versions/drivers etc.
What happened in 1990s in flight sims is unlikely to happen again. You would need a kickstarter for million or more to get a semi functioning game with 20% of AH functionalities and up to date graphics, and you'd also alienate 50% of current customer base due to hardware requirements.

Ain't happening folks.

[haggerty]

I imagine with AI the ability to create art and games just with simple requests is going to become very easy.  One person that knows how to get the most out of AI could do alot of work towards upgrading the game, or creating a new one altogether.  The requirement to know how to code is beginning to go away, just knowing what you want AI to code will get you very far.

[Animl-AW]

I imagine with AI the ability to create art and games just with simple requests is going to become very easy.  One person that knows how to get the most out of AI could do alot of work towards upgrading the game, or creating a new one altogether.  The requirement to know how to code is beginning to go away, just knowing what you want AI to code will get you very far.

Dunno know about that. Ypu have to know enough to spot an error and ehy.

[Animl-AW]

i work in software development. 100k per year will get you very little in terms of coding ability those days. Wages got crazy in last 2 decades. Programmer from 1990s and programmer of 2025 are two very different beasts.
Then comes everything else, art - at far more detailed level then what it was back in the days, complexity, supporting various versions/drivers etc.
What happened in 1990s in flight sims is unlikely to happen again. You would need a kickstarter for million or more to get a semi functioning game with 20% of AH functionalities and up to date graphics, and you'd also alienate 50% of current customer base due to hardware requirements.

Ain't happening folks.

Not to me tion the guys who built this went above and beyond a pay rate as an employee..

[Shuffler]

I offered Dale $150 cash. He sat there a bit and poured three shots. He threw one back and took a long look at me. Then he threw another back and looked out across the pasture. He hem hawed a bit then threw back the last shot. Then he slung those glasses off the porch, drew his pistol, and broke each one before they could touch dirt. He slowly holstered his colt revolver as he eyed me across the table.... and that was that. I took that as a "No".

[scott66]

Don't tell hi-tech this but I would pay double.. the reason isn't the graphics or plane choices or maps.. it's you !..I would generally miss you this game this community this bbs.. it's worth double even with all the bickering it has what no other games I've played has .. the type of fun and other aspects and arenas and a general attachment to some of you old timers <S>

[Dadtallica]

I have a GPT set up to tell me how much time and resources it would take to implement something. Tell me what you wanna see and I will ask.

[thndregg]

.... and you'd also alienate 50% of current customer base due to hardware requirements.

Ain't happening folks.

Big factor with me as a consumer who loves the low subscription cost I've enjoyed since '04. Having spent most of my working life taking care of family on a lower income scale in rural Oregon, it was always a wary thought on my brain about Aces High's advancements in graphics and other aspects that would require spending money on hardware upgrades, or ultimately a new PC build. Budget, budget, budget...

[AKKuya]

I have a GPT set up to tell me how much time and resources it would take to implement something. Tell me what you wanna see and I will ask.

1) Upgrading VOX to a real time conference call allowing everyone speaking and hearing at the same time
2) Creating code allowing destruction of trees
3) Creating a simple method of programming Staged Missions with click icon parameters 

[Animl-AW]

Convert it to Unreal Engine as is,  build new from there?
I assume less than starting from scratch.

Fleeting thoughts by Animl

[Eagler]

It's worth it to me ...

I pay for it monthly..a measly 50 cents a day..best money I spend, bang for the buck these days..

The game is not the issues..it's the players..

Last night great example..crazy fight between rooks and bish while knights had a circle jerk with themselves as no one would rise and fight them..

Forced to go bish just to have any kind of interactions..

Smaller maps with uncapturable bases located close enough to allow any country to reach any fight..

Eagler