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Offline fudgums

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Re: Is Aces High Worth Buying?
« Reply #75 on: Yesterday at 11:38:26 AM »
Moderators for the horrendous cheating happening
Removing glitches people exploit like recording, exiting game to find someone, and coming back.(Put a timer after opening AHFILM or some sort of fail safe)
Balance the game when numbers are off by changing object hardness or adding steps to cap bases
When teams have 0 players restrict base caps by the other two teams, so they entire team cant be swiped with 0 players on.
Require CV groups to be resupplied for ammo for big guns
GVs that can run out of fuel just like ammo and require resup if they do
Fix sound issues - explosions cause discos for multiple players with 88's and CV guns. sounds like drumming echoing everywhere

I know its never going to be purchased or changed so I am done with this game, but it won't be around much longer if Hitech doesn't figure something out.

Your pc sucks bruh
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Re: Is Aces High Worth Buying?
« Reply #76 on: Yesterday at 11:44:52 AM »
Your pc sucks bruh

Brand new and works just fine with other games that have much better graphics and more in game play than this dying game..so carry on "bruh.."

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Re: Is Aces High Worth Buying?
« Reply #77 on: Yesterday at 12:04:03 PM »
I'm not sure how much it costs to keep the servers on and whatever else is required to keep AH3 going but if I was making 15$ per person and it costs me 5$ per person to keep it running why bother selling? $4,000 roughly per month if there is still 400 players paying is great supplement income.

Well, because the human brain uses imagination to fill in the blanks, usually off-base. Then HT steps in with one sentence and blows it out of the water with reality. Why I shy away from things only he knows.

You’re right, why sell. HT s in retirement and has a health issue, this is not supplement, this is his income, and his life long baby.

As dar as mass cheating, total no sense. There is probably less actual cheating than most games. If any.

Many yrs ago HT had stepped into hacking. He knows how backdoors work first hand. He has experience, many programmers do not. He knows how to plug holes. Now top that with the 3D engine is proprietary, which has several advantages, you can control more hacking, among other things. Now top that again with HT is a VB c++ master in programming, hus wirk n codng is stunning with shorter faster loading.

With that knowledge, and my own experience in coding, I can assure you and everyone else, you have one of the most secure solid games out there.

Clams are caused by illusion. As Spikes states, wisely, they are almost all easily discounted. Just be calm and wait to see it done.

Its these type if accusations that make it APPEAR there is cheating. Like a newspaper, sensational story on front page, corrections on last page.

Relax, take a breath, enjoy what you have with all its outdated graphics. Because when this is gone there will never be another one with this game play, good or bad. Fly a scenario, enjoy it to the max.

Better yet, if you love it, like many do, promote it. Numbers breed numbers, the higher the number the better the game play, the longer its life and tweaking.

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Re: Is Aces High Worth Buying?
« Reply #78 on: Yesterday at 12:09:36 PM »
If you are having these problems, I'd say it is something with your machine. New means nothing if it has issues or is not up to the task. This game does not take much to run.
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« Reply #79 on: Yesterday at 12:16:01 PM »
If you are having these problems, I'd say it is something with your machine. New means nothing if it has issues or is not up to the task. This game does not take much to run.

Exactly

Ever read bug reports on games constantly updating?
I saw on sim reaching 600k in its 20 yrs. Very low bugs in comparison in AH.
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Re: Is Aces High Worth Buying?
« Reply #80 on: Yesterday at 01:16:53 PM »
If you are having these problems, I'd say it is something with your machine. New means nothing if it has issues or is not up to the task. This game does not take much to run.

It is not just myself having these issues. I ask while in game if people experience what I am in that current moment followed by people experiencing it as well. Also, I play games like Hell Let Loose with no issues ever so I am not sure its my computer but I'm not a programmer. I guess my eyes deceive me and my ears when I hear and see this issues..

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« Reply #81 on: Yesterday at 01:33:36 PM »
It is not just myself having these issues. I ask while in game if people experience what I am in that current moment followed by people experiencing it as well. Also, I play games like Hell Let Loose with no issues ever so I am not sure its my computer but I'm not a programmer. I guess my eyes deceive me and my ears when I hear and see this issues..

Best I can suggest is film it. If t can b proven s bug I have confidence HT will fix it.
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« Reply #82 on: Yesterday at 01:46:56 PM »
Best I can suggest is film it. If t can b proven s bug I have confidence HT will fix it.

My films during those times won't load and crash the AHFilm Viewer.  I don't know why or what would cause this. I recorded the CV battle issue watching guns pop after being dropped. Left game to go view it and saw that but I dont want to fill this section with those I have it in the tech support. Don't want to change the subject too much but I think it would be worth someone with a team buying. I appreciate feedback on viable options and what it may be but its not just me experiencing these things.

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« Reply #83 on: Yesterday at 02:44:34 PM »
My films during those times won't load and crash the AHFilm Viewer.  I don't know why or what would cause this. I recorded the CV battle issue watching guns pop after being dropped. Left game to go view it and saw that but I dont want to fill this section with those I have it in the tech support. Don't want to change the subject too much but I think it would be worth someone with a team buying. I appreciate feedback on viable options and what it may be but its not just me experiencing these things.

As I mentioned prior, if you are in a gun it will crash the fv. Unfortunately. Try from another pov.
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« Reply #84 on: Yesterday at 03:20:34 PM »
My films during those times won't load and crash the AHFilm Viewer.  I don't know why or what would cause this. I recorded the CV battle issue watching guns pop after being dropped. Left game to go view it and saw that but I dont want to fill this section with those I have it in the tech support. Don't want to change the subject too much but I think it would be worth someone with a team buying. I appreciate feedback on viable options and what it may be but its not just me experiencing these things.

Then post the Raw AH film files here as they appear in your file directory and if other people here can’t use them they can perhaps look at the file and see why.

In fact, you don’t have to do anything new or special but if you want something that is certain to be fresh just go take a quick video. Don’t open it or anything. Transfer the file here to the bulletin board and let someone here be the first to open it.

Instant ship gun respawn is something I’ve never heard of and all my years here. You don’t even get any points for those things anyway.

The only cheat I ever actually witnessed with my own eyes, in all that time was the unlimited ordinance Lancaster. That was wild lol and like decades ago.

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« Reply #85 on: Yesterday at 07:53:22 PM »
I Personally hope when HTC finally throws in the towel, Hitech will package the client and single server software to be sold as is with no support on steam for $60+ this would allow him to discontinue the subscription service bring down the server(s) and still make money on the game with little or no effort.
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« Reply #86 on: Today at 12:27:10 AM »
Hitech will package the client and single server software to be sold as is with no support on steam for $60+ this would allow him to discontinue the subscription service bring down the server(s) and still make money on the game with little or no effort.

That's an interesting idea.

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Re: Is Aces High Worth Buying?
« Reply #87 on: Today at 06:18:52 AM »
I Personally hope when HTC finally throws in the towel, Hitech will package the client and single server software to be sold as is with no support on steam for $60+ this would allow him to discontinue the subscription service bring down the server(s) and still make money on the game with little or no effort.

You're implying that people will pay money for a desktop game with no online interaction and be profitable?
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Re: Is Aces High Worth Buying?
« Reply #88 on: Today at 09:45:31 AM »
It is not just myself having these issues. I ask while in game if people experience what I am in that current moment followed by people experiencing it as well. Also, I play games like Hell Let Loose with no issues ever so I am not sure its my computer but I'm not a programmer. I guess my eyes deceive me and my ears when I hear and see this issues..

Different games have different engines. This means they will have different requirements.  Even a great machine with good settings for one game may not play another that well if it is not adjusted. I am not saying you are not having issues. When one has issues it can make gaming miserable. I am just saying to check some settings.
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Re: Is Aces High Worth Buying?
« Reply #89 on: Today at 11:27:12 AM »
Different games have different engines. This means they will have different requirements.  Even a great machine with good settings for one game may not play another that well if it is not adjusted. I am not saying you are not having issues. When one has issues it can make gaming miserable. I am just saying to check some settings.

What settings would you suggest? Hell Let Loose graphics and sounds are 100x more detailed it seems with no issues, so what settings are you referring to? I adjust graphic details depending on if I’m in a GV or Buffs(you will almost never see me in fighters because I suck lol) and sound settings when I’m on CVs or getting hit by 88s.