We are planning to release Aces High III 3.06 Patch 8 tomorrow, Tuesday October 13.
You are free to install it now and play it in the normal arenas. Use either the patch or the full installer, your choice:
Patch (updates 3.06 Patch 7):
AHIII3607TO3608.EXE (11.4 MB)
Full installer:
AHIII3608.EXE (320 MB)
The patch only works on a 3.06 Patch 7 install. If the patch reports a failed file, run the full installer instead. Steam players will get it automatically when it goes live.
Changes in 3.06 Patch 8- Terrain selection: added a Search box, and "On this PC" and "HTC only" check boxes to shorten the list.
- Changing the terrain of a running arena with .setterr now asks you to confirm (.setterr <name> confirm).
- Fixed the film viewer playing daytime films as night. Thanks to caldera for the report.
- New players see the "Creating Your Account" video on the login screen when no login is saved.
- Faster patch downloads. The gain shows from the next patch on, since this patch is still downloaded by the old version.
- New in-game help site: the help pages moved to a new server, 30 screen pages were rewritten to match the current game, with new pictures and a larger, easier to read layout.
- New arena setting EnemyFieldPerMax (default 30%): once a country holds that share of another country's original fields it can capture no more of them (0 = off). A country can always take back its own fields. This one is already live in the arenas.
- The Voice setup page now fits on the clipboard.
- Terrain editor: this time we really fixed the clutter not aligning correctly. Trees no longer grow in the middle of the roads. Rebuild your terrain with the new editor to move them back.
- Account screens: spaces before or after an email address are now removed, an address with characters that are not allowed is refused with a message (use only letters, numbers and @ . _ + -), and the change email screen no longer cuts off a long address.
Please post anything you find in this thread.
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