Am I the only one disappointed?

[Don]

>>. How did you find this stuff PB?<<

Hehe, he once flew Air Warrior, as did many currently flying AH and who had also come over from WB. Air Warrior is the undisputed Grand daddy of all online flight sims HT aka. Hi-Tech was an old air warrior from way back. He was instrumental in many of the adaptations that went to improve AW and later, War Birds. The Vfilm editor was da bomb, and much better than the film viewer that was in use in AW. HT left and went to WBz now, he created AH which is hands down much better than any combat flight sim out there.
IMO, I shudder at the thought of 1 person controlled buff drones. I don't like the idea of it but, I figure HT knows what he's doing.
For my money, I am more interested in the improvements to the server for the sim. A stable conn will be worth it's weight in ...ahem...player controlled buff drones.

[LePaul]

Originally posted by Nifty
Read the LePaul post, is he attempting to harm HTC?
I get the impression, and I could be wrong, that he feels like HTC has been wasting their time on a feature that has been asked for repeatedly (more robust film editor). Then he flat out states the AHVoice is a waste of time. However, he does concede that maybe strat fixes will be introduced that haven't been mentioned yet  

Harm?  No...I'm stating my opinion, as others are.

Nice try at Spin, though!  National Enquirier might be hiring, have you submitted a resume?  

Yes, I think the AH Voice is a waste of time .  It duplicates what I already have running.  **I** (me, myself and I) would have much rather seen them fix/patch/remedy other parts of the game.  Again, that's me.   The thread on "Whats broken in 1.08" has many good examples of areas that need attention.

As for the "more robust film editor", I think the thing folks have asked for it one that works.  Many previous versions did not, and while the current one does work, things like RATOs and things either do not show, sound or work, etc....but I don't spend a lot of time reviewing my films.  I do a lot of screenshots, and that's pretty much it.

[Don]

>>This BS just leads to doubt, complaints, and not understanding what customers are paying for. Why promote negative PR when you could be enticing them? <<

Hehe, I disagree What leads to doubt are as whimsical as the wind to many in here.
Complaints are as plentiful as grass.
I find it hard to believe a customer would pay for somethnig (anywhere) and not know what they are paying for
I cannot for the life of me recall seeing any negative PR at all. I have however, seen lots of negatives from "customers".

Which would you rather have? AI buff formations complete with extra lethal mgs and super accurate bombing capability or, a stable connection?

[Superfly]

who said anyting about giving the bombers a facelift?

[Don]

>>If I were HTC I would much rather see the community posting "Sweet! I can't wait til we get xxxxx! When will it be ready?"-type posts, <<

Oboe:
LOL! It'll never happen, leastways not in here.

Mathman:
I don't see how I can be pleasantly surprised when the company lets me know in an announcement what I can expect
I swear though, I don't know how HT and staff can put up with some of the nonsense that goes on. It seems at times that they can't please anybody. For me, I thought what they did announce was pretty good; especially regarding whats in the works to address the connection issues. The film editor sounds as if it will be a powerful tool to help those who want to improve their skills, and can be useful to squads who want to hold their own training sessions for new recruits.
Admittedly, I am not crazy about the buff drone thingy but, I guess they want to make concessions to the buffers.
The additions to the plansets makes sense too, and broadens the amount of choice people have.
But to read some of the stuff in this thread, one would get the impression that HT has yet again gone and screwed things up for folks; c nothing could be further from the truth IMO.

[hitech]

Yes, I think the AH Voice is a waste of time .  True,this is your opinion

It duplicates what I already have running. **I** (me, myself and I)

This is not an opinion but a statment of fact, and is false.

What voice do you have running that can do the following
1. List in AH whos on channel.
2. Show who is currently transmitting.
3. Have a range based channel that transmit to either friendlys in the room or people in vis range in flight.
4. Be assured that who is flying will be able to here you. I.E. no need to use 6 call you can call it via voice and be assured he will here you.
5. Does not need to be brought up externaly.
6. Can encode the voice right into films.
7. Can add the ability to do voice over instructions into films post the films being made, (think of what training films can be made).
8. Can be used to do system brodcasts to everyone.

[Raubvogel]

Originally posted by hitech

What voice do you have running that can do the following
1. List in AH whos on channel.
2. Show who is currently transmitting.
3. Have a range based channel that transmit to either friendlys in the room or people in vis range in flight.
4. Be assured that who is flying will be able to here you. I.E. no need to use 6 call you can call it via voice and be assured he will here you.
5. Does not need to be brought up externaly.
6. Can encode the voice right into films.
7. Can add the ability to do voice over instructions into films post the films being made, (think of what training films can be made).
8. Can be used to do system brodcasts to everyone.

Wooohoo! That's some good chit. I really hope we get a permanent squelch list with it.

[Karaya]

Originally posted by hitech
(think of what training films can be made).

excellent point and you beat me to the punch.

i was thinking last night about how much trouble all the Warbirds Trainers and helpers went through to produce animated ACM to be posted on the web for tutorial purposes.

5 or 6 years ago we used Macromedia Flash, version 1 methinks, and a bunch of other tools to bring ACM to life for everyone. heck, at one point a bunch of us even considered buying CAD CAM software.

people like Worr, Boa & Krod  (cant remember the other names- my apologies) spent countless hours exchanging emails and approving the final animation files.

to think that AH has that tool is mind boggling and goes to show what a little time, effort and dedication can do. having AH movies is an excellent tool for pleasure or business.

keep up the solid work HT & Co.

[batdog]

Things that make ya go hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.


xBAT


P.S. Ra Ra go team GO!

P.S.S. Personaly if they didnt have a patch for a year+ I'd still friggen play the game. HTC kicks booty.

P.S.S.S I think you need to have pictures of Yankee posted on the "cover" of your web site.

P.S.S.S.S Arent these PS thingies annoying as hell?

[hblair]

Sounds very good HT.

[MrLars]

Originally posted by SUPERFLY
who said anyting about giving the bombers a facelift?

aww...don't get yer panties in a wad Superfly...we did a pole on the net and it seems that people are symathetic to your "condition"

The results can be found here...



  http://b4ta.com/chthonic/better.asp?w1=bomber+facelift&w2=sleep+for+superfly

[Udie at Work]

Originally posted by Karaya One


excellent point and you beat me to the punch.

i was thinking last night about how much trouble all the Warbirds Trainers and helpers went through to produce animated ACM to be posted on the web for tutorial purposes.

5 or 6 years ago we used Macromedia Flash, version 1 methinks, and a bunch of other tools to bring ACM to life for everyone. heck, at one point a bunch of us even considered buying CAD CAM software.

people like Worr, Boa & Krod  (cant remember the other names- my apologies) spent countless hours exchanging emails and approving the final animation files.

to think that AH has that tool is mind boggling and goes to show what a little time, effort and dedication can do. having AH movies is an excellent tool for pleasure or business.

keep up the solid work HT & Co.

 The toughest problem I had as a WB trainer was trying to verbalize manuvers and explain what I was doing in a manner that they newb's could understand.  When I read Pyro's news about the AVI stuff this was the first thing I thought of,  didn't even know we could do voice overs too!!!!!!!  

 Crap now I'm checking everyday!!!! I haven't been this pumped up about a release since we got the a5


 Thanks HT and crew you guys truelly are the best in the genre!

[mipoikel]

You dweebs cant stay away from AH even if you are disappointed to new 1.09.

Let the battle continue....

[Tac]

My only disapointment is no green 38 . every other US fighter has a variant of itself except me purty forker!

[LePaul]

Originally posted by hitech
Yes, I think the AH Voice is a waste of time .  True,this is your opinion

It duplicates what I already have running. **I** (me, myself and I)

This is not an opinion but a statment of fact, and is false.

What voice do you have running that can do the following
1. List in AH whos on channel.
2. Show who is currently transmitting.
3. Have a range based channel that transmit to either friendlys in the room or people in vis range in flight.
4. Be assured that who is flying will be able to here you. I.E. no need to use 6 call you can call it via voice and be assured he will here you.
5. Does not need to be brought up externaly.
6. Can encode the voice right into films.
7. Can add the ability to do voice over instructions into films post the films being made, (think of what training films can be made).
8. Can be used to do system brodcasts to everyone.

Some of that sounds neat.  

While I have your attention, what about the strat?  Will number of goons to re up a devestated base be upped?  How about the AI acks, etc?  The thread I referred to (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=45098&referrerid=1831) has some really good points.  

Its noble that you defend AHVoice, but how about some of the other aspects of the game?    Can you address some of the issues raised in that thread?  Please?