It's Here! It's Finally Here!!

[MadBirdCZ]

Plane selection is nice... But FM is pretty crappy even on Full realism... BTW the P38 has dive siren there... oh well and yes FM of planes seem to be pretty similar... And on full realism the planes did not bleed much E...

And!! They DONT have P-61 there so its not worht of even looking at it anyway

[Urchin]

Whats wrong with the P38L?  I thought that was the last production P38 to see combat in WW2, wasnt it?  Furthermore, the P38 is quite competitive in the MA, in my opinion.  Its only bad quality is it isnt fast enough to run from some of the more common planes that tend to get flown in the gangbang packs (la7, dora, G-10, P51).  One on one I think it can hang with just about anything in the arena.

[AKEagle+]

One on one I think it can hang with just about anything in the arena.

Ya may wanna think about what you just said there

True, an AH P-38 in the hands of a great stick is pretty mean, but that can be said about almost any plane. I find the acceleration to be pretty slow, sortta like the non-perked F4Us.  But compare them to a LA7, YAK, G10 or a Dora?  Freakin sweet planes, and except for the G10, great rides even for a relative newbie like me.

Any plane in the gang-bang, lets hit them 5 on 1 or run MA, that dives below 10K to make a kill, is probably gonna die real quick in the MA if it doesn't have accelleration. That is what I meant by "Competative". I suppose if you have a mental "hard deck" of say 15K the P-38 may be OK, never tried that though.  It is real nice for Jabo, but I'd rather take the emasculated F4U-D.  Just a personal preference

AKEagle+

[capt. apathy]

a little over 40 minutes to d/l and 10 to decide to delete it from my harddrive

[grizz]

I haven't actually downloaded the game so I can't offer an opinion, but someone should tell 'em that the Valley of the Kings is about 500km south of the Pyramids at Giza.

[Naudet]

God what they did do the good old FA 2 view system?

FA3 is from my point (i now tried it out online) in no way competitive with AH, the whole view system is simply crap.
Dead angles everywhere when you use the numpad, the padlock view is still the best padlock ever seen in a online sim, but the view distance is the worst aspect. How can anyone do some ACM if the enemy only shows parts (wings, tail etc.) or morphs from a pixel to a real plane at a distance of 500 meters!

The planes 3D modelling is exellent.

What i wish is AH with those top 3D models of the planes, and the rest can stay as it is.
AH's view system is far far superior.

[MadBirdCZ]

Excelent 3D models? Can anyone post here the version of FA3 which is current right now (I have one but Im not sure whether its old one or not) because the planemodels and the textures are in such a low res that its noncomparable to AH... (I have build 3046)

I dont really want to download it because the size is just too much for my dial-up (AH has the point in here too because the downloads are pretty short!). And from the screenshots on their site you can tell absolutely nothing because the resolution of images after you click them to see 'larger' image is so small that there is no way to see how does it look like...

[Kweassa]

Tried and tried and tried but couldn't find a way to use AH-style "Shift Button+Hatkey" combination views. Why is it the "Up+Fwd=Up/Fwd" works when you use the keypad(5+8 = Up/Fwd), but a button on my stick set to look 'up' doesn't work with the hat keys??

 Geez..

[Sikboy]

Where's Habu? FA could really use a Cheerleader in this thread.

-Sikboy

[Naudet]

The latest build is 3.067.

The 3D Models are really looking good. Just go and checkout the screenshots part of http://fighterace.vr1.com .

[BUG_EAF322]

What's  wrong with the P38???
it's a perfect plane for AH

i think it's fixed
wtg HTC

BUG322
=Twin Engined Devils=

[Animal]

Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
What's  wrong with the P38???
it's a perfect plane for AH

i think it's fixed
wtg HTC

BUG322
=Twin Engined Devils=

You are on Tac's squad and you are not on an endless crusade to prove the P-38L is the wrongest thing on Aces High?

WTG. I also agree, my favorit plane is very well represented in AH.

[MadBirdCZ]

Originally posted by Naudet
The latest build is 3.067.

The 3D Models are really looking good. Just go and checkout the screenshots part of http://fighterace.vr1.com .

Those 'screenshots' are so freaking small that you can see nothing there although you look at the 'larger' ones!

[streakeagle]

I had trouble getting FA3 to run on my system. I discovered what the problem is:

The one aircraft I wanted to fly and kept trying to fly has some sort of problem with my system: the P-40. I can't fly either version (though I only wanted to fly the P-40B). All other US aircraft loaded correctly and flew great.

The game still has some rough edges, but it is far better than WB3 and is very competitive with AH in terms of the planeset and graphics. I don't have the time to evaluate the performance curves, but the aircraft felt pretty good compared to WB3. The cowlings are more rounded (AH octagons look really bad from some angles), but the textures seem to shiny or something. Asside from the blockiness of the models, AH aircraft still look better to me. FA3 terrain looks pretty good. But between the improved models and detailed terrain, it sure takes an fps hit with more stuttering too. The big victory for FA3 is the planeset. Plenty of variants in every nationality. Aircraft that were commonly used by more than one nationality tend to have a variant/paint scheme for each of the appropriate nationalities. Of course AH is getting there and probably has higher fidelity flight models as well.

I think AH is still the better product, but significant numbers will probably prefer the eye-candy and planeset of FA3. If these guys offer a competitive price for unlimited hours, AH is going to have genunine competition compared to WB3.

[whels]

Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
The Fighter Ace III Open Beta!!

Fighter Arcade 1 and 2 wasnt enough, now they trying a 3rd time lol.

whels