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Offline Creamo

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« Reply #15 on: May 21, 2002, 12:59:02 PM »
Dunno, maybe no one cares Super T.

Elvis never felt the need to explain himself. He just crapped himself and fell off the toilet without posting 1 :( .

Weird, eh?
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« Reply #16 on: May 21, 2002, 01:07:20 PM »
S!

Hi txmx, your handle sound familiar, did you fly in JG-3 at some point?

- Vector (former janneh)
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« Reply #17 on: May 21, 2002, 01:08:22 PM »
I took a look at WBIII not too long ago. Offline only as they didn't have a free trial at the time.

Terrain really did not look as good as some of Sundogs or Nuttz IMO. It looked slightly better than the early AH terrains.

Clouds = AH no contest. All they had was a thin haze layer. AH has a wide variety of cloud types sizes & colors.

WB3 has 4 lines going up at the corners to a box at the top. Makes me think I'm flying in a aquarium. Instant & total immersion killer. No way I could ever see one of those lines & not know I'm
flying a sim and not for real.

AH has great sky, flying near clouds at sunset or sunrise = fantastic immersion. Just like the real thing.

Hardest thing about switching from WB to AH is that you'll have to learn how to fly all over again. You can't come over here from WB and be an ace in 2 days. You need to leave your ego behind for at least a couple of months IMO.



Sounds, if someone has done the equivelent of Mitsu's sound pack for WB3 I hadn't heard of it.
For AH you have Flakbaits or Mitsu's sounds. Either of which are great.

Download & ease of installation goes to AH hands down. WB3 is 3 times the download, and 4 x as complicated with skins & all kinds of add ons to figure out.

Next iEN burned me & many others on tech support & billing issues. HTC has got the best reputation in the business. If you have a problem a single email or 1 minute phone call fixes it right the first time. I've had times where a 20 min call to iEN fixed nothing. AH wins hands down.

Last Hotseat vs Hitech dev teams. LOL Hotseat can't program himself out of a wet paper bag. Not to mention he drives away more customers than he can afford to lose. Hitech rules the Massive Online Flight Sim roost, and rightfully so.
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« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2002, 01:22:40 PM »
True SUperfly and Natedog and the rest did lots of great work on WB, however, Superfly, that works totally fades away in comparions to what you have done now, sure new technology and such today but what you've done now truly looks great, AH is still the sim with best looking wings and surfaces when you look out from the cockpit, IMO not even IL2 beats that.
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« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2002, 01:43:23 PM »
Come on you know you guys are the best!

Who else can do a vodka bottle under the seat & make it look good?

We love All you HTC employees.
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« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2002, 01:48:53 PM »
SUPERFLY you need to post more tease screenshots to bribe us :-)
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« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2002, 02:02:32 PM »
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Hardest thing about switching from WB to AH is that you'll have to learn how to fly all over again.


Also (correct if I'm wrong), unlike WB, AH don't have the hit bubble, which will make gunnery little harder than in WB. All hits are real hits, not "near hits".
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« Reply #22 on: May 21, 2002, 02:13:25 PM »
Oh... uhmm... YEAH! Superfly, post MORE SCREEN and I will say alot of nice things about you! :)
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« Reply #23 on: May 21, 2002, 02:46:52 PM »
I played Warbirds for a very long time - fought going over to Aces High  for a long long time.  Finally did(the price increase was the last straw) and it was the best thing I could have done with my online gaming time.  

It does take a while to get comfortable in Aces High.   Turn off combat trim - it is on automatically by default and it will screw you up as you are used to trimming your plane already.

In Aces HIgh you will be plesantly surprised that the owner of the game actually loves and plays the game and will talk to you.  The game is always in development, next update has several new planes coming in fact.

Try it, but don't judge it too quickly.
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Offline -txmx-

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« Reply #24 on: May 21, 2002, 03:16:51 PM »
I really appreciate all the answers!

Tjenis maniac! Så det är här du gömmer dig :D

 Vector! Sure i did fly in JG3 for a short while a long time ago
in a galaxy far... ops off track ;)

Remember alot of you guys and its sure nice to see you again!

I downloaded AH and created an account but it says i already
used up my 2 weeks (2 weeks... now that sounds like WB :D )
and that i must subscribe. This is probably because i created an
account awhile back but then i got real ill and never had a chanse
to fly :(

Again, tnx for all the replies - great community this! :)

Best regards,

// -txmx-
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« Reply #25 on: May 21, 2002, 03:24:33 PM »
I remember starting AH after WB 2.xx..

The FM was so much different that I got totally creamed in MA during my 2 weeks.

After that I spent a lot of time in H2H which was a great practising period. Still it didn't prepare me to the huge numbers and SA needed in main enviroment (mind you there were only 80 or so players usually then..)

As what goes for FM differences, I never realised the importance of E fighting untill I came to AH. In WB it felt suffice to turn&burn after initial bounce but in AH I could feel the speed better somehow and I started using E to my advantage roping people etc. In WB it felt that you could force the AOA to change a lot regardless of speed. In AH you feel the effect of speed much stronger and have to adjust your flying accordingly.
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« Reply #26 on: May 21, 2002, 03:45:59 PM »
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Originally posted by -txmx-


I downloaded AH and created an account but it says i already
used up my 2 weeks (2 weeks... now that sounds like WB :D )
and that i must subscribe. This is probably because i created an
account awhile back but then i got real ill and never had a chanse
to fly :(

Again, tnx for all the replies - great community this! :)

Best regards,

// -txmx-
Jagdgeschwader 26 "Schlageter"
Warbirds III


hey,

i would say try calling htc and asking if you could try the trial again. not sure if they'd do it but you never know :)
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« Reply #27 on: May 21, 2002, 03:51:47 PM »
Yeah and even if that won't work, visit the free H2H arenas.. The 8-player privately hosted rooms offer a great place to practise the game before subscribing for real.

Did I already mention the 8-player h2h was free? :)

After some time in h2h your nerves will get adapted to AH and you'll be wanting that MA or CT dose desperately.
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« Reply #28 on: May 21, 2002, 03:53:29 PM »
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What about the rest of us at HTC? We all worked on Warbirds too (except Aurelius). Nobody ever gives the rest of us credit.


And the HTC staff tryes for the WoW award two weeks in an row :D

D & R
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Offline Wilbus

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« Reply #29 on: May 21, 2002, 04:46:06 PM »
Call HTC or write them a Mail, explain and you might get 2 more weeks :)
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