Author Topic: AH vs WB3? (no flame!) (Read 857 times)

Superfly · « **Reply #30 on:** May 21, 2002, 04:51:19 PM »

I'm going for the first HTC employee to be featured in WoW.

Pei · « **Reply #31 on:** May 21, 2002, 04:59:43 PM »

SUPERFLY

Creamo was only saying that because he loves you. In fact rumour has it he has a picture of you stuck between the covers of his bedside copy of the Boys' Guide to Pursuit Aircraft.

Daff · « **Reply #32 on:** May 21, 2002, 06:21:46 PM »

"Also (correct if I'm wrong), unlike WB, AH don't have the hit bubble, which will make gunnery little harder than in WB. "

You're wrong.

Daff

Ozark · « **Reply #33 on:** May 21, 2002, 06:57:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Daff
"Also (correct if I'm wrong), unlike WB, AH don't have the hit bubble, which will make gunnery little harder than in WB. "

You're wrong.

Daff

OK… Correct him and explain please. No, really please help me find the thread about the damage model. Not a slam on my part.

MuadDib of Dune · « **Reply #34 on:** May 21, 2002, 07:41:57 PM »

Started WBs at 1.11 back in April of 97. Stayed with em until day one of AH. Never looked back.
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WBIII recently adopted a one to one bullit ratio. Not sure if they backloaded that into the old WBs2.7x.

As far as hit bubble (circa 1999) dont know. WBIII actually has had a lot of work done to improve it from initial release. I recall needing about 15 seconds on the runway for each auxiliary view to load into memory. I have upgarded the PC since then but I downgraded my connect to 33.6 so trying to DL any version of WBIII is simply not realistic. If it takes more than 8 hours Im outta the loop

I liked alot of what WBIII had to offer and stood to offer once matured but my impression of iEN was pretty bad since they became the corporation in charge. I was double billed one month and had to layout over $400 until they credited my account almost two weeks, several faxes and one dozen headaches
later......

Still, good people Im sure but HTC simply has the better product (overall) and far better customer support.

Beegerite · « **Reply #35 on:** May 21, 2002, 09:33:33 PM »

I've been in AH for a little over two years after a like amount of time in FA. I never flew WB before last week when I downloaded it when I had the very first atrocious connection problem I've ever had here. Now that I've got broadband no humongous files scare me

Anyway, guess what? I like WBs More than AH not at this time and that's primarily due to my Rook loyalty but I do see some excellent things e.g. flying in a bomber with 2 others in close formation (coming in 1.10). I like the rolling terrain and I sure like the offline practice sessions with AI planes instead of the wagon circle we have in AH. One other thing which impressed me is the altitude perspective they use.

While I'm confessing to infidelity I might as well tell you that I also downloaded FA3 and like that too. It's a zillion times better than 2.5 which drove and two other squaddies running away from the joint. There's no better furballers arena than theirs. Life expectancy is about 28 seconds.

Each and everyone of these sims has good and bad. There is no single one that I've played that meets all of my needs 'cept maybe MS Flight Simulator but they don't have any guns. I've got subs to all 3 at $9.95 and I'm still ahead of the $30 I was paying when I came into AH.

Beeg

Bcnu · « **Reply #36 on:** May 22, 2002, 02:14:57 PM »

The only people with unbiased views are not subscribed to AH *or* WB and are probably F4 dweebs trying to figure out where the afterburner is on their prop plane. That having been said:

"Hit bubble" in WB? Wasn't that AW? Maybe someone is thinking of the time HS (not to be confused with HT, tho neither of em can spell) said there's a gross check for nearness to a plane and if a round gets into that region then a fine check is made to see if it actually hits anything and if so, what. That's not the same as a hit bubble.

Flight models are remarkably similar, except for the roll inertia thing. Early AH I didn't like (was that AH1.4 where it changed?) but now it seems HT and HS both did their math separately and came up with just about the same answer.

http://agw.warbirdsiii.com/bbs/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1526

WB3 gets the edge on graphics, both speed and clarity IMO, but that's just eye candy. Definitely better on Macs hehe.

AH has larger planeset and MA strat thing and perk points, WB3 has rolling plane set and S3s and TFTs.

Whatever; for what most of the people I would call "vets" used to pay in an average week you could subscribe to both for a month.

lazs2 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 22, 2002, 02:19:33 PM »

The real difference is.... people come from WB to AH not the reverse.
lazs

Kekule · « **Reply #38 on:** May 22, 2002, 02:34:07 PM »

WB has bobn
AH has lazs

Guess both camps suffer about equally.

Kekule
WB: 18th Sentai

Wlfgng · « **Reply #39 on:** May 22, 2002, 02:34:41 PM »

man I hate agreeing with Lasz

Staga · « **Reply #40 on:** May 22, 2002, 02:55:45 PM »

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Originally posted by Kekule
WB has bobn
AH has lazs

Guess both camps suffer about equally.

Kekule
WB: 18th Sentai

WB used to had both. What went wrong?

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #41 on:** May 22, 2002, 03:11:23 PM »

Nothing went wrong, people like to upgrade thats all.

Bcnu · « **Reply #42 on:** May 22, 2002, 03:50:35 PM »

Heh, "no flames" but only snide comments galore.

WTG AH recruiting effort, insult WB pilots, that's the way to win their hearts

Cobra · « **Reply #43 on:** May 22, 2002, 04:33:32 PM »

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Originally posted by Bcnu
Heh, "no flames" but only snide comments galore.

WTG AH recruiting effort, insult WB pilots, that's the way to win their hearts

Hehe..It's wayyy too late for anyone from WB or AH to try to stake out the moral high ground on this.

Cobra

Bcnu · « **Reply #44 on:** May 22, 2002, 05:30:28 PM »

Depends on the individual; see my post above, especially the link to the agw thread I put in it.

Or go and search for me on other threads I've put here, or on agw. Go ahead and see if you can find an example of flame or trolling about one sim or another.