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Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: muckmaw on May 15, 2004, 08:06:24 AM
Guys...some great stuff is now live in AH2...and so far...it's great!

Now, I'm not sure about this, but I thought I read that CVs now burn when hit.

I tried to test it last night but the CV went to the bottom with one 500lb bomb....(bug).

Then I Straffed the destroyers!!! Get this...I knocked out 2 gun positions on one destroyer!!!

Totally F***** Cool!!!!

And this is the stuff I did in the first 30 minutes!!!!

Do yourself a favor, check it out.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: jetb123 on May 16, 2004, 01:00:04 AM
i would but i got a suckie computer



dell dimesion 2400 2.4ghz 128mb 32bit 3d graphics card i download ah2 i cliked on offline my comp lock uped had to reset does anybody know what kind of graphics card i need to boost my frame rates and to play ah2:confused:
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Roscoroo on May 16, 2004, 01:23:34 AM
EEEEEEEEEk !!! anouther Del demension ..... thats 2 in one day LOL.

Yea Run out and get yourself a good 128mb or better card

FX5200   is the cheap card 50-70
the FX 5600  or 5700  are 100-150

the ATI 9600 / pro are 120-150

You could get away with a 40-45 dollar GF 4 mx 440 but thats really not much improvement  and will cause more of a bottleneck .
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Cooley on May 16, 2004, 01:56:08 AM
yep, jet your just a decent vid card and a bit of RAM from being good to go, bout 150$

and if ya are worried bout puttin the card and memory in,
 just have a place like Best buy or a friend do it
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: jetb123 on May 16, 2004, 07:59:14 AM
thnx guys i will do that
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Ghosth on May 16, 2004, 08:02:45 AM
Its coming along fast and its great to see 50 up during the day in there.


Going to be tougher to sneak fields now.
A lanc  formation with perfect aim was quite a bit short of being able to kill all the city.

I think it will take a minimum of about 10 loaded F6f's to cap & kill one.

No more slip in a single A20, tiffy, 110 to knock it all down & wait for the troops.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: jodgi on May 16, 2004, 09:12:31 AM
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Originally posted by Ghosth
Going to be tougher to sneak fields now.


I wonder how this will affect the gameplay? I hope and think it will be better, but I'm a little scared it will promote hordes.
Title: Re: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 16, 2004, 10:11:33 AM
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Originally posted by muckmaw
Guys...some great stuff is now live in AH2...and so far...it's great!


Then I Straffed the destroyers!!! Get this...I knocked out 2 gun positions on one destroyer!!!

Do yourself a favor, check it out.


I think we are going to end up seeing ALOT more PT boats defending CVs LOL
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Grimm on May 16, 2004, 10:39:07 AM
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Originally posted by jetb123
i would but i got a suckie computer



dell dimesion 2400 2.4ghz 128mb 32bit 3d graphics card i download ah2 i cliked on offline my comp lock uped had to reset does anybody know what kind of graphics card i need to boost my frame rates and to play ah2:confused:


Jet,
Have you upgraded your version of Direct X to DirectX9??

I ran AH2 on my parts box yesterday
CPU:  AMD 1.1ghz
RAM: 196mb
Sound:  onboard
Video:  Gforce devasator 32mb

It worked fine and I was getting Frames around 45-55 fps.  

DX 9 is required,  and adding a stick of RAM and a better Video Card will help alot.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Lazer on May 16, 2004, 12:09:38 PM
I have HP Pavilion a305w.. what should I add to this?  I get 0 FPS in tower with AH2... :(
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: mipoikel on May 16, 2004, 12:19:40 PM
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Originally posted by Lazer
I have HP Pavilion a305w.. what should I add to this?  I get 0 FPS in tower with AH2... :(


Looks like it has not AGP slot so you may have to buy a PCI craphics adapter.

For example this: http://www.pny.com/products/verto/geForceFx/5200pci.asp (http://www.pny.com/products/verto/geForceFx/5200pci.asp)

I dont have a glue where to buy things in USA but here is something...

http://www.pny.com/whereToBuy/view.asp?prod=verto (http://www.pny.com/whereToBuy/view.asp?prod=verto)
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Soulyss on May 16, 2004, 12:36:15 PM
Yeah some of the new damage modelling and effects are really nice, I hit a P47 yesterday in the forward fuselodge, a decent hit with my .50 cals and I started him smoking.  I passed him looped up and over and came down on again, as I passed him the second time I saw that I had set his engine on fire.  I'd never seen a P47 burn for any reason prior to this. :)  

I still have a couple issues with AH2 but I must say I'm pretty excited about seeing what the future has in store.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: jetb123 on May 17, 2004, 03:59:35 PM
hey, you guy where do you thinki could get those graphics cards and how much would 128mb of extra ram cost there is a fries electronics by i live would it be there???? looks like a got a lot of lawn mowing to do this summer if i wont to play AH2:D
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: SLCR on May 17, 2004, 04:15:18 PM
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Originally posted by jetb123
hey, you guy where do you thinki could get those graphics cards and how much would 128mb of extra ram cost there is a fries electronics by i live would it be there???? looks like a got a lot of lawn mowing to do this summer if i wont to play AH2:D


Jet-
Fry's has pretty good deals every week.  I purchased my vid card there when my other card fried.  If you get the paper they always have specials in there.  But first check to see if your running DirectX9.




-SLICER
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Grimm on May 17, 2004, 04:30:33 PM
Jet,

To check your version of DirectX

Hit the Start Button,  and click Run

Type (  dxdiag  ) in the Run box and hit enter

This will bring up a window with alot of information.  It will tell you your basic system info,  but It will also tell you your version of DirectX .    Anything less than 9 and you will need to get an update.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Edbert on May 17, 2004, 08:42:02 PM
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Originally posted by SLCR
Jet-
Fry's has pretty good deals every week.  I purchased my vid card there when my other card fried.  If you get the paper they always have specials in there.  But first check to see if your running DirectX9.

You gotta look for their sales but I just bought a 9800-Pro 128 for $175 at Fry's, and it is DX9 certified.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Heretik on May 18, 2004, 02:36:50 PM
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
EEEEEEEEEk !!! anouther Del demension .....


My Dimension 4500 does just fine (60-85 frames) thank you very much. :p
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Adogg on May 19, 2004, 10:13:12 AM
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Every time you up an La7, an angel gets its wings clipped.
:rofl

man then heaven must surely be the next big market for Dr. Schols - I've clipped a lot of wings.
Title: Dell Sucks !!!
Post by: Sabre1 on May 19, 2004, 08:03:27 PM
Just hope that you don't have the Dell that has the integrated vid accelerator like I do. 9 month old computer, that won't let you turn the integrated video off, so you can add another card. The video accelerator sucks.

Dells response to my complaints about not being able to shut off the video accelerator........."we can sell you a new motherboard and processor !!!"

I love the game, but I will be out of luck when AHII becomes active.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: tatertot on May 19, 2004, 09:45:44 PM
muckmaw i tried sinking and staffing today didnt see cv burning although it was a direct hit in kis and it sank fast :D  but i did straff the criuser guns and got gun destroyed message.i dont know what the rest will be like but ive allways wanted this in ah1 so will be interesting to see completed game. far as my system i think it runs better lol i have geforcefx 5200 video card ran 73 fr in tower and 43 in fog :D
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: Citabria on May 19, 2004, 09:49:55 PM
you have to hit the radar to make the cv smoke
Title: AH2
Post by: ElGuapo1 on May 19, 2004, 10:40:32 PM
Guys I run an XP2400 on an Asus a7n8x 384 meg ddr w/ an Asus GF3 v 8200 64 meg at 1024x768 and pull 60 fps in flight at low alt.My V-Card is a dinosaur but I still get playable frames.Its all about tweakin your sys to make AH2 playable.Any questions, contact me in the MA about maximizing your system.BTW HT and Co..........WTFG on AH2 we've been waiting alongtime,and the wait was worth it.My Wife on the other hand says"*&^%$@#@ Aces High2?!?!?!?!.What AH1 wasnt good enuf?!?!?!"My Reply..........."Baby I love you".hehehe:aok
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: dedalos on May 20, 2004, 07:47:35 AM
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Originally posted by jetb123
i would but i got a suckie computer



dell dimesion 2400 2.4ghz 128mb 32bit 3d graphics card i download ah2 i cliked on offline my comp lock uped had to reset does anybody know what kind of graphics card i need to boost my frame rates and to play ah2:confused:




Hey dif computer, dif specs and I have the same prob.  It works fine online.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: slimm50 on May 20, 2004, 02:18:01 PM
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Originally posted by jetb123
i would but i got a suckie computer

Ditto.
Title: The Coolness of AH2....
Post by: slimm50 on May 20, 2004, 02:22:42 PM
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Originally posted by Grimm
I ran AH2 on my parts box yesterday
CPU:  AMD 1.1ghz
RAM: 196mb
Sound:  onboard
Video:  Gforce devasator 32mb

It worked fine and I was getting Frames around 45-55 fps.  

DX 9 is required,  and adding a stick of RAM and a better Video Card will help alot.


You have only a 32mb vid card? And it works ok? There's hope for me yet. I cancelled my account a few weeks ago, but I may resub. to play AH2...that is, if my wife will let me. (P/W'd, and proud of it:D )