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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Fish323 on June 20, 2004, 01:01:32 AM
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Do you really mean to tell me that we are stuck with this? Have you seen the bug reports? Do you think it's wise to run a game that some have to rebuild thier systems for. Mass disco's, incredibly poor framerates when in combat zones with more than 5 other players, and unbelievable fuel consumption rates that make it very unlikely you'll land. Those of us who dont care about rank live for the landings, to see our names in lights. Even with drop tanks, most planes cannot return from a 2 sector flight with any time over target.
And just a quick question, why would I care how great the GV's look in a game called ACES HIGH? I know that they are a part of gameplay, but they seem to be the only thing that works halfway decent. Next are we changing the name to Panzers High? It seems to me that everybody I've asked, and I mean EVERYBODY, suffered some loss of playability in exchange for more detailed video. What made the game great was the feel of the plane, the way you could get into a rhythm, and see what was happening. Just about everyone I asked said that has been lost. The loss of performance has made it blind luck if you even tag your enemy, nevermind shoot him down.
Even with a computer gaming system specialist setting up my system, a 1.2Ghz Celeron, GeForce FX5200 128M, and 384 of RAM I get a FR of 9 in any kind of field attack situation. (yes, cable internet) I am CO of an 80+ member squad and cant even see the battle. I'm totally useless in a game that I was good at a week ago. I guess after 1 year I'm forced to buy another new computer or quit a game that was once(like 7 days ago) alot of fun for me. What was wrong with AH1 anyway? AH2 will be great when it's ready, but a quick look at the bug reports tells anyone with half a brain that it's not there yet.
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Fish you might want to delete this message while you are ahead. Your about to get the Ah2 Clan on you, And they will smash you into the groud like. "Gum on sneaker"
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I agree Fish.. (Mainly because I have no clue what jet is talking about.)
-edit- if your motherboard will support it, get rid of that celery **** CPU and add more ram. - edit-
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I second the notion.
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Now if I say something like fish said i would probably get a 1000 post saying im spamming:mad:
Also I really do agree with what fish is saying :aok
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Jay that is so right.
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While I believe that you are having the problems, I don't know that it is the game itself. I state this because I am running AH2 without a problem. I hope you can get your problems worked out. It really is a good game, though I can understand how you can feel otherwise with the problems.
Anyways, good luck with getting it sorted out.
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At least you can play Fish. my computer won't even load it. I work for a living & don't have a rich mommy & daddy to buy me an up to date today/out of date tomorrow computer. I realy wonder about people who have these fancy computers. They must not have any friends to go out drinking with.
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Originally posted by Xargos
At least you can play Fish. my computer won't even load it. I work for a living & don't have a rich mommy & daddy to buy me an up to date today/out of date tomorrow computer. I realy wonder about people who have these fancy computers. They must not have any friends to go out drinking with.
Or they are smart with their money. Or they make more money than you. Or they have others in their family that work and earn money as well. Or they save up and search for bargains. Or there are several other reasons why they have nice computers.
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hmmmmmmmmm fancy computer = no friends and parents who give you everything........ yeah that makes sense...... freaking dolt
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If it strikes a nerve it must be true.
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Originally posted by Xargos
At least you can play Fish. my computer won't even load it. I work for a living...
Hey, not just anybody can flip burgers eh? ;)
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Originally posted by Xargos
At least you can play Fish. my computer won't even load it. I work for a living & don't have a rich mommy & daddy to buy me an up to date today/out of date tomorrow computer. I realy wonder about people who have these fancy computers. They must not have any friends to go out drinking with.
What kind of job do you have? You think my mom or dad is rich? Well they arent they just know how to budget. Plus i am working for my computer. Stop buying all those cocktails and put it towards ah2 give it some months you will be there.;)
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Actually I have a two year old computer, although I've upgraded the CPU to an XP2700 that cost me $70 about a year ago. I've got a G-Force 3 video card with only 64 mb, but I've got 1.5 gigs of system memory. I get 80 fps in AH2 while cruising and around 30 fps in furballs. I run AH2 from a RAM disk so I get no "stutters" or "microfreezes" (see my thread in the bug forum on how to use a RAMdisk).
You ppl must have some Jurassic era computers; it's time to upgrade. If you can't afford to upgrade to a half decent computer ($500 perhaps) you can't expect to run newer games.
But by all means whine all you like ... it's quite entertaining.
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From reading his posts I would think Xargos works near lead paint for a living.........Hey swifty I work for a living, I have lots of friends, I go out all the time and you know what I can afford any computer I want, next time instead of being so ignorant with your posts take a second, pull together whatever brain cells you operate with and think................ oh and your still a freaking dolt
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Hes a junior member cut him some slack.
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I Work for the State of South Carolina as a Correctional Officer (Death Row) & have been for the past 5 years. Plus I have a part time job as a scuba diver cleaning boat hulls. Have you ever had a member of your family sick & tried to pay medical bills? If you did you would understand.
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Originally posted by Xargos
I Work for the State of South Carolina as a Correctional Officer (Death Row) & have been for the past 5 years. Plus I have a part time job as a scuba diver cleaning boat hulls. Have you ever had a member of your family sick & tried to pay medical bills? If you did you would understand.
If this was my situation I wouldn't post the drivel you did in the first place. :rolleyes:
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Sorry about the post guys, I'm just mad that I can't play.
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I feel for you Xargos. I've had very sick family members too (unfortunately terminal), but luckily we don't have to pay for medical care in my country (well, we pay through taxes, but everybody carries the burden rather than single families).
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Originally posted by Xargos
Sorry about the post guys, I'm just mad that I can't play.
Now that I can understand, sure hope you find a way back soon. Also pray your family is all healthy soon.
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Thank You.
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Hey Xargos, I noticed you sig line "If you are over 30 years of age, fly only for Rooks, prefer to fly LW planes (but not limited to), and want to join a small non-militant squadron. Check us out."
When are you guys online?
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"Even with a computer gaming system specialist setting up my system, a 1.2Ghz Celeron, GeForce FX5200 128M, and 384 of RAM "
And you wonder where the issue is running a current release game. :aok
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In the morning mainly. Michnix, Bopeep, Dasycutr, 1968, Spetsnaz are my squadies. but only Michnix & Cutr can play right now. The rest of use are trying to get our computers up to date. The only one I don't think will be returning is 68, but I wish him luck.
Michnix is from Germany & Spetsnaz is from Switzerland. I can't understand a thing they say but they are cool as hell.
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Morning east coast time? I've been looking for a Rook LW squad to fly with on European afternoon time, which more midday EST. I consider myself a competent 109 driver. If you could run AH1 it shouldn't cost much to upgrade your puters, less than $200. Give me your specs and I'll figure out what you need.
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Did your computer gaming specialist snicker a lot when he saw your machine specs?
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Originally posted by GScholz
Morning east coast time? I've been looking for a Rook LW squad to fly with on European afternoon time, which more midday EST. I consider myself a competent 109 driver. If you could run AH1 it shouldn't cost much to upgrade your puters, less than $200. Give me your specs and I'll figure out what you need.
Yo GS wanna start a squad?
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Where were you during the beta? Did you and your squad fly the beta at all? It wasn't there simply to test the software, it was an opportunity to test your own hardware before release of AH2. Considering that AH2 has been in development for more than a year, there was plenty of opportunity for players to get their machines ready.
I can't get over the fact that so many guys never even bothered to try the new game during the beta, especially when everyone KNEW that AH1 was short for this world.
You asked what was wrong with AH1? How about the old graphics engine for starters?
AH1 offered easy field captures. Easy fuel porking, long range pray and spray shooting and let's not forget the death laser bomber guns. There was also simple but unrealistic aircraft systems management.
AH2 makes field captures more difficult with big towns and multiple VHs at V-bases. Try as you might, you can't reduce fuel at a base below 75%. The new gunnery model makes it far more difficult to kill things. The death laser, ack-star buffs are history. And now, you actually have to manage your fuel. That means that you cannot simply fly everywhere at full throttle anymore.
What we have now is a bit more of a combat sim and a bit less of an air war arcade.
My suggestions are these:
1) Get more RAM on that machine, at least 512 meg.
2) Run your monitor at its maximum refresh rate, even if you must reduce resolution.
3) Consider a better video card.
4) Get the lastest drivers for the one you have.
5) From the pull-down menu (in video setup) set the max texture size at 256.
6) Set the sliders more towards performance.
7) Look into overclocking your CPU, and the video card (the higher end ATI cards can be overclocked with a few mouse clicks).
8) Take your squad into the TA and have them adjust their video settings until they have reached the best frame rate possible. Then, fly and practice with the new gunnery model and clipboard interface.
Finally, that Celeron machine of yours is ancient, but many of the components can be used in building a new machine. Drives, sound card, keyboard, speakers and monitor are probably good enough. You can upgrade to a fast P4 with a new motherboard for less than $500, including a new case. Look at my specs below. I took a two year old Dell 4300 and built a solid gaming machine for considerably less than $500. You can do the same and feel confident that it will be enough to play AH2 for at least 2 years without another cent being invested. I run at 85 fps away from the ground clutter, and never less than 65 fps at any time.
AH1 was obsolete. HTC needs to remain competitive and AH1 no longer offered enough promise. AH2 is a big improvement. Moreover, the few minor bugs will be quickly resolved.
My regards,
Widewing
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Originally posted by SunKing
"Even with a computer gaming system specialist setting up my system, a 1.2Ghz Celeron, GeForce FX5200 128M, and 384 of RAM "
And you wonder where the issue is running a current release game. :aok
Current is a totally relative term. With technology changing so rapidly it's hard to keep up. A year ago my system was sufficient play any game out there. With a mortgage, family and basket case pets it is hard to buy a new computer every year to stay current. Again, why fix it if it aint broke.
The issue is not my system as there are MANY others in the same boat as me. The point I was trying to make is that many of the players I've talked to think that we would have been better served if HiTech worked out the few bugs left in AH1, a game that a moderately current system runs well, rather than supply us with a new version and a plethura of new and exciting bugs to choose from in a game that only a "current" computer will run.
I'd also like to thank you all for the intelligent views rather than the bashing that I was expecting. This game will be mindblowing when it's finished, but we are definitely not there, and in my opinion not close enough that it should be our only option.
And yes, he did snicker a bit, but he did the best that he could and I am at least able to play, which is more than some people have. Is it a good marketing strategy to loose a portion of your clientel ON PURPOSE!!??
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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
Yo GS wanna start a squad?
Sure why not. You know any other players that might be interested?
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Morning Eastern standerd time. Cutr is on mainly around Midnight, but he likes to fly by himself most of the time even though he is one of the best wingmen I have ever flown with. I ordered an ATI 9600XT and am waiting for it to arrive. The rest of my system should be alright I think but it will not be "Top of the line". AH is the only game I play offline as well as on line so I can't justify spending to much money on it. I think I would be happy just getting a framerate of 15 right now...lol.
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Originally posted by GScholz
Sure why not. You know any other players that might be interested?
lol all the decent ones are already taken...
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With the 9600 you will do more than fine in the video card department. As for the rest of the machine I would recommend minimum 512 mb of memory and a 1.5+ Gig processor. Until HTC fixes the "stuttering" caused by the game loading textures from the hard drive, I suggest using RAMdisk. I've had no problems after I started using it.
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Originally posted by Fish323
Current is a totally relative term. With technology changing so rapidly it's hard to keep up. A year ago my system was sufficient play any game out there. With a mortgage, family and basket case pets it is hard to buy a new computer every year to stay current. Again, why fix it if it aint broke.
The issue is not my system as there are MANY others in the same boat as me. The point I was trying to make is that many of the players I've talked to think that we would have been better served if HiTech worked out the few bugs left in AH1, a game that a moderately current system runs well, rather than supply us with a new version and a plethura of new and exciting bugs to choose from in a game that only a "current" computer will run.
I'd also like to thank you all for the intelligent views rather than the bashing that I was expecting. This game will be mindblowing when it's finished, but we are definitely not there, and in my opinion not close enough that it should be our only option.
And yes, he did snicker a bit, but he did the best that he could and I am at least able to play, which is more than some people have. Is it a good marketing strategy to loose a portion of your clientel ON PURPOSE!!??
well my "current" computer is an old 2.2 Dell that I upgraded with a radeon 9800 pro and lots of memory - works fine and is two years old.
I upgraded to be able to play IL2 rather than AH2 but if computer gaming as a whole is your hobby, as it is for me then I do upgrade fairly frequently to stay just behind the curve required in terms of machine power.
As far as marketing strategy - perhaps the enhanced features that utilising a newer machine will create a bigger player base even if you lose some clients who have older machines?
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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
lol all the decent ones are already taken...
*lol* yeah, well we better make an impressive two man squad then, so we can attract more players.
Email me, and we'll work out the details. :)
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Well, I'm off to bed. G'night all.
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okok so what we gonna call it - no manly tough sounding names they just sound lame. historical perhaps but most of them are taken and if you are JG 27 for eg how do you go around flying a tiffie.....what about Rooks?
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Processer: x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1799Mhz
Total Physical Memory: 256MB
Available Physical Memory: 98.55MB
Total Virtual Memory: 875.59MB
Available Virtual Memory: 530.28
Gateway Windows XP home
Thats what I have right now
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Fish, whoever talked ya into that set up may be the one to blame
Tho im no expert... while reserching to build the box i have,
I found that a 1.2 Celeron pretty much sux,as does that Vid card,
and i doubt you could play any current released game too well
The other flight sim's out there req. even more then AH2 does
Good luck,and i hope ya get set up, cause i enjoy flyin with ya
AH2 is sooooooooooo much better then AH1 because of the flight model alone
Hope ya get things worked out
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I run this game with no problems on a 4-year-old 1.4 gig AMD Athlon with 640 Megs RAM, and an ATI Radeon 7200 series Video card with 64 megs of RAM. This is not a hot system. It is not a gaming system.
I hear a lot of people saying "They shouldn't release it if you can't play it on your old system". Well if that were true, then we would all have TRS80 computers with 8K of memory from Radio Shack. And the hot combat sim would be two-dimensional and look like crap. Buck up people. If you want play AHII, you are going to have to get your HomePC "II". Put that 486DX out to pasture and upgrade.
I figure, and budget, to upgrade my system about every 4 years. That is about how fast my systems become outdated due to software improvements. Face it. As programs become more graphically intensive they are going to need more computer power. SURPRISE! ! ! And from everything I have read about AHII, what we are seeing now is just the beginning of what it will become. Does it have bugs? Yes, but so did AH till the very end.
If you spent any time at all in AHII during the Beta period, you would know that the HT crew fixed bugs within a day or two of being discovered when at all possible. Can you say that about any "Out of the Box" game that you got? NO!
AHII is here to stay. It is a DARN good game. It is fun, relaxing and as intense a game as I have played in a long time. Does it require more computer than AH, Yes! Was this known a long time ago? YES! Is it worth it? IMO most defiantly.
OK, vented all my frustrations about "My system won't run this stupid game" posts.
Fish323:
Do you really mean to tell me that we are stuck with this? Have you seen the bug reports? Do you think it's wise to run a game that some have to rebuild their systems for.
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Your not stuck with it. You don't like it? You can always quit.
Have I seen the bug reports? Yes. I played the beta along with a lot of others and helped report some of the "Bugs". And 90% of the current reports are not bugs at all, but people that haven't got a clue or are unfamiliar with the new or different features of the game.
Do I think it is wise to run a game that some have to rebuild their systems for? Gee, I don't know. I guess we could always go back to the old TRS80. Why progress when you can regress? Right? My question to you is this. 10 years ago, if you had a computer then, could you run AH? The answer is NO! Did that stop them from coming up with and releasing AH? If they followed your logic we never would have flown in the first place.
OK. I'm done. Let er rip.
LTARsqrl
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Originally posted by MadSquirrel
I hear a lot of people saying "They shouldn't release it if you can't play it on your old system". Well if that were true, then we would all have TRS80 computers with 8K of memory from Radio Shack. And the hot combat sim would be two-dimensional and look like crap. Buck up people. If you want play AHII, you are going to have to get your HomePC "II". Put that 486DX out to pasture and upgrade.
I figure, and budget, to upgrade my system about every 4 years. That is about how fast my systems become outdated due to software improvements. Face it. As programs become more graphically intensive they are going to need more computer power. SURPRISE! ! !
Totally agreed....the wife and I look to upgrade every 3 years or so for her work but I always look to add at least a kik-arse vid card
Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
well my "current" computer is an old 2.2 Dell that I upgraded with a radeon 9800 pro and lots of memory - works fine and is two years old.
I upgraded to be able to play IL2 rather than AH2 but if computer gaming as a whole is your hobby, as it is for me then I do upgrade fairly frequently to stay just behind the curve required in terms of machine power.
As far as marketing strategy - perhaps the enhanced features that utilising a newer machine will create a bigger player base even if you lose some clients who have older machines?
My 18 month old Dell is a P4 2.66 512 RDRam 128MB Gef ti4600. I'm looking to upgrade the ram to 1Gb but looks like the cheapest way would be to replace the motherboard instead of looking for expensive as hell RDram...and maybe even a new ATI rad 9800 card to help with Lo-mac
Tronsky
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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
okok so what we gonna call it - no manly tough sounding names they just sound lame. historical perhaps but most of them are taken and if you are JG 27 for eg how do you go around flying a tiffie.....what about Rooks?
My Squad has no command structure. So there is no ranking. I already have a website built for squad (link below). Plus you can see our nose art under my name to left. If you wish to join just talk to one of my squadies, they all have invite privs. Or wait tell next week when I should be back on. We use channel 121 on the rook side.
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Originally posted by Fish323
Do you really mean to tell me that we are stuck with this? Have you seen the bug reports? Do you think it's wise to run a game that some have to rebuild thier systems for. Mass disco's, incredibly poor framerates when in combat zones with more than 5 other players, and unbelievable fuel consumption rates that make it very unlikely you'll land. Those of us who dont care about rank live for the landings, to see our names in lights. Even with drop tanks, most planes cannot return from a 2 sector flight with any time over target.
And just a quick question, why would I care how great the GV's look in a game called ACES HIGH? I know that they are a part of gameplay, but they seem to be the only thing that works halfway decent. Next are we changing the name to Panzers High? It seems to me that everybody I've asked, and I mean EVERYBODY, suffered some loss of playability in exchange for more detailed video. What made the game great was the feel of the plane, the way you could get into a rhythm, and see what was happening. Just about everyone I asked said that has been lost. The loss of performance has made it blind luck if you even tag your enemy, nevermind shoot him down.
Even with a computer gaming system specialist setting up my system, a 1.2Ghz Celeron, GeForce FX5200 128M, and 384 of RAM I get a FR of 9 in any kind of field attack situation. (yes, cable internet) I am CO of an 80+ member squad and cant even see the battle. I'm totally useless in a game that I was good at a week ago. I guess after 1 year I'm forced to buy another new computer or quit a game that was once(like 7 days ago) alot of fun for me. What was wrong with AH1 anyway? AH2 will be great when it's ready, but a quick look at the bug reports tells anyone with half a brain that it's not there yet.
Fish maybe I can help ya dude. I got a p3 866 with a FX5200 and im getting 30fps on deck and 60-75 3k up
GV's i get 25fps and 40 when zoomed in on target.
I installed the omega drivers and thats pretty much what did it. If you go this route COMPLETELY uninstall your current drivers first. Also I run my sliders right in the middle max texture at 1024, gound distance maxed.
Also i use enditall before playing so I dont have to many processes running in the background.
If you need any more help let me know.
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also fish alot of the bug reports arent bugs but new features or controls that people don't know about and are still getting used to.
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Xargos,
You really on D/R in SC???????
I'm the D/R Sgt in NJ (Trenton). 20 years next month.
Just curious, not your everyday job, and I rarely run into people that would admit it!
But, like Connery said in The Untouchables (or something close to that effect).
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The only issue that comes to mind that will be hard to resolve using a slower computer is ground attack. WB is the same way BTW.
I built a new box so it's not an issue for me any longer but during beta I was runnin a 1.2 AMD, 512 ram and a geforce 2 pro card. Fiddling I was able to play the game in the thirties. What's sacrificed is how close the ground objects are rendered. For ground attack, the distance objects are rendered while still having playable framerates would make it impossible.
If your a ground attack guy, I feel for ya. There is no way to tweek a low end computer to make it decent. ( if there is, I couldn't fiddle it )
I'm an air to air guy so it would have been fine for me without the new box.
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nopoop
The Blue Knights
Epox INTEL865 EP-4PDA2+
800 FBS Hypertheading
INTEL P4/3.06GHz CPU
2 x 512MB PC 3200 Ram
Western Digital SATA 80gig hard drive
7200RPM 8MB buffer
Chaintech FX5900XT Nvidia 128meg card
. OEM drivers
. Card settings: 1042x768 truecolor 85 hertz
. Image setting: Perfomance
. AA setting: 8X
. Anisotropic filtering: 4X
. Vsync on ( 85 hertz )
DirectX 9.0B
Soundblaster 512
. 3/4 acceleration
Misc DVD-RW, DVD, floppy
Antec Truepower 430watt power supply
XP Home
Ingame vidio settings:
Resolution 1024x768
Horizon, transitions, mipmaping enabled
Texture size 1024
Texture resolution 1024
Texture load per frame Unlimited
Ground detail at 2 miles
All other sliders at Maximum
Gamma 1.0
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Originally posted by harry1
Xargos,
You really on D/R in SC???????
I'm the D/R Sgt in NJ (Trenton). 20 years next month.
Just curious, not your everyday job, and I rarely run into people that would admit it!
But, like Connery said in The Untouchables (or something close to that effect).
20 years in this line of work? So that means you have done a 5 year sentence so far. Now thats a long time to spend in hell. It sucks getting to know the guys then one morning you tell them to pack their thing, so they hand you stuff to give to the other D/R inmates. Some of them I'm glad they are gone but others..... Changes you don't it?
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Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
okok so what we gonna call it - no manly tough sounding names they just sound lame. historical perhaps but most of them are taken and if you are JG 27 for eg how do you go around flying a tiffie.....what about Rooks?
Names? with you in it, let's see...
what about "The Miserable"
:lol
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Originally posted by NUKE
Names? with you in it, let's see...
what about "The Miserable"
:lol
mmm Les Miserables....does have a certain ring to it.....course the irony is that I make narrow minded little people miserable rather than being miserable myself...but what the heck, no time to be pedantic about these things.
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Originally posted by Fish323
Even with a computer gaming system specialist setting up my system, a 1.2Ghz Celeron, GeForce FX5200 128M, and 384 of RAM
First off, fire that specialist. Then go to Outpost.com (http://www.outpost.com/) and look at one of their CPU/motherboard combos. You can find some CPU/motherboard combos for under $100. You might need some RAM too if but realistically, for under $300 bucks you can have a current system.
ack-ack
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Originally posted by GScholz
Actually I have a two year old computer, although I've upgraded the CPU to an XP2700 that cost me $70 about a year ago. I've got a G-Force 3 video card with only 64 mb, but I've got 1.5 gigs of system memory. I get 80 fps in AH2 while cruising and around 30 fps in furballs. I run AH2 from a RAM disk so I get no "stutters" or "microfreezes" (see my thread in the bug forum on how to use a RAMdisk).
You ppl must have some Jurassic era computers; it's time to upgrade. If you can't afford to upgrade to a half decent computer ($500 perhaps) you can't expect to run newer games.
But by all means whine all you like ... it's quite entertaining.
Hmmm thanks Gunter...otw to find the thread on How to use Ramdisk.
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Hey Shaden, send me an email, and we'll work out the details of our new *chough* super squad *cough*. I've got an email from another Euro-time player who's interested in joining. :)
Mugzeee, here the link if you're having trouble finding the thread:
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120857
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Why won't whiners just quit? Do they have to make a scene while walking out the door?
Hey, you don't like it, you don't support it?
Fine, go quit. Been fun playing with ya.
There's never an end of generations of gamers who constantly look for better looking games, spend large sums of money to upgrade their systems, and set new standards to the gaming world.
If you can't adapt to that curve, sorry, but you go extinct. I feel sorry for this mass extinction, I really do, but dodos hardly have any place here.
So if you fell behind the curve, don't feel like to pay for an upgrade, then don't come dumping this bullshi* trash at us in General Discussions.
Mail a form of complaint to HTC and be done with it, petty people. Whining dodos are annoying the rest of the folks who did not fail to adapt.
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Originally posted by GScholz
Hey Shaden, send me an email, and we'll work out the details of our new *chough* super squad *cough*. I've got an email from another Euro-time player who's interested in joining. :)
Mugzeee, here the link if you're having trouble finding the thread:
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120857
Ok have to warn you though I'm hopeless at this squad business in 5 years and 3 games I've been in 2 squads and only lasted about a week in each of them.
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Originally posted by Xargos
Processer: x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1799Mhz
Total Physical Memory: 256MB
Available Physical Memory: 98.55MB
Total Virtual Memory: 875.59MB
Available Virtual Memory: 530.28
Gateway Windows XP home
Thats what I have right now
Get another stick of 256mb memory and with your new video card you should be fine.
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Originally posted by Kweassa
Why won't whiners just quit? Do they have to make a scene while walking out the door?
Hey, you don't like it, you don't support it?
Fine, go quit. Been fun playing with ya.
There's never an end of generations of gamers who constantly look for better looking games, spend large sums of money to upgrade their systems, and set new standards to the gaming world.
If you can't adapt to that curve, sorry, but you go extinct. I feel sorry for this mass extinction, I really do, but dodos hardly have any place here.
So if you fell behind the curve, don't feel like to pay for an upgrade, then don't come dumping this bullshi* trash at us in General Discussions.
Mail a form of complaint to HTC and be done with it, petty people. Whining dodos are annoying the rest of the folks who did not fail to adapt.
Does this look like the typing of a sociopath (or a 50 year old woman in the depths of an estrogen binge) to anyone else?
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Hey fish check out http://www.newegg.com I am getting a good system setup there.
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Originally posted by Fish323
Does this look like the typing of a sociopath (or a 50 year old woman in the depths of an estrogen binge) to anyone else?
No, but your pouting did.
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Originally posted by Kweassa
Why won't whiners just quit? Do they have to make a scene while walking out the door?
Hey, you don't like it, you don't support it?
Fine, go quit. Been fun playing with ya.
There's never an end of generations of gamers who constantly look for better looking games, spend large sums of money to upgrade their systems, and set new standards to the gaming world.
If you can't adapt to that curve, sorry, but you go extinct. I feel sorry for this mass extinction, I really do, but dodos hardly have any place here.
So if you fell behind the curve, don't feel like to pay for an upgrade, then don't come dumping this bullshi* trash at us in General Discussions.
Mail a form of complaint to HTC and be done with it, petty people. Whining dodos are annoying the rest of the folks who did not fail to adapt.
I have read the whole thread, your the only one to take offense to the subject. Perhaps you should just pass the offending threads on next time.
ZZ3
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I agree with widewing. The hardware requirements discussion was going on MONTHS before the planned AH2 deployment date, which was Q3 last year. Skuzzy made clear what would be needed. I remember his post in which he said the video card was going to be more crucial than any other components. I built my new system last Oct. - and would have built it sooner, but for moving house last summer. A lot of the guys in H/S helped me choose my mobo, CPU and vid card. AH2 works fine - 65-75fps which is adequate.
Boxed systems are bad news for gamers. They're likely to be end of product line or done down to a price. Right away you know you're going to have to throw out the video card. Far better to build your own - and you can learn how from guys on this BBS.
I whined when my P2-266 was 18 months old and was no good for WB2.6, but had to learn to accept the fact that complex games place great demands on the hardware. (would have been nice if iEN had told us though)
Anyway, sorry about how that other thread turned out - no offence intended.
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Celeron sucks for gaming, period. Actually... Celeron sucks, period.
and unbelievable fuel consumption rates that make it very unlikely you'll land.
When are people gonna learn to read up on new releases? liek 95% of the people who play AH2 still haven't learned that there is a new thing called "engine mannagement". Throttle back, lower the RPM some and see the range and flight time increase. I can usually get a range of more than 200 miles in a normal short range fighter such as the 109, no DT. That is 8 sectors. If you can't RTB from a 2 sector flight you do something wrong, specially if you have DT since the DT alone, even on full power will let you fly more then 2 sectors in almost every plane.
Sure there are bugs in AH2, all games and programs have them, give it some time, you should have seen what original AH was like in the beginning.
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When are people gonna learn to read up on new releases?
Like I said, they confuse matter of taste with matter of the game. According to some of the most infuriated responses concerning AH2, what they personally hate is to be defined as a "bug", a "unfinished game", and a "terrible product".
They hate the new gunnery, they hate the new flight model, hate the new icon system, hate the new fuel consumption, and hate everything new AH2 has brought.
Tough luck.
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Adjusting your video settings, ground clutter and such like are some of the simpler things one can do to help the game run smoother. It's running without a hitch on my computer...well actually it's my son's, but that's another story.
Some of the old hats can give you some good pointers about how to adjust settings to get the game to run smoother. Ask and listen politely. There's no need to get offensive like the guy who called me a perverted summa-ma-beach the other night when I suggested that he diddle with his gamma.
What was up widdat?
Regards, Shuckins/Leggern
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Most video cards aren't the issue I believe.
I've seen alot of folks run out and buy the latest greatest video card on the market. Take the ATIXT800, or the last NVidea card. Even the ATI 9800 range cards.
Well the only problem with these cards, is software developed will never use the full potential of what these cards will do.(well maybe in a few years) Yeah you can be the first kid on the block to have one, but you don't need it. By the time the game devolpers start programming to use the full capacity of that card - there will be newer ones out there. I think the only software that might "show-off" the cards capabilities are the "demos" included...lol
If you're going to upgrade, upgrade your processor / mobo/memory.....hell, even get a new monitor.
My monitor tops out at 60FPS at 1200x1600. Thats whats holding me back FR wise. I run Vsync on, 16x antialias, 2x anistropic.
I'm running an ATI9500 on and XP64 3200 - I get steady 40-60 Framerates at 1200x1600. when in air always 50-60.
BTW Film runs at 25-32 FPS.
I though about getting a new vid card, but I'll probably be looking at a new monitor...BTW - anyone know a good monitor that gets high refresh rates at high resolutions?
Just my 2cents