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Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Citabria on June 25, 2004, 05:04:28 PM
i remember long ago AH1 origional 88mm flak code was really awsome but then it got canned for low system usage version that is the worst most unrealistic annoying thing in aces high.

there is nothing i despise in this game more than having psychic nonstop flak following me around with no lead time no bullet travel time just a countdown timer to death with the only escape being below a certain altitude.

bah.
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: jetb123 on June 25, 2004, 05:07:05 PM
Untill you stop spamming. And asking stupid questions
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Raptor on June 25, 2004, 05:08:29 PM
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Originally posted by jetb123
Untill you stop spamming. And asking stupid questions

and this coming from jet:rofl
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: jetb123 on June 25, 2004, 05:09:48 PM
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Originally posted by Raptor01
and this coming from jet:rofl
  And this is comming from you?... What a nobody
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Raptor on June 25, 2004, 05:26:48 PM
that made absolutely no sense:lol


I agree, I dislike the Lazer-Guided flak
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: doolitle on June 25, 2004, 05:28:44 PM
JetbJay..please cut the crap man....if the constant flow of post from you is an attmempt to improve your social status here..its not working infact...your doing alot more damage than what ever good you "think" you are doing...please man....just stop!.you will do us all a favor..inculding yourself..if you lay low..and only post when you have something"important" to update the AH community about.....

Srry fester...for uh...posting this on your thread
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: XtrmeJ on June 25, 2004, 05:30:12 PM
Don't be sorry Doo! This is the first time I've seen ya come out like this. :D I like this Doolitle.


:p
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: doolitle on June 25, 2004, 05:32:51 PM
XJ...help me out bro..the friggin kid spammed off my thread...he gets like 80 post easily due to his stupidity..lol..

you get those ideas on the thread yet?
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: XtrmeJ on June 25, 2004, 05:41:23 PM
Lets Go! *superman fly*
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Citabria on June 25, 2004, 05:46:33 PM
despite the jetbjay spam machine attempt to derail this thread with its usual worthless schizophrenic drivel the thread remains intact in its intent to voice dislike for the AI flak code which is very annoying and now with ah2 its AT EVERY SINGLE BASE!!!!!


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR RRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Citabria on June 25, 2004, 06:20:05 PM
seriously.

the ai 88mm and cv flak coding is not realistic and I would love to see it revisited to improve realism.
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Raptor on June 25, 2004, 06:24:30 PM
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i remember long ago AH1 origional 88mm flak code was really awsome

Please explain how it was different for those of us who have not been here long enough to know
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Citabria on June 25, 2004, 06:34:36 PM
the old code (before carrier fleets were added) computed the travel time of the rounds to target so you could evade by changing course and you would often see the shells exploding where you would have been if you didnt evade.

aparently the code for this was quite a system hog and when carriers were added this detailed ai system was abandoned for the current random cloud of black puffs that will follow you around in a fixed distance from your plane and always be there while you are in range.

now with alll this fancy new stuff there is a need for some fancy new ai flak code.
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Raptor on June 25, 2004, 06:41:43 PM
I like:aok
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: GScholz on June 25, 2004, 07:28:03 PM
http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=121034
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: doolitle on June 26, 2004, 07:53:32 AM
i can understand why fester would want change in the ack....its almost as if its following HIM..lol...I recall one day when XJ ManeTMP,Kappa,Fester ,and i had been on a sorte..Out of no where the ack starts up(the puffy kind)..and BOOM!...Fester's soon to be 12kill sortie...cutt short by lazer guided ack :)
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: DREDIOCK on June 26, 2004, 08:21:25 AM
damn, you guys must be true flak magnets if your referring to the black puffy type.
I usaually just ignore it as I fly through it as I rarely ever get hit by it let alone killed by it
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Urchin on June 26, 2004, 08:23:09 AM
I would like the puffy ack if it was the way Fester described.  It would make it more effective on big planes travelling slowly in straight lines (i.e. bombers on a bomb run), and less effective on small planes flying erraticly at various speeds (i.e. fighters in a fight).
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: hitech on June 26, 2004, 09:36:57 AM
And the flack code allready does exactly what you ask urchin.

HiTech
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: doolitle on June 26, 2004, 09:39:52 AM
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Originally posted by hitech
And the flack code allready does exactly what you ask urchin.

HiTech


And, this is the mark of a good thread..when you have awakened the sleeping beast from the bowels of his cave(hitech)
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: J_A_B on June 26, 2004, 01:16:45 PM
Yeah, I remember the old flak code.

I remember instantly dropping from 60 to 5 FPS the instant the fleet guns opened up....

The current system isn't perfect, but it's at least playable.

J_A_B
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: SLO on June 26, 2004, 01:42:10 PM
tested that very same thing Dale just mentioned....

and its true....

fly a fighter straight for a couple of sec's and boom.....
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: J_A_B on June 26, 2004, 01:56:30 PM
Having the puffy flak at every base IS probably a little excessive.


What is its rebuild time when destroyed?  

J_A_B
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Greebo on June 26, 2004, 02:23:52 PM
Although the current heavy AA is much more likely to hit if you fly straight and level it LOOKS like it follows you around no matter how you manoeuvre. With a sudden reversal you ought to see the flak exploding away behind you for a while. The current system is really irritating and ruins suspension of disbelief IMO.

I don't see why this should be an FPS killer either. The host just has to calculate a position in space where it wants to put the next flak box (where the targetted plane will be in 30 secs, or whatever). It then sends out packets to all nearby planes saying when and where it is to be centred. All the affected FEs then show the box at that position at that time. Anyone within the box may get damaged.
Title: btw this is ah2 how long will we still have ah1 flak ai code?
Post by: Paul33 on June 26, 2004, 07:15:58 PM
Yeah, it's been pissing me off too with it's "lazer" accuracy.

One time I was bombing a strat that was pretty much dug into a range of mountains when I ran out of ord. So I decided to return home and land the plane. But to return home I had to climb out over the mountains infront of me. So I gained some alt. The whole time puffy ack shooting near me.

I figured the best way to stop them from shooting me was to descend right after I flew over the top of the mountain. So I made it over and started to loose alt. Too my surprise the ack was still shooting at me! And with "lazer" accuracy. I mean, it was right next to me... So I thought to myself... Self, how is this possible? Unless the rounds are going THROUGH the mountain it's not. They would have to have the round go over the mountain and dive back down to hit me....

Maybe they have mortar ack? :lol

So I think there needs to be some fixing also.