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Title: does it ever rain
Post by: 68DevilM on July 09, 2004, 09:33:21 AM

i know the answer

but why not rain???

mess with visabillity some more

Title: Re: does it ever rain
Post by: SlapShot on July 09, 2004, 10:07:40 AM

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Originally posted by 68DevilM
i know the answer

but why not rain???

mess with visabillity some more

One word .... FRAMERATES !!!!

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: Red Tail 444 on July 09, 2004, 10:37:27 AM

There will come a day where the vid cards will be so off the chain, that we'll not only have rain, duststorms, and snow  but lightening as well...or so I hope...

How long before AH4 comes out, anyway?

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: SlapShot on July 09, 2004, 10:44:34 AM

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Originally posted by Red Tail 444
There will come a day where the vid cards will be so off the chain, that we'll not only have rain, duststorms, and snow  but lightening as well...or so I hope...

How long before AH4 comes out, anyway?

Ya had to ask ... of course ... 2 weeks !!!!  ;)

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: BenDover on July 09, 2004, 03:39:22 PM

2 decades

Title: Re: Re: does it ever rain
Post by: 68DevilM on July 09, 2004, 04:32:39 PM

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Originally posted by SlapShot
One word .... FRAMERATES !!!!

all though im not impressed with my current frame rates i have been able to finnaly bump them up to the fifties so im satisfied for now

Title: Re: Re: Re: does it ever rain
Post by: SlapShot on July 09, 2004, 04:55:49 PM

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Originally posted by 68DevilM
all though im not impressed with my current frame rates i have been able to finnaly bump them up to the fifties so im satisfied for now

Well ... add rain into the mix, at this point, and you will see a slide show for sure. Do you see a reduction in framrates when bombs are dropped ? I do ... big time ... I can just imagine what rain would do.

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: 68DevilM on July 10, 2004, 12:24:49 PM

hell i see reductions when i fire my guns

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: 214thCavalier on July 10, 2004, 01:48:18 PM

To me that says sound card related.

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: 68DevilM on July 10, 2004, 09:33:58 PM

tell me more tell me more, ive tryed everything with my video

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: DipStick on July 10, 2004, 09:54:07 PM

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Originally posted by 68DevilM
tell me more tell me more, ive tryed everything with my video

You do have your 'sound acceleration' turned down to 75% right?

If not, run dxdiag > go to sound tab > and set slider to 75%.

Might help...

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: MOIL on July 11, 2004, 03:25:00 AM

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Originally posted by Red Tail 444
There will come a day where the vid cards will be so off the chain, that we'll not only have rain, duststorms, and snow  but lightening as well...or so I hope...

How long before AH4 comes out, anyway?

That day is here my friend, it is not the limitations of "today's" video cards it is the game eng/programming:p

I play many diff types of games with all sorts of weather effects, some very, very impressive. This at ungodly resolutions and awesome framerates.

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: Arlo on July 11, 2004, 10:53:07 AM

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Originally posted by MOIL
That day is here my friend, it is not the limitations of "today's" video cards it is the game eng/programming:p

I play many diff types of games with all sorts of weather effects, some very, very impressive. This at ungodly resolutions and awesome framerates.

And all online on dial-up with hundreds of other players.

Yeah ... guess that AH code/engine must really suck. ;)

Title: Rain
Post by: AWCHKRS on July 12, 2004, 07:01:54 AM

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Originally posted by MOIL
That day is here my friend, it is not the limitations of "today's" video cards it is the game eng/programming:p

I play many diff types of games with all sorts of weather effects, some very, very impressive. This at ungodly resolutions and awesome framerates.

  "So do I, play other Flight sims online , Rain isn't no big deal !! It's been raining in other Mass Arena Online WW II Flight Sim for 2 years that I know of and at high resolutions and good framerates" This was on an Earthlink dialup connection ....... that I was stuck with ( Untill 3 months ago , now hooked thru AVRadioNet, ( Wireless @ T1 ) .......
 
   Regards

 CHECKERS

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: Dux on July 12, 2004, 04:45:24 PM

Actually, rain shouldn't be that hard to pull off. In real life, you don't see the actual droplets in the air until it hits your windscreen... unless it's really pouring, and then it's a moot point because you wouldn't be flying then anyway.

You could make the rain effect by an animated graphic on the windshield... which we have now in the form of oil and blood... and you could make the reduced visibility by using a thick grey fog... which we now can do in AH2.

Apache/Havoc -> Comanche/Hokum did this exact effect really well, and those games are 3-4 years old.

I think the biggest problem is that people would whine and log off, for the same reason they do at nighttime.

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: 68DevilM on July 13, 2004, 04:07:25 PM

yeah and then mabey because we had rain they'd give us wipers so we could also solve the problem of oil on your windscreen

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: Arlo on July 13, 2004, 07:01:54 PM

(http://jollyrogers.info/CAG44/ahhhmuchbetter.jpg)

Title: does it ever rain
Post by: 68DevilM on July 13, 2004, 07:48:46 PM

yeah right? what plane has wiper in here!!!

but good point:)

mabey we could op for the custom wiper fluid too:lol