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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Kev367th on July 13, 2004, 12:40:20 PM
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How about some questions without reverting to flames, personal insults etc that seem to proliferate the BB.
1) Fed up with the current map?
2) Would like bigger maps back?
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
4) Or at worst a Beta
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)?
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
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1) Fed up with the current map?
No, I can't play enough to get tired of *any* map
2) Would like bigger maps back?
See #1
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
I consider AH2.0 a RC
4) Or at worst a Beta
I consider AH2.5 beta. It would be hard to argue its anything else considering a major component was completely redesigned in that patch.
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)?
Guess thats directed to HTC
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
Seems so. I mean they forgot to test the texture handling that was going to be used in the game.
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
Hope not.
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems
If its rushed it will.
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1) No...hated pizza
2) No...hated pizza (altho I did llike Oz)
3) N/A
4) Still a beta
5) Two weeks
6) Yes
7) No
8) Probably not since the hardest part was to get the code done
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Kev367th, how about you answering your own questions?
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1. No
2. Don't care
3. RC
4. See 3
5. Can't commint, haven't experienced bugs.
6. No
7. No
8. See 7.
-Sik
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Never thought of it CODO here goes.
1) To the back teeth.
2) Yup especially OzKansas and Trinity
3) Yes
4) Maybe the 2.5 patch
5) Your guess as good as mine, sooner rather than later hopefully
6) Yes, could have done with maybe 2-3 months more beta testing. Only my opinion.
7) Hope not
8) Yes if it is rushed out as AH2 was
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1) Fed up with the current map?
no
2) Would like bigger maps back?
yes
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
yes
4) Or at worst a Beta
no
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)?
As soon as they can be found and fixed. Finding out how to fix them isn't always easy, and no one is sitting on their hands here.
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
hell no
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
H-E-double-hockey-sticks, no
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
no, it'll be all new and wonderful bugs...with pinchers! :eek:
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Originally posted by SUPERFLY
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
no, it'll be all new and wonderful bugs...with pinchers! :eek:
heheheh....ssssssic 'em boy.:lol
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1) Fed up with the current map?
no, but I cant play due to my machine being porked
2) Would like bigger maps back?
I'd love to see Ozkansas back. I hate the pizza.
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version. I like it
4) Or at worst a Beta
see above
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)? wouldnt know about the bugs
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
dunno, ask Superfly
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
cant get here fast enough
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
what the hell is the problem anyway?
9) Are you wanting proper maps back in the CT?
yes i am
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Originally posted by Kev367th
How about some questions without reverting to flames, personal insults etc that seem to proliferate the BB.
1) Fed up with the current map?
2) Would like bigger maps back?
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
4) Or at worst a Beta
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)?
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
First off, the "maps" aren't the issue that's the easy part.
This is what happens when you take a game, use directX9 to throw it together, it spits out a game.
Now before everyone & their brother jumps on me and starts in on the whole "hey buddy if your so great, go program your own game" or "if you don't like it, don't let the door hit ya" type of remark, let me point a few things out.
First off, I do not want to see this game and it's community go away, die off like WB's or go broke due to lack of interest.
Secondly, I, like so many here not only love the "idea" of this game, but it's people and what it provides. If people were into "Sim flying" they'd be playing IL2 or Lomac not AH.
Third, The reason people get sooooo angry about "this game" is not entirely "the game" it's the slap in the face received from the people who developed it and it's community. I know a lot of the guys that have stood up and stated some facts {notice I said FACTS} I did not say OPINIONS, don't confuse the two. They were quickly beaten down, flamed on and told to {you know what} by the "HTC is awesome, they can do no wrong" crowd of loyal followers.
This is where it starts to break down, the BBS is chock full of evidence that the people are not happy, the game doesn't work, and will not until it is done correctly. Period!
Thats how games/game engines work. People have spent hundreds, even over a thousand dollars preparing thier systems to play a game that can be created in Dx6 or 7, only to have it run like garbage. "I spent this $$$ to get this?"
My recommendation, lets quit trying to fool each other, make excuses, point fingers or beat each other over the head to make our points.
There is no magic "right answer" we the AH community are the clients/customers. We are who signs HTC's paychecks, without "the community" HTC is just another neat idea.
I wan't this to be the biggest and best WWII online combat sim there is, with all the features we have come to enjoy and don't mind paying for.
Maybe HTC can lease a good game engine? Hire more experienced programmers? Let the community get more involved with production ? Who knows, but I have a feeling in its current state this will continue to decline.
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1 - 4, 6 & 7 = NO
5 = no bugs here
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
if you mean tards coming in here and crying about it - YES
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1.) no, fed up with 6v1 or 1v6 all the time but don;t care about the map.
2.) sure, just not Trinity, cannot take the 25K mountains.
3.) no
4.) no
5.) haven't had a CTD in weeks
6..) not at all, what was delayed was seeing 350+ players in AH2 since AH1 was left up too long.
7.) hope not, but I'll play TOD beta.
8.) N/A
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Problem I see is that in the current stage AH2 offers very little over AH1. On the other hand, it offers a good bunch of bugs, compatibility/performance problems and a very limited set of obsolete maps. If launched with many more features, current problems would have weighted less in the overal balance. Surely it will improve with time, but most people I know are rating AH2 as it is actually, not as it will be in the future.
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1) Fed up with the current map?
No, I like Air to Air combat. On small maps resets are easy enough that players can change them often enough via resets to prevent burnout. AW had the same map for years and years, AH community has map Attention Deficit Disorder from being so spoiled.
2) Would like bigger maps back?
No, I like Air to Air combat. Pizza map especially needs to be used as a cat litter box liner.
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
AH2, works fine for me, all CTD's and stutters, were problems on my end not with AH2
4) Or at worst a Beta
Any game of this type is going to be a work in progress forever, it's incredibly complex, dynamic and forever evolving
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)?
As long as it takes, if you've ever done any programming you'd be very sympathetic to the plight afflicting those involved in the debugging process, alot is trial and error
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
It was delayed a year to make sure it was as ready as possible, so no
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
Judging by the previous question I would bet not
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
Any game this complex running on an almost infinite number of platforms will have some problems, to think otherwise is naive
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1) Fed up with the current map?
Yes
2) Would like bigger maps back?
YES
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
An evolving project
4) Or at worst a Beta
B]AH2 is better then some companies final release product[/B]
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)?
There are no major bugs, a major bug would be a bug that caused loss of human life or loss of finances
[/B][/QUOTE]
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1) Fed up with the current map?
Nah...played AW on the same maps for years. The AH community has been spoiled rotten by HTC.
2) Would like bigger maps back?
Don't really care. It isn't about the maps.....
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
Don't see how this release has been any different than any of the past ones. If anything, it has been less of a problem for most.
4) Or at worst a Beta
see above...
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)?
The CTD problem will be fixed when what is causing them is found. This is not the first time there has been a problem with some people having random CTD's. It took a couple of months last time, if I remember correctly.
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
Hmm, a year behind the planned release?? I don't think so.
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
Doubt it.
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
Like SF said...all new ones :).
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1) Fed up with the current map?
No, though NDISLES isn't my favorite
2) Would like bigger maps back?
NO!!!! NO!!!! NO!!!! Our current maps are HUGE!
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
No comment, haven't had any trouble whatsoever with AH2
4) Or at worst a Beta
See above
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed?
See above
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
Far from being rushed, it was far later than initially planned
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
No opinion---I am not interested in TOD.
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
See above
J_A_B
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1) Fed up with the current map?
Not any more, I've become desensitized to hitting the same base every night. I think we should have maps with only three giant indestructible bases with 20 vh's on them and spawn points to each opposing base and a tank town in the middle of it all. The winning team owns all the bases. The team that loses it's base first, all members must join one of the other opposing teams or STFU and log.
2) Would like bigger maps back?
Why, what would be the point? Everybody hoardes now more than ever before, it's so much more difficult for a few guys to successfully take a base. The only advantage to a bigger map is that the lone porkers and HQ raiders would have further to fly and their job would be somewhat more difficult.
3) You consider AH2 at best a Release Canditate (RC) version.
Don't really understand this question, but I do know it's much more fun to play than Microsux Windows, which has been crashing on me for years now through several different releases.
4) Or at worst a Beta
I had a beta fish once.
5) How long till major bugs e.g. CTD's fixed (I know it's always my systems fault)?
I haven't really had more than a couple of CTD's, my sympathies to those that have them.
6) Was AH2 rushed out?
It'll be out in two weeks.
7) Will Tour of Duty be rushed out?
It will also be out in two weeks.
8) If so will Tour of Duty suffer from the same problems?
Err, it's essentially the same game, right? We'll know in two weeks.
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In a perfect world.