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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: RightF00T on April 19, 2005, 04:34:22 PM
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The trees in AH have always been fishy. Now we know why. The Bish have teamed up with the Ents!!
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/770_1113946204_ahss14.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/770_1113946179_ahss13.jpg)
This happened when I blacked out.
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700 ft. above sea level. ground might have been 680 ft above sea level to start out with.
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I swear one earlier reached up and grabbed my prop. It's bs.
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They do.
They are there but you can't see them until its too late.
They dance about the terrain awaiting your plane to fly by then jump up to grab hold of it.
I hate to be the one to say it... As good as they look w/ slidders up all the way mind you, they aren't worth the agrivation.
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Just turn the clutter off ^_^
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have to say ... i'm not a fan of the shape shifting / morphing trees ethir
it's just looks wrong..... looked better before IMHO because things didn't morph when you got close .. I like the basic idea of new trees .. just don't like how they morph so suddenly
I enjoy flying very low and through trees ... this makes even single trees much harder to deal with as they change shape when you get close
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am i the only one who totally does not understand a thing about this thread?
ent's?
42 what is this whole 680 / 700 alt thing come from?
are those leaves in the screen shot?
what is going on here?
whats my name?
i feel im going crazy reading this thread LMAO
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JB73, that avatar is just not right!
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Originally posted by frank3
Just turn the clutter off ^_^
OK thats a great idea Frank. Thanks.
FYI, this isnt AH1 anymore. You cant just turn off ground clutter anymore. Which I think is a bad thing but thats besides the point.
You can however slide all the sliders to max performance. And bring in the distance slider so the stuff on the ground will show up at a much closer distsance... All that will help your frame rates.
But what it wont do is prevent you from slamming into a tree.
The only thing that will be different once you do this, is that you'll be slamming into crap that you can't see. The trees, even tho you can't see them are still there. So I turn my settings up so I can see them but they wreck my frame rate. If I turn them down I slam into them not knowing they were there a split second before.
Its a lose/lose situation as far as I'm concerned.
Like Mane said... I too like the new trees. The idea of them is great. I think there are WAY too many but they still look ok.
I think they need alot more work. I'm not into coding games so I dont know much about the work that goes into creating these things. I am very greatful to Hitech for creating a game such as Aces High. I can't imagine how much work its been. And its' looking better every single patch and update we get.
You will never get something perfect. There's always going to be glitches and bugs when it comes to programing. That I do know.
For me, on MY system after this patch, I'm getting alot more bugs and things that just aren't right.
The trees are at the top of my list for most anoying right now.
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Sorry, just pointing out a graphics bug in a recent session of AH. Every time I got to the point of blacking out those leaves would zoom out instead of the typical tunnel vision. It made it even more impossible to track a con when you have shadowed leaves in your face.
Anyone have any ideas why and how that could have happened?
EDIT: And I edited out the trees being at 700ft in my post because the point of this thread wasnt really directed towards the new trees in AH. JB42's post was starting to lean towards that.
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funny..one time i was blacking out..and instead of tunel vision..it was a HUGE cross hairs..like i was in the bombers site...
large crosshairs that zoomed in the more i blaked out..was weird..only happed once
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when i used to change vis settings in ah the blackout would sometimes change from tunnel vision-blackout to instant full black when I hit any G's
maybe similar bug?, had you just changed some vid settings.... does it happen every time you play?
sounds like an annoying bug to me .......
shape-shifting trees just feels like a bug :p
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Originally posted by Makarov9
JB73, that avatar is just not right!
ROFL JB73 that's sick!
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I had a few blackouts that looked like I took an oil hit. Streaks all over the windshield. I even checked damage to make sure their was no oil leak.
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Rightfoot, I know this probably sounds like a :eek: 'crazy' :eek: idea, but maybe posting about this in Bug Reports forum would help?
Trees are only around 120 ft. at their highest point.
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Ok you got me, this wasn't really a bug post because I had just changed vid settings I believe...went from 640x860 to 860x640 so I kind of expected some weird things to happen. Just thought this particular fluke was funny. I dont see it as a problem, but should I post in bug forum?
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Originally posted by SUPERFLY
Rightfoot, I know this probably sounds like a :eek: 'crazy' :eek: idea, but maybe posting about this in Bug Reports forum would help?
LMAO
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It couldn't hurt. ;)
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I've said it before: I think we've gotten tree crazy. We've got trees that are affecting gameplay in places that we don't need trees. I'm all for trees in areas where gvs are going to go play, but putting them all over the map just kills framerates and makes us set our sliders back so far that we can't appreciate any of the other graphic stuff that makes the game cool.
Add to that the whole suddenly appearing tree thing and you've got a real problem with the "turn the sliders down" advice.
I have no problem with improvements to the game, I think they are great, but those improvements should be implemented and used in a way that benefits the whole AH community, not only those who have screaming fast machines.
It's HTC responsibility to do the best it can to implement those changes in a way that allows the most number of players to enjoy them. In the case of the trees, I'd think the best way to do that is to show a little restraint.
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Sometimes less is more. :)
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Originally posted by Nath_____
Sometimes less is more. :)
you got that right.
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Originally posted by Morpheus
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Like Mane said... I too like the new trees. The idea of them is great. I think there are WAY too many but they still look ok.
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The trees are at the top of my list for most anoying right now.
And while we're at it, how about giving a clear zone without trees, I don't know, maybe........
FIFTY FEET OFF THE STINKING RUNWAY!!!![/i]
Love that deadstick glide, perfect approach, descent rate just right, and instead of a smiling LSO I see a tree pop up right in front of me. IN THE FLIGHT PATH.
I can buy the SeaBees putting a field in a valley with only one appraoch, because of a mountain or something. If I come in from the bad angle, well, its my bad and I'll have to pay for it. But for crying out loud, two enlisted guys with a hacksaw could do a better job keeping the approach clear.....
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Gotta love those trees that you know were designed to rip wings off. They're not right in the flight path but a little off center, just enough to take off a wing. ;)