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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Ack-Ack on July 15, 2005, 02:16:21 AM
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Can we have an option to disable skin downloads? Also when HT releases the batches of skins, can it also be made available via the download page? Reason I'm asking is that every time a skin is download while I'm online and flying, I micro warp. It's annoying for me and I'm sure also annoying for the guy I'm trying to shoot down.
ack-ack
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happens to me to ive got a cable connect.
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Personally Id rather just wait the extra time and DL all the skins while the game is loading before heading to the MA as opposed to getting them while Im playing the game. Orrr get them the same way we do with an updated version of the game.
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If for some reason you had to reinstall AH, It does not have all the skins in it, and Unless you download the skins all at once the skins will download while your in game play, here and there.
They tell you this, if you go to the download site to get the game.
of course we that have been here a few probably dont go to that site much, if at all, to read it. hehe
preload only loads the skins you have on your pc if you dont have them all, its not loading all them. You have to DL the skins from download web site, then only the very newest ones that are turned in will come to you. Ive had to reinstall few time here lately, and I tell you now theres alot of skins :eek:
but being on dialup i choose at this time to get them here and there and deal with the shutter <-- if and when it shutters.
If your here at the bb you had to pass the dl link , .. go back young man go back, you will find what your searching for,, grasshopper.....
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I don't think you understand what I'm asking for Tactic.
If you look at the download page, the last skin pack they have was from 5/25/05. It doesn't contain the latest skins and instead we're forced to download them while we are playing. This causes some of us to experience periodic lag and warping, regardless of our connection. These lags and mini-warps is not a client side connection issue but directly related to the download of these skins.
I'm asking that we be given a feature to disable the downloads while we're in game and for HT to make the new skins available on the download site for us to download and install manually if we choose so. If you want to receive the skins individually while you fly, you'll still be able to.
ack-ack
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when you log in the server checks what skins you currently have and if there's newer ones than when you were last logged on it simplly updates them before you get "in game"
Just a thought
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That'll work too.
ack-ack
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Originally posted by MOIL
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when you log in the server checks what skins you currently have and if there's newer ones than when you were last logged on it simplly updates them before you get "in game"
Just a thought
Exactly
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The other night I was flying and getting massive warpage, lockups my also my Tempy and a G2 did their impression of a hyabusa and turboed across a sector in about 3 seconds.
My vairience was off the scale
In the few seconds after this I would see skin blah blah blah has arrived.
I have some screen dumps and keep meaning to send them to HTC (They are at home so I cant do it now).
I whish I could disable the skin downloads, but I don't want to have to wait for them when I logon unless there is an option to get them later (I am on dialup and it bites)
This happened today in the SEA during an FSO at least stop the skin from downloading in the SEA as last week i crashed cause of a lock up
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Dailup here as well and when the skins are downloading lots of warps and lag. :(
Lots of firing and no hits :(
Pull the trigger and cons miniwarp just out of the way.
ETC. ETC. ETC.
My connect is not very good anyway but when skins are downloading can be really bad.
I too would prefer the OPTION of disabling skin downloads during my sim time and the ability to just go get the skins, in perhaps a zip file, from the HTC site when I'm ready.
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Yeah man that's what I thought but the skins file is 184.47 MB, that's three times the size of the game....
Don't get me wrong I want the skins just not at the sacrifice of game play.....
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Have a download button option in the tower for skins. Either that or only make them download while in the tower. That way you could walk away for a minute or two while in the tower and the skins would download. It's a pain when in flight and I sometimes notice the little hiccups as the skin comes down, usually right when I'm in the middle of some tight fighting.
-Soda
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While not a direct solution and I don't know how practicle it is for you. Someone told me (and I have tried) going to TA or DA clicking the afk button, walking away and allow them to d/l there while I'm off doing other things. While not the sulution you're looking for, it works great if you have the time/ability to do so.
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SuperDud is right,As soon as i see Skuzzy 's Light Blue type i land and log out ,log into the TA and for some reasons the skins download in under 5 minutes.
Or you could all get DSL,i didn't see any DSL customers in this thread complaining?Hmmmmmmm
Just a thought!:aok
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I would love to get DSL but it's not avialble at my location.
Go maybe 1/4 mile north and you can get it. :(
No cable here either :(
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Originally posted by Ted Strykker
Or you could all get DSL,i didn't see any DSL customers in this thread complaining?Hmmmmmmm
Just a thought!:aok
IF you think DSL and cable are availiable everywhere , you are mistaken . Typical responce from someone fortunate enuff to have broadband , they think nothing of it. 38
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ack-ack - aaahhhhh see said the blind man. So I'm a little thick sometimes :) I'm guessing that disable the other planes skins dont stop that either. ya it would be nice to have what you say, its distracting also seeing the orange text pop up! I always think its a monitor saying somethig to me for some reason, makes me look down at the most unoppertune times too.
Lets leave it alone, leave it the way it is. Then I have my excuse for dieing so much, "its not my flying , its the distraction! I tell you! text is killing me lol j/k ........... j/k about leaving it the way it is, my lousy flying is no kidding. :p
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Originally posted by Ted Strykker
SuperDud is right,As soon as i see Skuzzy 's Light Blue type i land and log out ,log into the TA and for some reasons the skins download in under 5 minutes.
Or you could all get DSL,i didn't see any DSL customers in this thread complaining?Hmmmmmmm
Just a thought!:aok
DSL has nothing to do with it. This problem effects those on broadband and on dial up. Even on a T3 connection, the game still sputters when skins download.
ack-ack
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IMO the idea of sending game ehancements during game play is just wrong - a design flaw. Its the wrong way to handle it - a hot wired way of handling something that should be well thought out (IMO). Maybe skins will be important in TOD, but I don't use skins and have them disabled. Why is the game sending them to me?
Dont take offense - I think some anti-virus programs handle updates poorly. The anti-virus program is almost as bad as a virus. The problem is no one worries about interface or transparency anymore.
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There isn't much transparancy and I see lots of what I'd term "mini-warps" or "freezes" when I get near a "new" skin? Is that the correct way to putting it? I roll in on the guy and it's like my FE doesn't have the skin and freezes my game play for a second while it "gets" the skin. I had my skins turned off for a while and now have to suffer the online downloads.
While a fix for this minor annoyance sure doesn't have to be at the top of the list it might be nice to know it's somewhere on the list. Thanks
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Ren
The Damned
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On the clip board, click on the Video option. In the video setup screen, check Pre-load Textures. This will preload all the available textures as the game starts and will stop the stutters you're getting.
ack-ack
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Ack-Ack
i'll take all the help i can get to get away from that 38. if they would d/l a little faster maybe i could get on your 6 once in a while.
JT
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Better yet, give us the option of which skins to download!
Frankly I don't need 8 skins for every plane in the set cluttering up the works.
Some like the P38 have 10 or 12 skins.
Give us a window that pops up, that puts us in control of the process.
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ack-ack, I've done both, pre-load textures and not preload textures, seems that I still get the shutters when a skin is down loaded during game play, I even tried pre load skins and not preload textures, <-- this seems to help somewhat on My pc, but the interference from the download of new skin still makes a twitch. I 'll have to do a preloaded textures and preloaded skins, see what that does. eh?
Question:
when your in the game, Where Do the new skins go to that are down loaded during game play if you have the -Preloaded skins checked? Do they go into the preloaded file somehow? and get preloaded, ( but that would not be preloaded)( thats more of a postloaded, ), ...... or do they go else where and are not preloaded until you reboot to the game? And where do they go if you dont have preload skins checked? eh? ya know what im saying?
I may be able to clairfy my question, if it isnt clear now.
I do confuse myself at times so, doing it to others seems easy,.. :p
Thanks
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The Pre-load textures option in the video setup only loads the textures you already have and will prevent the stutters you get when those textures are loaded in game. It will not stop the little lag and warps you get when you download new skins.
If you look in your AHII directory, you'll see a folder named "Skins". This where the downloaded skins go to. When you pre-load the textures, the texture files are cached into the Cache folder in the AHII directory.
ack-ack