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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Deth7 on December 25, 2005, 09:33:00 AM
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As last Christmas Eve and this one Hitech, turned on the "Night".
The new nightime rocks, you can see the ground, water, cloud deck as the moonlight makes everything visible. Not to mention it's a nice change from
the glaring sun. I would love to see the "Night" brought back and it would be kewl to allow missions day and night.
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night is for scenarios.
anything with detracts from the fight in MA is bad.
you would lose i guess 1/4 of the people online if they logged on and it was night.
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I don't know, was very easy to see your enemy last night during the Santa sightings, and the graphics sure were a Giant step up over the old AH night time.............
maybe with enough responses we could get hmm...maybe a say 10 or 15 to 20 minute night time to see how it all goes............if everyone complains then all HTC has to do is take night time back out........
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Why not have night time I guess. As it is, the dusk and dawn garbage seems to be longer than any of the nights we used to have. Dusk and dawn suck more than night ever did.
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Originally posted by TequilaChaser
I don't know, was very easy to see your enemy last night during the Santa sightings, and the graphics sure were a Giant step up over the old AH night time.............
maybe with enough responses we could get hmm...maybe a say 10 or 15 to 20 minute night time to see how it all goes............if everyone complains then all HTC has to do is take night time back out........
(http://www.planetstupid.com/forum/uploads/post-3-1135527381.jpg) Looks better than dusk rofl:D i can see better <-kurts SS
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just watched the santa film, if that is nighttime,I want it to be night all the time :aok
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Originally posted by Furball
night is for scenarios.
anything with detracts from the fight in MA is bad.
you would lose i guess 1/4 of the people online if they logged on and it was night.
I would be in that percentile Furby.
I already logoff at times of low light (Dusk and Dawn) I too watched the Santa Film and frankly, it strains my eyes to play in the times of dark. I have 20x20 vision still at 44 yrs old. I dont like to strain my eyes for fear that my vision would deteriorate. I have about a 3 hour window of opportunity every evening to play Aces during the week. It seems to be Dusk or Dawn almost everytime o log on after work or sometime during that
window. So i log off for about an hour or so and come back. Much mor time offline and i would have to seriously consider canceling my account, It just wouldnt be enough quality time for me to continue to pay for my subscription. HTC can make it night time if the community so desires. But I believe you are correct in you assumption.
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Holy Crap that night looks awesome...I cant believe I missed it...please post and and all screenies of night...
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I think that is Night with the gamma set pretty high. Not at default.
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The thing about night, dusk, dawn, etc., is it makes proper fighting very hard. Sure, you can see where the plane is because of the glow in the dark icons but, you can't discern its attitude or even tell whether you're looking at the top or the belly, it makes predicting moves next to impossible. In short it makes air to air combat incredibly difficult and un-fun. I do admit from a strictly eye-candy point of view it's quite neat though.
Zazen
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I agree Zazen..Its is very cool looking. It just isnt practical for me personally, what with available time to fly and all.
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Having night, even if for just 10 minutes would be really cool.. Dusk, Night, Dawn.. Imagine how many crazy NOE night misssions would be running in those 10 minutes.
I am still a newbe, but that was alot of fun last night!
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Night was too long , and about 4 times/24hours in AH1. Many players log off. But if moon is up, looks cool, and the grafic improved a lot since AH1.
I would like to have 30 min night +moonlight instead of anoying sunset/dawn.
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Its been a while since we had night. It looks pretty cool what if they can make it weekends only with Night time to see how it goes. And go from there. :D
Happy Holidays all
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Originally posted by Speed55
Having night, even if for just 10 minutes would be really cool.. Dusk, Night, Dawn.. Imagine how many crazy NOE night misssions would be running in those 10 minutes.
I am still a newbe, but that was alot of fun last night!
well...10 mins wouldnt be enough. A Mission is going to take about 20 to 30 mins. A short period or even like wax suggest (weekends) could be a happy medium i would think.
Originally posted by ghi
Night was too long , and about 4 times/24hours in AH1. Many players log off. But if moon is up, looks cool, and the gafic improved a lot since AH1.
I would like to have 30 min night +moonlight instead of anoying sunset/dawn.
as a trade off for Dusk and Dawn might also be a happy medium.
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NOE missions at night? Why not just milk run undefended bases (oh wait, that's what you just described). You can get the same effect by going offline and setting it to nighttime, too.
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Reduced light = impossible for me to judge angles/set up shots as well as normal :mad: I usually take off when it's dusk/dawn... it royally sucks. However, the light looks better during that "night time" than it does in dusk/dawn... hmm.
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I'm just tired of the sun blazing right in my eye's all the flippin' time
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Originally posted by Mugzeee
I think that is Night with the gamma set pretty high. Not at default.
No. Thats what night should be looking like.
If its any darker then that your monitor settings are either messed up or your monitor is on its way out
If your also having problems with Dusk/Dawn
Either of these two reasons it also a very high probability
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Originally posted by traps
I'm just tired of the sun blazing right in my eye's all the flippin' time
I would agree with this wholeheartedly.
Far as Im concerned is the most accurately modeled part of the game. To the point where I even get the exact same splitting headaches from it as I get from the real thing when driving my car towards the sun for too long
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Personally, I like the "darker" settings, dusk & dawn.
The sunlight is ok, however having it blaze in your eyes for hours is like looking at a guy arc welding in the garage.
What is so funny about all this is, why is it that everybody and their brother love to fill the boards with how perfectly modeled the planes should be and how historically they didn't have this or that or DID have this or that.
Yet everyone want's this picture perfect bright sunny 70-degrees outside with just a whisper of a couple small high clouds type of day. You'd think we were trying to duplicate an Ansel Adams painting or something.
Fact is, in WW2 there were just as many "overcast" "cloudy" and night time type days as there were sunny at the Bahama's type days.
My 2 cents
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please post more pictures of night from xmas eve
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Night is ok once a year, perhaps, but not as a regular thing. No fun to dogfight in. I play this game for fun, not for absolute realism (that's why I'm still alive after being shot down and "killed" several hundred times).
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Originally posted by TDeacon
Night is ok once a year, perhaps, but not as a regular thing. No fun to dogfight in. I play this game for fun, not for absolute realism (that's why I'm still alive after being shot down and "killed" several hundred times).
How bout once a week..?:aok
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night was pretty neat and everything was still very visible , but earlier stated someone said something about eyes straining to see. I didn't much have a problem with sight, having something in between dusk and dawn would be nice as I find myself flying east an west most of the time into the blaring sun (that brightness is a strain). Don't get me wrong I'm majorly into realism.
I guess my point is if we can have blaring sun 50% of the time why not night time.
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One solution to visibility of planes would be to add flames from exhaust stacks at night, and even during the real low-light level periods of dusk/dawn.
And think of this: Night means more of a reason to add nightfighters. :D
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I thought it was the coolest graphics I've ever seen in AH, and I fluff'ng HATED the old night--mebbe even shorten icons from 6k to 3k during the duration, if that is possible--little variety doesnt hurt, esPECIALLY when compared to hours-at-a-time dusk/dawn
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I miss the night and hunting BuFs with my 110.
If you think you just aren't up to fly at night and that you must log when it gets "dark" out then just adjust the gamma on your screen for Pete's sake.
I also miss the clouds that were amazingly realistic and that could be used for tactical evasion and such. It was a major loss to realism to lose those clouds. They were the most realistic looking clouds in a game that I've ever seen. Truly, a work of art.
Targets being obscured by coulds was a real factor when bombing, and hiding in and running to clouds saved my butt on many a sortie. They were a factor in the game, not just mere backdrop. I really don't know why they were discontinued. Anyway, their loss was a major bummer from my viewpoint. :(
David
formerly: straccop
formerly: tenifer
now: 96Delta
You may have noticed that I keep re-activating my account hoping that things get a little more realistic. Yet, despite my hopes the game seems to be trending more towards a simplified arcade-like experience and away from a more complex gaming model. Oh well, I guess I'm just hard to please. :rolleyes: