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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: calan on February 27, 2006, 03:33:09 PM
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hi all.. AH newbie here.
Is there any way to set up AH with unlimited ammo and easy flight characteristics, so that a kiddo can just fly around offline shooting things?
thanks much!
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Welcome to Aces High.
Nope - all arenas are set for Full Realism tho you can check the "stall limiter" option box in flight setup and fly any Spitfire for some almost foolproof yank & banking.
Offline mode arena set-up values can be modified for less/more lethality in terms of buildings and drone, and the ammo load out can also be tweked up. This is accomplished by way of changing those values.
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so that a kiddo can just fly around offline shooting things?
Calan, email me at the link below, let me know what type of flying conditions you would like to have Offline, and I will send you the proper settings and how to get to them.
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Thanks ROC... email sent with subject "Forum Post"
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while I'm at it... is there an FAQ entry somewhere that explains all the acronyms you guys are using?
MA, DA etc. ... I can guess at "something arena" on these... but would be nice if there is a glossary somewhere....
:)
tks mucho
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Have great fun with that, Calan. My kid started that way, and my nephew still loves to try shooting the drones.
But it isnt jsut for the kids... leaving the ammo count high and the rest of the settings unchanged is great for your own gunnery and deflection practice. I still ahve my offline ammo at soemthing like 100x., so I dont ahve to climb out each time I go bingo.
But watch out...a couple years later, my kid turned into a teen, and he got his own AH account. His first month he had a higher hit%, higher kill per hour, and better TnB skill level than his dear old dad. After a ocuple months, he's moved on to Battelfield 2 -- but the addcition will be back, I have no doubt.
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-MA=Main Arena
-DA=Dueling arena
-TA=Training Arena
-CC or V.V=copy
pwn=own;)
WTG=way to go
are some of them :D
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Originally posted by calan
while I'm at it... is there an FAQ entry somewhere that explains all the acronyms you guys are using?
MA, DA etc. ... I can guess at "something arena" on these... but would be nice if there is a glossary somewhere....
:)
tks mucho
A great resource for this (and for lots else) is netaces.com. the site has lots of helps for starting out, including a very nice one page printable chart with all the default keyboard commands.
AS I recall, there is also a glossary of our lingo.
If there isnt, let me know and I bet we can throw one together.
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http://www.netaces.org
very good write up's on everything you need to get started. also has all the information like community and abbreviations on it
good luck, and welcome to aces high!:)
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continuing vipers list....
con= contact (as in a dot, not sure whose it is)
TnB = turn and burn, a style of fighting using angles rather than speed
BnZ = Boom and zoom, the opposite style -- also called energy fighting, where the goial is to use alt and spee dto get beter position
BRB= be right back
Lol = laugh out loud
LMAO = laughing my a** off
ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing
OTW = on the way
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[SIZE=10]OBX[/SIZE] best guy you will ever see :D
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tks simaril...
Actually, I'm having fun just trying to shoot the drones myself, but I run out of ammo after like 20 seconds... the clouds are all dead, but the drone is still flying. :lol
I've been playing the high tech modern flight sims for a few years (ADF22, Lock-on, etc.). It's a fun wake up call to forget all the BVR crap, climb into a prop plane and try to spray lead into someone.
I've got a pretty cool car/flight cockpit that I built, with air actuators and bass shakers to add some movement and stuff to PC or Playstation games. Doesn't make me any better, but it's way more fun to get shot or crash a car.
I'm anxious to figure out how to set up these offline settings for a bit more arcade-like fun for both me and my son... I'll be online eventually though. Just have to get used to analog gauges and a pipper instead of digital readouts and radar/EMCON ;)
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If your flying in the offline arena planes dont die easy. They will fly with one wing.
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calan, go to setup on clipboard. then go to settings, environment, arena settings...
there is a list of factors that you can change, including gun lehtality and ammo load.
the ammo load is planegunammomult
good luck!
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I'm sure if you respond to Rocs offer, third posting in this thread, he'll be able to show you exactly what settings need to be changed to achieve your desire.
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I'm anxious to figure out how to set up these offline settings for a bit more arcade-like fun for both me and my son... I'll be online eventually though. Just have to get used to analog gauges and a pipper instead of digital readouts and radar/EMCON
How old is your son? Mine is 10 and does pretty well in Aces High. We really enjoy flying together. Then again he was late with a book report last month so he is off the computer for a week. :D That is one good thing about getting you son hooked on Aces High, you have some thing to pull when he slacks off.
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LMAO
He's 6.. err... just turned 7.... I pull his Playstation priveledges now :lol
He's a great kid though... doesn't put up too much of a fight when it's time to clean the room or if I think he's been on a game too long. And since he's doing really well in school, I don't hassle him too much.
He started flying my old ADF22 sim when he had just turned 4. He actually learned really fast and could keep it in the air and manuver really well, although that game is really easy to fly anyway... but still... he was 4 so I was proud of him.
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Originally posted by calan
I don't hassle him too much.
LUCKY im 15 and everytime i mess up alittle byby game.:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by calan
I don't hassle him too much.
LUCKY im 15 and everytime i mess up alittle byby game.:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by calan
I don't hassle him too much.
LUCKY im 15 and everytime i mess up alittle byby game.:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by calan
I don't hassle him too much.
LUCKY im 15 and everytime i mess up alittle byby game.:rolleyes:
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Viper, ya quadruple posted...thats "messing up a little".
Bye bye game :)
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Originally posted by Shaky
Viper, ya quadruple posted...thats "messing up a little".
Bye bye game :)
There was a glitch in the posting a few minutes ago. I ended up with a double post on another thread. Maybe that's what happened to Kid Viper.
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You've got mail Calan :)
Sorry it took so long, work and all that lol
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thanks ROC!
I'll mess around with those settings and get the kiddo to make things go boom ... and see if I can start learning how to fly these things ;)
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So, that means we soon have two more vict... players? :D
Welcome to the nuthouse calan! :)
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And Calan, one hint on gunnery.....
Get up close and personal. Anything further out then 400 yards (see icon) is luck. Optimal shooting range is 150-250. (Depending on convergence).
If you need any more help, ASK :).
Also, you have a 2-week free trial. If you want to you can log into the training arena (kind of "relaxed realism" since damage is off) where youll find members of the TRainer Corps as well as helpful longtime players that can get you familiar with the game and its interface. Or just play "target drone" ;).
Welcome to Aces High Calan.
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Originally posted by Shaky
Viper, ya quadruple posted...thats "messing up a little".
Bye bye game :)
Yea that was weird it has happened to me before weird
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Originally posted by viper215
LUCKY im 15 and everytime i mess up alittle byby game.:rolleyes:
:cry OH, THE HUMANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cry
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Welcome Calan
Hope you enjoy the game and people here. Training Arena when you get your account is a great place to learn basics. Schatzi is really good to learn with as well.
Cya Up
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Calan,
Really interested in how the setup is working out for the little one.
Hope it's going well.
Like I said, when you get comfortable tweaking stuff, let me know, I'll show you some more tricks :)
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Thanks guys!
I've pretty much got the GUI figured out I think. Haven't played with a lot of the settings, but they seem straight forward enough.
I got into the TA last night and flew around for a while in the Spit9. Finally got my x45 set up the way I wanted, and got a mic hooked up.
Had a blast, even with 3 one-point crash landings in a row. :lol (Where the hell are my ILS HUD and sidescan radars when I need them?)
I'm sure I'll run into you guys soon... probably literally ... :)
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Calan if your an unlimited ammo fan visit H2H on the loadup clipboard.