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Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Kazaa on August 21, 2006, 10:49:49 AM
Is there any chance of HTC creating a modern day flight simulator/game in the forseeable future?

Gosh that would be the best :aok
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Nightshift82 on August 21, 2006, 11:05:22 AM
I'd like to see Cold War Era rather than modern IMO
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Clifra Jones on August 21, 2006, 11:14:03 AM
Based on some of HT's comments on this subject I would say that the chance is pretty slim.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: 68Ripper on August 21, 2006, 11:15:58 AM
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Originally posted by Nightshift82
I'd like to see Cold War Era rather than modern IMO




:huh

what would we do? fly around and watch the enemy? posture?
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Vudak on August 21, 2006, 11:17:03 AM
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Originally posted by 68Ripper
:huh

what would we do? fly around and watch the enemy? posture?


Korea.
Title: Re: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Shifty on August 21, 2006, 11:23:42 AM
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Originally posted by Kazaa


Gosh that would be the best :aok


Golly Beav , don't be such a goof.:aok

Your right  that would be fun.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Enduro on August 21, 2006, 11:40:21 AM
I've always been dreaming of Aces High - Vietnam.  I was so happy when Kesmai announced that they were developing AW-Vietnam before EA killed 'em.

I can't wait to strap on an F4 Phantom, catapult off a CV deck at break-neck speeds & kick some Bish arse with that big, twin-jet beast.

O, please HTC--make it happen!  :D
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: soupcan on August 21, 2006, 12:32:32 PM
radar lock on target....

missle away...

next radar blip....

lock on...

fire missle....

next...

for me personally playing a combat sim where i rarely even see the enemy

sounds like a bore. i'll stick to WW2 sims thanks.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Enduro on August 21, 2006, 12:39:40 PM
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Originally posted by soupcan
radar lock on target....

missle away...

next radar blip....

lock on...

fire missle....

next...

for me personally playing a combat sim where i rarely even see the enemy

sounds like a bore. i'll stick to WW2 sims thanks.



well, i'm not sure that Vietnam era missiles were as perfect as you describe.  but, to each his own.  

seeing your "Registered" date just now...you may be new to this community (welcome!).  many of us have been around since before Y2K.   we could use a little variety here, and HTC would be the company to do it right.

i am sure that there could be much more to the sim than the missiles, btw.  :)
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Husky01 on August 21, 2006, 01:00:39 PM
Wait a min I thought kazaa was dead!!! I killed his tiger a couple weeks ago "along with his freinds bru and hammy" and havent seen him since! but anywho kazaa m8 were u been long time no see how are things???


                  kazaa:aok
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Kazaa on August 21, 2006, 01:59:50 PM
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Originally posted by goldelks
Wait a min I thought kazaa was dead!!! I killed his tiger a couple weeks ago "along with his freinds bru and hammy" and havent seen him since! but anywho kazaa m8 were u been long time no see how are things???


                  kazaa:aok


Yeah I know, I've not been on here for like 2 weeks or so.

I've been hard at work college, got to get the skills to pay the bills mate
:D

Yeah I got totaly owned in my tiger when you done that little smoke trick.

But I seem to remember me nad bruv killed you more then a handful of times before that ;)
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Husky01 on August 21, 2006, 05:12:00 PM
1. So you like my own lil smoke trick"I thought of it my self" lol
2. Schools no fun!!
3. No dur you killed me a few times, thats ussuly happends when u spawn camp goldie couse I have to break it. lol
4. I belive I gave you and your squadmates fair warning to RTB or die, actully i belive i said, "Kazza bruv and hammy you have 3 min to return to your respetive bases or you will die."
 
          So i did warn u lol and im glad you liked me smoke trick it works quite well.

                   well Kazza


            P.S. Stay in school "insert picture of uncle sam here"
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Deth7 on August 21, 2006, 06:15:35 PM
I second the Korea motion.....................
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Rino on August 21, 2006, 07:31:14 PM
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Originally posted by 68Ripper
:huh

what would we do? fly around and watch the enemy? posture?


Vietnam
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: culero on August 21, 2006, 08:04:12 PM
MiGs must die.

culero (smokers!)
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Enduro on August 21, 2006, 09:16:27 PM
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Originally posted by Deth7
I second the Korea motion.....................


Korea has already been done.  We had a Korea theatre in Air Warrior--no one ever used it.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Jebus on August 21, 2006, 09:36:14 PM
Great I would love to be vulched by missles fired 10k away.:eek:
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: palef on August 21, 2006, 10:17:55 PM
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Originally posted by Enduro

I can't wait to strap on an F4 Phantom, catapult off a CV deck at break-neck speeds & lick some Bish arse with that big, twin-jet beast.

O, please HTC--make it happen!  :D


What the??
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Chalenge on August 21, 2006, 10:57:06 PM
I think he meant kick* but that looks really really bad dont it?

This sounds like a Falcon 4 Allied Force concept and it really is the best battlefield operations game going. You cant vultch from ten miles though because the ground reflections confuse the electronics but if you think bnz in AH is boring then the 8 versus 8 versus 8 versus 8 dogfight servers are for you! Never a moment to draw a breathe so you can never find the time to even consider getting bored even in a guns only scenario.

CBUs are the best! :aok
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Brooke on August 21, 2006, 11:16:14 PM
Air Warrior had a Korean War theater.  In my opinion:

It was dull.  Doing a 360 degree turn takes very long.  Ranges to target are very long.  Basically, everything is chasing around little dots and then having a slow-motion dogfight at extreme range.

Also, I wasn't the only one who thought it was dull -- as already mentioned, no one used the Korean War theater in Air Warrior.  It just wasn't nearly as much fun as WWII.

More-modern jets would be even worse.

The golden age of combat -- best possible mix of plane performance and dogfighting -- is, in my opinion, WWII.

Rather than any effort at other periods, I'd rather just see the effort put into the WWII aspect.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Vudak on August 22, 2006, 01:07:00 AM
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Originally posted by Brooke
Air Warrior had a Korean War theater.  In my opinion:

It was dull.  Doing a 360 degree turn takes very long.  Ranges to target are very long.  Basically, everything is chasing around little dots and then having a slow-motion dogfight at extreme range.

Also, I wasn't the only one who thought it was dull -- as already mentioned, no one used the Korean War theater in Air Warrior.  It just wasn't nearly as much fun as WWII.

More-modern jets would be even worse.

The golden age of combat -- best possible mix of plane performance and dogfighting -- is, in my opinion, WWII.

Rather than any effort at other periods, I'd rather just see the effort put into the WWII aspect.


Well, true, no one ever used the Korean War Theatre...  But, then again, what did it have over the WW2 theatres?  2 planes?  Get out some super corsairs, bearcats, etc. etc. and you might see some more interest...  

I'm all for WW2 being done to completion first (all planes possible, etc., etc.,) and will probably always favor the arena...  But it WOULD be nice to have a "last days of the prop" arena too, with maybe the F86 etc. perked.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: bozon on August 22, 2006, 01:10:40 AM
Jets are boring.
WWI might be interesting though.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Vudak on August 22, 2006, 01:20:50 AM
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Originally posted by bozon
Jets are boring.
WWI might be interesting though.


There was actually a decent following in the WW1 arena, from what I recall.  Probably a bit larger then the current one in our AvA arena.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: x0847Marine on August 22, 2006, 01:54:10 AM
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Originally posted by Enduro
I've always been dreaming of Aces High - Vietnam.  I was so happy when Kesmai announced that they were developing AW-Vietnam before EA killed 'em.

I can't wait to strap on an F4 Phantom, catapult off a CV deck at break-neck speeds & kick some Bish arse with that big, twin-jet beast.

O, please HTC--make it happen!  :D


HTC should 'AH' Wings Over Vietnam.. a must if you like F4's
(http://members.dslextreme.com/users/fanofhockey/wov/wov1.jpg)
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Enduro on August 22, 2006, 01:58:49 AM
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Originally posted by palef
What the??


Palef!!!  You sick bastage!  :rofl
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Brooke on August 22, 2006, 01:59:50 AM
The problem with WWI was the upper wing.  You have no view forward and up, which is one of the most-used views in a dogfight.  It wasn't all that fun.

In terms of popularity in Air Warrior, which had both a Korea and a WWI arena, if the main arena attendence was 100, Korea was about a 0-1, and WWI was about a 1-2.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: palef on August 22, 2006, 03:45:44 AM
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Originally posted by Enduro
Palef!!!  You sick bastage!  :rofl


Lol - took you long enough. I'm sorry (but not very much) that I've been rolling in the aisle at your expense.

Thanks for the entertainment. :aok
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Enduro on August 22, 2006, 09:45:11 AM
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Originally posted by palef
Lol - took you long enough. I'm sorry (but not very much) that I've been rolling in the aisle at your expense.

Thanks for the entertainment. :aok


One day, you will see--my revenge will be oh so sweet.  :D
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Hades55 on August 22, 2006, 10:26:29 AM
Real men fly propellers drink afgas and listen piston music ;)
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: SB on August 22, 2006, 10:53:31 AM
I'd like to see a Spanish Civil War era. Still a few bipes out there and stuff like the P-36, I-16 and such.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: 1ijac on August 22, 2006, 12:00:11 PM
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Originally posted by Enduro
Korea has already been done.  We had a Korea theatre in Air Warrior--no one ever used it.



Myself and maybe 30 others flew in there all the time enduro.  I spoke with HiTech at the convention about an arena with jets like Korea.   Right now, their focus is on getting Combat tour out to the public.  They also felt that the draw for such an arena ( Korea, Vietnam ) was not as great than the current arenas.  I'm just passing on what was said to me.  Actually, I really miss all the fighting of Sabers and Migs.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Shifty on August 22, 2006, 12:05:48 PM
I played Wings Over Vietnam on-line most of last summer.  Maybe x0847Marine can tell you too. It's hard to get a kill with an Vietnam era AIM9, or  AIM7. especially in full realism mode. The biggest complaint I had was the servers. Getting dumped leaft and right , or having your squadmates or enemies dumped constantly sucked.

If Hitech did a Vietnam era flightsim............... I'd hit It!:aok
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Yeager on August 22, 2006, 01:11:32 PM
I suspect modern aviation technology is a little bit beyond what dale and crew would want to manage and I doubt they would want to anyway considering how difficult a time they have had with combat tour...

Anyhow....Ive always believed they (HTC) could (without breaking the bank) make a couple of WW1 biplanes, a sopwith and a Dr1, and have an arena just for that and then have an F86 vs mig15 thing with an arena for just that.....they could pretty much do that with their current technology and crew and in so doing capture pretty much the entire MMOG flight sim crowd but again...based on the incredibly slow pace of the AH2 game development and Combat tour....I doubt we will see much progress on the current game let alone any new additions beyond ww2.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Shifty on August 22, 2006, 02:20:37 PM
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Originally posted by Yeager
I suspect modern aviation technology is a little bit beyond what dale and crew would want to manage and I doubt they would want to anyway considering how difficult a time they have had with combat tour...

Anyhow....Ive always believed they (HTC) could (without breaking the bank) make a couple of WW1 biplanes, a sopwith and a Dr1, and have an arena just for that and then have an F86 vs mig15 thing with an arena for just that.....they could pretty much do that with their current technology and crew and in so doing capture pretty much the entire MMOG flight sim crowd but again...based on the incredibly slow pace of the AH2 game development and Combat tour....I doubt we will see much progress on the current game let alone any new additions beyond ww2.


Dude you're so Air Warrior DOS.:D
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: culero on August 22, 2006, 07:26:57 PM
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Originally posted by 1ijac
Myself and maybe 30 others flew in there all the time enduro.  I spoke with HiTech at the convention about an arena with jets like Korea.   Right now, their focus is on getting Combat tour out to the public.  They also felt that the draw for such an arena ( Korea, Vietnam ) was not as great than the current arenas.  I'm just passing on what was said to me.  Actually, I really miss all the fighting of Sabers and Migs.


Yeah, F86 was my most favorite AW plane.

culero
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Enduro on August 22, 2006, 08:08:58 PM
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Originally posted by Shifty
Dude you're so Air Warrior DOS.:D


lol.  I was thinking the same thing when I read Yeager's post.  I thought, "Man, get out of Air Warrior mode, man!"  :D  
Yeager

But....why should HTC re-create what Kesmai had already given us years ago?!?

I honestly believe that, if a multi-player jet combat sim were done properly (like AH2 has done for the WWII crowd), people would join.  Or, better yet, those who feign disinterest today would probably try it out and discover that they actually do like it.  They'd end up flying in AH2 some nights.  Then, they'd be flying the jet combat sim on other nights.  Part of their regular "play time" smorgasbord.

1ijac,
Thanks for your input re: your discussion.  Dale just doesn't know, yet, how much he wants to build a jet combat sim, though.  ;)
If he builds it, they will come.[/b]  :D
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Phaser11 on August 22, 2006, 09:06:55 PM
Some new fighters at Muroc Dry lake bed. New super secret fighter. The new F-86 (and no it's not MS FS) hehehe

(http://muddyleg.homeip.net/f861.JPG)
(http://muddyleg.homeip.net/f862.JPG)

Phaser11
Flight test
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Squire on August 22, 2006, 09:15:53 PM
"radar lock on target....

missle away...

next radar blip....

lock on...

fire missle....

next..."


That was the promise of the missile age, but it never delivered, certainly not in the 1956-1991 period anyways.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: soupcan on August 22, 2006, 10:44:10 PM
correct me if i'm wrong but i believe the original

thread said "modern" not vietnam.

that is what i was responding to with the....

lock on... fire and forget comments.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Karnak on August 23, 2006, 02:15:29 AM
Problem is, nobody would want to fly for Vietnam.  It would just be F-4's buzzing around looking for that one guy in the MiG.  Notice how not one supportive post here is by a guy who'd fly for North Korea or Vietnam.  They all imagine being in the F-86 or F-4, but who they imagine they would fly against is beyond me.

Alternatively, it would just be F-4s fighting other F-4s if done like the AH MA.

I think either would be boring as hell.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Bruv119 on August 23, 2006, 02:17:59 AM
Goldy  you still are incorrect  you never killed me on that run.

You sat right opposite the ridge trying to creep over it but not being successful in getting a shot on me  Wareagle flanked me and got a shot in before i could swing my turret around.

Plus you must have died about  8 times before killing the others  :)


Bruv

PS:  I know kazaa has been bittin by a jet sim  but  

"Airwar Died with the Prop"
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Enduro on August 23, 2006, 02:28:08 AM
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Originally posted by Karnak
Problem is, nobody would want to fly for Vietnam.  It would just be F-4's buzzing around looking for that one guy in the MiG.  Notice how not one supportive post here is by a guy who'd fly for North Korea or Vietnam.  They all imagine being in the F-86 or F-4, but who they imagine they would fly against is beyond me.

Alternatively, it would just be F-4s fighting other F-4s if done like the AH MA.

I think either would be boring as hell.


Woh!  Hold up a sec.  AH2 has German a/c, Japanese a/c, Italian a/c and American a/c, yet NONE of us fly for any of those countries.  lol.  AH-Vietnam would have the aircraft of the era, but no one would fly for one Nation or the other (except maybe in scenarios).  

And, the fact that one a/c is less desirable than the rest doesn't seem to keep us from flying the P-40 from time-to-time, does it?  :D
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Shifty on August 23, 2006, 06:42:34 AM
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Originally posted by Karnak
Problem is, nobody would want to fly for Vietnam.  It would just be F-4's buzzing around looking for that one guy in the MiG.  Notice how not one supportive post here is by a guy who'd fly for North Korea or Vietnam.  They all imagine being in the F-86 or F-4, but who they imagine they would fly against is beyond me.

Alternatively, it would just be F-4s fighting other F-4s if done like the AH MA.

I think either would be boring as hell.


I'll usually bow to your WWII aircraft wisdom Karnak. However I can't agree with you on this one. Just based on my multiplayer experiance in Wings Over Vietnam. There were plenty of guys who flew the Mig-17, and Mig-21. They kicked prettythang.  Also don't forget there are US birds besides F4's. The F8, and F105.:)
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Karnak on August 23, 2006, 12:36:35 PM
Not one post here is oohing and ahing over anything other than the F-86 for Korea or the F-4 for Vietnam.  Not even any other American birds, let alone Russian birds.

The North Korean and Vietnamese air forces do not have any of the mystique that the Luftwaffe, or even the Imperial Japanese air forces, have.

The speeds also aren't very condusive to a MMOG as view distances are kinda short.
Title: why no modern AH?
Post by: Eagler on August 23, 2006, 12:39:38 PM
you just have to look at the name "Aces High"

how many aces (5 kills or more) were there in korea, vietnam, since?
how many aces did the countries that fought in ww2 have total?
there is your answer ..

not to mention a2a in jets is about as exciting as watching grass grow
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Rino on August 23, 2006, 02:16:26 PM
Holy Prop-snobs Batman! :lol
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: x0847Marine on August 23, 2006, 04:28:11 PM
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Originally posted by Shifty
I played Wings Over Vietnam on-line most of last summer.  Maybe x0847Marine can tell you too. It's hard to get a kill with an Vietnam era AIM9, or  AIM7. especially in full realism mode. The biggest complaint I had was the servers. Getting dumped leaft and right , or having your squadmates or enemies dumped constantly sucked.

If Hitech did a Vietnam era flightsim............... I'd hit It!:aok


Word.. WOV is a fun game, but its lacking in many areas. Love the truck busting mission where the enemy migs show up...

I think if HT et al threw some of that AH mojo code at WOV...  same planes / flight model but add AH style game play... that would be cool.
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Deth7 on August 24, 2006, 11:17:50 PM
ya but jets with air brakes are a whole nother story....i miss my mig-15....
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: Mako15 on August 25, 2006, 06:58:04 AM
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Originally posted by Karnak
Problem is, nobody would want to fly for Vietnam.  It would just be F-4's buzzing around looking for that one guy in the MiG.  Notice how not one supportive post here is by a guy who'd fly for North Korea or Vietnam.  They all imagine being in the F-86 or F-4, but who they imagine they would fly against is beyond me.

Alternatively, it would just be F-4s fighting other F-4s if done like the AH MA.

I think either would be boring as hell.


Well F that! I'd take you all on with my Mig-21! Bring it! hehe....I'd run outta fuel pretty fast tho :)
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: baron7 on September 13, 2006, 08:44:34 PM
there would be alot of people to fly north korean and veitnamese just like there is plunty of people flying bf 109s 110s c.205s and others i would fly a MiG
Title: Modern Day Aces High
Post by: baron7 on September 13, 2006, 08:44:34 PM
there would be alot of people to fly north korean and veitnamese just like there is plunty of people flying bf 109s 110s c.205s and others i would fly a MiG