Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: BaldEagl on January 02, 2007, 10:27:43 AM
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I wish I could look at the plane-set sometimes when in flight, sort of like if I was in the hanger only on the slide out portion of the clipboard (where roster, score and other stuff comes up).
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What for?
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Originally posted by scottydawg
What for?
Planning for my next flight. Escpecially when eny is in effect and I'm more willing to try other ac and also to see perk costs when it's not. It's come up a couple of times recently where I would have liked to have seen it.
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Cool. I would also like to see in the hangar currently ENY disabled planes greyed-out...
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"I wish I could look at the plane-set sometimes when in flight"
I have no problem alt-tabbing out of Aces High, popping open a Mozilla tab, looking up the stats (http://www.hitechcreations.com/ahhelp/models/index.html), and alt-tabbing back into Aces High. My computer is an ancient 1.2ghz Duron with less than the recommended amount of memory. I do not usually do this in flight because it is risky and also because it reminds me of the "Leeroy Jenkins" video clip in which a bunch of squeaky-voiced World of Warcraft fans discuss how they are going to use their level six lawful good wand of smiting.
In theory I should be able to load up Dr Gonzo's aircraft comparison page, but that seems a little too picky. But then again, if I know that my aircraft is just slightly faster than plane X at 11.8k if both are using WEP* then I also know that, if I am shot down by plane X, it must be because the other player cheated. There is no other explanation.**
It might even be possible to record a second or two of film, alt-tab into the film viewer, play the film, and alt-tab back into Aces High, thus giving me all kinds of information on the opposition. A dedicated player would set up a second computer to record and replay from Aces High's film recorder with a short delay; it would be an interesting but very gamey hack that I have no intention of pursuing because I prefer to play for entertainment rather than to win.
* A real example, P51 vs Fw190D.
** Joke.