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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: EagleEyes on September 23, 2007, 11:13:55 AM
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Ok, as some of you know i was out of Ah for 7 months, during that 7 months, i had to get a new computer. Just before i left, someone was making really really nice Ah backgrounds for the computer. If i remember right, there were corsairs and such. If anyone could tell me where i can find them again, it would be grea!!
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Joedog31
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I have those screenies, here's the corsair at dawn
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/Latrobe_2006/MajBiggles-CorsairAtDawn.jpg)
You're thinking of Major Biggles
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Here is an awesome one that I have on my desktop background!
(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa223/Skyrock67/InternetExplorerWallpaper.jpg)
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Not a screenie, but the favorite Corsair picture I have on my comp.
(http://80thfs.homestead.com/GKTdf_9558x.jpg)
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Here are some more of Biggle's work.:aok
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Turbulence.jpg)
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/RidingTheStorm.jpg)
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/mpdesktople9.jpg)
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/hfield.jpg)
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/ForkTailedDevil.jpg)
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/Ambush.jpg)
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/WhereTheEaglesSoar.jpg)
(http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x311/archywood/P-51_Wallpaper.jpg)
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i think they were mine yeah :)
most recent one:
(http://www.71sqn.co.uk/Incoming/welcome.jpg)
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ooooo, pretty
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oh, and i thought of an idea for making an AH startup pic, corsair blasting a ki84, i want to do one with more special effects, smoke, tracers hit sprites etc.
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Originally posted by Latrobe
I have those screenies, here's the corsair at dawn
(http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n101/Latrobe_2006/MajBiggles-CorsairAtDawn.jpg)
You're thinking of Major Biggles
that one is really nasty, very messy, but people are saying that they love it, so i'm thinking of re-doing it with cleaner cutting, better perspective and lighting, and adding some nice big props :D
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
i think they were mine yeah :)
most recent one:
(http://www.71sqn.co.uk/Incoming/welcome.jpg)
I was looking for that but couldn't find it :aok
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Thanks for posting those screenies Jack, I didn't have some of them.
Biggles if YOU say that corsair at dawn is sloppy then not sloppy it must look spectacular (had to spell check that word :D ).
btw I'm using "Warm Welcome" as my home computer background and the P-47 for my school computer. Very nice ones. :aok
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lol, look at it, it looks nasty! hmm, perhaps i'll try and update that one tonight.
what i really want to do is get myself a graphics tablets and actually start doing some real ART instead of just cut+paste jobs. i need to learn how to use photoshop properly too...
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Here's a link to some real warbird pictures turned into calendars for use in backgrounds. New ones each month. You can use the top navigation to find raw pictures as well.
Click. (http://www.warbirddepot.com/desktop_calendars.asp)
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Biggles, how do you get that kind of resolution out of the game? Getting ready to build a new rig..and I want AH to look like that. :)
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His looks about what mine would look like with a little photo editing. I dunno why, but I think all the components in my computer love each other or something because nobody says I should get the performance I do with these specs. :D
3.06GHz Pentium 4 Northwood Core
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
XFX GeForce 6800 unlocked to 6800GT
SATA 200GB Hard Drive
4x512 GB DDR40 PC3200 Dual Channel Corsair ValueRAM (Matching sticks)
Everything but skins preloaded (sometimes I preload them if I feel like waiting for it), full quality slider settings in-game, 4xFSAA and VSync on.
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magic, i have 2 gig of ram and a 512 mb vid card, BUT i had the same res on 1gb ram and a 128mb vid card, although the game wasn't quite as purty.
i use the ATI control panel stuff which does some really nice things.
i think i run 6X anti-aliasing, 16X advanced anisotropic filtering, high quality mipmapping etc.
BUT, the thing that gives you the high resolution is the high res graphics pack that you download seperate from the game. DL it and install, then change max tex size to 1024 in the video setting at the main menu, the game looks so much nicer.
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Biggles, Do you have any Hellcat ones?? :)
That is some AWSOME work you have done. If AHII looked like those pix it would be badArse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ONE!!1!!!
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Originally posted by RATTFINK
Biggles, Do you have any Hellcat ones?? :)
That is some AWSOME work you have done. If AHII looked like those pix it would be badArse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ONE!!1!!!
i thought doing one of a hellcat landing on a CV through the fog would be cool, but my photoshop skills just aren't up to par, and the hellcat model is too old and ugly really to be the main subject of a shot.
you may have to wait a while :(
i was thinking of doing something with a ki84 getting shot down though. i was thinking of having a corsair shooting at him, but i suppose i could make it a hellkitty :) i'll take a look. the model may be a bit too blocky to use ina shot though. i could try to 'remodel' it in the shot and smooth the edges but it's a lot of effort, and i'm not the best photoshopper around
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*cough* Spitfire 1,5,8,9,14, and 16 in formation *Cough* sorry 'bout that Biggle, I have a cold. ;)
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
the hellcat model is too old and ugly really to be the main subject of a shot.
F that, the Hellcat is one sexy plane imho
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With its massive hexagonal engine.
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Originally posted by OOZ662
With its massive hexagonal engine.
yup, rofl.
it's a sexy plane, but the 3d model is just ancient, there must only be several hundred polygons in the thing, it really needs an update, it almost looks like an obese allan key with wings.
it's an awesome plane and i love it, but atm, it's just so ugly lol
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SEXY allan key with wings :D
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
magic, i have 2 gig of ram and a 512 mb vid card, BUT i had the same res on 1gb ram and a 128mb vid card, although the game wasn't quite as purty.
i use the ATI control panel stuff which does some really nice things.
i think i run 6X anti-aliasing, 16X advanced anisotropic filtering, high quality mipmapping etc.
BUT, the thing that gives you the high resolution is the high res graphics pack that you download seperate from the game. DL it and install, then change max tex size to 1024 in the video setting at the main menu, the game looks so much nicer.
Holy crap...what a difference!. Thanks man. :)
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
i was thinking of doing something with a ki84 getting shot down though.
:furious
Do one of a Ki84 *shooting down* someone! :D
Great jobs, btw, with those wallpapers, I think I have enough now for the next 2 years.
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Not as fancy as Biggles work as it's just a snap from a film, but this is my wallpaper at the moment.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/OC38s3.jpg)
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love that shot dan, it's very nice :)
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the one with my p38G and p51 LOUIV skin are my favorites :D
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
lol, look at it, it looks nasty! hmm, perhaps i'll try and update that one tonight.
what i really want to do is get myself a graphics tablets and actually start doing some real ART instead of just cut+paste jobs. i need to learn how to use photoshop properly too...
Biggles , these are fantastic, TY for posting them, do you have them on a web page some where ?
Don
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Originally posted by Citabria
the one with my p38G and p51 LOUIV skin are my favorites :D
:D
they're GORGEOUS skins fester, i love them, that louIV skin is easily my fave skin in the game by a long way, you're a true artist.
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Originally posted by yanksfan
Biggles , these are fantastic, TY for posting them, do you have them on a web page some where ?
Don
no, perhaps i should do...
do you know of anywhere that i could do that for free, that isn't a really tacky thing like freewebs?
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
no, perhaps i should do...
do you know of anywhere that i could do that for free, that isn't a really tacky thing like freewebs?
Wow, what a really uncool thing to say.
Try google
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Some spectacular compositions there Major Biggles. WRT the Corsairs at dawn shot, you have two number 1 Corsairs. If you like I could mod my default F4U-1A skin, give it a different squadron number and post it to the AH Skins Department.
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Originally posted by yanksfan
Wow, what a really uncool thing to say.
Try google
:D
only two free sites i know of are freewebs and geocites, which both run on a kinda template system, which i really hate (as the person editing them), it doesn't give a whole load of freedom in design, and well, i have the html skills of a drunken mouse on crack...
@ greebo, if you could edit the skin, that would be really awesome, as long as it isn't a big job, cheers!
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yanks i just saw your site, lol. it looks much better than anything i ever got out of freewebs! how did you manage to put everything into it?
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
yanks i just saw your site, lol. it looks much better than anything i ever got out of freewebs! how did you manage to put everything into it?
You can use a good web page design software, and then just upload the files to the free site. I threw this together (http://www.geocities.com/allseasons24seven/) so I could show some flash animations I drew for work.
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Originally posted by The Fugitive
You can use a good web page design software, and then just upload the files to the free site. I threw this together (http://www.geocities.com/allseasons24seven/) so I could show some flash animations I drew for work.
Very cool site Fugitive.
I just used it cuase one, it's free. two , i know nothing about HTML, altho i'm working on it, and three it can be upgraded to your own .com and it does take raw HTML as it is now. I just didn't use to much HTML as I am not up to date on it.
You can alter any photo or pic from the game with adobe prolly easier then you can alter a skin, and if all you want to do is post them some where so you can use them here via a link you just need to find a site like google to post them, you don't need a web site.
Biggles,- NP, just a little taken back that i would compliment your pic's, (which are really cool) and you would call my site selection tacky. No harm no problem.
Don
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Biggles does such a greatjob on his backgrounds. He still owes me one!?!
:noid
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Originally posted by yanksfan
Biggles,- NP, just a little taken back that i would compliment your pic's, (which are really cool) and you would call my site selection tacky. No harm no problem.
Don
yeah, i only realised afterwards, but when i took a look at your site it was pretty cool. my only memory of freewebs was back when i was 13 (5 years ago), when it was starting out, and it wouldn't let you do anything but choose a template and type in text, it's come some way i see. i love the ace of aces high vids btw, did not picture lynx like that rofl!
i might give it a shot, does it accept html input now? (it didn't when i tried it)
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I've modded the Tom Blackburn VF-17 skin to represent his wingman Doug Gutenkurst's plane. The skin is available at the AH Skin Department (http://www.ah-skins.com/). I've had to put it under F4U-1 skins as there isn't a section for the 1A.
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Originally posted by Greebo
I've modded the Tom Blackburn VF-17 skin to represent his wingman Doug Gutenkurst's plane. The skin is available at the AH Skin Department (http://www.ah-skins.com/). I've had to put it under F4U-1 skins as there isn't a section for the 1A.
greebo you're a total legend, cheers mate!