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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: balmy on January 09, 2008, 09:06:51 PM
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Ok, Ok...I'm beginning to feel like that Japanese soldier isolated on a remote island who didn't know the war was over.
My wife kicked me off of WII flight sims 8 years ago. I am trying to get back into it under her nose. What happened to AW? And where did all my flight comrads go? Warbirds or Aces High? I signed up into Warbirds two days ago and chatted on the radio. I only got one response from, WildBil, someone who had played AW before.
My CH sticks and throttle and peddles are out of date, need usb connectors now. Looking for definitive answers if a should get back into this. I enjoyed full realism on AW, does Aces high have this? And more to the point, where did most of the full realism players from AW go? and why? Aces High vs Warbirds.
Thank you,
Tom (Balmy)
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I came from AW after the 99 convention when +Moss turned me on to AH beta and have been here ever since. Many of the AW guys started to trickle over and most of the rest came when AW finally folded. I know that many WB folks made the migration as well as long with a suprising number from fighter ace (a game I never played)...
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Welcome :)
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Welcome to hell for dweebs, Balmy. This might help.
Any old Air Warriors out there? (http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128754)
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Balmy, you'll find most all the old sticks from AW here in AH.
You may find this thread interesting... http://forums.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210117
There are others too. I remember some time ago even Moggy popped in a couple of times :)
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As long as you master the Head-On Shot you will be fine here. Welcome back!
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8 years? that's some serious wife-ack! :confused:
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The short story...
Many of the old Air Warrior crew moved over to Aces High back in 2002 when the plug was pulled on AW.
Yes, AH is full realism.
Warbirds? So far as I can tell it's an online ghost town. A few primary squads from WB moved over to AH not too long ago. WildBill is the CEO of IEN. Too funny that he's the only one who gave you a response...maybe he's the only one left there.
FYI, Hitech & Pyro, the primary developers behind Aces High, were the ones who developed Warbirds.
By and large, Aces High is the most recognized and most viable WW2 air combat flight sim on the planet right now.
Welcome aboard!
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Were you Az Bz or Cz?? ....AH is a lot like AW... i was Bz (cpid ABDC/still is) from old aol/gamestorm days(AW1). I flew w/Avengers (Ramm/CO)... welcome back...you'll need new gear as you've already figured out. The macro option ain't here and it'll take a few to figure out but it's like driving a stick shift...once you know how to do it, ya don't forget.
Countries... Rooks (Bz) Knights (Az) Bish (Cz) ....my personal opinion.
Cheers,
ABDC (Rook)
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Originally posted by ABDCWOT
Countries... Rooks (Bz) Knights (Az) Bish (Cz) ....my personal opinion.
I think thats right.
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no, no, no
it is
Bish = Az
Rooks = Bz
Knights = Cz
welcome Balmy..............if you have a gameport/midi port on your Computer or can put in a dedicated soundcard with one on it. you can use your old gameport/analog HOTAS setup...
I am still using my CH Products Gameport HOTAS ( Fighter Stick, Pro Throttle & Pedals ).........and have no problems at all....
and as far as macros go.........I have no problem using macros if I use the speedkeys program........:D
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Hiya Balmy, welcome back!
Cya Up!
Dawg, aka
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Originally posted by TequilaChaser
no, no, no
it is
Bish = Az
Rooks = Bz
Knights = Cz
Bish = Az
Rooks = Cz
Knights = Bz
And yeah, there are TON'S o' AW people flying here. Steep learning curve, but well worth it.
Welcome to your new addiction.
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Originally posted by WMLute
Bish = Az
Rooks = Cz
Knights = Bz
Lute,
I knew there was a reason you failed english comprehension..
it is
Bish = Az
Rooks = Bz
Knights = Cz
:D
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Greetings,
When I came back a couple of years ago, used an analog F22 with throttle. Just map the buttons as keyboard keys in the C2 module or equal. Works great. No need to buy new stuff until you break it.
Regards,
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Knights are Cz..thats where the MAW go: )
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If you enjoyed AW then you'll love AH. I first started playing AW back in 98-99(back when it was free with AOL), then didn't play WW2 fighter sim's again until 05 and found AH to be much like AW but better.
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At least we all agree that the Bish=Az
(snicker)
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Bish - Bz
Knights - Az
Rooks - astronauts with Cz parenoidel attributes
:lol
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Originally posted by Max
The short story...
FYI, Hitech & Pyro, the primary developers behind Aces High, were the ones who developed Warbirds.
I thought Hitech also had a hand in developing AH. I might be wrong, short term memory getting worse.
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I remember the name from AW.
Just about everyone is over here. You'll love it so long as you can get used to merging at off angles while crossing controls.
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Originally posted by Corrs
I thought Hitech also had a hand in developing AH. I might be wrong, short term memory getting worse.
Do you mean AW ? AH is his brainchild :D
I recall hearing that Hitech wrote the code for the Air Warrior film viewer but I don't think he was ever an official Kesmoid.
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whether
Knights= Cz
or (as I always thought)
Bishops = Cz
it is clear that Cz were the country of greater prestige.
Who else would get their own conspiracy? we all knew mage was on our side............:t
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I was Miraj and IZMAN from AW1,2,and3 , and flew for the Screaming Eagles.
We were an Az only squad.
Anyway , there are more and better flight modeled planes here, more variety of everything.
More planes ,with alot of the a,b,c,d,e,f,g,etc models represented. Most , with weapons to match.
The maps are bigger , usually.
A more complex gameplay with Perk Points for high end planes and ENY to help even things out. There are also more and better pilots head views.
In AW most everything was RelaxedRealism, here it all FullRealism. I think this is the biggest difference.
Really good computer pilots stand out in full realism.
I remember watching an old episode of StarTrek DeepSpace 9 , where Dr.Bashir and Chief O'brien just got out of the holodeck and "prevented the Gerys from crossing the channel".
These graphics may not be hologram quality , but they are darn good , and the experience is alot of fun!
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Originally posted by Max
Do you mean AW ? AH is his brainchild :D
I recall hearing that Hitech wrote the code for the Air Warrior film viewer but I don't think he was ever an official Kesmoid.
yup yup. I ment AW
memory failure aka brain fart
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Originally posted by Tilt
whether
Knights= Cz
or (as I always thought)
Bishops = Cz
it is clear that Cz were the country of greater prestige.
Who else would get their own conspiracy? we all knew mage was on our side............:t
Bish = AZ
CZ (Knights) got all the sheep.
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Originally posted by Max
Do you mean AW ? AH is his brainchild :D
I recall hearing that Hitech wrote the code for the Air Warrior film viewer but I don't think he was ever an official Kesmoid.
I think he did the terrain builder too.
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Bish=Az
Rooks=Bz
Knits=Cz
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Thanks for the replies. I think the one about wildbill being the last AW pilot at Warbirds rings true. I will hope to see you ladies and gentlemen in the skies soon.
Tom (Balmy)
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Howdy Balmy! 8)
kappa
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Having played AH for nearly 7 years under the impression that Cz = Bish to be advised now that Knights = Cz and even worse Bish = Az (az = low of low generated from deep seated retrogressive inbreeding) I have now moved to knights.............
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Welcome to Aces High!
Really did laugh a bit about the Az, Bz, and Cz thing. Flew Bz/RR in AW. Was fun :)
Lol, still chuckling. All those antagonisms die hard, eh?
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Balmy, welcome home.
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I've put it this way for a few years, Aces High is Air Warrior "4"