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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: opposum on October 09, 2008, 06:30:55 PM
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:lol i just had a flash back from way back in the day when i didn't know about the "Zoom" key for tanks
whew... didn't that make ya feel like a tard :lol
how long did yall drive around before finding out about the zoom key?
i didn't find out for 3 weeks :lol
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I always knew about the zoom key, but I didn't know about the [ and ] keys until a little more than a month ago (before then I almost never drove tanks). :o
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I always knew about the zoom key, but I didn't know about the [ and ] keys until a little more than a month ago (before then I almost never drove tanks). :o
oh yea, i forgot to metion that too. i did the same thing :lol
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I didn't know how to 'correctly' end sortie after my first ever kill (in a Spitfire XVI). I wound up literally walking round the field for about ten minutes before towering out.
:lol
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There is a zoom key :confused:
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There is a zoom key :confused:
Yes, to activate, use alt-f4. Seriously!
(ya' knew there was an alt-f4 joke comming, right?)
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Im sure some one is going to laugh at this..... I played for almost a year before finding out about the [ and ] keys. :lol
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lol stodd
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took me about 45days to find out about the zoom.. i went about 20days without using a tank cuz i was to sick and tierd of dieing n not knowing were it came from... pissed the hell out of me.. :furious
and after i found out.. man did it become a lot better and fun to use a tank.. even gun ships and stuff..
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Yes, there is a learning curve for gvs too hehe. Dang those [ key] s could of saved me many times. :uhoh
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I was in and out of GV's for about 2 months, getting killed over and over, never once saw what was killing me. Took that long to even see an enemy tank,lol.
Then I ran into Jdjnr he showed me the ropes, great guy and will always have my appreciation.
GVing was alot of fun b4 the arena split, and was alot of fun learning the ropes, wish you could go back and see everything all over again as a total noob. if you ever have the chance to GV with JD you will learn alot and have a blast.
"S" JD and thankyou.
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*****Noob Question Alert****
What do the [ and ] keys do?
Race
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*****Noob Question Alert****
What do the [ and ] keys do?
Race
They zoom in and out after you hit "Z" to zoom veiw. use this when you go into your gun, TIP: zoom gun site so it just fills your screen and you can see slight dark outline around edges of your screen, do this the same all the time so you get a better idea of range based on tgt size in your site.
also can use this on any zoom from any position.
extra tip: put your tank in neutral when you fire main gun.
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My first tank sortie I was playing around with the arrow keys and moving the seating position forward and backward trying to see better out of the tank. I finally moved it way forward and said wow now I can really see out of this slot. About that time a spit came in from the front and gave me a pilot wound. A gosh darn pilot wound in a tank!
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(http://www.thetechlounge.com/forum/images/smilies/more_smilies/dnfnoob.gif) :salute
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My first tank sortie I was playing around with the arrow keys and moving the seating position forward and backward trying to see better out of the tank. I finally moved it way forward and said wow now I can really see out of this slot. About that time a spit came in from the front and gave me a pilot wound. A gosh darn pilot wound in a tank!
:O ???? never heard of that... Been playing for almost 2 years and never received a pilot wound in a GV. I would like to see film on that. (bet it doesn't exist).
Anywho... I played for several weeks not knowing about zoom, and bracket keys. I was trying to finish off a town and couldn't see I had chosen smoke to take out town buildings. The guy in the M3 was calling me several names for smoking up the town and not killing buildings.
What a dweeb I was (and still am)
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My Noobish moment(s) also include the whole Zoom issue. But the one that eluded the longest was the "W" key and clicking on the map when you're in the Cruiser guns. I used to feel so proud when I hit something in direct fire mode :aok, then I found out about land and sea modes. That just made me feel retarded at that point. :rofl :rofl
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:lol i just had a flash back from way back in the day when i didn't know about the "Zoom" key for tanks
whew... didn't that make ya feel like a tard :lol
how long did yall drive around before finding out about the zoom key?
i didn't find out for 3 weeks :lol
30min. then I remembered that there was an AHII Training site.
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When I started playing offline, I flew using the trim and rudder instead of the ailerons and elevators. :D
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Oh....I mapped those to something else and the zoom to a slider.
Race
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Another thing that took me a while to recognize was the difference between "big hangars" and the real fh's and vh. There's a lot of objects on the field that aren't worth blowing up!
It should also be default for spawn points and radar rings to be on the map.
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When I started playing offline, I flew using the trim and rudder instead of the ailerons and elevators.
must have been one really big barrel roll :O
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Yes, it was. I was surprised at how WWII pilots could turn their plane, because I sure couldn't. Had me thinking how stupid this game truly is, can't even turn a fighter better than the drones. :D
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Yes, to activate, use alt-f4. Seriously!
The good ole alt-f4 days :aok.........had a blast with that :rolleyes:
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I cant remember the exact time but it was a while... [ ] .......
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My Noobish moment(s) also include the whole Zoom issue. But the one that eluded the longest was the "W" key and clicking on the map when you're in the Cruiser guns. I used to feel so proud when I hit something in direct fire mode :aok, then I found out about land and sea modes. That just made me feel retarded at that point. :rofl :rofl
I was doing that for a while this weekend, I always thought you had to re-click on the clipboard map if you wanted to shoot at a different location on the base. Found out that you can adjust it while zoomed in by watching the range #'s. Didn't miss a single target after I got that figured out.
Sad part is, I've been playing for how long? (Looks down) :cry
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Never fell for the Alt-F4, but theres still time . :aok How do you get ah pt boat to move? :rofl kidding. :rolleyes:
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it took me about a week to figure out how to type messages. no joke. people would talk to me and i would have no clue how to write back.
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took me a good 8 years to learn how not to give a damn.
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I did it the old fashion way. I spent weeks reading as many instruction, tip, and manuals I could get my hands on. Then I spent a week or two setting up my stick and learning the lay out I choose, THEN I went on-line to play. Only thing I had to learn was how to fight with this flight model.
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Back in the day, I was considered a pretty good stick, and could utilize Gvs in every aspect of the constraints of the game. Then I started hearing voices. I apologise to Denholm, and ACK ACK for my indiscretions. I don't have a gaming computer, and I forgot how to play. One day I would like to come back. Keep on playing, Peace out, Bearing3.
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same here, it was weeks before another person told me about it, i hated the tanks that i so much wanted to drive but i couldent figure out how to shoot anything very far away. but since then its been a blast :D
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Im sure some one is going to laugh at this..... I played for almost a year before finding out about the [ and ] keys. :lol
Whew, at least im in good company, me too sir lol :rofl
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Never fell for the Alt-F4, but theres still time . :aok How do you get ah pt boat to move? :rofl kidding. :rolleyes:
I fell for that once. Someone told me it's an "Auto Land" key. So I hit it right when I was on approach, then I found myself looking straight at my desktop background saying "WTF". :rofl :rofl :rofl It's funny now.
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:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl I was wonderin how in the hell a guy was suppose to shoot anything :noid
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My Noobish moment(s) also include the whole Zoom issue. But the one that eluded the longest was the "W" key and clicking on the map when you're in the Cruiser guns. I used to feel so proud when I hit something in direct fire mode :aok, then I found out about land and sea modes. That just made me feel retarded at that point. :rofl :rofl
Me too. My husband just told me about those not too long ago. I used them for the first time the other day. I felt a little bit like I was cheating. :)
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My noobish moments that caused me the most grief was moving between bases. It took me at least a week to figure out that I could double click on the bases to go there. Took so long to get to the fight from the default base that I was almost always low on fuel when I got there, good thing is I usually died seconds after arriving anyway. I never had time for more than a couple sorties.
The other one which is closely related is the spawn points for gv's. Again it would take so long to get there that I could do only a few sorties and the boredom was almost unbearable.
Amazing I stayed with the game, I guess the addiction is just too strong.