Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: USRanger on October 25, 2009, 10:49:38 AM
-
This is for HTC to look proudly at, any player who never saw AH1, and any "Vet" who'd like a blast from the past:
In the tower:
(http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6200/intower.jpg) (http://img248.imageshack.us/i/intower.jpg/)
The tower:
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/3169/toweru.jpg) (http://img132.imageshack.us/i/toweru.jpg/)
The field:
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6222/field.jpg) (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/field.jpg/)
The VH:
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2382/46976944.jpg) (http://img62.imageshack.us/i/46976944.jpg/)
The FH:
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/804/35535141.jpg) (http://img62.imageshack.us/i/35535141.jpg/)
Field gun:
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9837/gunq.jpg) (http://img59.imageshack.us/i/gunq.jpg/)
CV w/ D-hog:
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/6086/70754300.jpg) (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/70754300.jpg/)
Ostwind:
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5812/ostiv.jpg) (http://img26.imageshack.us/i/ostiv.jpg/)
109G-10/K-4:
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/6374/109mg.jpg) (http://img39.imageshack.us/i/109mg.jpg/)
B-17:
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/8197/b17r.jpg) (http://img32.imageshack.us/i/b17r.jpg/)
-
Very cool,good shots and layout. :aok :salute
-
very cool indeed I forgot all about the old vh`s
-
very cool indeed I forgot all about the old vh`s
I was thinking the exact same thing. I forgot just how primative the VH's looked back then. I do miss the squid though :salute
-
I miss the UFO stealing the Sheep :O :cry and of course for every one favorite journey :airplane: for those above the age of 21 the search for the giant six back of beer :cheers:
-
Hmmm...very cool...ya know, reverting the small airfields to dirt or grass runways with the small shack tower would be cool.
-
I always got a kick out of the bottles of scotch? under the seat.
Ranger awesome shots, sux when my motherboard blew I lost AH1 :cry
-
Nice shots, Ranger!
-
Here's (http://rapidshare.com/files/255691336/Aces_High_I.zip) a download of Aces High I. Has a few MA maps and I think Mitsu's Soundpack installed. Unzip and play, offline only...though LAN MIGHT work...
-
:salute
Here's (http://rapidshare.com/files/255691336/Aces_High_I.zip) a download of Aces High I. Has a few MA maps and I think Mitsu's Soundpack installed. Unzip and play, offline only...though LAN MIGHT work...
:salute USRanger :salute
-
Funny.
My graphics don't look like that.
Most of us can't even turn all that stuff on much less play with it on.
Now turn off the detailed terrain and fancy water graphics, shadows and the hi res textures and turn off anti aliasing and show them side by side again as most of us see it.
-
Funny.
My graphics don't look like that.
Most of us can't even turn all that stuff on much less play with it on.
Now turn off the detailed terrain and fancy water graphics, shadows and the hi res textures and turn off anti aliasing and show them side by side again as most of us see it.
Really? Define most.
-
Funny.
My graphics don't look like that.
Most of us can't even turn all that stuff on much less play with it on.
Now turn off the detailed terrain and fancy water graphics, shadows and the hi res textures and turn off anti aliasing and show them side by side again as most of us see it.
Thats not the point of the post. He was merely demonstrating the differences between what we had then and what we have now. My system is far from top of the line, and i can play with all the effects turned on. HTC has done a good job in making the new graphics engine playable on all manners of systems. Its not their fault that you are unable or unwilling to get a better computer. If you want the fancy graphics, Pay for them.
-
Ranger, you oughtta include inside cockpit views. I remember flying the old modeled B17 with the old standard instrument cluster, and drooling madly when they redid it.
-
Ranger, you oughtta include inside cockpit views. I remember flying the old modeled B17 with the old standard instrument cluster, and drooling madly when they redid it.
You need to get out of the cockpit more often :D
-
You need to get out of the cockpit more often :D
I downloaded an old version and took these screenies of the B17 cockpit... and, wow!
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3604/ah1b172.jpg)(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2228/ah1b17b.jpg)(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3676/longhaul.jpg)
-
holy cow. To think that all the cockpits looked like the C47 :)
-
wow is right, more impressive then the change is the incremental always sustained manner that they have used to implement it.
-
Anyone have a screenshot of the giant beer and pizza from AH1? :old: :cheers: elfy
-
Great thread Ranger. A lot of us who werent there at the beginnings like to hear the stories and see the pictures. :salute
-
Anyone have a comparison of the Tempest? :lol
-
I dotn suppose someone could post the above link for the download to somewhere which doesnt cost?!?!? :x
-
Really? Define most.
was thinking same thing, my system is far from great, and I have every setting maxed out have the shadows set to the 4,000 range and I get a solid 59 FPS.
I dotn suppose someone could post the above link for the download to somewhere which doesnt cost?!?!? :x
there is no cost just wait for the time to run out then you can download it.
-
Thanks for walk down Memory Lane, Ranger...nice post. :salute
-
I had forgotten what the pilot looked like, such as this one in a Spit-9.
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7117/spitpilot.jpg)
Cockpit shot of Spit-9.
(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5733/spit9cockpit.jpg)
-
Anyone have a screenshot of the giant beer and pizza from AH1? :old: :cheers: elfy
Unfortunately, those maps aren't included. NDIslies has the beer/pizza/UFOs (in the crater to the northwest; it was removed in the AHII version) and AKDesert (aka the Old Pizza) has Squiddy in the middle.
There were two less-famous maps that had Squiddy in some obscure location and more UFOs out on a plain in the countryside, but I don't remember which ones those were.
-
we need Mindanao back. It had the squid and a lot of overcrowded senseless furballing. :x
-
we need Mindanao back. It had the squid and a lot of overcrowded senseless furballing. :x
That was the other Squiddy map? Well,heck, that one's included in the download, but I don't remember for the life of me where he's at.
-
it's in the south.. (don't remember the field name) .. in a lake in a deep depression.
-
God's Eye time...brb :D
EDIT: Found the little bastage munchin' his Destroyer. Delivered, but of course I wasn't cool enough to move the mouse out of the way first. :o
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/OOZ662/AH1/squidyloc.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/OOZ662/AH1/squiddy1.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/OOZ662/AH1/squiddy2.jpg)
-
Great shots ranger! :aok
If you have it, could you show the towns in comparison?
Remember there use to be a barracks in the towns that had to be killed to knock troops down.
Any, great shots from ranger and great work to all at HiTech. :cheers:
-
If you have it, could you show the towns in comparison?
Remember there use to be a barracks in the towns that had to be killed to knock troops down.
I had forgotten all about that...but I had never really had a chance to pork in AH1. :D
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/OOZ662/AH1/town1.jpg)
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/OOZ662/AH1/town2.jpg)
I miss how the old objects used to spew stuff when they were destroyed. Made StukaBombing a town really entertaining.
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/OOZ662/AH1/debris.jpg)
And, of course, the infamous Porked Small Airfield.
(http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/OOZ662/AH1/porked.jpg)
-
Thanks to Roscoroo, you can download AH1, AH1 Terrain Editor & many old H2H terrains:
http://www.roscoroo.com/maps.html
I liked the way the town buildings looked in AH1 better I think. Also, notice in OOZ's pictures above, that we had beaches in AH1, yet in AHII, it took years for them to be back. Also, I think the water looked better in AH1 than most versions of AH2 (the new version still makes me wet myself tho).
-
Thanks to Roscoroo, you can download AH1, AH1 Terrain Editor & many old H2H terrains:
http://www.roscoroo.com/maps.html
A-HA! I had that page bookmarked and he moved it! That's why I'd uploaded the one linked earlier; I thought it was gone.
-
Hope I didn't give away a secret... :noid
-
I miss having the re-arm pads nearer to the center of the field
-
:aok
-
I just noticed I mis-pasted that second picture... :noid Uh...nobody pay heed. :lol
-
Bring back the pieces of broken buildings!
-
I only tried AH1 offline. Although AH2 always appears too pastel to me, AH1 was almost neon.
-
Great stuff! Ah, the memories of my initial enthusiasm for the game- and burning up Flayed1's perks in Tempests before I figured out what the hell I was doing. :uhoh :confused: :bolt:
-
Bring back the pieces of broken buildings!
That would be cool! :aok
-
Thanks to Roscoroo, you can download AH1, AH1 Terrain Editor & many old H2H terrains:
http://www.roscoroo.com/maps.html
I liked the way the town buildings looked in AH1 better I think. Also, notice in OOZ's pictures above, that we had beaches in AH1, yet in AHII, it took years for them to be back. Also, I think the water looked better in AH1 than most versions of AH2 (the new version still makes me wet myself tho).
:lol Thats kinda funny though we're DLing AH1 after all the work HTC did? :confused:
-
Ah, the memories... I always thought the Aces High terrain gelled really well even though it was low-res--I especially liked the beaches. I really liked some of the CT maps like the frozen FinRuss map we had or that sweet customized Pacific island invasion map (can't remember the island) that had little pixelated cities.
It's taken us a looonnngg time to get back alot of the terrain diversity that we had in AH1 (and to ditch the checkerboard), and I've always been a little sad about it (Can we have another desert map like AKPizza? :x).
I remember angrily quiting AH1 for a few months when they killed the laser bomb site and added bomb-scattering wind (even though they added the desert terrain and the A-20, too), but now I'm thankful since it finally forced me to start dogfighting full-bore... :salute
-
"Thanks to Roscoroo, you can download AH1..."
Thanks! this will run on my sons pc where as II will not.
AH I will run nice and give him something decent to practice using
pedals and a joystick with
-
"Thanks to Roscoroo, you can download AH1..."
Thanks! this will run on my sons pc where as II will not.
AH I will run nice and give him something decent to practice using
pedals and a joystick with
HARR Westy! :neener: :old: :joystick:
-
Nice look back at the old days! Remember them well................. I was horrible then and have gotten NO better....................... :old:
-
Here's (http://rapidshare.com/files/255691336/Aces_High_I.zip) a download of Aces High I. Has a few MA maps and I think Mitsu's Soundpack installed. Unzip and play, offline only...though LAN MIGHT work...
That version of AH1 you've provided has something attached to it that popped up as the "TransScout Trojan horse". Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
-
Hey K-Ken! Nice to see you!!
Twitchy it was clean back in October when I downloaded it. Curious, I downloaded it
again ( http://www.roscoroo.com/Zipped%20terrains/Ah1114.exe ) and it still shows
as clean.
-
That version of AH1 you've provided has something attached to it that popped up as the "TransScout Trojan horse". Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
I have no idea; never heard of it. Though it may be infected with that Jeefo virus I caught a while back...hadn't thought of that. I'll remove it anyway, since there's an alternative download in the thread and I've stopped using RapidShare.
Curious, I downloaded it
again ( http://www.roscoroo.com/Zipped%20terrains/Ah1114.exe ) and it still shows
as clean.
That wasn't a copy of the one Rosco hosted, but rather his that I had downloaded, used, and (when his site vanished) rezipped and uploaded. Certainly possible that my version was infected, though I'm pretty sure that was long before I caught Jeefo.
-
Bring AH1 Back! :old: :cheers:
-
bringing back memories...like Karaya's mass goon mission that crashed the server :rofl
I have some screen shots of that on my old PC is I can get it fired up
I miss the old dirt runways on the small airfields, good old AH1
-
Thanks for posting those pics,brings back some fun memories! :D :aok
-
Been here for it all.. cant wait to see how much further they take it.
-
I was trying to find my old AH1 screenshots, and I think they're gone forever :cry , but I do have a screenshot of something even wackier... the Aces High message board from 2002. For some reason I saved the thread locally... I think I was upgrading my PC or something. Anyway:
http://i49.tinypic.com/35c38yx.gif
Just, uh, ignore the thread title. :D It's a pretty huge image (and I cropped it too), so I won't embed it, but hey...
-
I was trying to find my old AH1 screenshots, and I think they're gone forever :cry , but I do have a screenshot of something even wackier... the Aces High message board from 2002. For some reason I saved the thread locally... I think I was upgrading my PC or something. Anyway:
http://i49.tinypic.com/35c38yx.gif
Just, uh, ignore the thread title. :D It's a pretty huge image (and I cropped it too), so I won't embed it, but hey...
Cool,I like the present one better though that one looks less user-friendly.
-
very cool indeed I forgot all about the old vh`s
LOL yes the old vhs and we actually flew under them :airplane:
-
Trawling a bit more, I found this AH1 slideshow:
http://www.wa-net.com/~delta6/ss.htm
from delta6's excellent Aces High 1 resource: http://www.wa-net.com/~delta6/
:D
-
I forgot how blue the water was in ah1.
I have a vid that Morph made called ah past & present. I'll have to watch it again. :airplane:
-
looking at that slideshow and the nights are dark and the sunset was cool wish we had that in AH2
-
ah that brings back memories... Damn alot has changed hasnt it? :D
-
looking at that slideshow and the nights are dark and the sunset was cool wish we had that in AH2
Mere settings in the game. You can have night on your machine offline any time. Dot command is something like..
| .time 5 30 00 | That will set the time to 5:30am :)
(http://www.kkenshome.com/images/AH1_11Patch4 Tower at night.jpg)
and for grins, the old splash screen
(http://www.kkenshome.com/images/ah1splashscr1.jpg)
-
and for grins, the old splash screen
I had such an amazing and hilarious custom splash screen that I used since I played AHI until the new terrain patch came out and they overwrote it. :furious
-
Does any one have screen shots of the previous splash screens?
-
I forgot how blue the water was in ah1.
I have a vid that Morph made called ah past & present. I'll have to watch it again. :airplane:
Lol, glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking that!
-
Does any one have screen shots of the previous splash screens?
Yup
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,279464.msg3519041.html#msg3519041 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,279464.msg3519041.html#msg3519041)
-
Yup
(http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,279464.msg3519041.html#msg3519041)
nope
-
(http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/1615/spitpilot1.jpg) (http://img130.imageshack.us/i/spitpilot1.jpg/)
-
Yup
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,279464.msg3519041.html#msg3519041 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,279464.msg3519041.html#msg3519041)
How about the P51 screen and the one before that with the pilots walking out yo the hanger
-
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/453/ahss0.png)
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/2244/ahss2.png)
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4215/ahss3.png)
-
Man this brings back alot of memories. It's so amazing to think that I've been playing this game for almost a decade . Oh how I remember there were only 2 types of airfields (small and large) with 2-3 LASER ack that could shoot up to 10k. I remember how you could only takeoff in one direction and that there were no hangers so flight was unhindered. I remember how you could bomb and destroy both the tower and runways of enemy bases. And one thing I'm sure many of you will be thankful is gone, I remember paying $30 a month to play online. :D
So many memories.
-
I really like the look of those Buck Rodgers field guns, they look like they shoot a death ray. :neener:
-
Man this brings back alot of memories. It's so amazing to think that I've been playing this game for almost a decade . Oh how I remember there were only 2 types of airfields (small and large) with 2-3 LASER ack that could shoot up to 10k. I remember how you could only takeoff in one direction and that there were no hangers so flight was unhindered. I remember how you could bomb and destroy both the tower and runways of enemy bases. And one thing I'm sure many of you will be thankful is gone, I remember paying $30 a month to play online. :D
So many memories.
I have been playing it over a decade! :) <well, a couple of months over....Aug 1999> :old:
-
Heh KKEN IIRC I started in Dec 1999 while the game was in beta 3. I remember flying for free those months until HTC went gold, after which I had to mow yards all summer to pay the monthly fee.
Geez do I feel old and I'm not even 30 yet. :old:
-
I remember paying $30 a month to play online. :D
I definitely remember that... I played the 2-week trial and had a blast, but I sure wasn't paying $30 a month for any game... :O I definitely signed up when it went $15, though. :airplane:
-
At $30 a month it kept a few hundred of us plenty busy. Those of us who have flown Air Warrior @ $2 per hour and more, $30 a month was a deal! :D My first couple of months in Air Warrior in 1996 was nearly $100 each the first 2 months and then AOL came along and I think it was some package thing at $15 a month or so. I haven't missed a month of flying the whole time. It never gets too old for me but I do sometimes opt not to jump in.
I still hit it hard some weekend days while doing inside chores, laundry etc. Squad night is Wed night, has been for years.
The Scenarios are really fun, I haven't done any FSO or events other than Racing. I still manage to get 40+hours a month in! :D Just built a gaming machine in Feb for $2,200. I cringe on the cost of PCs, upgrades in Hardware, cards, modems, NICs, RAM, hard drives..... A new Car comes to mind! :rofl
I have no wife ack so it's usually quiet during my hobby and I really like it that way!