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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: olds442 on July 09, 2011, 10:51:53 AM
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yup found a copy of aces high 1 a few days ago and all i can say is. "we have come very far"...
:salute to hitech and his team, because looking at aces high 1 and aces high 2 is like day and night.
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Well, where's the pictures?
Nutz
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I'd rather have AH I back.
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I'd rather have the people in AH I back.
:)
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I'd rather have AH I back.
Lmao!!! Karaya the contrarian!! Come on back bro...it's time
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Well, where's the pictures?
Nutz
only two for now
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8047/ahss1.png)
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/453/ahss0.png)
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I'd rather have AH I back.
Same here or at least setup an online arena just for AH1
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I'd rather have AH I back.
i'd rather have both options available
Same here or at least setup an online arena just for AH1
+1 as well, would be very cool.
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Nice pictures! Yeah, I'd say there's been some changes!
Thanks for the post.
Nutz
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The hills still are the same :lol
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The hills still are the same :lol
In some ways yes, but there is more detail on the terrain now. Trees, small hillocks and such whereas in AH1 it was much more barren.
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In some ways yes, but there is more detail on the terrain now. Trees, small hillocks and such whereas in AH1 it was much more barren.
Ya, but I was going off the pyramid looks lol, the ground detail and textures have surly
Increased :aok
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only two for now
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8047/ahss1.png)
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/453/ahss0.png)
If you get a chance could you show me what a Spitfire looked like back than? Thanks
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yup found a copy of aces high 1 a few days ago and all i can say is. "we have come very far"...
:salute to hitech and his team, because looking at aces high 1 and aces high 2 is like day and night.
You really think so? I think it looks just about the same.
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only two for now
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8047/ahss1.png)
(http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/453/ahss0.png)
Aren't you like 12 or 13 or something?
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I miss the easy d800 shots, the infinite E N1K, the crappy graphics, killing a whole town with 2 pilots.... :bhead
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Aren't you like 12 or 13 or something?
two things
1: yes im 13, but i have been playing offline when i was 8 got online when i was 9.
2: i got aces high 1 from a website. i can give u the link if you want
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I want! :O
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Olds, do me a favor. If the H2H splash screen is available take a pic and post it or send it to me please. I was just discussing that on another thread. I wouldn't mind an old copy of that version myself.
For those that weren't around in "the day" the pic was of the P47D30 of which I was doing some of my experiments with skins.
Nice find padawan. :aok
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I miss how one could sweep a formation of buffs off from the sky with only one sweep, gunz blazing! Now you actually have to work on it :)
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You really think so? I think it looks just about the same.
Not at all.
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Not at all.
What looks so different it still has that 1999 graphics look to me. Im not saying it looks awful, Im just saying the graphics engine hasn't changed.
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Sorry
Took some screen shots of Aces High 1 but I can't get them to show. Using image shack.
I will try again later.
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anyone who would rather play AH1 must have forgotten how crappy AH1 really was compared to what we have now.
yes it was great, but going back to it now would be down right terrible visualy and physicaly.
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Olds, do me a favor. If the H2H splash screen is available take a pic and post it or send it to me please. I was just discussing that on another thread. I wouldn't mind an old copy of that version myself.
For those that weren't around in "the day" the pic was of the P47D30 of which I was doing some of my experiments with skins.
Nice find padawan. :aok
u mean on the clip bord where it says H2H?
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I want! :O
here is the link for those who want it. >>>http://www.soft32.com/Download/Free/Aces_High_1092/4-235-1.html
THIS WILL NOT BE ITS ON FOLDER IN LOCAL DISC (C: it will be in program files x86 for windows 7 users. look for the folder HTC when game is dont installing. :D have fun!
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What looks so different it still has that 1999 graphics look to me. Im not saying it looks awful, Im just saying the graphics engine hasn't changed.
Did you play AH1?
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Boom, screenshots.
http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/OOZ662/AH1/
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Olds,
I meant the screen that pops up after you select H2H, thank you.
Oooz,
LMAO, I forgot the buildings blowed up REAL good in AH1. When you flattened the town, you knew it. :x
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If you get a chance could you show me what a Spitfire looked like back than? Thanks
Which Spitfires? The original ones from v1.0 or the ones after the first Spitfire revamp, around v1.12 IIRC? :P
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anyone who would rather play AH1 must have forgotten how crappy AH1 really was compared to what we have now.
yes it was great, but going back to it now would be down right terrible visualy and physicaly.
People who can't hang in the present love the past.
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two things
1: yes im 13, but i have been playing offline when i was 8 got online when i was 9.
2: i got aces high 1 from a website. i can give u the link if you want
Wow... I'm glad :) I thought I was the youngest on here. I'm 15. Turned 15 today :rock But sure, send me the link. I can't download it now, not on my own computer. Offline when you were 8... for some reason, that astounds me.
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I miss AH I too. The old pizza map with NOE raids. The Ostwinds which were the ultimate Panzer killer. The uber Spit V. The maps with hidden things such as giant squid and ufos with pizza and beer. The hidden booze bottles in aircraft. The people. The way that the HTC guys used to come in to play. Getting picked by that jerk HT while flying and fighting someone in a H2H arena. Telling skuzzy that the C.202 is the most uber plane in the arena then watch him augering on takeoff. Fun times. :)
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On a tangent, CombatSim.com has a review of version 1.0 still up:
http://www.combatsim.com/memb123/htm/feb00/aces-high.htm
From early 2000. The second page has a shot of the Spitfire. The Spitfire; there was only one at the time, a MkIX. This was back when the game had a 109-G10. But, we learn, "HTC has three new aircraft coming out very soon, the C.202, the Spitfire Mk V, and the P-38L Lightning. The Lancaster will be the next bomber released, and the rumor is that the Typhoon will be the next fighter." I would have chosen a different word to describe the Typhoon; stabber, attacker, torquemeister, walloper. It's not Ali, it's Cooper. An immobile block that throws out punches.
Interestingly, "the Spitfire currently modeled can be fitted with either 4 .303 machineguns and 2 20 mm cannon, or 2 .50 machineguns instead of the 4 .303's", which is sort-of historically accurate if we assume that the former option is supposed to represent a C-wing and the latter an E-wing. Aces High II doesn't have that kind of functionality nowadays; it would be interesting to have an option to customise the Spitfire's wing, really go to town, stick a clipped wing on the V for example.
Or e.g. have a quad-20mm clipped wing Griffon-powered Spitfire. Then people might be tempted to fly the Spitfire more often, instead of leaving it in the hangar (cough).
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56th FG in echelon right during climbout.
(http://www.x-plane.org/home/RedDog/jugformation.jpg)
(http://www.x-plane.org/home/RedDog/echelon.jpg)
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You guys need to get Maint to clean the gun carbon off those wings. Too much wind resistance = poor fuel economy and running ability
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I miss the giant squid :(.
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Giant Squid? :headscratch:
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Oh yea.. the giant squid.. that was so cool...
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I wanna lash him to the back of my tank. Then all that remember the giant squid will know I'm coming, and know to tread lightly around my Konigstiger.
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What's the deal with the Squid!
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Wow... I'm glad :) I thought I was the youngest on here. I'm 15. Turned 15 today :rock But sure, send me the link. I can't download it now, not on my own computer. Offline when you were 8... for some reason, that astounds me.
I got Aces High in 06-07 ish. Still hoping for an account.
ps 14
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There used to be a giant squid that lurked in a lake in the middle of an old map. If you flew too close, he would pop out and (if I remember correctly, I was only 9 at the time) eat your plane.
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I really loved AH1...I think I was good pilot in it. ;)
Now...I just fly in AH2 like rookie. :)
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One of my old Ah1 Screenies...
for some reason I think it's uhhh priceless :D
(http://hallbuzz.com/images/unlinked/gunman42.jpg)
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Names I haven't seen in a long time in that shot, Vulcan.
Though I think I've seen the shot before, or was online when it happened as it looks familiar. And yes, it is funny. Pathetic, but funny.
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It was all about gunman26...a rather feisty, loveable critter who still plays today via half a dozen name changes :)
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It was all about gunman26...a rather feisty, loveable critter who still plays today via half a dozen name changes :)
Ohhhh who is he these days?
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Giant Squid? :headscratch:
There's a shot of it here, in this review of Aces High 1.07:
http://www.combatsim.com/memb123/htm/2001/07/aceshi107/
(http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/221/ahss117.jpg)
Notice how the Yak's cockpit hasn't changed since then. Underrated plane, that; just seems to get ignored a lot. I'll quote from their review of 1.05, emphasis added, and bear in mind this is from 2001, the days when 56.6k modems were hot stuff:
"The triple-A tracked vehicles and the panzer can prove to be interesting diversions, as the brand new P.T. boat is. Sometimes it’s a hoot to drive out a ways and park on the outskirts of your besieged airfield and blast away at incoming attackers. The occasional Panzer attack on an enemy vehicle park or airfield can also be fun, especially when coordinated with others. ... I spoke to HiTech Creations about these seemingly unrelated add-ons, and was told basically what I thought to be the case. These are fun extensions of the sim, for sure, and more non-aircraft vehicles will be added. I was assured, however, that Aces High is and always will be first and foremost a flight sim. I’m glad to hear it, personally. There is far too little focus these days, and “mission creep” can foul a sim beyond recognition."
This guide from 2001 has a couple of articles from someone called Skuzzy, whatever happened to him, eh?
http://users.eastlink.ca/~sconrad/articles.htm
These screenshots include a very attractive sunset, which I miss:
http://users.eastlink.ca/~sconrad/screens.htm
No, wait a sec, there was an almost identical thread back in 2010, with larger shots of the squid, which seems to be eating a ship:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,295714.0.html
Did it actually move? I assume people have scoured the current set of maps for something similar; I've always thought it would be great if there was a black monolith hidden away, or a secret teleport, or a giant mirror or something. The above does raise the question as to whether (a) they should just drop the II and call it "Aces High" and (b) what it would take for an Aces High III (probably a huge overhaul of the graphics engine, bringing it more in line with IL2 and its heirs, hopefully without the bugs).
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No, wait a sec, there was an almost identical thread back in 2010, with larger shots of the squid, which seems to be eating a ship:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,295714.0.html
Thats my thread :D :airplane:
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giant squid, volcano, giant beer and pizza.... them was there good ol'days.
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I remember flying past the giant squid lol i believe you could blow it up as well!! :devil
i have had a break of about 5 years and the changes in plane modellling are considerable.... new tanks are blast as well :aokl
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Damnit, this is making me sad. I really miss AH1. Infact, this is a list of the things I miss the most:
1) fewer people with the "I'll wait for someone else to do it" disease
2) Tank-Town fights. All I have left are vauge memories and impressions
3) the squid, I loved him. Hitech, I will pay you $12,000 cold hard cash, 3 gallons of good tenneessee sipping whisky, and my undying loyalty if you put the squid back in the game.
4) the crappy, cartoon-looking, sorta half-assed feel to the game :D.
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Damnit, this is making me sad. I really miss AH1. Infact, this is a list of the things I miss the most:
1) fewer people with the "I'll wait for someone else to do it" disease
2) Tank-Town fights. All I have left are vauge memories and impressions
3) the squid, I loved him. Hitech, I will pay you $12,000 cold hard cash, 3 gallons of good tenneessee sipping whisky, and my undying loyalty if you put the squid back in the game.
4) the crappy, cartoon-looking, sorta half-assed feel to the game :D.
1. Squeak
2. Myth and legend, like evolution.
3. I'll send you a real squid for the 12 grand and you can keep the whisky. Love your new squid
4. Have you seen the wheels on some of them!?
:D
Seriously, the squid must return. This is a non-debatable subject. :aok
+1
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Ahh... the Kraken, you mean?
I would prefer this:
(http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/z446/B-17/megalodonshark.jpg)
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Names I haven't seen in a long time in that shot, Vulcan.
Though I think I've seen the shot before, or was online when it happened as it looks familiar. And yes, it is funny. Pathetic, but funny.
Talk about names you haven't seen in a long time. :)
You live in Austin now?
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I thought the Kraken was still in the game. :headscratch:
It should still be in SFMA and Mindanao as far as I know.
By the way, all you have to do is open up these terrains in the Terrain Editor, and you should be able to do a search for the objects. I'm too lazy to do it though. :neener:
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I thought the Kraken was still in the game. :headscratch:
It should still be in SFMA and Mindanao as far as I know.
Kraken was gone ages ago.
In fact, it wasn't there anymore when I joined AH in 2005.