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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: nate617 on June 26, 2012, 01:00:16 PM
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Hi all,
I'm new here and new to flight sims and been told once you get the hang of it, this is the only flight sim worth playing. I love historic aircraft as well as current and was lucky enough to serve in the Royal Air Force for a few years which only spurred my enthusiasm!! I am actually trying to get back in as I miss it so much.
Any who, that's me. I'm currently playing offline practice as I so new to all this. I have a Pro Flight 2 joystick from logic 3 as that is all my budget will stretch too at the minute. Not the best but not the worst. If anyone has any suggestions for button mapping it would be greatly appreciated. I really want to learn to fly the Hurricane well and later on the Lancaster.
Hopefully see you in the air soon!!
Nate
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Welcome Nate! :cheers:
Just so you know the Lanc. Pwns any late war fighter in the turning game... :D
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:aok :aok :aok Welcome.....what are you wearing? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Hi all,
I'm new here and new to flight sims and been told once you get the hang of it, this is the only flight sim worth playing. I love historic aircraft as well as current and was lucky enough to serve in the Royal Air Force for a few years which only spurred my enthusiasm!! I am actually trying to get back in as I miss it so much.
Any who, that's me. I'm currently playing offline practice as I so new to all this. I have a Pro Flight 2 joystick from logic 3 as that is all my budget will stretch too at the minute. Not the best but not the worst. If anyone has any suggestions for button mapping it would be greatly appreciated. I really want to learn to fly the Hurricane well and later on the Lancaster.
Hopefully see you in the air soon!!
Nate
:aok
Welcome. :cheers:
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Welcome :cheers:
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Welcome sir!
Welcome to the best WWII flight sim on this planet. Have fun and don't be afraid to ask questions.
Slade :salute
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Hi all,
I'm new here and new to flight sims and been told once you get the hang of it, this is the only flight sim worth playing. I love historic aircraft as well as current and was lucky enough to serve in the Royal Air Force for a few years which only spurred my enthusiasm!! I am actually trying to get back in as I miss it so much.
Any who, that's me. I'm currently playing offline practice as I so new to all this. I have a Pro Flight 2 joystick from logic 3 as that is all my budget will stretch too at the minute. Not the best but not the worst. If anyone has any suggestions for button mapping it would be greatly appreciated. I really want to learn to fly the Hurricane well and later on the Lancaster.
Hopefully see you in the air soon!!
Nate
Welcome to Aces High Nate.
Hope to see you in the sky soon.
We have Early War Arena and Mid War Arena that have fewer folks in them. When your ready to fly online those are the two arenas I suggest trying first.
Good luck and have fun.
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First,
Welcome. :salute
Second,
It depends on how many buttons you have available on your joystick as to what you should map to it. At the very least you should map "Fire all guns" to your trigger. Many planes have primary and secondary weapons (like machine guns primary and cannons secondary, or two banks of the same guns). If you have the buttons available, you can map your trigger to fire everything, one button for primary only and another button for secondary only. You should probably have a button for secondary weapon anyway, since this is how you drop bombs or fire rockets.
If your stick has a throttle, obviously use it for analog throttle control.
If you have an 8-way hat switch, you might use it to map your head views.
I guess it all depends on what you're comfortable with, and what keyboard keys you use most often.
You might also want to check this out:
http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/ (http://trainers.hitechcreations.com/)
or this
http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/Customize_your_commands (http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/Customize_your_commands)
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Hi all,
I'm new here and new to flight sims and been told once you get the hang of it, this is the only flight sim worth playing. I love historic aircraft as well as current and was lucky enough to serve in the Royal Air Force for a few years which only spurred my enthusiasm!! I am actually trying to get back in as I miss it so much.
Any who, that's me. I'm currently playing offline practice as I so new to all this. I have a Pro Flight 2 joystick from logic 3 as that is all my budget will stretch too at the minute. Not the best but not the worst. If anyone has any suggestions for button mapping it would be greatly appreciated. I really want to learn to fly the Hurricane well and later on the Lancaster.
Hopefully see you in the air soon!!
Nate
Welcome to the game, Nate. Enjoy.
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Nate, Joachim is just funny with his Lanc comment. My observations, brilliantly worth free advice. The Hurri is great, typically used for 'down and dirty' base defense. The ubber birds have speed to get in and out of a fight, so the 190D, P-51D, 109K4, Yak, etc. Those that like to turn and burn use fighters that also have high end speed to reset a fight that is going badly. Spit16s and Ki-84s come to mind. The Spit8 seems to get a lot of use by the Spit-dweebs, it has wing-fuel tanks, thus giving it great dive speed, better zoom to altitude, yet turns like any Spit does.
If you bring a Hurri to most fights you will tend to end up dead. Just my observation. It's somewhat like a Sioux Indian warrior, going into the enemies camp, tied a leather chord around their ankle then pounding a stake into the ground so he can't escape: Very dangerous, only a matter of time before they kill you.
Best of luck and looking forward to seeing another stick in the air.
Boo
PS Next questions you should ask is around squads. Save that one for later though, like arguing who has the best soccer/football team. Oy Vey!!
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Welcome, sir. You will find your nitche. Be patient. There's something in this game for everyone. Have fun.
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Hi all,
I'm new here and new to flight sims and been told once you get the hang of it, this is the only flight sim worth playing. I love historic aircraft as well as current and was lucky enough to serve in the Royal Air Force for a few years which only spurred my enthusiasm!! I am actually trying to get back in as I miss it so much.
Any who, that's me. I'm currently playing offline practice as I so new to all this. I have a Pro Flight 2 joystick from logic 3 as that is all my budget will stretch too at the minute. Not the best but not the worst. If anyone has any suggestions for button mapping it would be greatly appreciated. I really want to learn to fly the Hurricane well and later on the Lancaster.
Hopefully see you in the air soon!!
Nate
Welcome. If you are ever told to press "alt F8" don't do it. :salute
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Welcome. If you are ever told to press "alt F8" don't do it. :salute
Alt-F8?? :headscratch:
If you mean the Windows standard Alt-F4 to instantly kill the foreground process (like when you're in Aces High), there's a warning that pops up to ask if you really want to do it.
So Nate, feel free to get a feel for the controls and options offline for as long as you need. Once you go online, your free two weeks begins. No sense in wasting most of that time trying to figure out how to start your engine and get off the ground. ;)
Once you do go online, visit the Training Arena; people in there are able and willing to help. As mentioned, the Early War and Mid War arenas have fewer people in them than Late War, and some of those guys are willing to help...if they're not busy fighting.
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<SNIP> If anyone has any suggestions for button mapping it would be greatly appreciated. I really want to learn to fly the Hurricane well and later on the Lancaster.
Nate
Repost this request in the Help & Training forum. Mention the type of joystick you're using. You can also use the "search" function. While you're there, you might request some time with a member of the training staff. Getting your jstick set-up for views/assignments is fairly critical.
Good luck and welcome aboard.
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Welcome to Aces High! It will become a home eventually, one that may delight you and annoy your wife/girlfriend for years to come.
If you know what time you'll be online, it would be my pleasure to work with you in the Training Arena. :aok
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Thank you so much for the warm welcome. Just hoping my laptop plays the game as well online as it does off line.I play on my TV via HDMI with a USB keyboard (saving up for a stack!!). I have new fast broadband which should handle it. Will give it a try as soon as I learn to land as well as take off :salute
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Welcome Nate.
Online creates a much larger drag on your computer than offline since it has to keep track of all 400 players instead of the handful circling the base. I hope it works well for ya, several other players use laptops but you may have to use the laptop screen instead of the tv, depending on the size of your display.
:salute
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:aok :aok :aok Welcome.....what are you wearing? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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Hay mate,
welcome to the nut house,
I`m sure you will fit right in
get stuck in and have fun..its a blast
even if the yanks talk funny on range radio :t
just enjoy its a game, if your having fun your winning :aok
:salute Jimmy
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Hay mate,
welcome to the nut house,
I`m sure you will fit right in
get stuck in and have fun..its a blast
even if the yanks talk funny on range radio :t
just enjoy its a game, if your having fun your winning :aok
:salute Jimmy
:huh
:noid
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Welcome Nate!
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Thank you so much for the warm welcome. Just hoping my laptop plays the game as well online as it does off line.I play on my TV via HDMI with a USB keyboard (saving up for a stack!!). I have new fast broadband which should handle it. Will give it a try as soon as I learn to land as well as take off :salute
If you have any troubles running AH there are many folks on here only too glad to help you sort it out.
You'll find the "powers that be" at HiTech very helpful also.
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Good to have ya here Nate! :aok
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Welcome to the madness, where the sheep once roamed.....
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Nate Welcome its a great game full of wonderful pearsonalities, or pearsonality disorders! The game is a cross between a rollercoaster and a x-wife.
999000 ENJOY <S>
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Nate Welcome its a great game full of wonderful pearsonalities, or pearsonality disorders! The game is a cross between a rollercoaster and a x-wife.
999000 ENJOY <S>
Nate, if you see an enemy B-17 low. It may be this guy. KEEP AWAY! :bolt:
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Nate Welcome its a great game full of wonderful pearsonalities, or pearsonality disorders! The game is a cross between a rollercoaster and a x-wife.
999000 ENJOY <S>
More like the girl you should of married before your ex-wife, but close enough. :aok
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:aok :aok :aok Welcome.....what are you wearing? :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
lol
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Welcome Nate! :cheers:
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the welcomes are just great :rofl
you guys never fail on getting me laughing :aok
like they said welcome...... to your new addiction :D
:salute
hope to kill ya soon :devil
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hope to kill ya soon :devil
:rofl :) :lol :uhoh :rofl :neener:
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HELLEEEEEEEEEW!
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I'm glad you found this. I agree there is no other game like this. I'm addicted.
Welcome to the game :salute
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Welcome Nate :aok
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Welcome to the Goat Rodeo, sir! :salute
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Welcome Nate! I hope you have some fun with AH :aok
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Hello All Coming back to the fight soon in the next few days :airplane: