Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: katanaso on December 10, 2012, 03:40:50 PM
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http://www.hitechcreations.com/News/Announcements/aces-high-version-229-released.html
It's already auto-updating.
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Lots of changes....
Version 2.29 Patch 0 Changes
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This version starts a beta test of a new achievement system. Achievements are awarded for accomplishing specific tasks ranging from simple to extremely difficult, silly to historically inspired. The purpose of the beta is to make sure that the achievement system properly awards and stores achievements. The achievements themselves will be updated and expanded as we go forward through the beta. Some achievements are set low in the beta to foster easier testing. ALL BETA ACHIEVEMENTS YOU EARN WILL BE DELETED AT THE END OF THE BETA AND PROBABLY DURING THE BETA AS NEEDED FOR TESTING. THESE ARE NOT THE PERMANENT ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE BETA. Please see the Achievement Beta forum on our BBS for more information about achievements and to report bugs or make suggestions about the achievement system. The achievements menu can be accessed in game in the O'club.
The Hurricane series in Aces High has been updated and expanded. The Hurricane Mk I and Mk IID remain as stand alone models. The Hurricane Mk IIC is now labeled as the Hurricane Mk II and will have the option of loading then A (8 x .303), B (12 x .303), or C (4 x 20mm) wings. The Sea Hurricane Mk I will be available as a completely new model and will be available from aircraft carriers. Thanks to Greebo for making the skins to these planes.
Extensively reworked large sections of the flight modeling on the Hurricanes. They will fly, handle, and perform differently than the previous version. The variants now have unique performance charts.
The M8 Greyhound's 3D shape has been updated.
Updated the cloud system with new techniques for improved performance and looks. The previous cloud files and cloud editor are no longer compatible with this version. There is a new option in the advanced graphic details menu to turn on bump mapping on clouds.
Updated the convoy and train objects.
Added new bomb classifications to the game. In addition to General Purpose(GP) bombs, there are now Armor Piercing(AP), Semi-Armor Piercing (SAP), and High Capacity (HC) or Light Case (LC) bombs. For purposes of the game, compared to a GP bomb of the same weight the new bombs do the following: HC or LC bombs do 75% damage on a direct hit and have 125% of the blast radius. SAP bombs do 125% damage on direct hits and have 33% of the blast radius. AP bombs do 150% damage on direct hits and have 20% of the blast radius. AP and SAP bombs are mostly available on dive bombers.
Made 3d and texture improvements on roads and rails.
Changed bomb drop animations so that bombs don't instantly stabilize to their velocity vector.
Distance fogging of mountains and objects now blends in to the color of the horizon.
Fixed the extra set of windows on the interior of the B-29 cockpit.
Fixed a movement bug on the Ju 87G external view rear gun turret/shield.
Fixed a bug on the Fi 156 that would sometimes cause the wrong wing to be destroyed in a collision.
Fixed a bug in the Ju 87's that caused the tail wheel to remain when the rear fuselage was gone.
Revised the roll rate of the Spitfire Mk I.
Fixed a bug in the P-40N that could put bombs and drop tanks in the same weapon selection group.
Fixed the missing brake sound. Brake sound can be turned off in the advanced sound menu.
Added bomb bay drop to the Me 410.
Reworked the damage mapping on all P-47 models.
Added labels to the Me 410 gunner positions.
Fixed a bug that could show the wrong ordnance selection on the secondary weapon after a rearm.
Fixed a bug that caused oil leaks from the G4M engine to remain after a wing was missing.
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Reworked the damage mapping on all P-47 models. :rock Christmas came early!!!
:aok :aok :aok Beta System....... :pray I have my auto squelch engaged for any who are unable to realize that it IS BETA, and a MAGNIFICENT idea :angel:
Downloading Version now .... :bolt:
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the new clouds are awesome :aok but demanding on the computer
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Reworked the damage mapping on all P-47 models. :rock Christmas came early!!!
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not gonna get my hopes up too much but maybe it has self sealing tanks now!
Than you HT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:rock :rock :rock
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I can't wait to get the Spit Dweeb achievement :)
that will probably be the only one I ever get :rock
ooo and the brake sound is back, that makes me happy out of all proportion
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:rock
This looks like a very cool update.
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I'll have to test how resistant to quad 20mm Hispano fire the P-47s are..... :t
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Sounds like a fun test! :aok
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Achievements are cool, and so are the clouds. :)
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Insane patch, can't wait to download it tonight! :x
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I have achieved downloadage! Now I just need to achieve "talk the Mrs. into to some flying time". :D
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Lots of changes....
Version 2.29 Patch 0 Changes
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Revised the roll rate of the Spitfire Mk I.
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Reworked the damage mapping on all P-47 models.
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Interesting......
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Who will be first for the "Rubber Fist" achievement
(http://creative-mouldings.co.uk/images/SkyHi_Fist_.jpg)
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Who will be first for the "Rubber Fist" achievement
(http://creative-mouldings.co.uk/images/SkyHi_Fist_.jpg)
If they were to add the words "Bruv's fist" to the statue then the first winner would be Midway.
ack-ack
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If they were to add the words "Bruv's fist" to the statue then the first winner would be Midway.
ack-ack
:rolleyes: That's all you got? At least nrshida puts some thought in it and is funny. :)
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:lol
oh and thanks for the 47 update :aok
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Revised the roll rate of the Spitfire Mk I. :O YES!
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:rolleyes: That's all you got? At least nrshida puts some thought in it and is funny. :)
I need a new sidekick for my act. :rolleyes:
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Revised the roll rate of the Spitfire Mk I. :O YES!
Does it roll faster or slower or just differently?
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Looks like its time to come back and resubscribe. :x
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Achievements, are you kidding me :rofl....more look at me things we don't need here :bhead. The BB will be full of the LOOK AT ME and I know "who" will be the 1st.
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I'm surprised no one has thought of this.
What with the changing of the bombs dropping, what is the most Iconic bomber that would need such a change?????
HE111!!!!!
The bombs dropped vertical causing the strange tumbling effect! This has always been said would need a reworkign of the Code!
Well guess what we have! We have a reworking of the code, so I would not be surprised (Be very happy though) if the HE 111 was added shortly!
Am I the only one who thought of that?
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If they were to add the words "Bruv's fist" to the statue then the first winner would be Midway.
ack-ack
lmfao!!!
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Achievements, are you kidding me :rofl....more look at me things we don't need here :bhead. The BB will be full of the LOOK AT ME and I know "who" will be the 1st.
Well speaking of Achievements, upon entering the arena i did earn the ... HOST: You have earned the squelch WHO Achievement. :D
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Well speaking of Achievements, upon entering the arena i did earn the ... HOST: You have earned the squelch WHO Achievement. :D
:frown:
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Question: Can we turn them off.................plzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz
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:rofl :rofl :rofl :huh :huh :huh :rofl :rofl :rofl :huh :huh :huh :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Question: Can we turn them off.................plzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz
Hurts to look at em? Cant see them being around changing your gameplay ,unless you want it to.
I think they are fun, no need for anyone else to know what i have done,i like em just so when I'm bord it gives me a trick i can do to receive a bone.
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thanks for getting this out there before xmas. Was a nice surprise instead of the evil dragging it out with screenshots every week :aok
wtg Greebo, USranger and the HTC team :aok
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Guys, I'm trying to study for finals
Really
Not cool
Bump mapped clouds have nothing to do with reagents that will reduce alkenes
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I can't wait to get the Spit Dweeb achievement :)
that will probably be the only one I ever get :rock
ooo and the brake sound is back, that makes me happy out of all proportion
:D
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Question: Can we turn them off.................plzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz
Hey Hawker... I'm not going to gloat or anything... but I do enjoy my button!
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0e9qz9hkM1ros9jgo1_400.gif)
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Achievements, are you kidding me :rofl....more look at me things we don't need here :bhead. The BB will be full of the LOOK AT ME and I know "who" will be the 1st.
Seven achievements already. :banana:
Awesomeness measured is better than awesomeness not measured. :old:
:rofl
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I must say that (before they were shut down due to whine) the new clouds were absolutely orgasmic!!!! Sure I lost about 25 FPS however was still playable for my semi-low end system. HD radion 4600/ 4GB Ram/ 2.81ghz processor.
I believe that the clouds add so much more realisim to the game even though they may cause a lot of frustraition to bombers attempting to line up on a target or to pilots who loose the enemy in the clouds only to be greeted with him on your six. I believe they will change game play entirely and I can't wait to see how it turns out :)
+1 for the clouds.
Maybe we could get the Icons to dissapere or decrease with cloud cover? Similar to tanks with engines off or under a tree?
~ Trollin
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Hey Hawker... I'm not going to gloat or anything... but I do enjoy my button!
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0e9qz9hkM1ros9jgo1_400.gif)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFwprS_L6tg
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Hey Hawker... I'm not going to gloat or anything... but I do enjoy my button!
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0e9qz9hkM1ros9jgo1_400.gif)
You owe Dhyran (and probabley others) an apology and 2.5 years(+) interest for borrowing their copyright.
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,293054.0.html
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sounds like the only thing this new version lacks is a big
Finish him!
when you have them smoking, halfwinged, PW'ed.
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It's mentioned that there are new ways to classify bombs types. (regular, armor peircing, etc..) I went to the hangar to select bombs but there was no mention of a how to select the bomb type. I assumed there would be. How is the bomb type selected?
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It's mentioned that there are new ways to classify bombs types. (regular, armor peircing, etc..) I went to the hangar to select bombs but there was no mention of a how to select the bomb type. I assumed there would be. How is the bomb type selected?
Look at the bomb labels in hangar for the various planes.
If I remember correctly, the following planes have some AP/SAP bombs available: SBD, B5N, Stuka, Me 410, D3A.
The 4k 'cookie' is now universally a HC or LC bomb.
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Look at the bomb labels in hangar for the various planes.
If I remember correctly, the following planes have some AP/SAP bombs available: SBD, B5N, Stuka, Me 410, D3A.
The 4k 'cookie' is now universally a HC or LC bomb.
Ok. so none of the types are applicable to B-24, B-17, etc...? I thought something about regular, versus Thin casing Larger blast radius, would have bee two types that those might be able to choose between. Perhaps I didn't read it carefully enough. So many distractions here at work.. ;)
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G4M1 also has the 800kg AP bomb as an option.
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G4M1 also has the 800kg AP bomb as an option.
Ah yes, forgot about that one.
But I think it will see much less usage than the old 800kg GP bomb, which was working very well on towns. The only target justifying the 800kg AP would be the CV, but even if you would hit with all 3 bombs, it would still not be sufficient to sink an undamaged carrier.
Lancs, Ju 88s and so on still way more "efficient", even more so if you consider the tendency of the Betty to flame up just by being aimed at ;)