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General Forums => Open Beta Test => Topic started by: hitech on August 19, 2016, 04:11:32 PM
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If all is stable in the 41 patch,next week we will be ending the beta process and we will go into pre-release testing.
In the pre-release phase
1. AH will install into the final new release folder.
2. Arenas will be live with perks points, and will configured how the current late war is. And scoring will be counted.
3. The only thing we are formally testing for at that point will be installation the into new directory, and host configuration issues, and copying in AH2 settings.
4. At the end of the pre-release phase we will simply stop AH2, and it will auto download AH3 v1.0
HiTech
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:banana:
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Great news, thought today would be the day we'd be told something along these lines.
Congrats HTC.
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:aok
:cheers:
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:rock great neas
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Wow, I guess saying 2 weeks is not such a smart arse thing now. :devil
This is excellent news.
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wtg HT and Crew! Cant wait!
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Please put the Trinity map up for one last time..........please :airplane:
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Please put the Trinity map up for one last time..........please :airplane:
Why, so we're stuck with it until AH3 goes live? No thanks.
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:rock
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Please put the Trinity map up for one last time..........please :airplane:
+1
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sounds like the downhill side of things! :cheers: :aok
guess it's time to start dialing in the upgrades on the old PC.
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I can say it now.....
Less than 2 WEEEEEKS
:salute Hitech
:salute All HTC Staff
Thankyou!
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Way to go, HTC! :) :) :)
I need to get a new joystick by amazon...
"When is it released??"
"one week!!!"
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WTG Dale and crew! Congrats!!!! :cheers:
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:salute
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YEEEEEEHAW!!!!!!!
:x
:salute
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Runaway thread...hang on tight! :cheers:
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May the pwnage be with us all! :x
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May need to rejoin the fight and re-up my account (once home from overseas tour). I guess no way of running this on a Mac tho, huh?!
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Might be a good idea to put some kind of notification like this in AH2's MOTD, if you haven't already.
Congratulations on AH3's impending release!
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Time to dust off the HOTAS.
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GULP. I need to finish the clipboard maps.
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I am scared :old:
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Don't add Trinity back to AH II, but ADD IT TO AH III.
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Seems im not able to get over 15 fps so once its released I will cancel until I upgrade my machine.
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Lets hope all goes well :salute Hitech
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Seems im not able to get over 15 fps so once its released I will cancel until I upgrade my machine.
Salt,
Did you ask for any help? Or are you just assuming that you are not able to do better? I have had a ton of success with many others claiming the same, and that was even before they really began to tweak the beta.
It is probably a good idea to do some sort of upgrade, but I can tell you that many have made an even worse mistake by simply "upgrading" to something newer, more expensive, and yet no more USEFUL when it came to running AH3.
Your best #1 response should include your dxdiag.txt attached. If you don't know how to do that, ask. #2 Be patient, it should only take a few hours before someone will have a competent answer for any question you may have about improved performance (ignore those the start with Viagra comments). #3 DO NOT buy anything just because it advertises as a "Gaming System" you will most likely be disappointed, and OVERCHARGED. #4 Why cancel your account if you are getting 15 fps, unless you are experiencing warpy gameplay, the fps is only going to be a number to compare performance, you eyes may not even detect the difference. With one button click I have seen others go from 15 fps to 50 - 60 fps.
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Yup, like Chilli said. I get around 40 FPS on my old laptop, with some tweaking of resolution and field of view settings. That computer even struggled with AH2. It is just as good (well without a few bells and whistles) as my newer Desktop. You really don't need the detail maxed out in this version as the cons both air and ground, are way more visible at distance than they are in AH2
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Way to go, HTC! :) :) :)
I need to get a new joystick by amazon...
"When is it released??"
"one week!!!"
Mitsu!! Get in here :aok
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Salt,
Did you ask for any help? Or are you just assuming that you are not able to do better? I have had a ton of success with many others claiming the same, and that was even before they really began to tweak the beta.
It is probably a good idea to do some sort of upgrade, but I can tell you that many have made an even worse mistake by simply "upgrading" to something newer, more expensive, and yet no more USEFUL when it came to running AH3.
Your best #1 response should include your dxdiag.txt attached. If you don't know how to do that, ask. #2 Be patient, it should only take a few hours before someone will have a competent answer for any question you may have about improved performance (ignore those the start with Viagra comments). #3 DO NOT buy anything just because it advertises as a "Gaming System" you will most likely be disappointed, and OVERCHARGED. #4 Why cancel your account if you are getting 15 fps, unless you are experiencing warpy gameplay, the fps is only going to be a number to compare performance, you eyes may not even detect the difference. With one button click I have seen others go from 15 fps to 50 - 60 fps.
Hi Chili,
Thanks for the reply and I would appreciate any advice to make the game faster. I have a laptop with an AMD Radeon r5 m240 w/ 1G vram. I emailed skuzzy a few months back and he said this setup was insufficient. will my dxdiang.txt will be in the ah3 folder? If so I can post it right a way. Sadly I have a laptop so I cannot update the video card. also I live in China where computers are nearly twice as expensive as in the US (unless I want a substandard local brand) so I prefer to buy another laptop during my next US visit (taking a desktop through customs is a sure way to get stopped and duty charged). I am experiencing warpy gameplay when there are other players/guns firing etc.
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:cheers:
:salute
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My Rig is in pieces :embarrassed: somebody hold me
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Salt, if Skuzzy has already said your laptop being insufficient, it most likely is. As you said aptops are almost impossible to upgrade, the few options available won't really improve gaming.
As for the DxDiag, it's a Windows tool. Read Skuzzy's instructions here: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,71591.msg3215282.html#msg3215282 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,71591.msg3215282.html#msg3215282).
One hint: If you're going to stay in China semi-permanently, how about a desktop computer? One dating from the last five years beefed up with a new(ish) high end video card shouldn't cost too much and it would run AH3 much better than most laptops. A real gaming laptop costs a four-digit amount of $ anyway.
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Salt, if Skuzzy has already said your laptop being insufficient, it most likely is. As you said aptops are almost impossible to upgrade, the few options available won't really improve gaming.
As for the DxDiag, it's a Windows tool. Read Skuzzy's instructions here: http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,71591.msg3215282.html#msg3215282 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,71591.msg3215282.html#msg3215282).
One hint: If you're going to stay in China semi-permanently, how about a desktop computer? One dating from the last five years beefed up with a new(ish) high end video card shouldn't cost too much and it would run AH3 much better than most laptops. A real gaming laptop costs a four-digit amount of $ anyway.
Yep, but still would be interesting to see if you have it tweaked. I see this GPU compared to the 6800 GT here: http://graphics-cards.specout.com/compare/23-48-2421/Nvidia-GeForce-9800-GT-vs-ATI-HD-3600-Series-vs-AMD-Radeon-R5-M240 (http://graphics-cards.specout.com/compare/23-48-2421/Nvidia-GeForce-9800-GT-vs-ATI-HD-3600-Series-vs-AMD-Radeon-R5-M240) Although it does have the 1 GB video memory, the memory type is DDR3. The memory bandwidth and interface bandwidth are a fraction in comparison. This might be where your performance threshold has been breeched.
However, if your received this news 3 months ago, I am not sure if DX11 had been rolled out yet. To get the absolute most, #1 turn environment map slider in the graphics detail menu to "none", #2 reduce the max texture to its lowest setting.
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:aok
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will there be mid and early war arenas available? Looks like you will be losing many of your older, long time subscribers.
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will there be mid and early war arenas available? Looks like you will be losing many of your older, long time subscribers.
I doubt it would be actually many, considering the fact that both arenas had been about empty most of the time. The number of people that had made any of those as their primary arena was exceedingly small (we talking about something like 1% or so).
Which doesn't mean that HTC won't bring them back nevertheless, but we soon will know ;)
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I agree with Lusche, that the limited plane set arenas never grabbed that much attention. I am more concerned with the continuation of the "stealth" land grab game play that makes it difficult to find "willing" combatants in air war. If last night was any example, I was on for about an hour with a medium sized map, and was only able to scratch at 2 engagements (actually one and a half, the last guy was trying his hardest to duck and scoot his way to a nearby base = fail). The other engagement was a Me163 that hid on the deck after take off and then zoom climbed to attack me sight unseen.
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I doubt it would be actually many, considering the fact that both arenas had been about empty most of the time. The number of people that had made any of those as their primary arena was exceedingly small (we talking about something like 1% or so).
Which doesn't mean that HTC won't bring them back nevertheless, but we soon will know ;)
I would like to see some stats on the behaviour of EW/MW dwellers and what was achieved in their time. I'm guessing lots of trains, road convoys, 2nd account killing for perks and achievements etc etc,. :noid :D
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I would like to see some stats on the behaviour of EW/MW dwellers and what was achieved in their time. I'm guessing lots of trains, road convoys, 2nd account killing for perks and achievements etc etc,. :noid :D
loves me some EW planes but get my fix for that in FSO. I plan on giving AVA a closer look as well.
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BTW will be at least 2 weeks of pre release testing. Roy will be on vacation for 2 weeks , and I don't care to go live with out him here.
HiTech
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Ok. At least couple more weeks but at least something fairly concrete. Give some time to upgrade now that they know its happening soon.
Coot
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Did someone just say 2 weeks???
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Very Nice !!
frame rates are really good now too.
a question:
should we take screen shots of our perk points and achievements just in case?
I would hate to lose 25k of gv perks.......ouch.
:salute
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Plenty of fights in AHIII last night after I said no one wants to fight.
Four sorties and something like 22 or 23 kills.
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Plenty of fights in AHIII last night after I said no one wants to fight.
Four sorties and something like 22 or 23 kills.
Was a lot of fun last night! bet that was the first time in a Decade that I had seen SuperFly up and flying
I only did 2 sorties, and only got 7 kills.......... "Show-off Shuffler"... :D
TC
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Was a lot of fun last night! bet that was the first time in a Decade that I had seen SuperFly up and flying
I only did 2 sorties, and only got 7 kills.......... "Show-off Shuffler"... :D
TC
I was thinking it could be a bug. LOL
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Mitsu!! Get in here :aok
Havooooooooooooooooo, see ya in AH3!
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when I logged into AH3 this morning I noticed all achievement and perks pts have been transfered over. :aok :aok
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I got it figured out, I feel so stupid :bhead :bhead :bhead Thanks Hitech and Devil5O5!!! :salute :salute :salute