General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Trev95 on April 08, 2020, 09:32:16 AM
Title: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: Trev95 on April 08, 2020, 09:32:16 AM
Hello fellas!
So, I am aware that a number of people around here are not a fans of night combat in game and some for sense able reasons like eyesight etc.. For those who don't mind it or enjoy it would you be interested in a special event some evening involving combat under the stars? It could be a medium range bombing run, GV combat, or a midnight PT torpedo run against a Battleship. I am just throwing this out their to test the waters and see if anyone would enjoy something a little different some weekend. Here are a few videos where you can get a feel for the atmosphere.
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Night Dogfight
Night Bombing Run
Night On The Town
Head In The Clouds
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: Shuffler on April 08, 2020, 11:11:26 AM
As long as frozen margaritas are allowed.... I'm in.
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: nooby52 on April 08, 2020, 11:16:12 AM
As long as frozen margaritas are allowed.... I'm in.
I guess as long as you can fly or drive.... :cheers:
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: perdue3 on April 08, 2020, 11:27:26 AM
We had a Snapshot back in the day of a night raid, it was quite fun. Perhaps this summer we can plan a one-off night event to see if everyone hates it.
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: Nefarious on April 08, 2020, 11:31:37 AM
I have a night event I've been wanting to try, perhaps I'll run it here soon.
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: Spikes on April 08, 2020, 11:35:29 AM
I have some night events in mind - and frankly full night time isn't bad as the moonlight provides a good amount of light. The issue is Gamma settings make night time trivial and the game look horrible.
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: perdue3 on April 08, 2020, 11:49:25 AM
Okay, okay. Not all the designers at once, now. I was first.
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: Nefarious on April 08, 2020, 11:58:50 AM
As Nef said, RAF vs. Luft. RAF mostly did night bombing but did not do so with much escort other than some Mossies or possibly other fighters here and there as the war went on.
This of course creates an issue with plane/fighter balance and would require some fabrication to make it so. Even then, we just ran an FSO with the Lancaster subbed in for a Short Stirling and with 109E/109F fighters for defense, the Lancs did not do that well. It largely depended on escort, but I can't fathom flying a Lancaster with escort versus 190s and later 109s.
As I said, IMO the biggest issue is the ability to circumvent the 'night time' by adjusting gamma. Gamma can be adjusted so much that it is as bright as day time with an awful looking sky. I would be willing to press on with an event of that type if we could 'lock' gamma settings in the arena, but even then I am sure there are 3rd party programs to get around it.
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: Arlo on April 08, 2020, 02:49:45 PM
I would be willing to press on with an event of that type if we could 'lock' gamma settings in the arena, but even then I am sure there are 3rd party programs to get around it.
Gamma is a front end hardware setting and can't be 'locked' in an arena. Sorry.
Title: Re: Special Night Events? (Don't Flame My Thread)
Post by: perdue3 on April 08, 2020, 02:54:39 PM