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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: loco07 on June 05, 2024, 11:40:47 AM
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Gentleman, I may be pushing 76 but aviation has always been my first love other than my beautiful Wife of 55 years come June 10th!!! I'm a real pilot with a couple thousand hours of real flight time not to mention several thousand hours of simulated flight hours in Fighter Ace & Aces High. Question,,,is there any room in AH for us old folks that still think of VR is some kind of venereal disease? ~S~
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What I know there are many seniors flying AH.
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What I know there are many seniors flying AH.
Aye! I'm one of those seniors, and my son is a junior.
I've noticed that as we get older our eyes aren't so good and VR has helped me a bunch in this regard. IF you're interested in VR I found a quest 2 on Amazon for $199. I've run AH3 on VR with a card as old as an R9 380 so if you're willing to sacrifice the detail you might could get by with an older card.
If there's anything I can do to help you get up and running I'd be glad to help.
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Someone took a very unofficial poll not too long ago and determined the average player age is somewhere in the upper 50s so you’re good.
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65 here..........
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If you can see you can play the game! :aok
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65 here..........
Signed up for Medicare last April..
Congrats on 55 years with the wife...will be 46 in July with mine
AH is a blast in vr ...better than the vr experience in dcs and il2 imo
Eagler
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65 here..........
You older than dust! Haha :old: :bolt:
I will be back as soon as I can get a new computer, monitor, hotas and whatever else I might need...
Just got to get the money for it, 🤣
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Gentleman, I may be pushing 76 but aviation has always been my first love other than my beautiful Wife of 55 years come June 10th!!! I'm a real pilot with a couple thousand hours of real flight time not to mention several thousand hours of simulated flight hours in Fighter Ace & Aces High. Question,,,is there any room in AH for us old folks that still think of VR is some kind of venereal disease? ~S~
66 next month and still having a blast flying AH! Jump in! the waters fine! <S>
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Gentleman, I may be pushing 76 but aviation has always been my first love other than my beautiful Wife of 55 years come June 10th!!! I'm a real pilot with a couple thousand hours of real flight time not to mention several thousand hours of simulated flight hours in Fighter Ace & Aces High. Question,,,is there any room in AH for us old folks that still think of VR is some kind of venereal disease? ~S~
Hey LOCO, I'm 71 with heart and vision issues and still on this game using VR; having fun daily ....
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Not sure what your budget is but you can get it running for pretty cheap if you don't mind turning down the detail.
If you're not gonna run VR you can get this done pretty cheap.
This is a complete system for just over $300
https://www.amazon.com/HP-800-RGB-Gaming-Desktop/dp/B0D467KGHT/ref=sr_1_12_sspa?crid=CARA0FN0BRQH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ksrdIm6mFCGQui6l2_aFEAPT9VBmAl9FY2dzhJi-ZkTsey-k1OU-XAZTErKPhiW37rOrr3XYPNYWO7KqoF_yMtmOZlRbUnnWc9BhDUUxGeEV4UzytDiekgV_PcPhUP4tqzVhxT_-RerttMVxUoEqbMbODHZCKxDIRuubqKiDwwUKyO_WGM9O5ROwW8_yUXPM2NUSri2hePSDyEZQCBnQqeLugg1AcKibkUQLo1Zyz3KFZnTPGUllFsQEhV7MkaopDEAIHF6JvDGtNO-mNLFGE9Jg4aMrOfcWtGhDRhQgoII.oS__-UFfmGSdF7PPErsgTxwZtDK9CI66nPj_4w1RCFM&dib_tag=se&keywords=gaming+computer+4060&qid=1717610328&refinements=p_36%3A-52000&rnid=2421879011&sprefix=gaming+computer+4060%2Caps%2C283&sr=8-12-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9tdGY&psc=1
For decent VR you can get it done for 1k even with a laptop.
https://www.amazon.com/MSI-Display-i7-12650H-Keyboard-Accessories/dp/B0CDCBF52B/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1X0OA89VUOHI1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.D4DCXDgbezYtXpFnvksX5hu-8RRXspTKl_ygGwdtu9-sNVT2M3syWK4X2Q4aEJMOn2meIN-YPNEjIYfJbKNnN-CshnWwLZSX-P_rWDc53uGedkcToAquhMRaAPZPRiRywaVeXw2OK3xMdPbSs1kw7fd509HZgOqPn9qw6BFZnbaJoTfM3r6qcIdGJ8RGdrthaMZRjw_9nQ84LHaVlXPNSes7j3OFVAEmZDKxQ8w5P9tmjEqtn8n4F0SaYeqx7gER-9XMldlrihG3FVeOhYaieXsTA2z7MAkxJynE9WMt5kU.x9y2K7ZtJ3tHYvdWehAs_SX2oqu3yJXT2koNq8Lv6Eg&dib_tag=se&keywords=msi%2Bgaming%2Blaptop&qid=1717262194&sprefix=msi%2Bgaming%2Blaptop%2Caps%2C179&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1
Quest 2 $199
https://www.amazon.com/Oculus-Quest-Advanced-All-One-Virtual/dp/B099VMT8VZ/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=TLS01OR89Q8B&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Z_lfwl9aW0nTvOOde1YqePj3DQ9nGehOlAa9MnWO34jQckIx7ivelJdJUK2uKMnuaYCDswQtjp-lc1yaQpXDEjRkSIssA-pgvf6YNxdvUOAfcCc6OJ1R7egKgbIa9eUm3nR_oj8WXCnXOPxJdHPTEeTZm2DTsbBu1Xam1vBicFKf7_YOk5OeGQ7VgoJ0nrbv_XR_1oa0aVb989fmw6ODIaLj502ai1Knk2RRaIFB2Xm38YhcGSZ3ZumHxL1is-IFsoc1uGLPDlqBuE1pmzydFpQCkN738hsu0zyTplpw9i4.1G2aM_XMeNS3F4YbIEn4vDVUN-SNzZjHjlsHvzE92LE&dib_tag=se&keywords=quest+2&qid=1717610741&sprefix=quest+2%2Caps%2C230&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
For hotas I'd say winwing is the best, for bang for the buck I'd say VKB or you could always get something like this for pretty cheap:$189
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QWCC2YY/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_6?smid=A3IP6NZYGEKGSU&psc=1
I'm sure there are others who have better suggestions. This is just something I found in a quick search.
I have used these hotas and they are decent for the the current price, I've used the 1030 with a 3470 and it was playable.
I also bought a previous version of this laptop with a 3060 and was able to use it for VR.
Hope this is helpful.
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Gentleman, I may be pushing 76 but aviation has always been my first love other than my beautiful Wife of 55 years come June 10th!!! I'm a real pilot with a couple thousand hours of real flight time not to mention several thousand hours of simulated flight hours in Fighter Ace & Aces High. Question,,,is there any room in AH for us old folks that still think of VR is some kind of venereal disease? ~S~
To actually answer your question, jump right back in, it's as playable as you recall, and many do not use VR. The view system you remember from your prior time is the same; the game is very playable with a j/s and hatswitch, but may be more challenging, as it always was, to use keypad views.
My only suggestion might be to enlarge the FOV (field of vision) from the default 90 degrees to something that may give you a better overlap such as 100 or 105 degrees, the wider the FOV the more you'll notice fishbowl effects on the edges of your screen/vision.
Our mark II eyeballs have 120 degrees normal and an extra 10 or so peripheral, but monitors are the limiting factor here (that induced fishbowl effect.)
Aside from the hat/keypad FOV being adjusted, you may want to find better head positions than default, altho' default are very good still.
Having said that, some players think VR confers some slight advantages in certain situations like spotting GVs or tracking planes to better end up with a firing solution (seeing around those pesky canopy frames.)
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73 as of yesterday...
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:airplane: :banana: :airplane:
Gentleman, I may be pushing 76 but aviation has always been my first love other than my beautiful Wife of 55 years come June 10th!!! I'm a real pilot with a couple thousand hours of real flight time not to mention several thousand hours of simulated flight hours in Fighter Ace & Aces High. Question,,,is there any room in AH for us old folks that still think of VR is some kind of venereal disease? ~S~
You'll be fine.
You don't need no steenkin VR.
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73 as of yesterday...
Happy Belated Birthday, nopoop! Hope it was a great day for you!
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Thank you Sir !!
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70 looms 3 months away for me. Doesn't seem nearly as old as it usta.
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72 here Loco, jump in the water is fine, :aok
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Someone took a very unofficial poll not too long ago and determined the average player age is somewhere in the upper 50s so you’re good.
Yep, the average I got out of 20 +/- a few players that answered was 57. I would bet the average age is actually higher than that because there are very few players my age (32) or younger. Lots of older fellers in here.
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65
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I used to get so worked up in the heat of the moments that I had to stop playing and let my heart rate come back down in the upper 90s....
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I used to get so worked up in the heat of the moments that I had to stop playing and let my heart rate come back down in the upper 90s....
I'm not quite there yet. I'm only 51, but that's one reason I'm more into the bomber flights than fighters really. Not really up to the heart stress and definitely don't have the reflexive responsiveness I used to in tough dogfight situations. Back in my 30's when I LOVED flying my favorite Yak fighters at the time (only the 9U and 9T were available), I could mix it up pretty well with opponents. Not so anymore, sadly.
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You older than dust! Haha :old: :bolt:
I will be back as soon as I can get a new computer, monitor, hotas and whatever else I might need...
Just got to get the money for it, 🤣
AH requires your presence. :salute
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73 as of yesterday...
Happy Bday nopoop!!!!
:cheers:
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You're not dead, so you are not too old to play Aces High. Come join us.
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73 as of yesterday...
Happy Birthday!
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I think you'd be astonished at how many seniors are flying in Aces High.
I turn 70 this year.
SKOzone
Skyknights Bomber Group
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I think you'd be astonished at how many seniors are flying in Aces High.
I turn 70 this year.
And I'll be 72 and the end of July.
One of the most remarkable things is that we generally don't fall asleep while playing AH3. While driving our cars...well...that could be another thing...
- oldman