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Title: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on November 26, 2024, 08:04:37 AM
For better or worse.

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Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: JimmyD3 on November 26, 2024, 11:16:43 AM
 :rofl

Saw a lot of that during AH3 beta, even killed a few ships with tanks.  :D
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: GOODBYE on November 26, 2024, 11:22:35 AM
I miss throwing my tank in neutral and going 100mph+ down a hill
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: MDStampf93 on November 26, 2024, 11:46:58 AM
I miss throwing my tank in neutral and going 100mph+ down a hill

I forgot we could do that back in the day  :rofl
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: DmonSlyr on November 26, 2024, 12:04:41 PM
I miss being able to ditch/land with no wheels going 450+  :devil
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Yarbles on November 26, 2024, 12:25:54 PM
Multiple spawning LVT's on Land and armies of 100's troops heading to the map room mowed down by machine gun fire. Proper ww1 style.   

It was funny  :D

Brilliant thread Icepac  :aok

It does sound horrible but it was a laugh  :devil
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Dadtallica on November 26, 2024, 01:01:51 PM
I miss throwing my tank in neutral and going 100mph+ down a hill

Why did this change
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on November 26, 2024, 03:26:44 PM

It didn't change.   

Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: waystin2 on November 26, 2024, 03:35:34 PM
Have a 3 way battle with 50+ on a side? :aok
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on November 26, 2024, 03:51:14 PM
You can't lure up ME163s because they rarely come up to take on a fighter which they know because of the icon.   
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: mechanic on November 26, 2024, 03:55:54 PM
The only thing I can say I truly miss is rolling from an airfield and being inside a 100 plane furball within 5 minutes, those days were something else. I still to this day am in awe of Hitech's smoothing code to make that even possible
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: nopoop on November 26, 2024, 06:12:29 PM
Furballs that lit your hair on fire...
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Oldman731 on November 26, 2024, 08:45:30 PM
Treetop level, flat scissors, flaps full out.

It still happens, now and again, but it's pretty rare.  I've always thought that the best fight is the one that ends with no one having fired his/her guns.

- oldman
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Leisure on November 26, 2024, 09:23:58 PM
Treetop level, flat scissors, flaps full out.

It still happens, now and again, but it's pretty rare.  I've always thought that the best fight is the one that ends with no one having fired his/her guns.

- oldman

I've got just the opponent for you then, me! Your allies, the trees, will take me out long before you or I can fire guns in a scissor fight on the deck.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on November 27, 2024, 06:15:33 AM

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Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: mERv on November 27, 2024, 08:21:47 AM
I will add to the list...

You cant shoot down the real finetime any longer  :old:  :salute
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: HL117 on November 27, 2024, 08:52:10 AM
Taking off from a field, flying to a nearby furball, finding someone near co-alt , having a clean merge, fighting until you had a winner, giving each other a <S> afterward and starting over again for another round. Had nights like this that lasted hours were my arm literally got tired and I had to take a brake before re-upping.

   People respected each other, some light smack talk occurred, yes I participated in this to, only the occasional not so good sticks would (HO) you, seemed as a general rule most people usually didn't take cheap shots, very little gang banging happened unless you upped into a place were fields were being taken over, thats your choice,..... those days are long gone and I salute all of those (I doubt many left) that are either playing or reading this participated in such antics, you made this game a pure joy for me personally and I always looked forward to playing on the nights I could, I could name names but no need, those who played like the above know who they are and probably quit long ago because such play slowly disappeared over the years. No regrets just wish it could have lasted longer.





 :salute
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: The Fugitive on November 27, 2024, 08:56:32 AM
Taking off from a field, flying to a nearby furball, finding someone near co-alt , having a clean merge, fighting until you had a winner, giving each other a <S> afterward and starting over again for another round. Had nights like this that lasted hours were my arm literally got tired and I had to take a brake before re-upping.

   People respected each other, some light smack talk occurred, yes I participated in this to, only the occasional not so good sticks would (HO) you, seemed as a general rule most people usually didn't take cheap shots, very little gang banging happened unless you upped into a place were fields were being taken over, thats your choice,..... those days are long gone and I salute all of those (I doubt many left) that are either playing or reading this participated in such antics, you made this game a pure joy for me personally and I always looked forward to playing on the nights I could, I could name names but no need, those who played like the above know who they are and probably quit long ago because such play slowly disappeared over the years. No regrets just wish it could have lasted longer.





 :salute

<S>
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on November 27, 2024, 09:37:02 AM
How about climbing to 35k in a P47m to hunt buffs and finding an enemy p51b at 50k?   

Did the ki67 get adjusted in my absence from the arena such that it can't go 492mph?

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Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Shane on November 27, 2024, 10:08:16 AM
Did the ki67 get adjusted in my absence from the arena such that it can't go 492mph?

Apparently, a lot of things have changed since you last played, perhaps even the website.  You might have overlooked this nifty feature on this page:

(https://i.postimg.cc/LsLF2kj6/heres-a-clue.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

People these days don't want to put in an effort (like searching the website or checking in-game settings) and expect things handed to them.  :rolleyes:

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but lack of curiosity is worse than that.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: The Fugitive on November 27, 2024, 10:30:46 AM
Or you could check <THIS PAGE> (http://75.138.186.96:8080/gonzo/ah_charts_2.html) for fighter info.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Yarbles on November 27, 2024, 10:46:14 AM
Or you could check <THIS PAGE> (http://75.138.186.96:8080/gonzo/ah_charts_2.html) for fighter info.

Thanks I have saved the page  :salute

I miss defending the CV group under atack when every gun was manned. The sound of all those 5 inch and 40mm going off and planes constantly flying off.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Leisure on November 27, 2024, 11:36:49 AM
Thanks I have saved the page  :salute

I miss defending the CV group under atack when every gun was manned. The sound of all those 5 inch and 40mm going off and planes constantly flying off.

Speaking of defending the CV group:
My neighbor and I share a garage/shop and we have it wired for internet. He was in there the other (Monday?) night playing AH on the PC  and manning a gun on a BB as I came over and watched. Guns were going off, bombs dropping and torps swimming-quite the calamitous scene, man. Suddenly, off to the left, the CV is struck and starts going down. We could actually see the stern rise straight into the vertical before finally starting to slowly slip under the sea. We were both awestruck by the sight and were furiously looking for a way to take a screenshot. What a nice touch to the game by rendering such a scene. It was actually pretty fun manning guns too. I gave it a whirl last night in fact.

I guess this could have gone into a "things you can do" thread rather than this one I suppose. Oops!
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Shuffler on November 27, 2024, 12:15:41 PM
Air spawning PT boats.... ah those days........
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on November 27, 2024, 07:10:02 PM
Apparently, a lot of things have changed since you last played, perhaps even the website.  You might have overlooked this nifty feature on this page:

(https://i.postimg.cc/LsLF2kj6/heres-a-clue.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

People these days don't want to put in an effort (like searching the website or checking in-game settings) and expect things handed to them.  :rolleyes:

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but lack of curiosity is worse than that.

I know the performance pages a lot better than you, shane.     
I also know how they perform way above the top of the chart.
I also know the engine management systems, boost pressures, spark advance curves....etc.

Why do I know these things about airplanes shane has never toucherd?
Because I worked at the Paul Garber restoration facility in the early 1990s.   

What was shane doing in 1989 while I was working on C46s and super connies.

Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Shane on November 27, 2024, 07:57:09 PM
I know the performance pages a lot better than you, shane.     
I also know how they perform way above the top of the chart.
I also know the engine management systems, boost pressures, spark advance curves....etc.

Why do I know these things about airplanes shane has never toucherd?
Because I worked at the Paul Garber restoration facility in the early 1990s.   

What was shane doing in 1989 while I was working on C46s and super connies.

Perfect... typical weebsauce behavior. I posted HTC info - game related, amirite?  And you come at my ankle all swoll up with.. blablala somethng something... totally irrelevant.  :rolleyes:

You'll fit right back into the MA and I'm sure your .rpt mashing finger is all ready to go.  :aok

(You could also download the game and test it offline yourself, you know, to help refresh your muscle memory before you jump back into the big pool.)  :joystick:
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Shane on November 28, 2024, 12:19:05 AM
Or you could check <THIS PAGE> (http://75.138.186.96:8080/gonzo/ah_charts_2.html) for fighter info.

He was asking about the ki-67,tho'...  :noid
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: captain1ma on November 28, 2024, 07:42:30 AM
I miss throwing my tank in neutral and going 100mph+ down a hill

i remember that!! that was soooo much fun!!!
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Meatwad on November 28, 2024, 07:48:51 AM
Fight a squid
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on November 28, 2024, 08:40:24 AM
Can the ki67 still go 492mph without losing parts?
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Shuffler on November 28, 2024, 08:59:18 AM
Fight a squid

UFOs also....
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Shane on November 28, 2024, 09:21:21 AM
Can the ki67 still go 492mph without losing parts?

You find out and tell us.

https://www.hitechcreations.com/downloads/downloads-game 
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Mano on November 28, 2024, 03:23:00 PM
You cannot drive your GV into a shore battery and shoot enemy tanks with impunity.

 :old:
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Mayhem on November 28, 2024, 10:36:18 PM
   
Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Wing with Whels, TC, or Arc.
 :cry
 :salute
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: DREDIOCK on November 28, 2024, 11:45:00 PM
How about having your GV get blown up by merely bumping into a rock
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Eagler on November 29, 2024, 07:08:18 AM
Opening the website without cert warnings..

Eagler
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: mERv on November 29, 2024, 11:23:21 PM
From a younger guy, who became the greatest of all time, while every single one of you were still on the clock. . .  :banana:

this thread is just bad

 :noid
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: waystin2 on December 02, 2024, 12:09:59 PM
I miss throwing my tank in neutral and going 100mph+ down a hill
Anyone else remember you could creep the tanks with the engine off?  Only sound was the treads.  You could actually ninja up on someone and they had no idea you were sneaking up on them.  :aok
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Shuffler on December 03, 2024, 12:16:41 PM
Still flying naked after all these years.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: THRASH99 on December 04, 2024, 06:59:11 PM
Neutral downhill in tanks/jeeps hyperspeed sound, PT boat flips  :rofl
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: guncrasher on December 04, 2024, 07:01:52 PM
getting 150 proxies from dorks spawning again and again.



semp
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: waystin2 on December 05, 2024, 06:25:02 PM
getting 150 proxies from dorks spawning again and again.



semp
You are truly Pig evil my friend.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Rebel28 on December 06, 2024, 05:55:05 PM
No ENY just Perk planes....
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: RELIC on December 08, 2024, 01:02:23 PM
Getting a base capture in Attack mode  :noid
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on December 10, 2024, 03:08:48 PM
Here's something you can still do.

Notice that spybro's plane he landed on the CA continues to levitate after the boat was sunk from beneath it.

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Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: ~ZoSo~ on December 11, 2024, 10:19:51 AM
Being able to stick your main gun through the wall of an enemy GV hanger while camping the hanger.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Isotope on December 18, 2024, 09:29:54 PM
Missions
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: The Fugitive on December 18, 2024, 09:52:05 PM
Missions

Sic Puppies run them all the time. Had a couple crushed tonight!  LOL!!!! but was still fun!
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: GOODBYE on December 19, 2024, 10:18:16 AM
Mission were my favorite… a bunch of countrymen all banding together to demolish the enemy. NOE lanc raids were the best
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Isotope on December 19, 2024, 12:35:24 PM
Sic Puppies run them all the time. Had a couple crushed tonight!  LOL!!!! but was still fun!

The 110 mission? Yes i joined it. was fun. Is there a way to get notified more easily when there posted? Use to be announced in the chat buffer all the time "Mission Up!"
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: The Fugitive on December 19, 2024, 12:43:11 PM
The 110 mission? Yes i joined it. was fun. Is there a way to get notified more easily when there posted? Use to be announced in the chat buffer all the time "Mission Up!"

When its a mission one of loads up in the mission editor then we announce it in the text buffer. Some time they are just "fly by the seat of our pants" type missions they just put together on the fly.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Shuffler on December 20, 2024, 01:36:14 PM
Oh I got one..... you can't go around and visit other players wives. Their husband's are not playing AH 24/7 anymore.

 :x
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Dadtallica on December 20, 2024, 03:16:03 PM
Wedging yourself into the back corner of a VH and making people super mad.  :banana:
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: captain1ma on December 20, 2024, 08:35:14 PM
Dredger runs!!
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Meatwad on December 21, 2024, 11:00:13 AM
Candy mountain missions to find someones kidney
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: icepac on December 21, 2024, 12:03:06 PM
Have not been able to do this recently.

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Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: save on December 26, 2024, 06:39:01 PM
Still flying naked after all these years.

The  AWACS radar can even see that, and the color of your lipstick.  :old:
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: Kini on January 05, 2025, 09:12:44 AM
Crater runways for airfield denial.
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: turt21 on January 06, 2025, 07:05:21 PM
Oh I got one..... you can't go around and visit other players wives. Their husband's are not playing AH 24/7 anymore.

Anyone remember the Air Warrior Widows club?
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: SpinDoc1 on January 07, 2025, 12:17:44 PM
TL;DR whole thread...

Can't find 200+ players in the MA on an average night! Looking back wistfully at the good ol' days...
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: GOODBYE on January 07, 2025, 05:23:44 PM
Things you still CAN do…. Taxi backwards on a CV and slingshot yourself backwards on a CV with the tail hook engaged
Title: Re: Things you can't do in Aces High anymore.
Post by: rvflyer on January 17, 2025, 02:14:36 PM
It didn't change.

It changed when automatics were installed in jeeps and tanks. No neutral anymore.