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Announcements => News, Announcements, & Information => Topic started by: hitech on October 29, 2026, 09:39:00 AM

Title: Aces High III Version 3.07 is live: meet your Crew Chief
Post by: hitech on October 29, 2026, 09:39:00 AM

Version 3.07 is live. The game patches itself when you start it, and the Steam and Oculus versions are updated too. Thanks to everyone who tested it.

The big one is Crew Chief, an AI crew chief you can talk to. Hold R and ask out loud: "How do I start my engine?", "Where is the nearest enemy field?", "Set my flaps for takeoff." He answers by voice and on screen, can set things up for you, and can fly you toward a field on autopilot. He knows your plane, your screen and where you are. New pilots also get Crew Chief lessons for the arena list, tower, hangar, first flight, vehicles, mouse flying, gunnery and bailing out. You can also type questions on chat channel 6 ("Chief").

R is Crew Chief's key by default. If you already use R for something else, your key stays as it is, and you can give Crew Chief a key (or a joystick button) in the Key Map. Air Show Smoke used to be on R, so it now needs a key of its own if you use it.

Downloads
Full install: https://dload.hitechcreations.com/ACESHIGHIII.EXE
Patch from 3.06 Patch 9 (the game downloads it for you): https://dload.hitechcreations.com/AHIII3609TO3700.EXE

Good to know

• The program files now live in an ah32 folder inside your Aces High folder. Your settings, films and terrains stay where they are. The patch moves everything and fixes your Start menu and desktop shortcuts, including ones you made yourself. If a shortcut of yours still fails, point it at ah32\aceshigh11.exe.
• Crew Chief's voice needs 64-bit Windows and Microsoft's 64-bit Visual C++ runtime. If your PC doesn't have the runtime, the installer offers to download it.
• Uninstalling now keeps your films and screenshots, and asks before deleting anything else that isn't ours.

Also in 3.07

• Supply lines matter: a destroyed convoy, train or barge now hurts the field it was supplying, and anything destroyed there stays down longer.
• 18 new and 12 updated default controller maps.
• Microphone fixes, and Auto Mic Volume settles faster.
• Fixed the ground around fields flickering.
• Terrain downloads now use HTTPS, which may fix the download trouble some of you have had.
• Chat lines wrap properly, the clipboard map mouse-over is fixed, and some buttons no longer show a dark band.
• "Patch Failed AcesHighBrowser.exe" is fixed.

Please post problems in the 3.07 thread in Aces High General Discussion: https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,413348.0.html

Thanks!