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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Downtown on April 16, 2000, 10:59:00 AM
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So whats slated for the next version of AH?
Sturmovik?
Lancaster?
T-34?
P-40B? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
P-47D?
Sherman?
SDK?
FW-190 A5?
FW-190 D9?
Spit XXI?
Katushka?
155MM Towed Howitzers?
Any of the above, or all of the above, can you guess my preference?
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"Downtown" Lincoln Brown.
lkbrown1@tir.com
http://www.tir.com/~lkbrown1 (http://www.tir.com/~lkbrown1)
Wrecking Crews "Drag and Die Guy"
Hals und beinbruch!
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HT was on yesterday, said the next ver will focus on special effects.
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Other than seeing the half mangled body of Torque hanging from an F4U leaking blood and entrails as it sprial flaming into the earth and exploding in a fireball, I don't need any more special affects. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
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"Downtown" Lincoln Brown.
lkbrown1@tir.com
http://www.tir.com/~lkbrown1 (http://www.tir.com/~lkbrown1)
Wrecking Crews "Drag and Die Guy"
Hals und beinbruch!
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OUCH! Now theres a twisted mind at work. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
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I was just in a dogfight when HT was discussing this, so it slipped my eyes if the navy comes with 1.03 or 1.04. But its coming... (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Camo
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Camouflage
XO, Lentolaivue 34
www.muodos.fi/LLv34 (http://www.muodos.fi/LLv34)
"The really good pilots use their superior judgement to keep them out of situations
where they might be required to demonstrate their superior skill."
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Yeah, I was on and caught the tail end of that.
Something about Flak guns in 1.03 and navy (Battleships, Carriers, and PT boats) in version 1.04.
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Hey hey, stop it!...why go so fast?. we just took Land battles and that still needs a lot of work in order to do it better and better (troop carriers, artillery, better AAA on fields, etc).
Also there are still some planes to be done (190D9 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif), and russian, japanese...) in order to complete a good planeset.
So, if we start asking for a navy we also need dive bombers, torpedo carriers...etc etc...so more work
Lets go step by step. Dont forget that HTC only has 6 members and they are overloaded w ith work. Lets not try to bite too much in few time, guys, we can have stomachache and noone wants that mmm?? (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Keep the good work ,HTC. Whatever is done by you,guys, will be a nice step on the right direction (just as you've shown in last year (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif))
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Ram, out
Fw190D9? Ta152H1? The truth is out there
JG2 "Richthofen" (http://www.busprod.com/weazel2/)
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I heard something about taking over fields on the beach with landing crafts (Boats) (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
as well as some special effects ...
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Saw/Saintaw
=XO=II/JG2~Richthofen~
GMT T.O.D. SITE (http://www.wardogs.org/ah/)
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JG2 "Richthofen" (http://www.busprod.com/weazel2/)
Don't shoot ! I am only an observer......
[This message has been edited by Saintaw (edited 04-17-2000).]
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Does this mean that when we shoot chutes & hit em with the prop that they go splat and spray the windscreen with blood & body parts?
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!!! Heater !!!
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Shit Happens All The Time
"If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done."
[This message has been edited by Heater (edited 04-17-2000).]
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What I heard about 1.03:
- Flak !!! yeeehaaaa... (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
- Z-Buffer; means AH will finally be used with 3D Revelator glasses (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif) (wonder how icons will do)
- other effects stuff
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Will we see some Gut wrenching action & not that sleezy little pufs of Hairball when we shoot him out of the sky ?
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Originally posted by Heater:
Does this mean that when we shoot chutes & hit em with the prop that they go splat and spray the windscreen with blood & body parts?
Heater, You are a sick man!
(But I like it!)
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Ripsnort(-rip1-)
I/JG2~Richthofen~
JG2 Communications Officer
Aces High Training Corps
JG2 "Richthofen" (http://www.busprod.com/weazel2/)
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Turning Spitfires into Bud Lite cans since 1992
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I think in Dan Fords "Flying Tigers" he recounts the 67 Sq RNZAF'rs having to remove a sock to clear the oil from the windscreen of their Buffalos. If I can besmirch my aircraft eviscerating those suspended in their silken safety devices I would like the ability to remove a sock, to clear my view.
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"Downtown" Lincoln Brown.
lkbrown1@tir.com
http://www.tir.com/~lkbrown1 (http://www.tir.com/~lkbrown1)
Wrecking Crews "Drag and Die Guy"
Hals und beinbruch!
[This message has been edited by Downtown (edited 04-17-2000).]
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I admire these guys at HTC for takin up the fight against WWII online, face it guys, if and when wwII is goin up, theres going to be a mass defection to that game. Atleast for a while, but it might be enough to worry about the future. We got a nice flightmodel, and the vehicle thing is getting polished. Now the rest have to get up, sooner the better.
I dont mind being a paying beta tester, not at all. Cause the flightmodel is not beta, thats for sure.
Crabofix "still in a secret hideout"
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ww2onlines green grass on the other side has just as many bomb craters as the side your on now,
but it will not have:
P-51D
P-38L
FW-190D9
N1K2
F4u-1d
etc
etc etc
it will have:
small ammo load.
weak guns
slow planes
tanks
boats
other slow stuff
(http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
if it aint got a P-38EFGHJL I aint biting (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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"There are no born fighter pilots. Some are a little better than others, thats about it. But I would say time, training, training, training and more training are the key... to any success." -Francis Gabreski
Citabria
=357th Pony Express=
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and no hog c . that is a good thing
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I'm very much looking foward to WWIIonline.
I'm curious just how they are going to run this "virtual battlefield" if 10,000 players aren't logged in and how they are going to manage missions etc. I love the idea, I'm skeptical of the execution.
I really like the thought of a historic sim, with real world plane match ups in a real world environment. The only thing that keeps me in Warbirds is the Scenerios and S3s. I'm really looking foward to those things in Aces High.
I'm not real crazy about there choice of first campaigns though. BoB uggggh I hate early war ETO. Now if they had choosen early Pacific (CBT for instance) that would really pique my interest.
It's going to be really interesting how all this washes out with AH, WBIII and WWIIonline. One thing that worries me though, is of all three AH is going to be the only one without Mac support. I think that is really going to hurt when WWIIonline and WBIII hits.
Sharky
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Sheep tricks would be cool
eskimo
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First theatre will not be BoB, it will be the Battle of France. Their stated 2nd theatre will be China/Burma.
Sisu
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I plan on playing in WWIIOL, but have decided to stay on the ground as a grunt. Being a wargamer of many years this is quite the opportunity at trying some online 'wargaming' from an operational sense. Of course, I'll have to prove myself as a tactical leader before moving up the command ladder, but time will tell. Oh, and of course, I'll be Soviet (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Nope, Aces High will be my online sky.
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leonid, Komandir
5 GIAP VVS RKKA (http://www.adamfive.com/guerrero)
"Our cause is just. The enemy will be crushed. Victory will be ours."
[This message has been edited by leonid (edited 04-19-2000).]
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Yes ... but it WILL have engine management ...
Cheers
Teapot
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Originally posted by Sharky:
It's going to be really interesting how all this washes out with AH, WBIII and WWIIonline. One thing that worries me though, is of all three AH is going to be the only one without Mac support. I think that is really going to hurt when WWIIonline and WBIII hits.
Sharky
If I remember correctly, WBIII, has been talked about and talked about and talked about, not for 2 weeks, but for 2 years!
And a onlinegame that will have about 3000 people online, WWII?
and thoose Zillion macusers might bleed mr HT and his gang, out? Im sceptic.
Iīm pretty sure of that you have to wait atleast 1 year for both WWII and WWIII.
And much to your suprise, maybe, even longer for the Macversions!
(Frownin at the thought about what would have been if this game had a macversion to it!)
Speakin for myself, I would rather stay in this community, supporting HTC, knowing they have a couple of Aces up their sleeve, then jumpin to a halffinished product with a ZIllion people whinin about, this and that!
AH rules the sky, the ground, and soon the 7 seas!
"two weeks"...........ROFLCW and ROFLCCW (Clockwise/Counterclockwise)
"Go Tulane, he cant catch up with ya, Go Tulane he ainīt man enough for ya"
Crabofix "somewhere in Exile"
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.......it will have:
small ammo load.
weak guns
slow planes
tanks
boats
other slow stuff...
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Yes true, but for those of us who are looking for early war scenarios, this is great! WWII sims don't have bi-planes either, but that does not mean bi-planes don't have a place and are not fun (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Fury
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Crab,
I didn't mean to imply that HT made a bad decision not supporting the Mac. In fact I think it was a smart thing to do at the time. With the other guys talking about new wizbang sims coming, HT actually got a product out the door first. And I like not having to wait for a Mac port before they release a new version, however alot of dedicated sim fliers are Mac guys and we're going to lose them to other sims without Mac support in AH.
As to WBIII and WWIIonline, I'm willing to bet a few beers that you'll see both of those before the end of June. I don't expect much from WBIII except a new graphics engine, HS has already stated that WBIII will not introduce anything new in the way of game play at least initally.
I think that AH is the overall best sim out there right now, I just like to see more of my friends and squad mates from WB be able to fly in AH with their Macs. If ya read Argo's board you'll see posts from guys that would love to try AH, but they're Mac users and have no choice but to stick with WB and they are chomping at the bit for someone to give them a Mac flight sim option
Karnak,
Battle of France/Battle of Briton, same thing as far as the air war is concerned in my opinion. Both are Spit 1a and Hurricane 1s fighting Emils.
CBT should be cool but I'm sure that is least a year away.
Sharky
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Originally posted by Sharky:
Crab,
As to WBIII and WWIIonline, I'm willing to bet a few beers that you'll see both of those before the end of June.
Sharky
Sharky, make that a couple of boxes, OK! And Im on that bet!
<Bends down and bows to the ground:Callin out!>
"OH, OGD! Help me now to punish the Rooks and Bishops that are after my Body and want to shoot it full of both 7.7, cal"50 and 20mm! Please preserve the nice paintjob on my 205, keep my wep always goin and load my guns with Fresh ammunition, the fuelgaugemeter in the middle, May my fellow Knights call 6 and cover my weak spots in times during T&B, May the infideling Hawg go away forever from AH! (and if not, make it a undermodeled Lawndart!)". <Right Airlon, Left Elevator, Engine and Rudder.>
Crabofix "fishslap"
Flygflottlj.19(Lento R5)"swedish Gladiators"
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[This message has been edited by crabofix (edited 04-19-2000).]
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Originally posted by Sharky:
Karnak,
Battle of France/Battle of Briton, same thing as far as the air war is concerned in my opinion. Both are Spit 1a and Hurricane 1s fighting Emils.
Sharky [/B]
MEEEC!!! ERROR!!! no Spitfire MKI fought over France!!! well they did over dunkerke but based on England, so that is only a little spot...
BoF had Bloch 406, Dewoitines, Blenheims, Hurricanes, Potez bombers, Defiants, Fairey Battles (fairey deaths)...versus 109D and 109Es (yep ,D versions were still used in Luftwaffe) and Me110 (still in a victorious role)...Ju87s, Do17s,Ju88s, He111s,Ju52s...I find BoF one of the most interesting in WWII (of course I fly for a german squad...and Germans have the edge here). What can do a organized air force over a most numerous but bad organiced enemy.
(http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
and BoB...well I find it simulated until death...I am tired of BoBs...but a battle of france is a good thing.
I wont go to WWIIOL, I find that its trying to bite way more that can eat. Too ambitious...to reach so many things you must go step by step (as HTC is doing right now), not open the mouth and try to bite hard. But, of course first lets see then talk...
But I am pretty sure I'll stick with AH and HTC.
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Ram, out
Fw190D9? Ta152H1? The truth is out there
JG2 "Richthofen" (http://www.busprod.com/weazel2/)
(http://nottosc.tripod.com/ram190.gif) (http://members.tripod.com/JG2/images/Ram.gif)
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" I love the idea, I'm skeptical of the execution."
That sentence says it all for me too. Of course I'm interested in what they have going on. Very much so. Competition is always good. Where would WWII aircombat/flight simming be if it weren't for CK/WB's ? But if people look at this WWII Online sim and make the mistake of imagining it in this perfect little ordered online world then these folks are naive and fooling themselves that this sim will be the Holy Grail of online WWII type entertainment.
Some of the AWiers and WB'ers who talk so much about wanting to drive vehicles or re-enact fighter-bombing on the same should try out what we have here in AH to get a feel for it. It's not as easy as they imagine it I dare say.
Some of the WB'ers who've never subscribed nor exeperience a $10/mo online service might want to check out the Zone or Gamestorm to see what a vast majority of the subscriber base will be like in WWII Online. The WB players waiting very much for this sim will be a minority there.
WWII ONline has a great premise. But already it's starting off on the wrong foot with a really big flaw, that of being able to freely switch sides. In a "persistant world" ? C'mon. That's ill though out to say the least.
I'll definately check it out come beta time but it would have to be something REALLY "out of this world" special to make me switch or cancel my account here. AH has fired up my lust for flying WWII aircraft online like nothing before.
I'm hooked. Just keep that "IV" plugged in HTC (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
-Westy
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