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Title: I miss clouds
Post by: Turbot on July 14, 2002, 11:18:06 PM

Clouds weather was one of the coolest things about this game terrain/map wise.   It is terribly missed and regardless of map under it - this game is not the same.

Not trying to stir the pot or troll a thread (and please dont turn it into that) - I really really just miss the clouds.  That is all.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: oboe on July 15, 2002, 07:36:38 AM

Check out the Burma terrain next time it appears in the CT.

We had the BEST kind of clouds - groups of cumulus large enough
to play Hide and Seek in/around.

It was fantaastic!

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: SC-Sp00k on July 15, 2002, 08:41:43 AM

As I dont know, may I be silly enough to ask...Where did they go?

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: Kratzer on July 15, 2002, 09:23:56 AM

I would guess they just weren't incorporated into the current desert map... hopefully we will see them again in future maps - I loved them too.

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Post by: hpilowrider1 on July 15, 2002, 11:35:49 AM

i liked beening able to hid in them and fly though them

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: hawk220 on July 15, 2002, 03:21:53 PM

I miss the sheep more...:(

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: AKIron on July 15, 2002, 03:28:22 PM

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Originally posted by Kratzer
I would guess they just weren't incorporated into the current desert map... hopefully we will see them again in future maps - I loved them too.

I believe weather can be turned on/off independent of the terrain. Suspect clouds are off in the current terrain due to the high elevation areas.

Ya know, this might just be a method of 'closing' some of the fields effectively making the map smaller.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: cajun on July 15, 2002, 04:16:29 PM

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Originally posted by AKIron


I believe weather can be turned on/off independent of the terrain. Suspect clouds are off in the current terrain due to the high elevation areas.

Ya know, this might just be a method of 'closing' some of the fields effectively making the map smaller.

Thats not how it works, there is an AH Weather editor which you must use to add clouds TO the map, not an option u can turn on and off, and yes I REALLY miss clounds & geographic maps :(

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: AKIron on July 15, 2002, 04:22:32 PM

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Originally posted by cajun


Thats not how it works, there is an AH Weather editor which you must use to add clouds TO the map, not an option u can turn on and off, and yes I REALLY miss clounds & geographic maps :(

I have played around with the weather though it's been a long time. My point was that clouds could have been added (turned on) by HTC and yet they weren't. This was due to a reason and since I'm guessing, I'll guess it was as I mentioned, the high elevation fields.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: Wlfgng on July 15, 2002, 05:24:05 PM

altitude has nothing to do with it.

I live and work above 8,500 feet and there are plenty of clouds here.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: AKIron on July 15, 2002, 05:49:46 PM

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Originally posted by Wlfgng
altitude has nothing to do with it.

I live and work above 8,500 feet and there are plenty of clouds here.

Altitude has nothing to do with what? I believe that in Aces High cloud height is set for altitude above sea level and they don't adjust based on ground elevation. Unless they were set to be above 13k, some fields would be rendered unusable.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: krazyhorse on July 15, 2002, 06:01:44 PM

so you take off in a fog big deal! would make it hell on gv's, but that werks both ways

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: Innominate on July 15, 2002, 06:02:09 PM

BAH, Who wouldn't get a kick out of trying to take off from a fogged in field?  Or how about trying to vulch one? :D

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: krazyhorse on July 15, 2002, 06:03:24 PM

the vulching would be funny , specially to the vuchee:D

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: JB73 on July 15, 2002, 06:12:53 PM

yes!!! somone else thought about fog!!!
i posted a few ideas in the gameplay/feedback forum a while back about fog. wouldn't it make sense for coastal bases to be fogged in every now and again?
im guessing it would be very hard to model realistically like the "fog of war" in some other games around. (so that it obscures your view 1000 away but not right in front of you) it would aslo put a major hit on frame rates i think :(
but it still would be UBER COOL:D

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: AKIron on July 15, 2002, 06:23:07 PM

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Originally posted by Innominate
BAH, Who wouldn't get a kick out of trying to take off from a fogged in field?  Or how about trying to vulch one? :D

Taking off would be easy enough, landing is a different story.

Title: Clouds
Post by: Holden McGroin on July 15, 2002, 06:26:17 PM

I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down and still some how, I wonder why I can see nothing but plane dots and icons.  If I fly into a cloud, I should see nothing, and no one should see me.  Should gbe a more cat and mouse hide and seek game with clouds.

Boy the first part of that would make a good song, but then it falls flat.:)

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Post by: hpilowrider1 on July 15, 2002, 09:15:27 PM

hahaha lol vicker vicker vicker i think map sould be smaller its huge!i forgot about sheep i rember back in the (i dont think yall were playing ah then) but one day the sheep could shoot! they traveled around 90mph i had video of them they had twin 50 cals! it was so funny!

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: X2Lee on July 15, 2002, 09:41:37 PM

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Originally posted by AKIron


Taking off would be easy enough, landing is a different story.

Sorta like real life IFR huh? I think its a fine idea.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: AKIron on July 15, 2002, 10:03:17 PM

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Originally posted by X2Lee


Sorta like real life IFR huh? I think its a fine idea.

Only without ILS, MLS, or even precision approach radar.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: brendo on July 15, 2002, 11:17:03 PM

Well, there were two 'value added' reasons that sold me on AH (again).....

1. Weather
2. Perked 262

And..... I just blew my 1 and only 200 perks.....

I am very disapointed that the new map has no weather or clouds. I LOVE clouds. In real life too.

The best flying experience I've had yet was when I was on a dual flight....

Beautiful patchwork of fields and greenery... broken cloud layer at 1500 feet..... flying between 2/3K.... another layer at 3000 feet....

Picked out a hole in the layer above... pulled vertical...zoomed upwards... punched through the hole and bunted over -'g at the top.... then back down through.

I want my AH clouds back.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: Holden McGroin on July 17, 2002, 04:30:50 PM

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Originally posted by brendo
Well, there were two 'value added' reasons that sold me on AH (again).....

The best flying experience I've had yet was when I was on a dual flight....

Beautiful patchwork of fields and greenery... broken cloud layer at 1500 feet..... flying between 2/3K.... another layer at 3000 feet....

She looked deeply into my eyes, licked her pouty lips, :D

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: X2Lee on July 17, 2002, 05:50:57 PM

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Originally posted by AKIron


Only without ILS, MLS, or even precision approach radar.

yeah sorta like 1941-1945??
:cool:

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: AKIron on July 17, 2002, 07:38:51 PM

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Originally posted by X2Lee


yeah sorta like 1941-1945??
:cool:

Yeah, except they didn't land 0-0 back then. In fact, they rarely do it now.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: Wlfgng on July 18, 2002, 04:30:04 PM

Iron.. FWIW.. cloulds SHOULD be well above 13k for realism.

This pic is the kind of thing I was thinking about:

(http://www.nick-tucker.com/clouds.jpg)

the mountain tops are at or above 14k.  We rarely have 'low' clounds.. I.E. fog.  This is a typical afternoon here.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: X2Lee on July 18, 2002, 04:35:54 PM

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Originally posted by AKIron


Yeah, except they didn't land 0-0 back then. In fact, they rarely do it now.

I wasnt suggesting landing at socked in bases. I was saying
it would be real to have them.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: BenDover on July 18, 2002, 05:23:19 PM

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Originally posted by cajun


Thats not how it works, there is an AH Weather editor which you must use to add clouds TO the map, not an option u can turn on and off, and yes I REALLY miss clounds & geographic maps :(

w-w-rong........w-w-rong..........w-w-rong........

Cloudes can either be built into the map, or they can be placed into the terrain Dir

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: AKIron on July 18, 2002, 05:52:06 PM

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Originally posted by X2Lee


I wasnt suggesting landing at socked in bases. I was saying
it would be real to have them.

I agree, I like clouds too. Not sure why we left them out or why HTC didn't put them in, just speculating.

Title: I miss clouds
Post by: Wlfgng on July 19, 2002, 11:15:39 AM

prolly too much whining about FR hits