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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: leonid on November 12, 1999, 01:04:00 AM
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Hitech,
Sir, you are the man! I kid you not. I never would have thought just how much those clouds make a difference. Completely blew me away! Those clouds are fantastic. As I flew among them I saw the individual little swirls that collectively make up the cloud masses. Well done, Hitech!
I merged with a spit in my la5. It had E so I jumped into a cloud. Next thing I know it's below me inside the cloud (no icon). As I dive down we exit the cloud and now I'm on the spit's '6'!
I love it! WTG!
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129 IAP VVS RKKA
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Flew for 3 hours tonight and never saw a cloud, except right at the very end of the session.
There it was... way off in the distance over the mountains.
I sure hope the movement of clouds is not synchronised primarily for US timezones (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Jekyll
C.O. Phoenix Squadron www.users.bigpond.com/afinlayson/index.htm (http://www.users.bigpond.com/afinlayson/index.htm)
Brisbane, Australia
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I flew amongst the clouds last night, and for the most part, I'm very impressed. pyro was pretty blase about it, saying they're still a WIP, but he deserves a big bow based on how they are RIGHT NOW!!! Kudos, sir!
A couple of observations:
1) They really add to the sense of speed! And when you're in them, you really have to rely on that artificial horizon. I flew into one *knowing* I was level, but with all that swirling gray, I really felt I was banked over hard port for some reason. Eerie feeling *having* to trust your instruments.
2) I distinctly remember seeing gunsnake enter a cloud ahead of me, and his icon being *partially* obscured by a few wisps of cloud. I was under the initial impression that if the plane itself were in a cloud there would be no icons showing at all. We will see further...
3) Didn't get a chance to use the clouds tactically, as they were never there when it was time to fight. Looking forward to this first encounter.
[This message has been edited by Stiglr (edited 11-12-1999).]
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I'd like to see them multiplied ten fold myself...
MarkAT
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I concur with every statement here, especially Marks. More clouds! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
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I think the clouds could really be improved... most notably the extreme of either being outside the clouds or totally lost in them, with complete gray-out.
Or is this just me experiencing this?
Ivedog
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m.j.iverson (http://m.j.iverson.home.att.net)
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I have to say, anyone who has not experienced the clouds yet should drop whatever they are doing and immediately fly to a field under cloud cover. Some of the funnest and most immersive fights I had tonight occurred over F1... 190's darting in-and-out, C-47's sneaking in, the odd B-17... man, it was cool! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)