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Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Golfer on December 16, 2002, 06:14:29 PM
Immediately upon entering the game, i sit for a moment in tower looking at the map.  Everything loads up, and once the players start to show up and the background engine noise starts up i am immedately booted back to desktop.  Never had this problem before and experienced very few boots unlrelated to AOL losing its connection.  My system is perfectly adequite to run the game also.  1.3GHz P4, with a 64Mb GeForce2 video card.

Please help, post or email with a fix.  Thanks.
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Samm on December 16, 2002, 06:20:12 PM
Same thing happens to me, but only in MA . TA works fine and h2h also as long as I'm not using the mindano terrain. I think it is the mindano terrain that is causing game crash .
Title: terrain
Post by: Golfer on December 16, 2002, 06:21:36 PM
rgr...i had to download an updated version of the mindano terrain.  i can't even say in the game long enough to type i need help.  im quite frusturated righ now.
Title: not just MA
Post by: Golfer on December 16, 2002, 06:26:11 PM
I get booted when im in the TA too...not the same timing but it still happens.  no warning just all of a sudden CTD.  Need a fix in the most expeditoius fashion.
Title: solution...
Post by: Golfer on December 16, 2002, 06:29:31 PM
I found out a common problem in each situation.  I get booted regardless of were i go...but its the background engine noise.  I upped in the TA as a country with nobody around, transferred to another and immediately upon hearing the backround 'hum' of engines...wham im out of the game.  offline is the same because for some whatever reason those planes follow you around.  this is going to need fixed!  anybody else have any comments/suggestions?
Title: Comment
Post by: Wax on December 16, 2002, 06:39:27 PM
Yea I have one this sucks:D  I have been updatind drivers and so forth and same dam thing im so pissed I need a stiff drink:mad:
Hope they find out whats wrong Quick:confused:  Hey what windows u guys running? wondering if it just XP?
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Samm on December 16, 2002, 06:40:58 PM
Using win98 here .
Title: system
Post by: Golfer on December 16, 2002, 06:41:21 PM
just running little 'ol windows ME.  This needs a quick fix...sadness.  ultimate sadness.  :sigh:
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Wax on December 16, 2002, 06:45:48 PM
ok than its not just XP hmm hmm hmm I even uninstalled game and its still the same was going to put 98 back in but since it seams all of windows has same problem:confused:  HELP~~~~~~~~
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: MacLeod on December 16, 2002, 06:52:54 PM
Hi, I have the same problem. Win98SE.
I was worried that my system wasn't able to handle the new version, but since you guys have much better systems than me, I am glad that is not the case. :-)
Anyway, when I read what Golfer said about the engine noise, I tried removing the engine sounds "engstart.wav, eng.wav, and engoff.wav". That didn't fix it. Well, I tried, LOL. There are other sounds for the jet engines and such, I didn't try removing those.  I was hoping that someone could find a way sort of like this to try to fix the problem temporarily. Not sure why the game is having trouble when the engine sound plays, weird.
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: MacLeod on December 16, 2002, 07:02:18 PM
Was able to Host a new H2H room with nobody in it. Engine sound for my plane worked fine. I don't know what would happen if someone came into the room, no one did. I think it is definately caused by the Background sounds, but how or why, I don't know.
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Samm on December 16, 2002, 07:10:39 PM
I am using Riptide pci audio legacy sound card. Switched to older drivers, didn't work. Even tried starting the game with sound card disabled, still crashed .
Title: Sound Related?
Post by: DAVENRINO on December 16, 2002, 07:37:21 PM
Did any of you who CTD have Mitsu's cusyom Sound pack?
DJ229
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: MacLeod on December 16, 2002, 07:52:24 PM
nope, i don't have any of those add ons.
Title: SOLUTION!
Post by: Golfer on December 16, 2002, 07:54:58 PM
Pyro solved my problem...

Change your resolution from 640X480...to 800X600 and your problem is solved!
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: MacLeod on December 16, 2002, 08:03:26 PM
Hey, IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks alot. But this problem still seems weird, what does the video resolution have to do with the background sounds??????

Oh, well, who cares!!! IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: DAVENRINO on December 16, 2002, 08:08:10 PM
Haven't had any CTD but I use Mitsu sounds and my res at 1280 x 1024.
DJ229
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Trippy on December 16, 2002, 08:15:53 PM
i changed my resolution, but still i get CTD as soon as i hear an engine in the background. Changing resolution does not seem to help me.:(
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: MacLeod on December 16, 2002, 08:19:34 PM
My resolution on my computer screen is 800x600, you see this if you right click on your desktop, goto properties, and then settings. Now go into Aces High, and you see the clip board come up. Press the video button, you will now see the screen where you change the game to 800x600. I think if your computer monitor is set to something else, you should set Aces High video to match your computer screen to get this to work right.
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Trippy on December 16, 2002, 08:27:09 PM
cool, thanks for the help, life is suddenly much better:)
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Suave on December 16, 2002, 09:11:44 PM
I can't play AH in 800x600, my monitor is not that big .
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: MacLeod on December 16, 2002, 09:46:27 PM
True using the same resolution your monitor is using.
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Suave on December 16, 2002, 10:06:36 PM
True or try ?
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: MacLeod on December 16, 2002, 11:05:55 PM
opps, I meant "TRY". lol.
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: Suave on December 16, 2002, 11:15:49 PM
I have a 640x480 monitor .
Title: 5 seconds and out...
Post by: fffreeze220 on December 16, 2002, 11:55:57 PM
Suave then its about time to get  smaller car and a bigger monitor :)