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Post by: hitech on October 10, 2003, 02:28:25 PM: Getting very close.

(http://www.hitechcreations.com/hitech/fence.jpg)

HiTech
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Post by: mrblack on October 10, 2003, 02:40:03 PM: Very cool thx HITECH:D
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Post by: ~Pyroman~ on October 10, 2003, 02:44:29 PM: You're evil!!!

Looks awesome!
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Post by: Replicant on October 10, 2003, 02:49:59 PM: Restricted Area? Oh no, they've found the Hornets beer factory! :(

Nice screenie HT! :)
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Post by: Westy on October 10, 2003, 02:52:43 PM: I really like the factory/city/complex you've got there. Looking forward to trying it out for myself.
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Post by: Tarmac on October 10, 2003, 02:55:22 PM: Sweet
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Post by: Berra85 on October 10, 2003, 03:16:10 PM: Nice
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Post by: Easyscor on October 10, 2003, 03:52:43 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Replicant
Restricted Area? Oh no, they've found the Hornets beer factory! :(
I can't wait to bomb it. :D
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Post by: Central on October 10, 2003, 04:04:54 PM: See the fence and all... but, wheres the SHEEP!:D :p
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Post by: Furball on October 10, 2003, 04:37:42 PM: very nice!

20k hills in backgroud worry me however!
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Post by: Bullethead on October 10, 2003, 05:36:10 PM: Very nice.

And BTW, I've been looking at a LOT of WW2 guncam lately and take back most of what I was saying before. I'm now seeing smoke trailes in films from all countries from beginning to end of the war. Funny thing is, not in all of them, just a fair number of them. And even in films with smoke trails, not all tracers leave them. Strange.
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Post by: muckmaw on October 10, 2003, 05:37:58 PM: Speaking of Bone....

Now I've got one.....

hehe...
Thanks, HT
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Post by: B17Skull12 on October 10, 2003, 05:41:18 PM: awesome.
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Post by: Soulyss on October 10, 2003, 06:06:14 PM: Quote
I can't wait to bomb it. :)

YA DAMN MILK RUNNIN' FLUFFER! :)
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Post by: acepilot2 on October 10, 2003, 06:21:46 PM: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...hurt s...eyes....factory...too...
sweet...looking...must...milk run...:D
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Post by: acepilot2 on October 10, 2003, 06:22:29 PM: HOLY crap...look at those CLOUDS!!! just saw that!!!
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Post by: Batz on October 10, 2003, 06:35:31 PM: those arent clouds those are mountains like in trinity (which maybe the test terrain ht is using).
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Post by: F1Bomber on October 10, 2003, 06:51:24 PM: Its called fog of war. Many game companys use it. Basicaly aces high renders a set distance from your view point. To see this effect in motion without fog of war, just press Shift F1, F2, F3 to reduce the distance you can see. This in aces high 1, dont know about hitech aces high 2 though.

P.S. Hitech, could you please post a image inside the factorie!?
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Post by: Rutilant on October 10, 2003, 07:10:51 PM: F1bomber, he can't, because they're really all just cardboard panels
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Post by: Rutilant on October 10, 2003, 07:14:38 PM: Not whinin, but it doesnt look like the M3 has had it's makeover yet.. Ah well, never use the things anyway!

Lookin great.. I'll say i can't wait, but since i don't have a choice, i will. :D

~~Mr. HiTech~~
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Post by: vorticon on October 10, 2003, 07:36:25 PM: ARF ARF ARF oh god thats beutiful...
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Post by: MajorDay on October 10, 2003, 07:56:57 PM: Very nice i mean that is so way past cool! :D

2nd Lt. Rafe35
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Post by: acepilot2 on October 10, 2003, 09:14:59 PM: "Let me in"

"Some ones knocken"

lol..and btw...I didn't realize that was fog of war...kinda sucks. My only concern with all the screenshots I have seen before is everything seems low-res and very "jagged." Is this bad anti-alias or bad resolution?
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Post by: Rutilant on October 10, 2003, 09:29:40 PM: Hmm... doubt AA is on..
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Post by: SunKing on October 10, 2003, 09:33:33 PM: Yes next shot turn up the card AA AS! that looks like old school DOD.
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Post by: Cooley on October 11, 2003, 12:37:29 AM: I was hoping for a big 'ol lamb shank...this more like a little fish bone,,,but it's somthin! thanks! ;)
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Post by: Furious on October 11, 2003, 02:26:09 AM: What is the:

MPH 0.0
PresetRPM 0.0

??

hmmmm
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Post by: ramzey on October 11, 2003, 03:02:05 AM: nothing special

HT did you show us decresed quality ?
its look very "plastic"
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Post by: LLv34_Snefens on October 11, 2003, 03:21:54 AM: yep, what's with the clutter turned off?
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Post by: gatt on October 11, 2003, 12:36:33 PM: Ouch, another ugly bone :rolleyes: ... BTW looks like our cheerleaders need eyeglasses :D
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Post by: angeldog on October 11, 2003, 03:03:45 PM: This is My Bone get your own, Hitech These guys took my bone could i have another! please please please! One just for me. I promise i will never bury it, and i won't show underdog!
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Post by: Cobra412 on October 11, 2003, 06:02:00 PM: Furious maybe they've implemented the ability to change gears while in the turret position. With having your mph and rpm there you'd be able to determine whether or not to up/down shift. It'd be nice to have implemented so you dont' have to jump back and forth from driver to gunner to change gears. not realistic but still nice option.
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Post by: moot on October 11, 2003, 06:39:43 PM: Hope that fence can be ridden over (thru or other simulation), not like the titanium bushes of back then.

It looks like the view distance has increased.

The new horizon/sky has a hue closer to red, to subconsciously mellow the players?

Too bad the M3 textures weren't increased in size like the spitfire's was (the gun top is still that blurry).
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Post by: Easyscor on October 11, 2003, 06:56:58 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Soulyss
YA DAMN MILK RUNNIN' FLUFFER! :)
:D As soon as I bomb all their beer factories, the Bish will have to join the Knights.:D
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Post by: BenDover on October 11, 2003, 07:20:50 PM: Quote
Originally posted by moot
The new horizon/sky has a hue closer to red, to subconsciously mellow the players?

Red is the colour of anger, on the other hand blue is the mellow out colour. Which is why people who look at the sky all day always seem happy.
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Post by: Arlo on October 11, 2003, 08:04:10 PM: Quote
Originally posted by F1Bomber
Its called fog of war. Many game companys use it. Basicaly aces high renders a set distance from your view point. To see this effect in motion without fog of war, just press Shift F1, F2, F3 to reduce the distance you can see. This in aces high 1, dont know about hitech aces high 2 though.

P.S. Hitech, could you please post a image inside the factorie!?

Ummm ..... horizon fade and "fog of war" are two different things, fyi. The "fog" effect is distance mimicking. "Fog of war" is the confusion people in combat go through in battle. Just sayin'. :D
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Post by: Arlo on October 11, 2003, 08:05:50 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BenDover
Red is the colour of anger, on the other hand blue is the mellow out colour. Which is why people who look at the sky all day always seem happy.

Only the ones who don't see incoming bombs, rockets, missles .. etc.
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Post by: BenDover on October 11, 2003, 08:30:19 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Arlo
Only the ones who don't see incoming bombs, rockets, missles .. etc.

But then they'd see blood, and blood is red.:)
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Post by: moot on October 12, 2003, 06:55:51 AM: blue-red is getting close to pink.
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Post by: SlapShot on October 12, 2003, 09:35:16 AM: Even the quality of the current AH is better than what HT has shown in that screen shot. My guess would be that he took the screen shot and converted it to jpg to reduce the size and the conversion also reduced the quality.

I saw AH II at the con and take my word for it ... that screen shot does it no justice, and the graphics is far better than what we see now.

The RPM and PreSetRPM indicators, I would presume are for debugging purposes. When HT demonstrated the Osty at the con, those displays were not there.
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Post by: Arlo on October 12, 2003, 09:45:11 AM: Slap! Shhhh ... let `em rant. It's what they want to do. Nevermind the apparent subtlety of the joke HT was delivering in the screenshot. They can't see the forrest for the obsessive compulsive disorder that drives them to measure the pixels in the screenshot. :D
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Post by: acepilot2 on October 12, 2003, 10:26:42 AM: Quote
Originally posted by SlapShot
Even the quality of the current AH is better than what HT has shown in that screen shot. My guess would be that he took the screen shot and converted it to jpg to reduce the size and the conversion also reduced the quality.

Doh! You're right. That's why it looks like the game needs anti-alias.
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Post by: BenDover on October 12, 2003, 10:39:16 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Arlo
Slap! Shhhh ... let `em rant. It's what they want to do. Nevermind the apparent subtlety of the joke HT was delivering in the screenshot. They can't see the forrest for the obsessive compulsive disorder that drives them to measure the pixels in the screenshot. :D

There is no forest, and there's no trees either for that matter.

I'm betting the next screen shot will be in that compound.
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Post by: Samiam on October 13, 2003, 09:40:53 AM: SERVER: Let me in
SERVER: Some ones knocken

???

(At least the spelling is consistent)
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Post by: maik on October 13, 2003, 10:23:15 AM: to me the Details are fine, but these old Textures aren't really good looking
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Post by: Octavius on October 13, 2003, 02:21:58 PM: Neato!

I'd love to see one with all the neat effects... higher rez textures, anti aliasing, etc... I know the ground textures *must* not be implemented yet... even the standard ground clutter (ctrl - c) isnt turned on.

Thx HT!

[edit]: A close look reveals reflections and sunlight hitting the buildings. The building objects also look highly detailed including small peaks above windows and whatnot. Can't wait to zoom around NOE at 400 mph :D[/edit]
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Post by: Ouaibe on October 14, 2003, 04:35:21 AM: Am i the only one to find that screenshot ugly ?

Comme on guys, have you seen IL2 ? it's 2 years old and still far far better than that.

We all know the AH team hasn't the same size, not even close of it; that the hardware requirement aren't the same but... a GeForce 2 GTS can do better !

I must convince myself that AHII won't looks like that...
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Post by: Arlo on October 14, 2003, 07:55:06 AM: Hey .... I understand. The only humor you guys have ever understood and liked from this side of the pond has been Jerry Lewis. :D
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Post by: 2stony on October 14, 2003, 03:11:05 PM: Originally posted by Central.

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See the fence and all... but, wheres the SHEEP!

If you look down the fence line, you'll see them with their heads stuck in the wire and you behind them wearing hip waders.

:rofl
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Post by: Nilsen on October 15, 2003, 02:03:12 PM: Sheit.. I havent been trolling this board as much as i should have... just saw it today :eek:
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Post by: Slash27 on October 17, 2003, 01:53:31 AM: Comme on guys, have you seen IL2 ? it's 2 years old and still far far better than that. TYA
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Post by: Kommandant on October 17, 2003, 01:59:56 AM: Very Nice