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Aces High General Discussion / Re: stdshapes.res .. maybe a major reason subscription is low

« Last post by haggerty on March 21, 2025, 11:35:36 PM »

I get .25 mbps download speed to Hitech stuff, even as an IT guy it was extremely frustrating getting the game going through initial download freezes and download speeds.  I seem to have some sort of hybrid install now.  I was using steam and tried to go with the website version, it did the initial 300mb install before it started trying to download the rest (not realizing it was going to my steam folder instead of a new one)...I gave up on the 2gb, but now have directx9 launcher that I can use with the steam version, no more stutter.

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Aces High General Discussion / Re: stdshapes.res .. maybe a major reason subscription is low

« Last post by Lazerr on March 21, 2025, 11:34:58 PM »

Curious how long it takes for you to download a new skin batch eagler.. do you download in game or from the bbs?

My system is older, but I remember the download taking awhile back when it was new.

In game skins downloading takes hours now.. not sure if they are related

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Aces High General Discussion / Re: stdshapes.res .. maybe a major reason subscription is low

« Last post by Spikes on March 21, 2025, 10:56:52 PM »

I thought you work in IT, just because it's not a problem for you doesn't mean it isn't a problem for other people. 

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Aces High General Discussion / Re: stdshapes.res .. maybe a major reason subscription is low

« Last post by AKIron on March 21, 2025, 10:31:18 PM »

I uninstalled of course before reinstalling but in case the file was cached somewhere I tried it on a machine on which it has never been installed. Surprisingly it took longer, but only 5 mins.

And no, my gateway does not cache anything.

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Aces High General Discussion / Re: stdshapes.res .. maybe a major reason subscription is low

« Last post by AKIron on March 21, 2025, 10:12:14 PM »

Third time. Nothing wrong here.

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Aces High General Discussion / Re: stdshapes.res .. maybe a major reason subscription is low

« Last post by AKIron on March 21, 2025, 10:06:31 PM »

I installed it twice. Took less than 2 minutes both times. No server issue for me.

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Aces High General Discussion / Re: stdshapes.res .. maybe a major reason subscription is low

« Last post by Spikes on March 21, 2025, 07:31:05 PM »

you guys have something wrong. I just downloaded the stdshapes.res in a minute and 16 seconds.

lol nah, it's a server issue of some sort.

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Aces High General Discussion / Re: stdshapes.res .. maybe a major reason subscription is low

« Last post by Animl-AW on March 21, 2025, 07:29:43 PM »

you guys have something wrong. I just downloaded the stdshapes.res in a minute and 16 seconds.

You're in TX and prolly on a different trunk. Not sure anyone is pinging that server IP to see the routing issues from where they are. I can go to another site and get flaming download speeds.

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Aces High General Discussion / Re: Updating Older Maps

« Last post by Dadtallica on March 21, 2025, 07:03:28 PM »

Where bridges are located in most cases there will be anywhere from 4 to 7 bridges. Of these bridges, all but one can be destroyed. The have a hardness the same as a Hanger, with a down time of 10 minutes. Try base 70 on the map. 

Was cool but anti-climactic lol. But only because there was no destroyed shape but the effect was cool to see the bridge missing.

Question… can any country destroy the bridge or are they owned by fields? I was an enemy rook plane at nit base 70.

Either way this is a nice low key upgrade that can change the strategy on some maps. Very cool Kenai!

Our cartographers are top shelf! 

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Aces High General Discussion / Battle of Britain running Saturday, 7 pm Eastern, Special Events 2 arena

« Last post by Brooke on March 21, 2025, 06:17:10 PM »

Battle of Britain -- Saturday, March 22 -- 7 pm Eastern -- special events 2 arena

All are welcome to play in this glorious battle for the fate of Britain.