Missions that still work

[bbosen]

Now that we've all updated to version 2.24 with patch 4 seeming to be pretty stable, I've decided to test all of my offline missions to see if they still work. So far I've had success with 2 out of 2 attempts as follows:


  *PeabodySimple: The version I wrote for AH2.21.x works just fine.
    Link: http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PeabodySimple/For221x/PeabodySimpleFor221xPage01Full.htm

   *Pacmix: The version I wrote for AH2.20.3 works if you have a lot of RAM and a powerful machine. This one makes MAJOR demands on your hardware, and I had it crash once on me, while I was using one of my smaller machines (2GB RAM). On my biggest machines it hasn't crashed. Link: http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PacMix01/Ah2PacMixMissionFullPage.htm


I conclude that this new version of AH may be a bit twitchy with big, complex missions, but they seem to work on machines with enough RAM.  More to come.
 

I'll add to this thread after I test the others.

[Raphael]

I hope someday they update the ME and make it work like it did in the versions you use for your missions bbosen.
 

[bbosen]

I'm sure an update to the Mission Editor is coming soon.

[bbosen]

Now that we've all updated to version 2.24 with patch 4 seeming to be pretty stable, I've decided to test all of my offline missions to see if they still work. So far I've had success with 2 out of 2 attempts as follows:


  *PeabodySimple: The version I wrote for AH2.21.x works just fine.
    Link: http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PeabodySimple/For221x/PeabodySimpleFor221xPage01Full.htm

   *Pacmix: The version I wrote for AH2.20.3 works if you have a lot of RAM and a powerful machine. This one makes MAJOR demands on your hardware, and I had it crash once on me, while I was using one of my smaller machines (2GB RAM). On my biggest machines it hasn't crashed. Link: http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PacMix01/Ah2PacMixMissionFullPage.htm


I conclude that this new version of AH may be a bit twitchy with big, complex missions, but they seem to work on machines with enough RAM.  More to come.
 

I'll add to this thread after I test the others.

Update:


I just checked the "Hollandia" mission:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/Hollandia440330/Ah2HollandiaMissionsFullPage.htm

The edition that I trimmed down for compatibility with Aces High Version 2.21.x still works with version 2.24.4, but the drones still fly the low, lazy, uninspired, [bad] combat that has characterized all recent versions.

I haven't tested the older, more fully developed version with the extensive audio banter. More testing to come....
 

[bbosen]

Update 23May2011:

Aces High Version 2.24 patch 4 does NOT give good support to my "FlaxChapter2" offline mission. The mission starts OK and runs for about 5 minutes, but it always crashes when the action gets hot and heavy in the middle of the huge furball that develops as the two P38 groups tangle with the massive formation of escorted Luftwaffe transport planes north of Tunisia. I was using the mission edition that I compiled for AH 2.22.x.

More testing to come....
 

[bbosen]

Another update 23May2011:

My mission "Operation Flax, Chapter 1" works with Aces High Version 2.24.4 and I had no trouble with crashes or any other type of incompatibility on my 2GB RAM machine using Windoze XP. Here's the link:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/Flax/OperationFlaxPart1FullPage.htm

I used the edition that I compiled for Aces High Version 2.22.1.
 

[bbosen]

Update 24Jun2011 Using Aces High 2.24.5:

The same missions reported above still perform as described in prior messages of this thread.

I just tried the "Yamamoto" mission version that I published on my web site. I tried both of the recent versions (for 2.21 and 2.22) and had NO success. I have also had problems with the current version (2.24.5) of the Mission Editor.

Accordingly, add this to the list of missions that DON'T work any more with version 2.24.5.

It seems that about half of my missions still work. I'm not sure of the underlying pattern, but my best theory is that smaller, simpler missions compiled for versions 2.21 or 2.22 of Aces High are more likely to work properly than larger, more complex, or older ones.

More testing to follow....
 

[Midway]

Thank you.