Missions that still work: Updated for v2263 (Nov2011)

[bbosen]

It's time to update my "Missions that still work" thread. I'll be testing all of my offline missions to let you know how they perform with the current version of Aces High (v2263). This posting covers my "PacMix01" mission for my trusty old "SolomonC" terrain.

PacMix01: To start things off, I just tested "PacMix01". The previous version (compiled for V2.20.3) works pretty well with V2263. I ran it twice to test it. The first time I crashed into the ground after about 2 minutes of combat. The briefing and audio banter audio worked perfectly, and the mission timing is still OK. I didn't survive enough combat to assess whether the AI is improved or not. The second time I survived until my side (Bish) shot down ALL opposition (about 20 minutes). AI  might be slightly improved compared to recent versions, but still isn't very good (and not nearly as good as it was back in version 2124). After about 20 minutes I turned back toward my own base to land and Aces High crashed, going into an endless loop playing one of the "waypoint" audio snippets followed by "aceshigh.exe has stopped working". This is on my XP machine with 2GB RAM.

Next, I recompiled it with the current Mission Editor for V2263 and flew it again, to a successful completion after about half an hour, and there were no problems at all. The AI didn't crash into the ground much, so it seems to be somewhat improved. I'll upload that newly compiled version on my site soon. Conclusion: This one seems to work fine when recompiled.

Download this mission here:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PacMix01/Ah2PacMixMissionFullPage.htm

From among the many offered versions, be sure to get the version that best matches your version of Aces High.

More testing (other missions) to come....
 

[bbosen]

Mission: "EuroMix", from my website here:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/Ah2OfflineMissionsFullPage.htm

"EuroMix" won't run at all under V2263. I tried and tried, but Aces High always crashes. I even tried stripping out all of the audio snippets and recompiling, but it still crashes. I don't know why.  Sigh....

If you want to run this big, complex mission, you'll need to use trusty old version 2.12.4 of Aces High.
 

[Midway]

It's time to update my "Missions that still work" thread. I'll be testing all of my offline missions to let you know how they perform with the current version of Aces High (v2263). This posting covers my "PacMix01" mission for my trusty old "SolomonC" terrain.

PacMix01: To start things off, I just tested "PacMix01". The previous version (compiled for V2.20.3) works pretty well with V2263. I ran it twice to test it. The first time I crashed into the ground after about 2 minutes of combat. The briefing and audio banter audio worked perfectly, and the mission timing is still OK. I didn't survive enough combat to assess whether the AI is improved or not. The second time I survived until my side (Bish) shot down ALL opposition (about 20 minutes). AI  might be slightly improved compared to recent versions, but still isn't very good (and not nearly as good as it was back in version 2124). After about 20 minutes I turned back toward my own base to land and Aces High crashed, going into an endless loop playing one of the "waypoint" audio snippets followed by "aceshigh.exe has stopped working". This is on my XP machine with 2GB RAM.

Next, I recompiled it with the current Mission Editor for V2263 and flew it again, to a successful completion after about half an hour, and there were no problems at all. The AI didn't crash into the ground much, so it seems to be somewhat improved. I'll upload that newly compiled version on my site soon. Conclusion: This one seems to work fine when recompiled.

Download this mission here:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PacMix01/Ah2PacMixMissionFullPage.htm

From among the many offered versions, be sure to get the version that best matches your version of Aces High.

More testing (other missions) to come....
 

Link doesn't work for me.  Is it just me?

[bbosen]

Midway:

I had it down for awhile. Try it again. Should be good now.
 

[Midway]

Midway:

I had it down for awhile. Try it again. Should be good now.
 

Yup.     Good now.  Thank you, Sir.   

[bbosen]

Midway:

You might want to hold off.

I've done more testing, and I'm having some problems with this version 2263, even with that mission that I THOUGHT was OK. I can't get the simulator to even recognize the presence of that mission unless I have a lot of extra files (the source code needed to build it) in place. I'm digging further into this, just to determine what's now REALLY necessary to install a mission. But it looks to me like something is definitely wrong....

....Sigh


....Did you try that PacMix01 mission? And did you see it as "available" from within the SolomonC terrain?
 

[Midway]

Midway:

You might want to hold off.

I've done more testing, and I'm having some problems with this version 2263, even with that mission that I THOUGHT was OK. I can't get the simulator to even recognize the presence of that mission unless I have a lot of extra files (the source code needed to build it) in place. I'm digging further into this, just to determine what's now REALLY necessary to install a mission. But it looks to me like something is definitely wrong....

....Sigh


....Did you try that PacMix01 mission? And did you see it as "available" from within the SolomonC terrain?
 

I have the SolomonC terrain by Peabody version 12 and it shows up fine.   I don't see the mission available though.  I have the pacmix2263.res file in the missres folder, even if I click show practice missions for all terrains, it won't show up.  I also tried copying it into the misstemp folder, but that didn't work either.

Thanks for looking at it.  

[bbosen]

Yeah. That's what I see too, when I try to drive things with just the .res file using the current version (2263) of Aces High.

It DID work for me a couple of days ago, but I had all of the source files present then, too. When I delete the source files I get the same as you: can't see the mission at all.

I need to modify my installation instructions. I'll let you know when I get this figgered out so you can try it again.
 

[bbosen]

OK. I fixed it. The mission flies to completion without crashing, and all of the special audio banter, maps, and other frills work too. I had to change my installation instructions. Here's the updated link with fixed files and corrected instructions:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PacMix01/Ah2PacMixMissionFullPage.htm

Version 2.26.3 Artificial Intelligence is....  well....  not so bright. The "bot" planes fly low, slow, uninspiring ACM, and they crash into the ground a lot. I KNOW the guys at HiTechCreations can do much better than this. They must have decided, for business reasons, to keep the bots dumbed way down. Can't blame them for taking whatever steps they need to make to stay in business.....
 

[Midway]

OK. I fixed it. The mission flies to completion without crashing, and all of the special audio banter, maps, and other frills work too. I had to change my installation instructions. Here's the updated link with fixed files and corrected instructions:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PacMix01/Ah2PacMixMissionFullPage.htm

Version 2.26.3 Artificial Intelligence is....  well....  not so bright. The "bot" planes fly low, slow, uninspiring ACM, and they crash into the ground a lot. I KNOW the guys at HiTechCreations can do much better than this. They must have decided, for business reasons, to keep the bots dumbed way down. Can't blame them for taking whatever steps they need to make to stay in business.....
 

Oh noooo.....  That's what I wanted was bots that did something smarter than that.   I've seen them low and slow crashing into the ground before and stopped using offline missions for that reason.   

Hope it gets fixed and/or improved soon. 

Thank you for getting it to work though. 

[bbosen]

PeabodySimple Mission working now.

I just recompiled another of my missions for Aces High V2.26.3. This time, it's "Peabody Simple". It works. Here's the link:
http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/PeabodySimple/PeabodySimpleMissionPage01Full.htm
 

[bbosen]

Hollandia mission working now.

I just recompiled my "Hollandia" mission for AH V2.26.3. Details here:

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

[bbosen]

"EuroMix" mission working now.


I just recompiled my big "EuroMix" mission for Aces High Version 2.26.3 (November 2011). Previously this one has only been available for the classic old version 2.12.4, so if you've been waiting to experience this one with its cacophony of storyline radio banter, NOW is the time to give it a try. Here's the link:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/EuroMix/EuroMixPage01Full.htm
 

[bbosen]

So, to summarize at this point, my missions that are now working with the latest version of Aces High include:

• PacMix
• Hollandia
• PeabodySimple
• EuroMix

You can explore them all from prominent links here:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/Ah2OfflineMissionsFullPage.htm

....more to come!
 

[bbosen]

I've just updated and recompiled Soda's "Yamamoto" mission for AH Version 2.26.3. This has always been one of my favorite offline missions, and it now flies fairly well with the current version of Aces High! Here's a link:

http://techvideoreview.com/FlightSimMovies/AcesHigh/Ah2Missions/Yamamoto/GetYamamotoFullPage.htm