Any rumors about improving the terrain?

[Weirdguy]

I keep finding other flight sims to try out and I am impressed by one thing in all of them.  They have better terrain.  Houses, actual road networks, and fields lined with trees.  If you try out the Wings of Prey demo on Steam you can see what I am talking about.  It looks really, really good.

Even strategy games like European Escalation seem to have better looking terrain.



If it was up to me I would have more maps that had smaller mountains, a lot more flat land, more treelines, more roads (even if they don't do anything), and more buildings per square mile.

Is there anybody else who wants more of this in AH-2?

[RedBull1]

Hell no, some of us can barely run AH as it is - if you could get all HTC subscribers PC's that could run it then hell yea! 

[Sunka]

Someone say Weirdguy was getting us all new desk top gaming computers? My email is in your pm!

[bj229r]

If your primary is eye candy, you'll never be happy with the game

[DREDIOCK]

I would much rather see changes to the terrain that more model reality. Gvs should be able to travel faster/better by road then over open terrain. Likewise they should be able to travel better on open terrain then on beaches or near water where there would be more muddy and marshy areas. And so on and so forth

[smoe]

2 weeks

[Pand]

Lets all do our part in keeping HTC in business. 

If you're running a computer that was built in the early 00's, go ahead and upgrade so HTC can improve some areas that could attract new customers.

[rabbidrabbit]

That "let's keep horribly outdated terrain because some guys want to run the game with ten year old computers" argument is rather weak.  The bottom line is the game would substantially expand its subscriber base by improving the terrain and  game play, both of which has been pretty stagnant.

[VonMessa]

I keep finding other flight sims to try out and I am impressed by one thing in all of them.  They have better terrain.  Houses, actual road networks, and fields lined with trees.  If you try out the Wings of Prey demo on Steam you can see what I am talking about.  It looks really, really good.

Even strategy games like European Escalation seem to have better looking terrain.

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If it was up to me I would have more maps that had smaller mountains, a lot more flat land, more treelines, more roads (even if they don't do anything), and more buildings per square mile.

Is there anybody else who wants more of this in AH-2?

Good thing this isn't a flight sim...

[RedBull1]

Lets all do our part in keeping HTC in business. 

If you're running a computer that was built in the early 00's, go ahead and upgrade so HTC can improve some areas that could attract new customers.

We don't all have the money to buy a $10,000 setup like yours   

[Megalodon]

Hell no, some of us can barely run AH as it is - if you could get all HTC subscribers PC's that could run it then hell yea! 

Too bad!

You folks are holding up HT in my opinion!

HTC would get new subscribers if they did this and a few other things and you would buy a new computer just so you could be there,.. some one would sell you that... see how this trickles down.... it would be good for everyone involved.

AW was on the server while most were in AW3, maybe they could do that.......But time to move on....while they still can.

Wouldn't it be cool to fly with goggle like graphics? Set in the 1940's...  Common!!!


 

[fuzeman]

I don't really spend that much time looking at the terrain.

[Pand]

We don't all have the money to buy a $10,000 setup like yours   

Hardly, My current gaming machine is 5 years old... a Q6600 with 4gig ram.
I upgraded to a video card from newegg a year ago (Radeon 485X) for $60.

I run in 1080p (1920x1080), use detailed water/terrain/water reflections/bump mapping/1024 shadows/2x anti aliasing--- pretty much everything on but the object reflections, and get between 30-60fps (all depends on the number of aircraft in the vicinity).

I built a quad core machine about 6 months ago to run network based applications and backups for the house.  Cost a total of $129.00.  Utilizing extra HDs laying around the house, that system plus a $60-$100 video card from today should get you into the 21st century.

[VonMessa]

I don't really spend that much time looking at the terrain.

Neither do I...

[MarineUS]

That "let's keep horribly outdated terrain because some guys want to run the game with ten year old computers" argument is rather weak.  The bottom line is the game would substantially expand its subscriber base by improving the terrain and  game play, both of which has been pretty stagnant.

This.

I can't play right now because my gaming rig died but I've got four people who like AH but the lack of "eye candy" keeps them away.

I don't have a problem with AH. I love it. I have for over a decade, BUT the new generation wants eye candy (just because a game has eye candy doesn't mean the modeling and game play have suck balls. Just sayin').