Warthunder gets best simulation award......

[LCADolby]

What level Mr C? I has 109E F G2 and a couple off hurricanes and a Spitty

[MarineUS]

AH needs ads on YouTube.

[GScholz]

No use advertising for a game that looks like an anachronism. AH needs to look like it belongs in this decade before ads will do any good.

[Rob52240]

Why doesnt AH update the graphics?

[MarineUS]

An engine overhaulwould be pricey and would stop a lot of the dogs with older rigs from playing.

Too bad they can't let it run on both.

[klingan]

I made the mistake of buying Cliffs of Dover, it's just made me want to play AH more.

Have you installed the team fusion mod? If not it is unplayable.

[Saxman]

An engine overhaulwould be pricey and would stop a lot of the dogs with older rigs from playing.

Too bad they can't let it run on both.

Marine,

Part of it depends on how well everything is optimized. Like I said in my post, I can run WT on High graphics detail settings without any problems. However in Aces High, turning on advanced options (bump and environment mapping, detailed water, shadows) causes my system to hang and generate Out Of Memory errors. This even happens in AH offline when I'm not dealing with talking to the server.

So either something's wrong with how AH handles these functions, or there's some other difference between the engines that's causing it.

[guncrasher]

sax man ah uses your CPU more than your GPU.c while other games use gpu more than CPU.

I play ah at full settings with shadows at 4096 and full fps on 3 monitors and yet I only get about 20 fps on wot on 3 monitors at medium settings and about 5 zoomed in.  does that mean wot is not fully optimized?



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[Arlo]

No use advertising for a game that looks like an anachronism. AH needs to look like it belongs in this decade before ads will do any good.

Actually, there've been some player made videos recently that make a good sell.

[icepac]

I would think that the information sent to and from the arena servers from your front end would be independent of the graphics settings.

This means Aces High could simply use two different exectuables......one for the current setup and one for the newer graphics.......whenever they decide better eye candy is necessary.

[Ack-Ack]

I would think that the information sent to and from the arena servers from your front end would be independent of the graphics settings.

This means Aces High could simply use two different exectuables......one for the current setup and one for the newer graphics.......whenever they decide better eye candy is necessary.

Two seperate executables aren't required.  It's possible for a game to support both DirectX9 and DirectX11, depending on which is detected without having to have two seperate game executables.

ack-ack

[Saxman]

The real question is, "At what point does HTC continuing to support long-time players who haven't upgraded their rigs come at the expense of attracting a larger customer base with prettier graphics?"

IMO, gameplay will ALWAYS trump visuals (this is why I STILL prefer a lot of older games, and why Aces of the Pacific is still, IMO, the best air-combat simulator EVAR) and Aces High's is frankly superior to WT's. It has a far better blend of concessions for non-sim players while still offering something for hardcore sim fans without needing to stick them into separate arenas, WT doesn't even HAVE a main arena yet, and a better approach to balancing the availability of advanced aircraft via the ENY and perk system.

[GScholz]

WT doesn't even HAVE a main arena yet...

Yet...

And still they have tens of thousands of players, even if it's beta with bugs and limitations.

[guncrasher]

The real question is, "At what point does HTC continuing to support long-time players who haven't upgraded their rigs come at the expense of attracting a larger customer base with prettier graphics?"

IMO, gameplay will ALWAYS trump visuals (this is why I STILL prefer a lot of older games, and why Aces of the Pacific is still, IMO, the best air-combat simulator EVAR) and Aces High's is frankly superior to WT's. It has a far better blend of concessions for non-sim players while still offering something for hardcore sim fans without needing to stick them into separate arenas, WT doesn't even HAVE a main arena yet, and a better approach to balancing the availability of advanced aircraft via the ENY and perk system.

sax man based on the performance you posted before it looks like you are one of those who need to upgrade your rig. and yet you want better graphics that your puter can't handle


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[GScholz]

Those who can't afford to upgrade their computer every three years or so, should also consider spending their $14.95 per month more wisely.