Aces High III news & patch notes

/********************** version 3.05 patch 12 ************************/ 1. End Sortie now shows yellow if ending will cause a ditch. 2. Added virtual keyboard for vr, this can be disabled in the /options/preferences/vr 3. Fixed a bug that caused the Options/Arena Setup/CMTools/Weapons dialog not to work. 4. Fixed a bug crashing the film viewer when creating a 2nd avi of the same film. 5. rotated the some gauges on the f.2b to be vertical. 6. Moved the sights folder to the settings folder. 7. We now ship with a configured defsights folder that is read from if the file does not exist in settings/sights. This prevents conflicts with oculus trying to patch the sight folder. 8. Fixed a bug where the copy write string was showing threw the clip board in the VR title screen.

/********************** version 3.05 patch 11 ************************/ 1. You can now save textures from skins in the skin view vs only being able to save the default skin. 2. Changed the VR controller pointer to be out the front of the controller instead of your finger. 3. Fixed a bug the message window position in VR was cropped incorrectly when loading back from the saved settings file. 4. The number of skins per plane has been increased to 64 from 32.

/********************** version 3.05 patch 9 ************************/ 1. Added a UPD output string containing flight data for motion platforms. 2. Changed the film viewer to dx11 3. The film viewer now also captures the sound when creating an avi. Note currently the sound is put to a wav file with the same names as the avi. 4. Added a lot of tool tips.

/********************** version 3.05 patch 8 ************************/ 1. Added control setup to the top menu. 2. Fixed a bug with clicking the ? mark on some dialogs causing a CTD. 3. Fixed a bug with the arena list display where it would create a message box if you had a negative balance on your account. 4. Fixed a film viewer bug that could cause invalid dates which would display night instead of day. 5. Fixed a bug in film viewer where the recent files was not working correctly. 6. When opening AH for the first time, the window is now sized to HD aspect ratio. 7. Free accounts can now auto download skins. 8. Fixed a bug where the game was not prompting you for if you wished to update.

1. Fixed many offline mission bugs this included kill mission not working offline. 2. Added terrain downloading to offline terrain selection. 3. Added mission selection and download to the top menu. 4. Added icon to terrain and mission selection. 5. Added list select via key presses. 6. Fixed a bug creating the message "Invalid weapon count HP Index = ..."

/********************** version 3.04 patch 11 ************************/ 1. Fixed a bug with the film viewer double playing voices. 2. The hide pilot check box is now active in the film viewer. ( This hides the animated pilot) 3. Fixed a bug in VR that could cause windows to behave strangely when moving them.

/********************** version 3.04 patch 10 ************************/ 1. Fixed a long standing bug with the ahuploader causing it not to upload with out reelecting the file. 2. Fixed some use recorded view issues in the film viewer. 3. Added a view head options when replaying films that have pilot positions in them. 4. Added the ability with match play to have drones fill in the empty spots of X vs X matches and death matches.

/********************** version 3.04 patch 9 ************************/ 1. Fixed gunner position keys in the ju88 2. Fixed a sorting issue with position 5 on the b25 3. Added drone ability settings to the mission editor flight settings. These can be overridden by the host drone settings in the MissionPopulateFlags. 4. Added a recent file option to the mission editor, Object Editor, film viewer and the terrain editor. 5. Fixed a film viewer issue with FOV Zoom. 6. The TIR and VR Head set views are now saved in the films. 7. Fixed an issue where offline drones would not attack you.

/********************** version 3.04 patch 6 ************************/ 1. Fixed A-20G wheels not rolling. 2. Fixed missing gun and bomb sight in the Boston III. 3. Adjusted P-40's & A6's eye points. 4. Made some adjustments to pilot poses for better pilot animation. 5. Fixed the match arena queue selection. 6. Fixed a bug which was causing staged mission not to launch. 8. Fixed a bug with the CM "Country Reset" command. 9. Fixed a bug with CM mission logging "assist" event. 10. Added about 120 new Controller configuration files.

/********************** version 3.04 patch 5 ************************/ 1. Fixed a CTD bug in the film Viewer. 2. External view is now back as before. 3. Fixed nothing showing in the mission editor. 4. Released new the A-20G and Boston III shapes. /********************** version 3.04 patch 4 ************************/ 1. New user videos will now autoplay 2. The curtain now opens when displaying the briefing in the Mission Editor. 3. Fixed a bug in our browser window where combo boxes would not display correctly.

/********************** version 3.04 patch 3 ************************/ 1. Fixed a bug causing the clip board positions not to be loaded and also could cause other issues, after playing a while, which would cause various settings not to load or save.

/********************** Version 3.04 patch 2 ************************/ 1. Fixed a bug causing "settings" file loads after running Aces High for a long time. 2. Fixed an issue with Bf109-G6 and G2 head being able to move outside the cockpit

/********************** version 3.04 patch 0 ************************/ 1. Ping times now update in the "All" tab. 2. Added animated pilots to F4F-4, Lancaster III, and the three Hurricanes (Mk I, Mk IIC, and Mk IID) . (DX11 only) 3. Upgraded the Oculus SDK to version 1.30. 4. Fixed a bug that could cause a CTD (Crash To Desktop) when exiting the riftval terrain. 5. Added animation sliders in the skin viewer.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 19 ************************/ 1. Trains and convoys now show in the film viewer (Note: only films made after this patch is applied). 2. Made a change which makes VR controls smoother. 3. Fixed a bug where discoed vehicles could show on radar. 4. Fixed a bug causing VR hands not to animate. 5. Fixed a bug causing roads and rivers to show through hills in VR. 6. Added player ICON radar setting. If any friendly sees an icon on an enemy, they show on radar. 7. Anti Alias is now off by default. 8. Upgraded to fmod 1.10.08 This fixes a CTD (crash to desktop) issue when Windows 10 set privacy settings to disable the microphone. Aces High III now displays a message if start record fails. 9. Removed axises from the skin viewer. 10. Skin viewer and the DX11 version of Aces High III can now save the default skin textures.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 18 ************************/ 1. Fixed some bugs with the convoy system causing Crashes in the film viewer. 2. Add many option flags for radar configuration. 3. Added an Arena Flag to enable .target on line (Training arena). 4. Optimized some code that would cause stutters when convoys were created. 5. Fixed a tagging issue on the 40mm guns, on the cruiser, which were labeled backwards left to right. 6. Fixed a bug that could cause drones to be lost if Alt-Tabbing out.

/********************** version 3.04 patch 17 ************************/ 1. Changed the way some memory was allocated with roads to speed up exiting arenas. 2. Fixed some bugs causing CTDs (Crash To Desktop) with dynamic objects such as convoys and trains. 3. Fixed a bug with shapeswa.txt not loading from the "SWA" folder of a terrsetxx. 4. Fixed a bug with the object editor, which would cause it to crash, if a tree was missing in an SWA file. 5. The Terrain Editor now displays circles on paths with end point type "supply radius". 6. In the Terrain Editor paths now display as orange if the "no objects" flag is set. 7. Fixed a bug with trains shooting at wrong countries. 8. Fixed a bug where trains/convoys were not adding down time to destinations. 9. Fixed a bug with troop animations causing them to be above ground and have a hitch in their running loop.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 16 ************************/ 1. Fixed some Z fighting issues with roads and rivers 2. Made a small change to how rivers blend in with the ocean. 3. Path display lines in the Terrain Editor now show as arrows instead of circles for the connecting points. 4. Added an Alt Above Ground options for objects in the terrain editor. This works similar to Set To Terrain Alt, except the Y value of its position is an offset from the terrain. 5. Fixed a bug with com flag settings.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 15 ************************/ 1. Fixed an issue when a font size was bigger than 28 in the Message Windows, it would be cropped to 28 when restarted. 2. Added dump file creations to the object editor. 3. The .target command is no longer available online. 4. For new tiles with trees you must now make a shapeswa.txt file in the speedtree/swa folder with a list of the square tile names without any extension. 5. Fixed a bug with some clouds showing too dark in the film viewer. 6. Added smoothing to the end of rivers. 7. Made some changes to the default Oculus control setup. 8. Fixed a CTD (crash to desktop) bug if the engine of a train was shot. 9. Fixed a bug where train cars were still moving if the car ahead of them was killed. 10. Made change on how Z fighting is dealt with on rivers, roads, and convoys.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 14 ************************/ 1. Fixed an issue causing a CTD with trains. 2. Icon names should now show correctly in the terrain editor.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 13 ************************/ 1. Fixed a bug causing convoys and trains not to run. 2. Fixed a bug causing CTD when exiting, if there were convoys or trains running. 3. Fixed a bug with the terrain editor causing the atlas normal maps not to build correctly. 4. Fixed a bug with the terrain editor not loading the make map settings correctly when using overlay images. 5. Fixed a bug with loading static cube maps that was causing the skin viewer to give a more yellow tint to enviorment mapping. 6. Made a change to the uploader to display why the terrain failed to pass the error check.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 12 ************************/ 1. "End Sortie" now shows green when in a ship or field defense gun. 2. Fixed a bug where bump mapping looked like dimple mapping. 3. Added a splash effect to torpedo hits. 4. Fixed a bug with the M3 causing a CTD if the 75mm was loaded. 5. Modified the 8 inch gun sound to try and isolate the CTD in ships. May or may not fix the CTD. 6. Fixed a bug where the P51 would not set it's load out correctly when changing arenas.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 11 ************************/ 1. Fixed a bug with the rear facing 5" twin on the CV in land and sea modes. 2. Fixed a bug causing engines 3 & 4 not to work correctly when mapped to a joystick. 3. Fixed a bug causing a crash in the M3 with the 75mm gun. 4. Added more VR gunner functionality. Currently only TBM and 40mm quad on ships. 5. Fixed a bug in the skin viewer causing the window not to refresh after a size change. 5. The skin viewer now uses DX11 instead of DX9.

/********************** version 3.03 patch 9 ************************/ 1. Fixed (fingers crossed) the bug in the backward facing 5 inch guns. This also should fix the Battleship guns. 2. Added a 'disable joy stick' option in the controller mapping dialog. 3. Made the 'don't show again' check boxes in the videos bigger. 4. Modified the square box in check boxes to be double lines instead of single. 5. Fixed a bug with the right toe brake not working. 6. Made a change with 'Auto Take off' so it is treated as if it was manually engaged I.E. 10% dead zone instead of 1% to turn if off. 7. Added 'View Version Notes' to the clipboard menu. 8. Axis positions (Min Mid Max) acting as buttons will no longer auto select when double clicked in the control setup box. 9. Added an option in VR settings to make tank sights and bombs sights fixed, i.e. turning head, the sights stay in front of your eyes. 10. Info I.E. Frame rate info and Chat transmitting game id now use icon font size for their display size. 11. Fixed a bug causing some sights to be displayed upside down or mirrored left to right. 12. Fixed a bug causing text on the clipboard not to be as clear as previous versions. 13. Map zoom buttons are now hidden if displaying legends. /********************** version 3.03 patch 8 ************************/ 1. Fixed a bug having to do with 'auto mode selection' causing strangeness in gun positions, when jumping between planes. This could also cause CTDs when gunning and jumping. 2. Made a change to auto pilot so if you engage manually, there is still a 2 second disengage timer allowing stick to be put to the center,and the dead band to knock off is back to 10%. If auto engaged there is no disengage timer, and dead band is 1%.

Aces High 3, Version 3 Patch 7 Join our Forums at http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php or find us through http://www.flyaceshigh.com/ NEW FEATURES! * Added VR hand interactive controls on almost all planes and some vehicles, and the jeep gunner. More will be added as more versions are release! * Added default mapping for Oculus Touch ,HTC Vive, and Acer hand controllers. * Added VR hand controller pointer for mouse control. * If using VR hand controllers - you can hold the controls up to your eyes to see the control help Double click any button to hide the controller help. Bug Fixes / Changes * Fixed a bug causing convoys still spawn when the visual only properties was set on a path. * Added an auto brake option to apply breaks when throttle is zero. * Added automatic differential braking when rudder is applied and brakes are pressed. * Added an automatic auto pilot option to turn on either auto level or auto angle when stick and planes attitude is close to level. * Auto mode selects now sects does 4 different sets instead of 2 Mode 1 (Planes & Default) Mode 2 (Vehicles & Gunners) Mode 3 (Field & Ship Gunner) Mode 4 (Bombardier & Chute) * Fixed a bug with 5 inch gunners on rear of destroyers shaking. * When you open ""Map Controls", it now selects your current mode in the Mode selection window. * Added map zoom icons on the clip board. * In VR mode the commander the gun no longer followed your view. * In VR mode when in the bombardier sight you will see forward, when you look down it will switch to the bomb sight. * In VR mode the bomb sight will now not lock your head in place and you can turn your head, helps with vertigo. * In VR mode tank sight will now not lock your head in place and you can turn your head, helps with vertigo. * Changed how VR head movement works in land and sea modes, it now follows the gun position. * VR now has a different default set of head positions. * If using an increase throttle button on a JS a double click of the bottom will now go to wep. * Changed default gun sight alpha to 50% instead of 25%. * Added jump forward jump back for gunner positions. * Vehicles with wheel steering no longer accelerate when stopped and the wheel is turned. * If forward and back are mapped to joy stick controls Double click "forward" will be full speed forward and start engine. * Double tab "Slow / back" will stop the vehicle and if you are stopped will turn off the engine. * Fixed a bug causing AH to white screen if it could not connect to our game manager server. * Fixed an issue with some VR head sets that if they did not have a sensor, they would not show in AH. * You can now disable VR head sets with "Tracker Off" I.E. (Ctrl F5) Use full for head sets with out a sensor like acer * All VR head position files in the planes folder have been renamed to VR_xxxx.hps instead of xxxx_VR.hps * Included a different default set of head positions for VR. * F1 I.E. SetDefautViewMode now will also enable any tracking device if it was toggled off

/********************** version 3.02 patch 12************************/ 1. Relabeled the O club and Hanger menus to "Exit Arena" instead of quit. 2. Fixed an issue with the Disable Auto Mode swap in VR settings to cause some things to be 2D. 3. Fixed a window sizing issue on startup where the window sizing cursor would not show correctly. 4. Fixed an issue that after exiting video options, the cursor would not display out side of the window. 5. Added a close button to the radio dialog. 6. Added many options for url displaying. 7. Added a dot command .ckh (Control Key Help) /********************** version 3.02 patch 14************************/ 1. Fixed an issue with moving windows in VR not working correctly. 2. Added a view in web browser button to all web page display windows. 3. Fixed an issue with window size when displaying things like score. 4. Added a Bail Scores Maneuver Kill option in Arena Flags. /********************** version 3.02 patch 15************************/ 1. When in VR windows like the score window no long pop up way above you. 2. Fixed an issue with not being able to click buttons in VR. 3. Fixed a spawn point that was off the end of the run way on the Huge air field.

/********************** version 3.02 patch 12************************/ 1. Relabeled the O club and Hanger menus to "Exit Arena" instead of quit. 2. Fixed an issue with the Disable Auto Mode swap in VR settings to cause some things to be 2D. 3. Fixed a window sizing issue on startup where the window sizing cursor would not show correctly. 4. Fixed an issue that after exiting video options, the cursor would not display out side of the window. 5. Added a close button to the radio dialog. 6. Added many options for url displaying. 7. Added a dot command .ckh (Control Key Help) /********************** version 3.02 patch 14************************/ 1. Fixed an issue with moving windows in VR not working correctly. 2. Added a view in web browser button to all web page display windows. 3. Fixed an issue with window size when displaying things like score. 4. Added a Bail Scores Maneuver Kill option in Arena Flags. /********************** version 3.02 patch 15************************/ 1. When in VR windows like the score window no long pop up way above you. 2. Fixed an issue with not being able to click buttons in VR. 3. Fixed a spawn point that was off the end of the run way on the Huge air field.

/********************** version 3.02 patch 10************************/ 1. Added a range text channel. 2. Range channel is now also broadcast to rooms like tower and oclub that are also in range. 3. Fixed an issue that graphic options were not refreshed correctly when removing a VR head set. 4. Fixed some tool tip issues in the Preferences/VR dialog. 5. Fixed a bug where the clip board would appear dark (in shadow) after exiting an arena. 6. After removing VR head set, the bomb sight text now displays correctly. 7. Free accounts can not password protect arenas. 8. When entering an arena, the system now tries to place you at the busiest air field. 9. Arena tabs no remember which one was last used between sessions. /********************** version 3.02 patch 11************************/ 1. Fixed an issue with terrain builder not including some htx files in the build. 2. Mouse GUI control now defaults to show cursor when useing mouse only for flight. 3. Adjusted mouse default sensitivity in mouse view and plane commander modes. 4. Adjusted the rates of mouse flight commander mode. 5. Added a 3 second delay before switching out of auto take off when in mouse only flight mode. 6. Fixed some small dialog alignment issues on the clip board. Was noticeable with the close (X) button on web page displays. 7 Added default controler configurations for xbox one and xbox 360 controllers.

/********************** version 3.02 patch 10************************/ 1. Added a range text channel. 2. Range channel is now also broadcast to rooms like tower and oclub that are also in range. 3. Fixed an issue that graphic options were not refreshed correctly when removing a VR head set. 4. Fixed some tool tip issues in the Preferences/VR dialog. 5. Fixed a bug where the clip board would appear dark (in shadow) after exiting an arena. 6. After removing VR head set, the bomb sight text now displays correctly. 7. Free accounts can not password protect arenas. 8. When entering an arena, the system now tries to place you at the busiest air field. 9. Arena tabs no remember which one was last used between sessions. /********************** version 3.02 patch 11************************/ 1. Fixed an issue with terrain builder not including some htx files in the build. 2. Mouse GUI control now defaults to show cursor when useing mouse only for flight. 3. Adjusted mouse default sensitivity in mouse view and plane commander modes. 4. Adjusted the rates of mouse flight commander mode. 5. Added a 3 second delay before switching out of auto take off when in mouse only flight mode. 6. Fixed some small dialog alignment issues on the clip board. Was noticeable with the close (X) button on web page displays. 7 Added default controler configurations for xbox one and xbox 360 controllers.