When you select this option, from the clipboard, the game will minimize and bring up your Internet default browser and display the WEB page based help system.

If you prefer to watch the video of how to configure the video settings, please visit our Youtube channel and watch the video configuration video there.

When Aces High is started, you have the option on the clipboard to enter the "Video Settings". Do so now.

Once in the "Video Settings" option, you will be presented with the following panel of options. The contents of the information after the image explains what each option does.

Video Resolution

The higher the numbers the better the edges of the objects are in the game. This setting can have the greatest impact on visual detail and performance, so it is important to pick a reasonable value for your system.
For more technical information about this setting, click here

In order to make use of wide aspect ratio video displays, all you need to do is set the correct resolution and the game will auto-adjust the field of view to fill the video display.

Auto Set Field of View

This is the default option for the video settings. It allows the game to set the field of view based on the video resolution you have selected.

Set Custom Field of View

Checking this option will allow you to manually control the 'field of view' the game will use. It will override the automatic setting, regardless of the resolution you chose.

Max Texture Size

This effects the details shown in textures of the game. The higher the number the better the detail. We make our best guess at what we think your card can do and suggest not going over it. In some cases you may want to lower it, for performance reasons.

In order to run texture sizes of 1024 or higher, you will need to download and install the High-Resolution Texture package from our download page. The 2048 option effects the cockpit only. All exterior textures are a maximum size of 1024.

NOTE: You need a high end video card and the card must have at least 256MB of dedicated video RAM on it (shared memory does not count), in order to make full use of the 1024 or 2048 size textures.

Reset Default

This button will reset the maximum texture settings back to their defaults.

For more technical information about the maximum texture size setting, click here.

Disable Vsync (Frame rate testing only)

This option is not checked, by default. You should only use it when testing frame rates. During normal game play, this option should NOT be checked!

Anti-Aliasing

This slider controls how much anti-aliasing is applied to the game graphics. In order for it to be effective, you must not force anti-aliasing on in your video control panel settings in Windows. Your video card Windows setting for anti-aliasing should be "application controlled".

Go to the trouble shooting page if you are having issues with this part of the configuration

When you select the Choose Terrain option from the clipboard, a list of the installed terrains is displayed as shown on the right.

You can select any terrain you like and go offline and explore the terrain.

This is only for Offline Practice use. When you go online, the remote server will supply the terrain to use.

Select the Online Arenas option when you are ready to connect to our massive online arenas. You must have already created your account before you can use this option.

First time users are allowed 2 weeks of free time in our massive online arenas. Your time starts the moment you connect to one of our arenas and cannot be stopped.

Fill in the Login ID and Password boxes, with your account information.

If you have not created your account, you can press the Create Account button here, or if you lost your password, you can press Resend Password, as long as you know you login ID. The password will be sent to the email address you have recorded in your account, so it is important to keep it up to date.

Once you have completed the Login ID and Password boxes, pressing the OK button will take you to our online arena list. If you wish exit this screen, simply press the Cancel button.

If you successfully logged into the game, you will be presented with a list of our online arenas as shown on the right.

If you are new to the flight simulator world, you may want to spend some time in the Training Arena.

Hooking up with a trainer can help get you up to speed faster in combat flight, which will result in your having more fun.

You may also join in the lobby where players get together to talk or meet for various events and/or missions. You can also set the game to automatically take you into the Lobby each time you login online.

Ping details will show some detailed stats about your Internet connection to the game. This uses simulated game packets making it a more accurate tool than generic "ping" utilities.

Once you have selected an arena, simply press the OK button and after a few seconds of loading data for the game and arena, you will be placed in the tower.