Today, we’ve released the F-14 into early access after years of intensive development. We truly hope you’re enjoying it! We’re monitoring all of the forums, hoggit and e-mails and are moving quickly and assertively to correct any critical issues and mistakes.
This module represents the culmination of exhaustive research and intensive development, where we attempted to push the boundaries of what was possible with a desktop flight simulation. The challenge and passion associated with this project ushed us to deliver the very best that our broad backgrounds and formal training allowed us. We pushed those boundaries, both because of Heatblur’s commitment to providing the highest quality product possible, and because the F-14A/B represented a passion project for many members of the team. We were and still are driven to get this project right! And today, we have the pleasure of announcing something even bigger, which will allow us to unlock our true potential, and to raise the bar even higher.
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been working on taking the next big step forward for our company and team. We’ve progressed discussions with a group that will be our new partners for the continued development of Heatblur. We’ve found our interests to be very much aligned and thus, Heatblur Simulations is becoming a part of MetaSimulations, which is a part of the Meta Aerospace group.
Together with Meta, we will be able to combine the resources and expertise of a real world aerospace operator with our passion, experience and drive in the field of simulation. We’re incredibly excited about the potential and capability Meta brings to the field of simulation. This amazing opportunity to become a part of Meta will help us redefine what the cutting edge of simulation is, through the amplification of every great quality found in Heatblur.
With Heatblur and Meta working together, there are absolutely no limits to what we can achieve.
Beyond this, it assures and guarantees that the Viggen, Tomcat and other future Heatblur products will remain on the absolute cutting edge in terms of quality and execution. This transition will allow us to continue building our team and help ensure that we have the resources to fully support our modules in the future. Thank you for your support, we’re so excited for our future together and what that means for you as consumers, and we hope you are too!
Cobra847 - 3rd Party Developer ha scritto:
Hey Everyone,
Thought I'd paste in a response I made on hoggit on this topic. If anything, this timing was meant to put as many eyes on this as we could possibly muster
"Hey guys!
Sorry for the late reply here - I've been trying to spare a few hours for celebrations post F-14 Launch to celebrate a real milestone for our team. Let me clarify a few points quickly; I've spent 6 years of my life building up to the point where we are today. My dream is, and continues to be, the development of the absolute best in flight simulation- both consumer and professional. That's what drove us to build the Tomcat and what will continue to drive us moving forward. The reason we announced this today is the direct opposite of your fears; we want this to have as many eyes on it as possible. This is something to be super excited about, because it means positives for everyone! What better day to share than today?
Our new partnership with Meta is an absolute and absolutely pure positive. Our responsibility to you, our customers, our community and the people who have supported us is always going to be our top priority. I have no doubts we'll make that even more clear over the coming weeks and months.
Partnering with a real aerospace operator gives us access to SMEs, resources and allows us to focus on delivering quality. If there was any negative downside to taking this route for the Heatblur team, it would have been an immediate and complete showstopper. I can't begin to describe how aligned our thinking is with the fantastic people at Meta. Take the good you see in us today and amplify it tenfold. We've built our reputation and brand on quality and I don't intend to lead this team into sacrificing our core mission statement: delivering the best and absolutely nothing else.
On a more personal level, I can't help but feel sentimental with regards to the road so far. I've grown up with flight simulation and if anything, my goals will always be aligned with the continued health and development of consumer flight sims. There's just nothing like strapping on a rift and flying everything from a P-51 to F-14, and undermining that experience is paramount to an absolute and abject failure.
I hope that makes sense to you all. Heatblur is not going anywhere. If anything, we just poured a cover of molten steel over our already concrete commitment to all that you hope for. We're not in any way sacrificing our roadmap or ambitions. If anything, we've just made them a guaranteed reality.
New pre-launch video: (waiting on file from HB) The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is a two crew, variable geometry, maritime air superiority fighter that served with the US Navy for 32 years and continues to serve with the IRIAF in Iran. The F-14 was the US Navy's frontline fighter from the 1970s until the mid-2000s. Over the course of its long service life, it also became the US Navy’s premier precision ground-attack platform and lone airborne reconnaissance asset.
Outstanding features of the aircraft are the swing-wing configuration, crew of two, and the powerful AN/AWG-9 Weapons Control System (WCS) and radar. The AWG-9 allows employment of the powerful AIM-54 Phoenix air to air missile while the LANTIRN pod allows the ability to carry out precision ground strikes using laser-guided bombs. The F-14 Tomcat was present during many pivotal moments such as the two Gulf of Sidra incidents, Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, the conflict in Yugoslavia, Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was also immortalized in the iconic motion picture, Top Gun, and starred in several other feature films including The Final Countdown, Executive Decision, and others.
Thank you all for your kind words, support and for enjoying the F-14. We're so excited to finally be able to share. Now it's time to knuckle down and apply ourselves to executing our Early Access release roadmap!
More on that as things settle down somewhat.
First, though- we've been working through customer support requests and also moving quickly to alleviate some initial issues that have cropped up.
We've prepared a hotfix that includes the following:
Add keybinds for nose strut kneel & extend
Disable Persian Gulf Tour & Dance of the Vampires missions temporarily
Potential fix for Page 3 (datalink) kneeboard CTD
Basic force feedback support
Corrected high-G damage model
Jester Menu multimonitor fix (now centred)
Implemented extra VDI pitch ladder display modes
Added LANTIRN section to PDF manual
We don't know when this patch will launch just yet, but we're working with our partners at ED to get it out the door ASAP.
DCS: MiG-19P Farmer by RAZBAM Simulations is now available.
DCS F-14 Tomcat by Heatblur Simulations.
Introduced of the DCS Dedicated Server.
DCS World
Static objects linked to a parent object with offset fixation will ow rotate with the parent object (i.e. static objects on an aircraft carrier).
AI combat vehicles. Buildings and allied units in the the line of sight prevents weapon fire.
MP. Multiple clients will not spawn in the same location on the CVN-74 deck.
Fixed bug that could potentially cause SFM aircraft to explode at spawn.
Improved performance of some scripting functions.
Open mission/track panels. Added ability to sort files by typing by first letter of the file name.
Fixed frequent crash with mission scripting - script trying to destroy aircraft when aircraft trigger some event , as result - aircraft destroyed in the middle of self activity which result crash on next line after posting event.
Aircraft AI. Fixed crash caused by the bingo fuel landing at aircraft carrier.
JTAC will now not report Rapier as SA-2.
ME. Ground units. Added different colors for detection and engagement range rings.
ME. Deleted non-functional PLANNING CARGO indicator from aircraft payload menu.
MP. The glass in the cockpit will be transparent, not black, during texture loading after spawning into the cockpit.
MP. Some tuning of Server options panel.
MP. Client aircraft disappears, if he disconnects from the server on pause and joins back, fixed.
Mi-8MTV2 and UH-1H AI helicopters. Onboard gunners are implemented. From now the AI gunners will engage different types of threats within their (gunners') weapons range.
Airborne troops can embarking to second helicopter after disembarking from the first one.
ME. Corrected an enabling checkbox of Sand storm setting.
Scripts. Fixed frequent crash with mission scripting - script trying to destroy aircraft when aircraft trigger some event.
AI KC-130 will not taxiing reverse after refueling.
Input axis binding causes UI "freeze" and Lua error in dcs.log fixed.
MP. Increased timeouts to 10 minutes.
ME. Triggers. Added new field to message action with delay message in seconds.
Fixed a crash when player left aircraft for AI control with scheduled two identical failures, which caused them to mess.
Fixed a crash if player ejects himself in the middle of refueling procedure.
Dedicated server. Log update now checks if lifecycle is enabled.
Dedicated server. File selector: 'Saved Games' topmost folder. Only show relative path from it.
R-27R and R-27T DLZ is corrected.
Black screen flickering on the some video cards fixed.
Fixed crash when use trigger "Start player seat lock" with incorrect number.
Ship's cruise missiles. Fixed a wrong launch orientation of missile.
ME. Corrected unit templates: Hawk SAM Battery standard and Hawk SAM Battery reinforced, S-300, Patriot. Corrected name of Rapira position.
DCS M-2000C by RAZBAM
Weapon positions fixed
Cockpit internal lighting improved
Mission 1 and Mission 12 updates in the Campaign
Previous fixes now added:
-Weapon positions fixed
DCS AV-8B by RAZBAM
Weapon positions fixed
MPCD Transparency background fix
KC-135 MPRS wingtip vortices position fixed
Bitching Betty sounds upgraded
Cockpit internal lighting improved
Ground Proximity Warning System enabled
Previous fixes now added:
-Weapon positions fixed
-MPCD Transparency background fix
-KC-135 MPRS wingtip vortices position fixed
-Ground Proximity Warning System enabled
Tpod Point track issue Fixed
ASL line behavior fixed
Fuel Probe Model Changed
Training Missions Updated
Fuel Probe Model Adjusted to match real airframe
DMT can now track moving targets
MPCD Brightness control enabled
DCS C-101 by AvioDev
Improved textures of cockpit structure and front panel
Fixed canopy textures
Fixed pilot textures
All liveries are now also accessible to users that do not own the module
Fixed engine failure due to ice accretion
Added the following failures:
Engine flameout with relight
Engine flameout without relight
Engine anti-ice failure
Chip in oil (including engine damage accumulation if engine is mishandled)
GS and LOC signal failures
VOR, TACAN, DME, ADF and radio altimeter failures
Pitch trim runaway - Nose up
Pitch trim runaway - Nose down
Control stick pitch trim switch failure
Control stick aileron trim switch failure
Rudder trim failure
Left gear extension fault
Left gear retraction fault
Right gear extension fault
Right gear retraction fault
Nose gear extension fault
Nose gear retraction fault
Flaps fault
Front and rear cockpits synchronization in multiplayer (multicrew):
Fixed dc bus tie and engine anti-ice syncs
Added fuel valve, submerged pump and fuselage fuel quantity syncs
Added partially functioning transfer pumps and start-up sequence syncs
Fixed fuel pumps synchronization
Fixed refueling on ground (Still WIP, can only refuel up to 97% and cannot defuel)
Added buffet vibration and sound, due to high angle of attack, high g-force or high airspeed.
Fixed refuelling and defuelling processes.
Solved issue with engine shutdown at high altitudes when moving throttle in a slightly abrupt way.
Added Force Feedback.
Fixed emergency fuel lever full travel. It now reaches the max position.
Improved buffet. It now vibrates depending not only in G load but also in AoA at high G loads.
Added new ejection seat to external model.
Added synchronization of the following systems to multicrew:
-Canopy (partially working)
-Radios priority
-Navigation priority
-VOR/TCN selector
-HSI course/heading selector
-Fuel test
-Emergency air brake
-Emergency landing gear deployment (working partially, only front cockpit)
In addition to moving the MiG-19 to the Release version of DCS World, we have also released the MiG-19P to Steam this week.
The MiG-19P Farmer was designed by the legendary Mikoyan Design Bureau in the Early 1950’s. The MiG-19 fighter was the Soviet Union’s first true supersonic Interceptor that could exceed Mach 1 in level flight.
Designed to take on enemy fighters and bombers at any time of day or night and in any weather condition, the Farmer was equipped with the RP-5 lzumrud radar in the nose and armed with two NR-30 30mm cannons in the wing roots. The Farmer is also able to carry an array of ground attack weapons that includes S-5M rockets and various general-purpose bombs. It is a lethal interceptor with conventional ground attack capabilities.
We are proud to bring you this exciting addition to DCS World. The Farmer is highly-optimized to work within DCS World and takes advantage of its unrivalled combat environment that only Eagle Dynamics can offer.
Key Features that the MiG-19 Farmer for DCS World by RAZBAM include:
External flight model that provides realistic performance and flight characteristics
Highly detailed 3D model and animations
Highly detailed and accurate 6 DOF cockpit with mouse-interactive controls
Realistic modelling of the aircraft systems including electrical, fuel, hydraulics, lighting, engine and navigation
High-resolution 3D model and cockpit textures, including specular and bump mapping as well as deferred shading and Physical Based Rendering (PBR)
NR-30 30mm Air-to-Air and Air-to-Ground cannons
Air-to-Air missiles
S-5M Rocket pods
Realistic afterburner
Numerous skins
Instant action, single, and a campaign
Interactive training lessons and videos
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