Wingmate

I do agree that that particular preview screenshot the area around the runways and taxiways looks much better, as did the developer hence why they said in the text I quoted. With that said it still only seems to be the one screenshot of Olenya with notable differences that people have complained about (possibly I am missing something here but as I was very much looking forward to this map I followed it closely). If there were several airbases that had that happen from development screenshots to release I would be more concerned, but with it only being Olenya and one of the developers acknowledging the issues and looking to fix them I can hardly call it false advertising for trying to make it more realistic even if didn't necessarily turn out that way.

Thank you for this, I always thought if you wanted to use any skin/unit that was what the combined task force factions were for. Removing the country restriction effectively removed the point of countries within DCS and made searching for the right skin a pain.

Personally I think that is a bit silly. If they show something during development that is wrong, they would then be unable to correct it without it being false advertising. As I quoted from their discord, they noticed that the runways were off from reality and made changes accordingly (as well as admit that there is still room for improvement in the concrete). It was also noted by them that there was a loss of grass and dirt detail in the area and they would look into restoring that. There is another screenshot they posted that is noticeably different from what it looked like in release but no one has any issues (or is hinting at it being false advertising) with the changes to the terminal at Bodø it similarly had incorrect colours (and model I think?) but was corrected before release. Early image of the terminal at Bodø. Bodø as it is now,

They did answer this on the discord a long time ago, (sadly everything seems to have a discord these days rather than one area for centralized information). This is what they said in relation to that airport.

It is "Zoom View" under axis commands same as all the other modules I have.

Seems like a case of Phantom rudder,,, sorry I had to.

Cobra commented on that very post https://sh.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/1dbpjyk/comment/l7smv1n/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

You would probably have better luck posting this in the OH-58 forum rather than the F-14 forum https://forum.dcs.world/forum/1242-bugs-and-problems/

I think the assumption is based on the fact there are two sound files in the "DCS World\Mods\aircraft\F14\Sounds\Effects\Aircrafts\Engines" folder that are named with J79 in the title: "J79-17_ENG1_QuietHowl.wav" and "J79-17_ENG2_Reheat.wav"

The C model we have still needs coolant. There is a later variant of the C model that is sealed and does not need coolant however it looks like it was only used in the F-14D. IIRC in the AIM-54 stickied thread there was a discussion about this.

The NATOPS for the F-14 says that HDG hold works by maneuvering the aircraft to the desired heading and then releasing the stick at less than +-5 degrees of bank angle. So my guess is the Heatblur Cat in the other sim is wrong if you are using the heading bug to set your autopilot.

The bloodhounds liveries are from the Raven one campaign and are correct for that setting, apart from the modex issue.

The upgraded B never got MFDs either, at least not in the front pit.

According to the NATOPS the ADF position is not functional on the ARC-159 (the radio in the front) so I imagine it won't be enabled in our tomcat. As for using it I have always just switched to the back seat or told my friend to flip the switch, I am unsure as to if you can do it with Jester. I think I recall the ability to tell Jster to do so with VAICOM but I have not flown any missions with that in a while. I think all the transponder functions are in the back cockpit and I have never really fiddled with it so I can't help much there.

From the multiservice brevity guide "FENCE (in/out) Set cockpit switches as appropriate prior to entering/exiting the combat area."

The LANTIRN does not provide any information to the HUD, so the HUD is just showing your CCIP line. You can disregard it when dropping GBUs with the LANTIRN.

If the tomcat were to never get another update (which would suck a lot) I would still feel as if I had gotten my money's worth for the Tomcat. The amount of time I have put into it both flying and working on liveries for it makes it by far one of the best price to hours enjoyed ratios of any electronic entertainment I have purchased.

The RIO binds are separate from the Pilot binds in the dropdown menu when you are assigning controls.

You now do not want the ability to control it? It sounds like the current implementation will be similar to changing the helmet in the hornet.

As far as I understand that is already how it is, I have had no FORGE elements in newly made missions as well.

I've had it show up, I don't know for sure but I imagine they are all equally weighted for a chance to appear.

Sometimes I wonder if I should be allowed to use photoshop, I had to make the visual pun after reading eye candy. If anyone is wanting to view the new FORGE option in model viewer the argument is 4001. Now if you will excuse me I need to go get some skittles...

Yes, my understanding is it only works for aircraft set to player rather than client in the mission editor. Same with the triggered failures.

It sounds like we will be able to once FORGE is done based on what IronMike has said. Personally, I like the cockpit with and without the FORGE additions, I also wouldn't be unhappy if there was a chance my radar would fail on the cat shot. I'd really like to see random failures and triggering failures be possible in multiplayer but that is an ED thing.

I'll say the VKB Gunfighter Mk III with the Tomcat grip is excellent with the 200mm extension as well.