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Hi, can you please be more specific, what precisely is the criteria failing to be met by Steam pre orders? It has never been a problem in the past. What, exactly, changed? This is a big deal as it is impacting now the Phantom, Afghanistan, and finally the Chinook. It makes us loyal Steam customers feel like 2nd rate citizens. In a constructive request, barring any other solution, can you offer the 30% Pre Order pricing on Steam on the day of launch for the first 24 hours? Or get the pre order live several days before it officially announces?

They said “June 26”?

Where is the Steam pre order?

Tried to preorder on steam, not possible. When will the Steam pre order be live?

Looking forward to this! I was also left a bit confused from Nick’s interview and from the last newsletter. Is the Afghanistan map also launching in 2024, or is that “beyond”?

@The_Fragger your fan base is eager for a 2024 & Beyond update on this wonderful looking rotorcraft

@IronMike The FAQ said that ED & Steam store pre-orders will be available shortly after launching on the Heatblur store, saying it was “expected in the week following.” 2.5 weeks later, it is on the ED store but still not available on Steam. It seems this isn’t a Steam side delay since the listing has been up, but unavailable, for some time. When is the Steam pre order expected to go live? Looking forward to this module!

How do you know if you qualify? Is it based on people who run it most, or fastest, or both? If you practice and run too slow too often does it disqualify you? Or is it only if you cross a certain threshold at least once when you qualify? Once you qualify, can it be revoked if you underperform in later runs?

This looks fun! So you can practice on the qualification server as much as you want without it impacting whether you qualify? Or is there a map to download? I have been running the old Huey FM via the text edit, but I suppose to be competitive I will have to revert to the new current FM eh?

5950x, RTX 4090, Reverb G2, motion reprojection locked at 45fps, mostly high graphic settings, DLSS Quality. MT Preview Build. Steam version. OpenXR. Tried with HAGs on & off, DLSS on & off. Vsync is off in NVIDA control panel, power management at max performance. Cleared FXO/Metashaders folders. I didn't have this issue previously, it has started after 2.9. I've always run 45fps motion reprojection to turn on more eye candy. I favor low level helicopter flight, often in maps with a lot going on. Even when my FPS is high and frame times are good & low (9-12ms) I will get micro stuttering near the ground or near objects, IE looking down at ground or out side of cockpit near buildings. No frame drops though. Up high, all good. I believe it gets worse when I get higher frametimes (14-19ms) with less overhead, but it is not exclusive to this. And previously, things would remain smooth even at the higher frame times as long as my FPS stayed constant. Again, this wasn't an issue in the past that I recall. Poking around, it seems other VR users have experienced this sort of "judder" or "micro stutter" in VR in similar scenarios. Any fixes? Is this a known issue?

Is this suggesting a launch on the 80th anniversary next year in June? Or should we expect launch sooner (ie by EOY)?

Also waiting to hear on when this will be available for steam pre-order. And chiming in with a feature request. This manual overlay is awesome. I am requesting the ability to import a custom PDF(s) and to tab through the documents while in game. Including in VR. While the official manual looks much better than most modules I know I will still love chucks guide when it lands, and it would be very cool to be able to pull his PDF guide up in game while in VR to go through steps and reference things.

Shoot! Well, thanks for the kind reply. And obviously your quality comes from being both familiar and passionate about an aircraft, so I understand. I am thankful we will be getting F-4 content from you!! And of course, looking forward the Kola F16 campaign and the upcoming P51 campaign

Reflected, you make the best campaigns, and I see you favor older aircraft. The Mirage F1 has really surprised me as a module - much more fun to fly than I had anticipated, and the quality of the module is top notch. Any chance we might see a F1 campaign from you?? I do hope you’ll consider!

Ahh... thanks for the info. Ok, so he's still our point person, but just radio silence for the past 3 months? @The_Fragger it would be great to hear an update as its been a while, especially after with the ambiguous news of Razbams departure, many people would like to know where things are at...