Cobra847 Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) Hi Everyone, End of winter is rapidly approaching - and we’re proud to say that we’re now feature complete and in RC-type build status. What that means is that we’ve completed implementation of everything that we consider necessary for early access release, and are now focused on ironing out any remaining major or game breaking issues. We’ve launched the manual to great feedback (thanks to everyone who helped out and who has reported issues since!) and the only remaining step for us now is to get the aircraft in your hands. Over the past two weekends, we’ve ran two large stress tests with 30+ Tomcats on a single server. These have allowed us to debug various issues across a more dense multiplayer environment. The expansion of the testing team to include many more people has also been very helpful in establishing what needs revision and work. We’re eager to share with you the launch day of the F-14, pending ED’s final approval. We hope this will happen within the next few days. Also in the coming days, we’ll be going through what to expect from the F-14 Early Access, what our roadmap is for it’s final release (-A, Campaigns, other missing features, etc.) and projected timescales. Hopefully these will give you a good idea of what you’ll be flying on day one, as well as what the future holds for our F-14 project. The F-14 won’t be perfect when we launch, but we intend to show you just how committed we are to quality and our product in the days following release. Expect to be impressed. More than anything, thank you for your support. It’s what keeps us going on long, dark, coffee-fueled nights. We’re looking forward to breathing a little post launch and as we settle into our Tomcat journey together. Sincerely, Team Heatblur Edited February 20, 2019 by Cobra847 Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
fredm2002 Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Awesome News !!!!! Thanks for the update. Fredm2002 Intel i7-12700K, 128 GB RAM, 3080 TI, 26 TB of Storage
Axion Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Thank you for the update. Fantastic news! Asus Z390 Code XI, i9-9900K, RAM 32 Gig Corsair Vengeance @ 3200, RTX 2080 TI FE, TIR 5, Samsung 970 EVO 1TB, HOTAS WH, ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q, HTC Vive Pro, Win 10 x64
dash89er Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 For my first message on the forums i say Thank you Heatblur!
warbirdguy1 Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Looks like I am going to have to put in a two weeks notice at work sooner than I thought....
MTFDarkEagle Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Awesome! Thanks for the update. Good luck on ironing out all you want to do. Like many others I'm very much looking forward to flying it. Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Angbor Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Congratulations on reaching this major milestone! I am very excited to give this plane a go. It's going to be something special for sure.
Fercyful Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Great news just before going to sleep thinking again in the F-14 !! (like every day)
CaptJodan Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Thanks for the update. I sense a possible maybe hint that it might be here before March 20th. But I will still hold to that until the date drops to avoid over-hype. Come on, ED, approve it already. :)
StandingCow Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Fantastic news! 5900X - 32 GB 3600 RAM - 1080TI My Twitch Channel ~Moo
ebabil Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Just great FC3 | UH-1 | Mi-8 | A-10C II | F/A-18 | Ka-50 III | F-14 | F-16 | AH-64 | Mi-24 | F-5 | F-15E| F-4| Tornado Persian Gulf | Nevada | Syria | NS-430 | Supercarrier // Wishlist: CH-53 | UH-60 Youtube MS FFB2 - TM Warthog - CH Pro Pedals - Trackir 5
CoBlue Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 :D i7 8700k@4.7, 1080ti, DDR4 32GB, 2x SSD , HD 2TB, W10, ASUS 27", TrackIr5, TMWH, X-56, GProR.
Victory205 Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) Better start reading that manual... Edited February 20, 2019 by Victory205 Fly Pretty, anyone can Fly Safe.
ChuckJäger Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Preorder should be coming down soon?? VFA-113 | Stinger 307 | "Hank" USN OEF OIF Veteran i7-8700K OC'd 4800ghz | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2080Ti OC'd | 32gb RAM | 2.5TB SSD | Odyssey + | TM Warthog HOTAS |
Emmy Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Bravo Zulu Heatblur! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com
zhujiammy Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 May I ask if f14 was released simultaneously on steam and Ed's official website?
WarHawk72 Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Awesome news, thank you for letting us know...lets light the fire and burn the tires together.
Gunslinger22 Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 This is great news, this sub forum has gotten to the point where I'm just as excited for the launch because it also means it will be the death of the endlessly stupid and moronic topics in regards to the Tomcats release and replace them with legitimate topics about our favourite fighter! "I'm just a dude, playing a dude, disguised as another dude."
colin5392 Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Future two-seater jets I know this is a F-14 thread, but I have a question relating to your Jester AI technology. As you appear to have perfected this AI technology, do you think that HB are now the leading contender to bring an RAF Tornado to life for the DCS World?
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