FlankerKiller Posted December 14, 2020 Posted December 14, 2020 As the title says, I wish there were earlier lots of the F-18C. Much like what HB. is doing with the Tomcat. The Hornets that saw action in Desert Storm were much different then the lot 20 that we have. Same would be true for any mid 90s action. I would love to see at least a Desert Storm version, and maybe a 1995 version. I know it's not just as simple as taking out some systems. And dose require a new engine model. But it would be cool to do actual period correct scenarios. 4
Northstar98 Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 Would love an 80s/early 90s version if possible, especially given that the majority of assets in DCS is mid-to-late Cold War 4 Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
Schmidtfire Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 +1 Same for the Viper. I would be very interested in an early F-16A. 3 1
wilbur81 Posted December 15, 2020 Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Heatblur had one job... and they did a brilliant one. I'm very much not interested in an already super-busy ED team with 1001 other jobs throwing resources at earlier lots/blocks of Hornets & Vipers. Edited December 15, 2020 by wilbur81 3 i7 8700K @ Stock - Win11 64 - 64gb RAM - RTX 3080 12gb OC
Northstar98 Posted December 17, 2020 Posted December 17, 2020 On 12/15/2020 at 8:43 PM, Schmidtfire said: +1 Same for the Viper. I would be very interested in an early F-16A. Even an 80s/early 90s F-16C Block 40 would be a godsend for me personally. 2 Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
FlankerKiller Posted January 13, 2021 Author Posted January 13, 2021 On 12/17/2020 at 6:56 AM, Northstar98 said: Even an 80s/early 90s F-16C Block 40 would be a godsend for me personally. Honestly that is more what I have in mind. Obviously earlier models would be sweet. But by keeping with the same model, but an earlier block the amount of work could be minimized. Plus the C models were far more numerous. It dose seem that there is interest. Admittedly having a paid downgrade would be a bit unorthodox, but I would gladly pay for late 80's early 90's Jets, and an A model Apache. I do wish they had fleeced us better though. And started with the earlier models, then made us pay for the upgrade. 3
FlankerKiller Posted January 13, 2021 Author Posted January 13, 2021 On 12/15/2020 at 3:45 PM, wilbur81 said: Heatblur had one job... and they did a brilliant one. I'm very much not interested in an already super-busy ED team with 1001 other jobs throwing resources at earlier lots/blocks of Hornets & Vipers. That's fine, but others are interested. Apparently a good number of others judgeding from the amount of threads similar to this one there have been, and the amount of discussion they generat. And it is a wish list after all. I as well as others apparently wish this was a thing. If ED were to decide that there is enough interest to justify the effort then that is up to them. If not the same applies, but we've made our wishes known. On another note, ED has a much larger team then Heatblur, so that comparison is kinda apple's and oranges. Plus the Viper, Apache, Hawg, and Hornet will be the big cash cows for ED, keeping revenue coming in would probably be a good thing.
Northstar98 Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, FlankerKiller said: Honestly that is more what I have in mind. Obviously earlier models would be sweet. But by keeping with the same model, but an earlier block the amount of work could be minimized. Plus the C models were far more numerous. It dose seem that there is interest. Admittedly having a paid downgrade would be a bit unorthodox, but I would gladly pay for late 80's early 90's Jets, and an A model Apache. I do wish they had fleeced us better though. And started with the earlier models, then made us pay for the upgrade. Meh, it's an upgrade as far as low-level attack capability is concerned; besides, plenty of people shell out for aircraft that aren't the absolute latest and greatest. If we ever got a Balkans map, a Block 40 would be perfect. It just seems that with the truly minimal workload required, it seems like a no brainer - the only difficult thing should be LANTIRN. 1 Modules I own: F-14A/B, F-4E, Mi-24P, AJS 37, AV-8B N/A, F-5E-3, MiG-21bis, F-16CM, F/A-18C, Supercarrier, Mi-8MTV2, UH-1H, Mirage 2000C, FC3, MiG-15bis, Ka-50, A-10C (+ A-10C II), P-47D, P-51D, C-101, Yak-52, WWII Assets, CA, NS430, Hawk. Terrains I own: South Atlantic, Syria, The Channel, SoH/PG, Marianas. System: GIGABYTE B650 AORUS ELITE AX, AMD Ryzen 5 7600, Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200 32 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070S FE, Western Digital Black SN850X 1 TB (DCS dedicated) & 2 TB NVMe SSDs, Corsair RM850X 850 W, NZXT H7 Flow, MSI G274CV. Peripherals: VKB Gunfighter Mk.II w. MCG Pro, MFG Crosswind V3 Graphite, Logitech Extreme 3D Pro.
Jak525 Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) By no means am I saying this wouldn't be cool. But, you guys are vastly, vastly, vastly, vastly, and let me say again VASTLY underestimating the workload required for this undertaking. ED is already struggling to get the details right for our current Hornet lot, and even then it's not a perfect model of a single OFP. The amount of big, and small, changes in software alone would be a ginormous undertaking. I'm not discouraging the idea itself. In a perfect world it'd be great. But honestly I don't even know how easy it'd be to get all the documentation for those earlier models anyway. Some might not even be in electronic format. Again, not discouraging a dream, but just want to say that this is far from just remodeling an older engine model. Edited January 14, 2021 by Jak525 2
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