Jackjack171 Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 I just want a proper deck to fly my community A-4 from. The other carriers are great and I love the F-14. But the A-4 needs a ship to match it. The Forrestal fits so many situations, IMHO. Static Whales and SH-2's, A-6/A-7's...I could go on and on! Oh well, one can dream! 1 DO it or Don't, but don't cry about it. Real men don't cry!
Swordsman422 Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 1 hour ago, R. Winters said: Would love to see a 70's-80's air wing. F-14A's, A-6E's, F-8's/A-7s. F-4's because phantoms are cool and would be a lovely touch. AI aircraft such as A-3/A-5/RA-5c and updated and new models of other stuff. Kitty hawk class, the Forrestal-which we are obviously getting- but the Ranger, Saratoga, Independence. The Enterprise. Various support ships, like destroyers and cruisers of the time. A Iowa class BB. Just imagine you're in a virtual squadron, so in my case JTF-1 VF-2. Now you do a Vietnam era campaign or "tour" aboard one of the various carriers as a F-4 squadron. The whole air wing, so about 4-5 squadrons all switch to the appropriate air wing aircraft of the late 60's, early 70's. And you do the various missions that the aircraft actually did over Vietnam, so F-4's cap/strike or what ever. A-6/A-7 strike a bridge. The F-8s also doing cap. "AI" Ra-5c's doing recon missions. Then the -4 squadron transitions into a -14 squadron and yea. That is my dream for this game, very ambitious and will never happen because of reasons but food for thought. We got close to something like this with the Strike Fighters series. The semi-dynamic campaigns could sometimes cover years of combat and the squadrons would cycle through combat duty and upgrade aircraft by date settings. While aircraft, avionics, and weapon performance was as realistic as possible, the avionics functions and operations were not fully simulated. The focus was more about the tactics and less about button pushing. It was pretty neat to play, being part of an alpha strike launching from several carriers on Yankee Station or elsewhere, and it was VERY easy to mod. Still has probably the best representation of how modex numbers function in any flight sim I have yet seen. Unfortunately the developer walked away from it in 2013 and it hasn't been updated or upgraded since. 2
R. Winters Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 16 minutes ago, Swordsman422 said: We got close to something like this with the Strike Fighters series. The semi-dynamic campaigns could sometimes cover years of combat and the squadrons would cycle through combat duty and upgrade aircraft by date settings. While aircraft, avionics, and weapon performance was as realistic as possible, the avionics functions and operations were not fully simulated. The focus was more about the tactics and less about button pushing. It was pretty neat to play, being part of an alpha strike launching from several carriers on Yankee Station or elsewhere, and it was VERY easy to mod. Still has probably the best representation of how modex numbers function in any flight sim I have yet seen. Unfortunately the developer walked away from it in 2013 and it hasn't been updated or upgraded since. Yeah I have STF, Vietnam, and I always played it and thought Imagine this in DCS with fully crewed F-4's and A-6's and everything going to s*** because of sams and migs and then, flying at tree top level in full burner in a F-4-In the back seat in my depiction- while a Mig-17 is chasing you. That would be pretty neat/scary 2
lee1hy Posted April 22, 2021 Posted April 22, 2021 This CAT is lost Home and wandering. Give Forestal! 6 kim_123456#3214 My awesome liveries user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5
Swordsman422 Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) Wow... never noticed that skin as the carrier name misspelled. Edited April 23, 2021 by Swordsman422 1
lee1hy Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 Oh yeah thanks for notic !!!!!! kim_123456#3214 My awesome liveries user files https://shorturl.at/cdKV5
freehand Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 On 4/19/2021 at 10:53 PM, Blinde said: Although new highly detailed carrier sounds good but how many actually want to start using simplified carrier without actual deck crew instead of the EDs Super Carrier? I mean, I haven't used the old Stennis since the release. I assume that like said before, there isn't animated deck crew planned. I am not interested in landing on a Ghost ship things have moved on many moons ago. 2
RustBelt Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 Well, good thing you're not paying anything extra for it then! 1
Baco Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 8 hours ago, freehand said: I am not interested in landing on a Ghost ship things have moved on many moons ago. you are going to use the SC exclusively for a long long time buddy... 3
Shimmergloom667 Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 Will we ever get the correct engine displays for the F-14B, finally? 4 i7 - 9700K | 32 GB DDR4 3200 | RTX 2080 | VKB Gunfighter Mk II /w MCG Pro | Virpil T-50CM2 Throttle | TrackIR 5 | VKB Mk. IV AJS-37 | A/V-8B | A-10C | F-14A/B | F-16C | F-18C | F-86F | FC3 | JF-17 | Ka-50 | L-39 | Mi-8 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19 | MiG-21bis | M2000-C | P-51D | Spitfire LF Mk. IX | UH-1H
RaisedByWolves Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 6 hours ago, Shimmergloom667 said: Will we ever get the correct engine displays for the F-14B, finally? Two weeks!
Shimmergloom667 Posted April 27, 2021 Posted April 27, 2021 3 hours ago, RaisedByWolves said: Two weeks! Ah sure, my bad i7 - 9700K | 32 GB DDR4 3200 | RTX 2080 | VKB Gunfighter Mk II /w MCG Pro | Virpil T-50CM2 Throttle | TrackIR 5 | VKB Mk. IV AJS-37 | A/V-8B | A-10C | F-14A/B | F-16C | F-18C | F-86F | FC3 | JF-17 | Ka-50 | L-39 | Mi-8 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19 | MiG-21bis | M2000-C | P-51D | Spitfire LF Mk. IX | UH-1H
Baco Posted May 8, 2021 Posted May 8, 2021 So its clear the Forrestal has Base Carrier features.. but, how about spawn points? will it still be 4 catapults only? Can someone give a more in depth information on that please?
Skysurfer Posted May 8, 2021 Posted May 8, 2021 6 hours ago, Baco said: So its clear the Forrestal has Base Carrier features.. but, how about spawn points? will it still be 4 catapults only? Can someone give a more in depth information on that please? Most likely.
Danny_P Posted May 19, 2021 Posted May 19, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 7:35 AM, Baco said: So its clear the Forrestal has Base Carrier features.. but, how about spawn points? will it still be 4 catapults only? Can someone give a more in depth information on that please? I'm going to take a guess here and say this also means basic ATC, which will be a massive shame, but if this is the case I understand that it's something limited by ED. Hopefully there will be a way in the future for the ATC to be added to 3d party carrier if you own the SC module. < unless you clever HB have already done this Getting some words to clarify these 'base features' would be greatly appreciated. 1
Alienzo Posted May 19, 2021 Posted May 19, 2021 Will the forrestal come into port tomorrow's update or will it run aground?
LanceCriminal86 Posted May 19, 2021 Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) Usually when a big feature is coming a teaser vid comes out, screenshots, something. I'd keep my expectations low so if something unexpected does arrive, it's a fun surprise. It makes getting yourself hyped up about something that wasn't promised not a problem anymore. Edited May 19, 2021 by LanceCriminal86 2 Heatblur Rivet Counting Squad™ VF-11 and VF-31 1988 [WIP] VF-201 & VF-202 [WIP]
Skysurfer Posted May 20, 2021 Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Yeah, given they haven't shown off too much of it and especially only renders of the FLOLS I wouldn't even expect it anytime soon at this point. Hoperully Saratoga will come shortly after as well for the true A&B experience. Edited May 20, 2021 by Skysurfer 1
Cobra847 Posted June 7, 2021 Posted June 7, 2021 Just a quick update on this front; we are preparing to launch our major F-14 patch and hopefully that will be wrapped together with a proper update on the Forrestal which will then be our target release for the next major DCS patch. 7 5 Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
toni Posted June 7, 2021 Posted June 7, 2021 Understand will not come together? If so, that means we ll have an accurate Forrestal maybe by the end of summer ? Any plans about a Prifly station or so ?
Skysurfer Posted June 7, 2021 Posted June 7, 2021 8 hours ago, Cobra847 said: Just a quick update on this front; we are preparing to launch our major F-14 patch and hopefully that will be wrapped together with a proper update on the Forrestal which will then be our target release for the next major DCS patch. Will the Saratoga ship with the initial release as well or is this one planned for later?
Uxi Posted June 7, 2021 Posted June 7, 2021 Hmm I want Saratoga and Ranger more than Forrestal. If it was gonna be a one off, Enterprise would have been my choice. Hopefully it's at least friendly to a mod/livery to change the number easy. Specs & Wishlist: Core i9 9900k 5.0Ghz, Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero, 64GB G.Skill Trident 3600, Asus RoG Strix 3090 OC, 2TB x Samsung Evo 970 M.2 boot. Samsung Evo 860 storage, Coolermaster H500M, ML360R AIO HP Reverb G2, Samsung Odyssey+ WMR; VKB Gunfighter 2, MCG Pro; Virpil T-50CM v3; Slaw RX Viper v2
Skysurfer Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Uxi said: Hmm I want Saratoga and Ranger more than Forrestal. If it was gonna be a one off, Enterprise would have been my choice. Hopefully it's at least friendly to a mod/livery to change the number easy. Well, according to their Trello board Forrestal and Saratoga are planned initially and Ranger + Independence are to come later as those need more modeling work and changes. I think for an 80's to early 90's scenario the initial two ships are a must since you could operate the 14A and B from them. Let alone the fact that Saratoga could be used for the 14B capaign to make it so much more accurate.
RustBelt Posted June 8, 2021 Posted June 8, 2021 It's really weird, I know it's the Class ship, but the Forestall NEVER had a squadron operating F-14Bs. Heck even our VF-11 Red Rippers has an AE not NK tail. Really Only the Saratoga EVER had B's on her deck.
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