Reddit Post About Trello

[Czechnology]

Think we all know about HB's Trello, but posting here incase you don't

https://trello.com/b/HsMiJggJ/heatblur-public-roadmap

Hoggit user made notice the 2022 tag on the F-4 got a green flair. Might of been there before aswell, but I'm not really sure. I'd actually seen that it was green before noticing the reddit post, just thought it was green before I noticed rather than thinking they'd done that recently.

Cobra responded with the attached image, referencing his comment that was the focus of the stormbirds article I made a post about earlier.

Not drawing any conclusions, just making the information more readily available.null

[Heinlein]

I can remember it being green for a while and I don't think they updated their trello since like july or something. Six weeks left of 2022 so lets hope for the best

[RevampedGrunt]

It had the 2022 tag since the trailer dropped. I would absolutely love to have the F-4 by Christmas (especially since the E is my favorite), but like many, I have doubts that it'll drop this year. Too many issues have occurred this year for a reliable release date to come out. 

[WinterH]

It was green since it's been there as far as I remember.

[Mikkall]

On 11/15/2022 at 12:58 AM, Heinlein said:

I can remember it being green for a while and I don't think they updated their trello since like july or something. Six weeks left of 2022 so lets hope for the best

Based on my sketchy math and experience... I'm hoping as early as 2026

[SilentGun]

As someone who doesn't browse Reddit as frequently as here, here is the post from Cobra from Reddit:

 

"Release dates and our timelines are frequently memed here; sometimes for good reason, but we made our 2022 announcement with extreme confidence at the start of the year. This was based in having already spent a year developing the Phantom and growing our team into a full-time, professional outfit. We're spending a lot of money developing our DCS modules, past and present currently and no-one wants to release our next flagship earlier than me, trust me on that.

No measure of good planning could have predicted a huge chunk of our art production manpower to disappear overnight due to Russia invading Ukraine, and that I would be out of action for two months due to a family tragedy. To say it's been a tough and outright chaotic year is an understatement and a half. We've increased spending significantly and hired more people than planned this year to make up for lost time, but even at a full sprint and standing on the gaspedal only gets you so far. A benefit to this is of course that we'll be better equipped to tackle future challenges.

Apologies for the "non-answer" as to a specific timeline update, the situation remains dynamic enough for me to avoid offering a public committal. We're burning the candle at both ends to revert to the intended timeline. The power grid situation in Ukraine just this week is yet another factor that just popped up, uncertainty is ever-present currently.

To offer some detail on the Phantom itself- it's that we are working to make DCS: F-4E a step up in every way. We're going deeper and more detailed than we have ever done before, across both core and base systems (hyd, electrical, etc.) all the way to the frontend (Radar, JESTER v2, etc.). For our next slew of aircraft we've developed our "NextGen" core- which completely revamped every single part of our codebase and we're developing to a diligence and detail that is quite novel. We want to go beyond the F-14 and further ourselves and our products as much as economically feasible.

Overall, and most importantly, thank you for the interest and being excited though.

No matter how tough this year has been- getting a legendary module of a legendary aircraft in your hands is all the motivation we need to power through."  -Cobra8472

 

Its unfortunate that its most likely not going to release this year but this gives a lot more clarity as to what is going on with the project and the company as a whole.

Edited November 23, 2022 by SilentGun

[Bozon]

@SilentGunThanks for relaying Cobra’s message.

We can cut a little slack, it was a difficult year for them, and I prefer a delayed full-featured successful release over a hasted half-baked one.

[Heinlein]

hace 2 horas, Bozon dijo:

 

We can cut a little slack, it was a difficult year for them, and I prefer a delayed full-featured successful release over a hasted half-baked one.

amen to that. I still hope for a Christmas miracle nevertheless