Icing on the Cake?

[mytai01]

I noticed that there are none of the finishing touches on the F-14, like load screen pictures, the manual, and such. Seems like things aren't done. Are there ever going to be any of these things?

[Despayre]

Pretty sure I have all those things... can you define "and such"? I definitely have load screen pictures, and I can see the 387 page manual at: 

C:\Program Files\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F14\Docs

Yours should be in a similar place.

[draconus]

13 hours ago, mytai01 said:

I noticed that there are none of the finishing touches on the F-14, like load screen pictures, the manual, and such. Seems like things aren't done. Are there ever going to be any of these things?

 

[Zabuzard]

For the F-14, we decided that its generally better to have a web-version for the manual, which you can find here:

https://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/

That said, we do ocassionally export it as PDF to be included within DCS. But if you can, prefer the web-version instead.

The wallpaper issue is tracked and will be replaced eventually, there are just more important things to do for now (including F-14 issues)

[Snappy]

40 minutes ago, Zabuzard said:

For the F-14, we decided that its generally better to have a web-version for the manual, which you can find here:

https://www.heatblur.se/F-14Manual/

That said, we do ocassionally export it as PDF to be included within DCS. But if you can, prefer the web-version instead.

The wallpaper issue is tracked and will be replaced eventually, there are just more important things to do for now (including F-14 issues)

Will the procedures section of the online manual be further expanded in the future? Because as of now for both, Pilot&RIO they still don’t continue past poststart of the engines, which is kind of sparse for an official module and not everyone has access to the real life NATOPS, which I think is also at least officially still restricted in distribution, but I might be wrong on the that.

Thanks and regards,
Snappy

Edited May 22, 2023 by Snappy

[RustBelt]

On 5/19/2023 at 7:06 PM, mytai01 said:

I noticed that there are none of the finishing touches on the F-14

I'll give you two guesses why that is.

[mytai01]

On 5/24/2023 at 9:15 PM, RustBelt said:

I'll give you two guesses why that is.

Well, if that was the reason then other modules would have been the same way, but that isn't so. It's obviously just their choice.

[Despayre]

2 hours ago, mytai01 said:

Well, if that was the reason then other modules would have been the same way, but that isn't so. It's obviously just their choice.

Which other early access module doesn't have things that aren't finished yet?

[RustBelt]

3 hours ago, Despayre said:

Which other early access module doesn't have things that aren't finished yet?

I mean, I can name a few that have come OUT of Early Access that still need time in the oven.

[Despayre]

6 hours ago, RustBelt said:

I mean, I can name a few that have come OUT of Early Access that still need time in the oven.

Exactly. 

[JetCat]

For me the perfect icing on the cake would be giving the upper eject seat handles a nice new higher-polygon 3D model (it looks too low detail geometry too angular and is very close to the head that´s  why it should be especially high polygon and detailed.) In real-life it´s  of round shape and the surface should get some depth too some some nice reeded slip-proof bumpmap. The cockpit is so lovely so gorgeous such absolutest PERFECTION such a perfect piece of virtual art it really deserves this little visual upgrade of the Baker ejection seat.

Another nice feature would be instead of using one cockpit texture for both A and B versions giving the B version a slightly newer looking with slightly newer panels and no taped labels on the panels, and leave the good old A version like it is right now with cockpit fixed and repaired by MacGyver tricks and with duct tape and dusty old stuff and hard to read labels inside the cockpit   But I think Heatblur is currently working on that and a customizable cockpit, isn´t it?

Oh and I would love to load AIM-7 Sparrows on the Sidewinder pylons but I am not sure if this is realistic and even possible on real Tomcats.... if not of course not because realism has always highest priority.

Here are fine wallpapers if modders want to make a few new title splash screens, and the comparison between the real jettison handle and the rather flat and low-polygon geometry shaped virtual ones. That thing is so close to the head sometimes even the camera is clipping through it when looking back - it deserves a little visual upgrade

Edited June 8, 2023 by JetCat