ShinyMikey Posted October 19, 2023 Posted October 19, 2023 The 2.9 changelog was just posted and still no AI A-6. Back in May, HB posted that the AI A-6E would be coming in the summer...and now it is Oct. I know HB is hard at work on the F-4E (which I am really looking forward to), and I know the AI A-6 is not the highest priority, but it has been years now since we saw it flying in a video. I don't mean to complain too much, but would love some info from HB on when we will see it and maybe what the holdup has been.null 9
Heimz Posted October 19, 2023 Posted October 19, 2023 I share your unfathomable despair and offer only the solace that deadlines are empirically flaccid. See, Iron Hand is sorta my thang. 5
ShinyMikey Posted October 19, 2023 Author Posted October 19, 2023 I was just trying out the game after the update...the A-6E is in the ME aircraft list now, but it doesn't seem to have any model. When I added it and tried to run the mission, DCS just froze and I had to restart it. Maybe it was put in by mistake. 1
Stackup Posted October 19, 2023 Posted October 19, 2023 @ShinyMikey this is the latest info on the A-6 AI which is from last month. Cobra says it is definitely coming this year same as the F-4. Heatblur is in crunch time for the F-4 and that is holding up things like the A-6 AI, F-14A early, TARPS, etc. as they rush towards the F-4 release. It would be nice to know why it was allowed into DCS videos when they clearly aren't happy with it because as an AI it just needs basic functionality and a good external model. Now for the full release obviously it needs a cockpit, deeper systems, interactivity, etc. As to why you found it in the ME list, probably the same reason the F-15E Suite 4 showed up in the list on an OB patch before that release and just like the A-6 that was quickly patched out as it's not intended to be there. The F-15 glitch did have the full model visible in game though. 4 2 Modules: F-14A/B, F/A-18C, F-16C, F-4E, F-5E, FC3, AV-8B, Mirage 2000C, L-39, Huey, F-86, P-51, P-47, Spitfire, Mosquito, Supercarrier Maps: Persian Gulf, Syria, NTTR, Marianas, Normandy 2, Channel, Kola Upcoming Modules Wishlist: A-1H, A-7E, A-6E, Naval F-4, F-8J, F-100D, MiG-17F
KoN Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 Heat should keep to its promises when selling a product. The A-6 Was a big add-on for the sale of the F14. And years later still no A-6 . One reason I bought the F14 was because of the A6 add-on. 1 Gigabyte - X570UD ~ Ryzen - 5600X @ 4.7 - RTX-4070 SUPER - XPG 32:GB @ 3200 - VKB - Gunfighter 4 - STECs - Throttle - Crosswinds Rudders - Trackir 5 . I'm a dot . Pico Nero 3 link VR . @ 4k Win 11 Pro 64Bit . No longer Supporting DCS .
draconus Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 3 hours ago, KoN said: One reason I bought the F14 was because of the A6 add-on. It was supposed to be free AI asset. How is buying the F-14 related? It's like buying Hornet just to use free Stennis. 6 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
ruxtmp Posted November 8, 2023 Posted November 8, 2023 VSN has an A-6 but an early model that you can use. Other than not being an A-6E shape I dont see how the Heatblur AI will be any different in what it does regarding dropping steel on target.
ShinyMikey Posted November 11, 2023 Author Posted November 11, 2023 On 11/8/2023 at 9:33 AM, ruxtmp said: VSN has an A-6 but an early model that you can use. Other than not being an A-6E shape I dont see how the Heatblur AI will be any different in what it does regarding dropping steel on target. Yeah, I have the vsn model for deck decoration on a few practice missions I have. But the vsn A-6 is a mod..so it is no good in multiplayer, same as downloaded skins. To fit things into multiplayer missions so that they can be put up on the server and anyone can easily join and fly, we need the A-6E to be a default DCS AI aircraft. 1
DD_Fenrir Posted November 16, 2023 Posted November 16, 2023 On 11/2/2023 at 9:31 AM, KoN said: Heat should keep to its promises when selling a product. The A-6 Was a big add-on for the sale of the F14. And years later still no A-6 . One reason I bought the F14 was because of the A6 add-on. Bovine excrement. You'd have got the A-6 whether you bought the F-14 or not. How you got that so profoundly misconstrued I can't begin to fathom, but the fact that you spent money you didn't need to well that's on you. 2 2
KoN Posted November 17, 2023 Posted November 17, 2023 10 hours ago, DD_Fenrir said: Bovine excrement. You'd have got the A-6 whether you bought the F-14 or not. How you got that so profoundly misconstrued I can't begin to fathom, but the fact that you spent money you didn't need to well that's on you. Gigabyte - X570UD ~ Ryzen - 5600X @ 4.7 - RTX-4070 SUPER - XPG 32:GB @ 3200 - VKB - Gunfighter 4 - STECs - Throttle - Crosswinds Rudders - Trackir 5 . I'm a dot . Pico Nero 3 link VR . @ 4k Win 11 Pro 64Bit . No longer Supporting DCS .
KoN Posted November 21, 2023 Posted November 21, 2023 The A6 was advertised as a wing man for the F14 . ie you could use the A6 for combat missions flying along side the new heatblur f14 . Years down the line And Still waiting for A6 . That's what I'm getting at . 1 Gigabyte - X570UD ~ Ryzen - 5600X @ 4.7 - RTX-4070 SUPER - XPG 32:GB @ 3200 - VKB - Gunfighter 4 - STECs - Throttle - Crosswinds Rudders - Trackir 5 . I'm a dot . Pico Nero 3 link VR . @ 4k Win 11 Pro 64Bit . No longer Supporting DCS .
Tomcatter87 Posted December 16, 2023 Posted December 16, 2023 Nice new screenshot of the A-6, apparently taken from the Heatblur Discord. 1 "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return." Check out my DCS content on Instagram
draconus Posted December 16, 2023 Posted December 16, 2023 On 11/21/2023 at 1:06 AM, KoN said: The A6 was advertised as a wing man for the F14 . It'd be nice to see A-6 in the same sortie but certainly not as a wingman for F-14! 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
KoN Posted December 17, 2023 Posted December 17, 2023 15 hours ago, draconus said: It'd be nice to see A-6 in the same sortie but certainly not as a wingman for F-14! Most definitely can't wait even better when the community can fly it in VR or flat screen. Gigabyte - X570UD ~ Ryzen - 5600X @ 4.7 - RTX-4070 SUPER - XPG 32:GB @ 3200 - VKB - Gunfighter 4 - STECs - Throttle - Crosswinds Rudders - Trackir 5 . I'm a dot . Pico Nero 3 link VR . @ 4k Win 11 Pro 64Bit . No longer Supporting DCS .
D4n Posted July 11, 2024 Posted July 11, 2024 Instead, they STILL keep wasting their precious programming time on SOUND reworks!!! oooof... DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence
Cobra847 Posted July 14, 2024 Posted July 14, 2024 Apologies for the delay; the art is nearing final completion now after redoing the undercarriage 5 5 Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/
joey45 Posted July 21, 2024 Posted July 21, 2024 AWESOME The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. "Me, the 13th Duke of Wybourne, here on the ED forums at 3 'o' clock in the morning, with my reputation. Are they mad.." https://ko-fi.com/joey45
Tomcatter87 Posted July 23, 2024 Posted July 23, 2024 On 7/14/2024 at 10:48 AM, Cobra847 said: Apologies for the delay; the art is nearing final completion now after redoing the undercarriage Cool to finally hear some news, really looking forward to the AI Intruder. "Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward. For there you have been, and there you will always long to return." Check out my DCS content on Instagram
Stackup Posted July 27, 2024 Posted July 27, 2024 Finally nearing art completion on the AI? That's great news! Here's hoping this allows the S-3 to take a break from being the only carrier based tanker. 1 Modules: F-14A/B, F/A-18C, F-16C, F-4E, F-5E, FC3, AV-8B, Mirage 2000C, L-39, Huey, F-86, P-51, P-47, Spitfire, Mosquito, Supercarrier Maps: Persian Gulf, Syria, NTTR, Marianas, Normandy 2, Channel, Kola Upcoming Modules Wishlist: A-1H, A-7E, A-6E, Naval F-4, F-8J, F-100D, MiG-17F
trev5150 Posted August 18, 2024 Posted August 18, 2024 (edited) On 7/14/2024 at 1:48 AM, Cobra847 said: Apologies for the delay; the art is nearing final completion now after redoing the undercarriage Tease me with the possibility of the full study sim A-6E. It's literally the only thing I want. I bought the Phantom to support you guys. Edited August 18, 2024 by trev5150 8
westr Posted September 30, 2024 Posted September 30, 2024 On 12/16/2023 at 10:03 AM, draconus said: It'd be nice to see A-6 in the same sortie but certainly not as a wingman for F-14! I don’t know, I think it would be cool to have an A6 in your flight that you can request attacks air defences and clears a path for your F14 to drop bombs on a target. Just my feelings. On 8/18/2024 at 7:14 PM, trev5150 said: Tease me with the possibility of the full study sim A-6E. It's literally the only thing I want. I bought the Phantom to support you guys. Yeah I agree, I’m looking forward to the A6 more than I was a phantom. Having said that I really enjoy HBs F4 and I’ve become far more interested in the aeroplane. I will definitely purchase a Navy Phantom if HB do this further down the line 1 RYZEN 7 3700X Running at 4.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 32gb DDR4 RAM @3200 MHz Oculus CV1 NvME 970 EVO TM Warthog Stick & Throttle plus 11" extension. VKB T-Rudder MKIV
draconus Posted September 30, 2024 Posted September 30, 2024 2 minutes ago, westr said: I don’t know, I think it would be cool to have an A6 in your flight that you can request attacks air defences and clears a path for your F14 to drop bombs on a target. Just my feelings. I'd be different flight and you'd be able to do it in ME as soon as A-6 AI is available in DCS. But it'd be rather A-6 that drop bombs and F-14 as a CAP then. 1 Win10 i7-10700KF 32GB RTX4070S Quest 3 T16000M VPC CDT-VMAX TFRP FC3 F-14A/B F-15E CA SC NTTR PG Syria
trev5150 Posted October 1, 2024 Posted October 1, 2024 (edited) 13 hours ago, westr said: I don’t know, I think it would be cool to have an A6 in your flight that you can request attacks air defences and clears a path for your F14 to drop bombs on a target. Just my feelings. Yeah I agree, I’m looking forward to the A6 more than I was a phantom. Having said that I really enjoy HBs F4 and I’ve become far more interested in the aeroplane. I will definitely purchase a Navy Phantom if HB do this further down the line Oh yeah they could totally do the J model as an add-on and I'd give 'em a tenner. I'd also go for the G or F. I wouldn't pay for another module though and I probably wouldn't go for any A-D model. Edited October 1, 2024 by trev5150
Stackup Posted October 1, 2024 Posted October 1, 2024 2 hours ago, trev5150 said: Oh yeah they could totally do the J model as an add-on and I'd give 'em a tenner. I'd also go for the G or F. I wouldn't pay for another module though and I probably wouldn't go for any A-D model. They've already stated the naval version will be a separate module as the differences are significant enough to warrant that. 3 Modules: F-14A/B, F/A-18C, F-16C, F-4E, F-5E, FC3, AV-8B, Mirage 2000C, L-39, Huey, F-86, P-51, P-47, Spitfire, Mosquito, Supercarrier Maps: Persian Gulf, Syria, NTTR, Marianas, Normandy 2, Channel, Kola Upcoming Modules Wishlist: A-1H, A-7E, A-6E, Naval F-4, F-8J, F-100D, MiG-17F
trev5150 Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 22 hours ago, Stackup said: They've already stated the naval version will be a separate module as the differences are significant enough to warrant that. Too bad then.
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