IronMike Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Dear all, we would like to present you the first out of a series of videos running up to release of the Phantom, which will increasingly go more and more into the various details of the module. Enjoy! 37 5 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundar Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) It looks incredible, jaw dropping in fact. I thought you guys topped it with the F-14 - which is my favourite flight sim module ever and now I'm going to have to fork out to buy this as well. It looks amazing graphically, Jester 2.0 is sounding great and I'm loving all the attention to detail - which has always been a Heatblur thing. The only problem is where I'm going to find time to play all these modules lol. Edit: I will add, I love damage modelling and having to deal with emergencies and system failures on top of having to execute the mission so more system modelling and finesse is a very welcome feature. Also the crew chief sounds great, it's the level of interaction within the Heatblur modules which make them more engaging, it's more of an experience overall. Edited February 17 by Grundar 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKEw Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 尽快发布吧，等不及了！ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nodak Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Looking forward to night vision old school in VR, red lights toned down to minimum levels flying by moonlight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThorBrasil Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 A new level of simulation that will force developers to evolve their modules to compete with the F-4E. Truth be told, the F-4E will take away many sales from aircraft already launched. That's why I say that they will have to work hard to improve their modules. 1 |Motherboard|: Asus TUF Gaming X570-PLUS, |WaterCooler|: Corsair H115i Pro, |CPU|: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, |RAM|: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, |SSD|: Kingston A2000 500GB M.2 NVMe, |SSD|: Kingston 2.5´ 480GB UV400 SATA III, |SSHD|: Seagate Híbrido 2TB 7200RPM SATA III, |GPU|: MSI Gaming 980Ti, |Monitor|: LG UltraWide 34UM68, |Joystick 1|: Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog, |Joystick 2|: T.Flight Rudder Pedals, |Head Motion|: TrackIr 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggus Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Fantastic vid, guys. Can't wait for the next one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lace Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 As much as I love the idea of complex random failures, I can't help but think this is going to result in a huge upsurge in 'bug' reporting. Looks amazing though, can't wait to fly it. 6 Laptop Pilot. Alienware X17, i9 11980HK 5.0GHz, 16GB RTX 3080, 64GB DDR4 3200MHz, NVMe SSD. 2x TM Warthog, Hornet grip, Virpil CM2 & TPR pedals, FSSB-R3, Cougar throttle, Viper pit WIP (XBox360 when traveling). Rift S. NTTR, SoH, Syria, Sinai, Channel, South Atlantic, CA, Supercarrier, FC3, A-10CII, F-5, F-14, F-15E, F-16, F/A-18, F-86, Harrier, M2000, F1, Viggen, MiG-21, Yak-52, L-39, MB-339, CE2, Gazelle, Ka-50, Mi-8, Mi-24, Huey, Apache, Spitfire, Mossie. Wishlist: Tornado, Jaguar, Buccaneer, F-117 and F-111. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hermes7226 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 The F-4E in DCS is like the Challenger 650 by Hot Start in X-Plane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper117 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Great stuff... looking forward to more videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJWP15 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 It's interesting. I wonder if the workload of running 1000's of separate 'mini-sims' as each component is updated is going to be hard on the CPU. Perhaps there will be an update frequency setting for those with lower level hardware, similar to the one for MFDs 1 - Michael Intel Core i7 13700K | RTX 4070 | ASUS TUF Z690 | Pimax Crystal | Virpil/Warthog HOTAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayTSX Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) It depends heavily on the depth of the simulation. If you have two virtual marbles and the first hits the second at speed x transferring the kinetic energy completely to the second that's also a simulation but a really shallow one. On the other hand you could model all the properties of the marbles and take all of them into account (if necessary or not) getting some possibly non deterministic function for the resulting speed of the second marble. This is also a simulation but will have significantly more computational complexity. The key is deciding which properties are really necessary for a good (enough) simulation without turning your PC into an oven. I trust HB will be able to balance this accordingly. Just saw it answered here Edited February 17 by JayTSX Found a link to an answer from the dev team 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razo+r Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 8 minutes ago, MichaelJWP15 said: It's interesting. I wonder if the workload of running 1000's of separate 'mini-sims' as each component is updated is going to be hard on the CPU. Perhaps there will be an update frequency setting for those with lower level hardware, similar to the one for MFDs There will be a performance balancer special options available: https://f4.manuals.heatblur.se/dcs/special_options.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
__Mad__ Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Let them cook F-4E Founders Syria Map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtPappy Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, __Mad__ said: Let them cook I've been cooking since Jan25, 2022 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobo_63 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Looking GOOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJWP15 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Other thought is, if this is one of perhaps 10 short videos leading up to release, and the next one comes in say 3 days, can we assume are 30 days away from release? Or perhaps I am overthinking this - Michael Intel Core i7 13700K | RTX 4070 | ASUS TUF Z690 | Pimax Crystal | Virpil/Warthog HOTAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper117 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 A few weeks yet... no drama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunfreak Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 4 hours ago, MichaelJWP15 said: Other thought is, if this is one of perhaps 10 short videos leading up to release, and the next one comes in say 3 days, can we assume are 30 days away from release? Or perhaps I am overthinking this 1 video a month... 6 i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 3090, 64Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toni Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 We need a Super Hornet next just made that way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_Dragon Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 34 minutes ago, toni said: We need a Super Hornet next just made that way There is an extensive post talking about the Super Hornet on the forum, and the version that could be built with open sources is a bit "disappointing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacknemo Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 (edited) Reading between the lines, I think this is telling us that we are still a couple of months away from release. Let's hope we see it by May or June. Edited February 19 by Jacknemo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenLuke Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 hours ago, Jacknemo said: Reading between the lines, I think this is telling us that we are still a couple of months away from release. Let's hope we see it by May or June. The official stated release time is the current season (winter 2023/24); unless they push it back officially, that's the timetable we were told. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayTSX Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 IIrc their definition of winter was up until march? If I'm able to finally preorder it on Steam I'll be happy even if it's end of march. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
average_pilot Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 The definition of winter is simple and straightforward. Between the winter solstice and the spring equinox it is winter. It doesn't matter if it is cold or not. Or if a DCS module will be ready earlier or later. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimmerdylan Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Blah blah blah blah....Thanks for getting the hens cackling and prompting endless speculation, complaint, and impatient posts that we're all going to have to put up with for months. Just release it when it's ready and stop blowing smoke where the sun won't shine already. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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