DCS F-4E Phantom II Release Date Announcement- May 21st 2024

[VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants]

11 minutes ago, Mizzy said:

Hahaha, but it's very entertaining Apparently we have been scammed according to one post You can't make it up, bless all the DCS players, I'm sure we will all get along fine after today !

Mizzy

Quoting Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: “(some) Human always repeats the same mistake”.

2 hours ago, Qcumber said:

Zen and the art of phantom maintenance. 

And I wonder how many people blamed the meteorologists and not the weather. 

Here in the UK, we always blame the weather^TM

[ASW]

1 час назад, Volator сказал:

We read this a lot here, but I highly doubt it. DCS folks are highly addicted, and there are virtually no alternatives if you are anything else than a dedicated Viper pilot. I claim 99.9% of the very vocal people will stay and continue buying modules. The ones who really leave are not really interested in DCS anyway.

I recently accidentally noticed that I have been on this forum for 20 years.)

[Jarhead0331]

39 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

folks keep it civil and friendly, 

final checks are in progress and hopefully we will have a patch today the 22nd. 

I will update the patch status post if anything changes, but so far its looking ok.  

I can’t believe you did it again! Shhhhhhhnhhhhhh!

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

5 hours ago, 1Basti1 said:

What did your boss do if you don't hold a deadline?

You mean dcs f4e by heatblur in 2022? When the announcement video was released by January 2022?

[Silver_Dragon]

4 minutes ago, ASW said:

I recently accidentally noticed that I have been on this forum for 20 years.)

and someone 24...

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

3 minutes ago, Jarhead0331 said:

I can’t believe you did it again! Shhhhhhhnhhhhhh!

The jinx is back, full throttle xD

[Silver_Dragon]

5 hours ago, 1Basti1 said:

What did your boss do if you don't hold a deadline?

The deadline was posted by Heatblur, no ED... ED dont put deadlines from many years ago. And now other 3rd party has posted "Two weeks TM" to dont hold on the "Drama".

Edited May 22, 2024 by Silver_Dragon

[CR4SH_0VERR1DE]

I hope that today we will all have the opportunity to fly the F4 Phantom)))

[Lionel Mandrake]

4 hours ago, Hiob said:

Well, if I single handedly stemmed a project this big, he would shut up, give me a raise, and all the time I need….. but of course this isn’t some random task for a single employee but a complete different animal.

Cut it already with the „if I would blow a deadline like this“ comparisons - they don’t hold water. 

Regarding your original question (giving you the benefit of doubt even though I‘m pretty sure you’re just trolling) - time of action for any release regarding DCS is usually afternoon/late afternoon central European time. So the 22nd is too fresh so far.

Yeah how dare he compare not meeting a deadline to not meeting a deadline. Completely invalid comparison.

 

*Matt Wagner has deposited $0.02 into your account 

[Hiob]

1 minute ago, Lionel Mandrake said:

Completely invalid comparison.

It is completely invalid, indeed. Apples with oranges....

[Koziolek]

1 hour ago, BIGNEWY said:

folks keep it civil and friendly, 

final checks are in progress and hopefully we will have a patch today the 22nd. 

I will update the patch status post if anything changes, but so far its looking ok.  

Damn, we will have to stop complaining then. Fortunately there will be another thread soon: "It's full of bugs, why did they release it so early" 

[Ben149]

1 hour ago, frostycab said:

You know it's May 22nd all day, right?

Last time something like this happened (okay, not last time, this happens all the time) 

But I remember ED dropping the patch early (timely meaning) on some patch that got delayed the day before already, I just hope that this happens again and we get it a couple hours early, because, you know, its not the normal patch day. That was yesterday. Today is just because it wasn't yesterday, so it can, and hopefully will not be as late as a normal patch. Because it's not a normal patch anymore

[markturner1960]

1 hour ago, Punkmonkey22 said:

Person who has all the toys is upset they can't have a new one....

If you nothing useful or polite to say then I would suggest you dont say it. Had you read the preceeding pages, you might see some context.

[Lionel Mandrake]

24 minutes ago, Hiob said:

It is completely invalid, indeed. Apples with oranges....

Quantify how it's invalid. 

[BIGNEWY]

26 minutes ago, Koziolek said:

Damn, we will have to stop complaining then. Fortunately there will be another thread soon: "It's full of bugs, why did they release it so early" 

Good bug reports are always welcome.

[ECTAE]

22 minutes ago, Ben149 said:

Last time something like this happened (okay, not last time, this happens all the time) 

But I remember ED dropping the patch early (timely meaning) on some patch that got delayed the day before already, I just hope that this happens again and we get it a couple hours early, because, you know, its not the normal patch day. That was yesterday. Today is just because it wasn't yesterday, so it can, and hopefully will not be as late as a normal patch. Because it's not a normal patch anymore

If steam is involved I think they release at specefic time. If they had 13:00Z that's it. Steam is very strict with release hour. It is almost always the same.

[Silver_Dragon]

1 minute ago, ECTAE said:

If steam is involved I think they release at specefic time. If they had 13:00Z that's it. Steam is very strict with release hour. It is almost always the same.

Normal release times has 1500-1600 UTC.

Edited May 22, 2024 by Silver_Dragon

[Hiob]

4 minutes ago, Lionel Mandrake said:

Quantify how it's invalid. 

A single person or small team project, compared to a bohemoth that involves a dozend+ different contractors and north of 100, probably 200 people involved? Countless sub-projects that are interdependend and everything must fall into place to work. Really? You can't see the difference? Oh sweet summer child......

[ECTAE]

Yeah sorry said Z. But yea, all steam games,DLCs and extra content usually releases about 16-17h here in Spain.

[CRUD]

It's the 22nd and still no F4.  About to get a refund.

[BIGNEWY]

1 minute ago, CRUD said:

It's the 22nd and still no F4.  About to get a refund.

you need to wait until a little later, patch is usually around 15:00 GMT / ZULU  

[Lee Dove]

5 hours ago, UN9249 said:

Oh really. Thank for your commands master. Hope that every single seller you purchase stuff would answer like this to you.

I need to be at conferension at 12 tommorow. No problem. You will be there at 16. Not much time to wait!

I want latte. Come back in an hour. Am busy.  XDDD

Your analogy is flawed. You paid for a pre-order (discounted) with no defined delivery just a target. If the product was marked "available" or "in stock" than you would have a valid gripe but it was not. HB also offered a refund for when they realised they would miss the spring target, did you take advantage of that offer? 

[Venom]

Waiting for the lunch time! I mean...the launch time.

[average_pilot]

Come on people, send some positive vibes to the folks at ED working their asses off right now.

All together:

DEVELOPERS!

DEVELOPERS!

DEVELOPERS!

DEVELOPERS!

DEVELOPERS!

 

[Lee Dove]

47 minutes ago, Lionel Mandrake said:

Yeah how dare he compare not meeting a deadline to not meeting a deadline. Completely invalid comparison.

 

*Matt Wagner has deposited $0.02 into your account 

A target date isn't when it is going to happen, it is when you want it to happen. A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished or a particular thing must be done. As far as I am aware ED and HB have target dates NOT deadlines.