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

[Tango3B]

Dear Heatblur team, hats off and let me say, you have my absolute respect. The F-4E sets a new benchmark for quality in DCS. Well done!

[kitten40]

All I can say is WOW !!! This thing is incredible !!!!  Job extremely well done by the HB Team !!!  

[andrewd251]

Outstanding work, congratulations HB 

[YoYo]

The first TOUCH - LOVE IT at all! 

[Lemmi]

vor einer Stunde schrieb average_pilot:

And I thought I was being fast... Just finished now updating and installing.

Anyway, instead of a full repair you may try to use dcs_updater at a command prompt instead. The ID for the module is HEATBLUR_F-4E

That helped. THANX

[Glide]

Wowsers!  My Viper is jealous already.

[AeroGrappler]

Dear Hornet/Tomcat,

I'm sorry, but I've met someone else.  She's strong and beautiful, and just a bit more mature, with so much more world experience than anyone I've ever met...and those curves...just...wow!  I'm sorry.  Maybe we can get together from time to time and do something fun.  I hope you understand.  You've been great, and taught me everything I know, but it's now time to move on.  I wish you the best!

 

With love,

AeroGrappler

[Ahdidaas]

Ok.. how early can I leave work and start my F4E studying!!

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

First impressions are... wow! Wow indeed!
Framerates are also very good and stable. Well done, Heatblur!

The only minor issue I encountered was that the default pilot head position in VR is quite a bit off: too low and far too much forward. Once I had that corrected, the Jester communication pop-ups appeared smack in the middle of the radar repeater, making it very hard to see/read.
I did check the custom resolution option in the special options so it will need some experimenting to get that fixed. But it's great to have the option to have it centred in the default forward view instead of moving with your head - it's something that annoyed me in the F-14 since it could sometimes get stuck at awkward angles  

Oh and also the 1st person pilot model isn't enabled by default even though I have that option ticked in the DCS settings (the Strike Eagle has the same "problem").

[Northstar98]

Lots of interesting stuff in the Shapes folder for the F-4E - AIM-4D, AGM-78 (though I thought USAF F-4Es couldn't use it - AI F-4G model down the line?), AN/AVQ-26 Pave Tack, GPU-5/A, GBU-10 w/ BLU-109/B (GBU-10G/H/J/K /B Paveway II).

Some new weapons, apart from the GBU-15(V)1 they're all done to the same standard as ED's weapons (i.e. w/ animated control surfaces).

[Qcumber]

8 minutes ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

Framerates are also very good and stable. Well done, Heatblur!

How does it compare to other modules in VR, in terms of performance etc?

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

3 minutes ago, Qcumber said:

How does it compare to other modules in VR, in terms of performance etc?

I'd have to fly them back-to-back to get a proper assessment, but at first glance I'd say it's pretty much the same. Comparatively it doesn't stand out one way or the other: when I open the in-game frame counter menu I see what I expect to see given my settings.
And since Anvil isn't even multi-threaded yet I am very impressed by how stable everything was  It can only get better from here on!

[Qcumber]

18 minutes ago, Raven (Elysian Angel) said:

I'd have to fly them back-to-back to get a proper assessment, but at first glance I'd say it's pretty much the same. Comparatively it doesn't stand out one way or the other: when I open the in-game frame counter menu I see what I expect to see given my settings.
And since Anvil isn't even multi-threaded yet I am very impressed by how stable everything was  It can only get better from here on!

That sounds positive. Some modules appear to be heavier on VR than others. I am gutted that I am away and wont be able to fly the phantom until the weekend. 

[MAXsenna]

Congrats Heatblur! Not in there yet as I had to download a huge patch, and then the Phantom AND Kola. This' gonna be great!
Cheers to all and enjoy your night, (not so much getting up tomorrow heading for work, if I ever get to bed that's it. )

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[Johnny Dioxin]

2 hours ago, VR Flight Guy in PJ Pants said:

Always, always, always, remember, remember, remember:

1. Uninstall all mods
2. Clean (twice if you insist)
3. Repair (All files will do)
4. Clean the fxo and metashader2

Take it as a routine before you click that update button.

I forgot about the fxo and metashaders so thanx for reminding me. Started DL at 16:00 Zulu - took 75 minutes. Normally I wait a couple of days after a new module for things to settle down - seems this isn't necessary any more

[Qcumber]

5 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

Congrats Heatblur! Not in there yet as I had to download a huge patch, and then the Phantom AND Kola. This' gonna be great!
Cheers to all and enjoy your night, (not so much getting up tomorrow heading for work, if I ever get to bed that's it. )

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Phantom and Phjords.