When Eurofighter news now?

[irisono]

I consider the communication policy in the case of Eurofighter to be very poor. Actually quite unusual for HB, which I have seen as exemplary in terms of interaction with its customers. More than 3 years after the Typhoon announcement, it is now really time to inform the DCS community about the status of module development.

[F-2]

3 hours ago, irisono said:

I consider the communication policy in the case of Eurofighter to be very poor. Actually quite unusual for HB, which I have seen as exemplary in terms of interaction with its customers. More than 3 years after the Typhoon announcement, it is now really time to inform the DCS community about the status of module development.

I think it’s the unusual nature of the project. Absorbing a Dev while busy with other stuff.

[Spectre11]

On 10/21/2024 at 5:38 PM, irisono said:

I consider the communication policy in the case of Eurofighter to be very poor. Actually quite unusual for HB, which I have seen as exemplary in terms of interaction with its customers. More than 3 years after the Typhoon announcement, it is now really time to inform the DCS community about the status of module development.

For the nth time, the Eurofighter module was launched and announced by True Grit. There was an announcement about the collaboration between True Grit and Heatblur. HB took over and had to phase it into its roadmap. That's why it was "announced" so early. Had the project be launched by HB from the very beginning it would have probably not been announced and nobody would know and talk about it.

[MiG21bisFishbedL]

On 10/22/2024 at 11:11 AM, Spectre11 said:

For the nth time, the Eurofighter module was launched and announced by True Grit. There was an announcement about the collaboration between True Grit and Heatblur. HB took over and had to phase it into its roadmap. That's why it was "announced" so early. Had the project be launched by HB from the very beginning it would have probably not been announced and nobody would know and talk about it.

Also, the nature of 90% of the work is pretty mundane. When HB was showing off screenshots of Phantoms in the lead up to release, they were showing off long completed assets to build up and interest. It's harder to make oceans of code sexy.

[impreza]

we could have an expected date at least. 

[BigBorner]

34 minutes ago, impreza said:

we could have an expected date at least. 

Given how weird Nick was about the EF project in the interview, I’m a bit anxious that the next update on the project will be: no, sorry, we can’t do it because of X. 

[F-2]

20 minutes ago, BigBorner said:

Given how weird Nick was about the EF project in the interview, I’m a bit anxious that the next update on the project will be: no, sorry, we can’t do it because of X. 

I don’t see that happening. If nothing else doing a T1 aircraft would always be possible.

[Bealdor]

30 minutes ago, BigBorner said:

Given how weird Nick was about the EF project in the interview, I’m a bit anxious that the next update on the project will be: no, sorry, we can’t do it because of X. 

Which interview are you talking about if I may ask?

[BigBorner]

18 minutes ago, Bealdor said:

Which interview are you talking about if I may ask?

That one from the virtual airshow. 
 

 

29 minutes ago, F-2 said:

don’t see that happening

I didn’t see the mudhen being abandoned happening either  

[Spectre11]

Isn't that video more than a year old? I wouldn't give to much on it. But yes cancellation can always happen, for whatever reason. Let's hope it will not be the case here. Would be the second one after the VEAO one. Five and a half years waiting, blown up. Since then another 7 years have passed and the HB/TG one was first announced 4 1/2 years ago. Accumulative 12 years of waiting for a DCS EF. Add another 15 years or so waiting for a decent EF sim after DID's EF2000. I'm growing old.

[Rikus]

A little update would be cool

[rajdary]

Very cool!

[BigBorner]

On the topic of an Update for the EF.

From HB Discord. 

[Horns]

4 hours ago, BigBorner said:

On the topic of an Update for the EF.

From HB Discord. 

Not canceled - that's enough for me 

[Hatman335]

Kate Perederko's latest comment on the Eurofighter (taken from the Russian language channel of the ED Discord) would indicate that we definitely need to be more patient before expecting any updates. I'll provide a DeepL translation of the screenshot.

Quote

 

Discord user: 'It's probably a little early to ask about the Eurofighter.'

Kate Perederko: 'let's just say the developers realized the scope of the project.'

 

If you put this together with Nick Grey's earlier comment that stated:

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'The Typhoon, all I can say is that it's slowed down for a number of reasons, Gero, who's in charge of the program, Gero Finke from True Grit, he works also as a CEO of Adams Simulations. So we're working with him to try an accelerate the program and there's nothing we can say today, but it is a project which will happen, definitely. Just, little bit further out'
 

From these quotes, I think it's safe to conclude that while the Eurofighter is certainly going to happen, it's probably taking longer than expected (which isn't a surprise if we consider the scope of the project and HB's well known attention to detail and committment to quality) and it may take a long time before we even see any actual updates, let alone the module itself.

[BigBorner]

17 minutes ago, Hatman335 said:

Kate Perederko's latest comment on the Eurofighter (taken from the Russian language channel of the ED Discord) would indicate that we definitely need to be more patient before expecting any updates. I'll provide a DeepL translation of the screenshot.

If you put this together with Nick Grey's earlier comment that stated:

From these quotes, I think it's safe to conclude that while the Eurofighter is certainly going to happen, it's probably taking longer than expected (which isn't a surprise if we consider the scope of the project and HB's well known attention to detail and committment to quality) and it may take a long time before we even see any actual updates, let alone the module itself.

HB reaction to Kate’s comment was:

 

Whatever the heck that means now.

 

So, EF is very likely still under development, which is neat and rest of ED&HB communication is as headscratchy as it is. 

 

[Zahnatom]

1 hour ago, BigBorner said:

HB reaction to Kate’s comment was:

 

Whatever the heck that means now.

 

So, EF is very likely still under development, which is neat and rest of ED&HB communication is as headscratchy as it is. 

 

this is out of context

 

but just to give my 2 cents:

i'd rather believe HB's statements than ED's 

Edited November 25, 2024 by Zahnatom

[falcon_120]

Id be happy with a Q4 2025 release at this point. I got a lot in my hangar waiting for me to learn it properly.

Regards,

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[Hatman335]

If I had to baselessly speculate, I'd expect it around 2027/28 and the A-6 sometime in the next decade.

[Top Jockey]

On 11/25/2024 at 6:13 PM, Hatman335 said:

If I had to baselessly speculate, I'd expect it around 2027/28 and the A-6 sometime in the next decade.

 

Yep, from the looks of it, I'm not seeing the EF-2000 coming this year either.

[Jayhawk1971]

If I had to make a guess, I'd say HB is aiming for an end of Q2 2026 release, which will get pushed back to the end of Q1 2027. 

Personally, I'd rather get it in EA later in its development process, with more working features out the door. While it's certainly nice to have a new toy as soon as possible, IMO it can be frustrating when many systems don't yet work as they should, or are still missing completely. Especially if during development some initial features get refined to be more realistic, which will trigger the usual suspects into grabbing their pitchforks yelling that their module is being "nerfed".  

[Ignition]

HB will find another aircraft to do after the EF2000 and before the A6E.

A6E pushed indefinitely.

 

[Dragon1-1]

Did you watch the release video for Cold War Germany?

Edited April 28 by Dragon1-1

[Mapi]

vor 5 Stunden schrieb Dragon1-1:

Did you watch the release video for Cold War Germany?

LOL

so again. the EF comes after the F-35

[Dragon1-1]

Watch again. Which of the planes did you see flying there for a brief moment?

TG might not be big on publicity, but they're working on it. While the Wags' usual line wasn't said, the idea is there.