Airbusfan EDDM 6 Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 Happy 2016! Very good News. Great work. I like F14 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingmate 13 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Would it also be possible to get sounds linked to missile launch and flares/chaff dropping events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jymp 0 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Is the update still coming in January ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcagle 180 Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Hopefully yes. This is a long weekend, and we should be able to get quite a bit done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcagle 180 Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 So a preview of why it's taking so long to get this out the door. This is a late WIP, before we show the polished version in the preview thread. In addition to the standard modes of operating, the "T" next to the laser "L" stands for training. So if you want to practice like real pilots did, you can use the training wave-length that doesn't guide ordnance and simulate a bomb drop. Our own little Droste effect (sim within a sim). Please login to display this image. Please login to display this image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory103 24 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Did this also involve a rebuilt "B" RIO pit with a PTID? These are awesome and exciting shots, I spend a ton of time looking "through the soda straw" on current Tacpack models that exploit the use of targeting pods given FSX limitations. I understand P3D handles these features 100 times better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingmate 13 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 It is looking really good guys, I am really looking forward to this. Thanks for all your hard work. Cheers -Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcagle 180 Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 All the cockpits are still the same, there's just been major upgrade to the optical systems, and the RIO stick now works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffg 15 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I can't wait for this new update Great work to all the Dev Team. JeffG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExNusquam 0 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 That TGP looks spot on, great work John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingmate 13 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I know it is very unlikely for this update, but is there a chance that in future we could see more air to ground weapons for the F-14? Like the Mk20 Rockeye or GBU-24, etc or even Snakeyes for the existing Mk-82's for lower drop heights? I'd love to see Zuni rockets as well but seeing as there is only one picture of them being fired from an F-14 and a handful more of them mounted on a 101 bird I won't get my hopes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcagle 180 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 It's very unlikely that any new weapons will be implemented. The goal is to flush out what we have in the current model. Without sounding like too much of a drag; I have a PhD to finish and 4 month old baby to care for. Life is calling, and I need to stop working 14 hours a day. It's exhausting when you sacrifice an entire week long vacation, scrape together 100 development hours to implement a system like the LANTIRN, charge nothing for the upgrade, and it's immediately followed by another 50+ hour request. I'm not trying to sound like a grump; I'm happy to implement the LANTIRN because I think it's a high impact feature that will (hopefully) be widely appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory103 24 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 It's my understanding the Tacpack weapon models are VRS domain, with each developer having to implement them for carriage on their models. I've seen this with a few other beta models that are scheduled to be Tacpacked. The coding to integrate the weapon is up to the developer (HUD modes, symbology). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingmate 13 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Just now, Victory103 said: It's my understanding the Tacpack weapon models are VRS domain, with each developer having to implement them for carriage on their models. I've seen this with a few other beta models that are scheduled to be Tacpacked. The coding to integrate the weapon is up to the developer (HUD modes, symbology). That is my understanding as well, though I was under the impression that it was simpler to achieve. My understanding of how weapons are implemented in tacpack is based off of digging through the tacpack config files and my experience with ArmA modding where adding weapons to is a simple config change and then the modelers on the team attach the weapon proxies to the aircraft. I had not accounted for the HUD modes and symbology, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcagle 180 Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Yep, those interpretations are both correct. Half the battle with new featues is how complex this bird has become. Just between the HUD, TID, and LANTIRN displays we have 8 code scripts that total ~13,000 lines of code. It's really tricky to make sure that implementing new features don't bump into and/or break existing ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter197 32 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 If we could do what VF-154 did, which was basically use GBU-12s properly that would be awesome. I know GBU-31s are a bit of a stretch since they work a little differently. That said I've always appreciated how hard you've worked for this Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT StarBuck 107 13 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Hello jcagle, Belay happy New Years to all my fellow F-14X Jockeys! It's Jan 23, 2016...Any News for the new F-14X Update release package yet??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepp667 3 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hey John, thank you for the time you are spending with the Tomcat! One question: If VRS make their Superbug + Tackpak P3d v3.1 compatible, will the F-14X work with Tackpak and P3d v3.1 too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcagle 180 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 @Star Buck: I've lost five days trying to solve a nasty bug. We're stuck until it's fixed. When it is, we should move things out pretty quickly. @Sepp: Yes it should OK and we have been testing in that environment. There are probably two issues so far: - The AB effects are inconsistent in v3.1 compared to v2.5. There was supposedly an issue with effects in v3.0 that was resolved by Lockheed, but it only looks to be partially resolved; e.g. they now look correct, but scale in size with the zoom level. - As mentioned int he preview forum, when the water settings are "Ultra" you get a rocking carrier deck, but it's a little choppy and will occasionally toss the aircraft into the air and that can cause a crash when it lands back on the deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcagle 180 Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 Oh yes, and one other important note. I wanted to wait until confirmed, and now it is. The extra time needed to flush out the LANTIRN has given one Jonathan Bleeker of MilViz enough of a time window to fix TACAN with TacPack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
York82 0 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 That's great news. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasatka 5 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 John, you and the guys are awesome!!! Thank you for your hard work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepp667 3 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Thank you for the information John. Did you know that one little wish of mine came true? Do you remember what i asked you back in the days? Look here: It seems that David is the perfect person to test fly the F-14X! Give him a copy! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcagle 180 Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 Sepp, Please follow these instructions: - Read post #62 - Read the first line in post #69 - Now look up Einstein's definition of insanity If the answer was no the first five times you asked, why would it be different now? As it turns out, I read Bio's book four years ago as required reading for developing an F-14. There was even a period where he was in my city giving a talk, so I could (potentially) sit him down on my computer in front of a proper flight sim setup. But, it didn't pan out. We hit major development problems, and my first priority is to deliver a coherent F-14 package, so that fell to the wayside. I'm so committed to that function you'll note we don't even have an official promo video. As of now, we have a F-14 driver who served as both as a pilot and RIO. He is highly motivated, he volunteered his expertise, AND he even gave me his phone number so I can call and hash out tough details in a live conversation. Development help does not get better than that (i.e. HE is the perfect person to test fly our F-14), and the project has benefited tremendously from his efforts. After pinging me on preview forums, personal message, and now support forums....it's outright harassment. Maybe a video with an F-14 driver and our Tomcat will come and maybe it won't, either way, it will be completely independent of your input. Stop asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sepp667 3 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Dear John,I'm sorry that I started this issue again here - I had really accepted that there are more important things than such a stupid video.I did not want to bother you with my last message. I found the interview with BIO by chance and thought - hey, he's talking to the Flight Simulator community that you need to show John! It was meant to the old theme, none path warm again. I am pleased that you have a good relationship with a real turkey pilot so - something better could not happen for us.So now concentrate on the important things. I'll never write anything again what to do remotely has it. I myself have a 4-year-old daughter - I know there's a lot more important things in life.With warmest regards from a fan of your workSebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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