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Anytime Baby !

Roadburner440 said:
Hey Mr. Davies. First thanks for modeling the Tomcat.. Owning all of the other birds that have been released over the years this will be a must have with Aerosofts quality, and detail.. 2 questions though (and if you cant answer that is fine).. but why choose the A model with the Pratt-Whitney TF-30's w/all of their issues as opposed the B model with the more powerful GE-110 engines? If doing the A model is it intended to model all the quirks invovled with the TF-30's (flying the airplane around the engines, and not the aircraft limits)..? From what I read they did a really good job on the F-16, and would like to see that effort done for the F-14. Regardless it is all good news, and look forward to seeing this rendition in the sim. Should definately be the best one yet.
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The A model was chosen for its broad spectrum of variants in the paint department, and theres more of them across more Squadrons, the D model is limited to just two or three Squadrons, there is the A+ and the B, but the A has the most choices.

The TF-30 is an issue and how far you go down the road of authenticity is difficult, most here in this forum would love the engines to be ultra accurate, but as seen in the Razbam A-7 thread, it has its detractors and Aerosoft does sell to a wider general audience which may be less discerning when it comes to engine management. The engine fidelity has not been discussed in great detail yet, so the final guise is unknown, I suspect it may end up with a high end specification but not so high to cause casual fliers issues, or it might end up with two FDEs, normal and advanced.

If the F-16 was advanced enough for you and wasn't a factor for the casual simmer then expect much the same on the F-14.

We hope the model will please customers, the current competition is high and there is always the risk that either or both may revamp their work or another appear (enter stage left) on the scene, thats the risk we take and the environment we knowingly work in these days.

Kindest

Michael
 
heywooood said:
will this one have a functioning RIO station? ...or even some flight attitude related chatter....

"great, Vipers' up here"....or "you hook 'em and I'll clean 'em and fry 'em"

or "Watch the mountains, Mav"
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I cannot answer either of those at this moment, the chatter would be a nice touch LOL, but neither are my decision to include or exclude at this moment in time.

Kindest

Michael
 
I thought it sounded good too...

Thanks for the reply - I am looking forward to seeing your F-14 in FSX

"no no no - there's four o's in heywooood boys..."
 
Two years ago I would have been sad about "doublettes" since there were not many non-ported planes around, but nowdays FSX is almost flooded with military models coming out on a regular basis. There are no "popular" types which haven't been done once or twice already.
That being said if the F-14 is anywhere near the F-16 quality that thing is a must-buy for me although I'm quite happy with the IRIS bird currently.
Keep on the good work, Michael!

Volker


PS.: Is there a chance that Aerosoft will be throwing a ship into the package like they did with the Seahawk package (let's say a carrier by a reknown carrier expert and modeler)? :kilroy:
 
michael davies said:
FPS is the new buzz word these days, the huge unlimited poly count FSx gave had its down sides, modelers went berserk with huge poly models that basically killed FPS, now developers are sharpening up and reigning back the poly count...
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Michael...a tiny correction there:
I don't know of any other term more frequently used since the inception of Flight Simulator :):)
I'll tell you what IS new: the supreme irony that strikes me, reading this.
Lionheart has just had this magical breakthrough with unleashing unlimited polys on the FS9 world, and here we are told that FSX is about to be reigned in!
Umm wasn't this the single biggest advantage of the "New" sim???

So do us FS9'ers start looking forward to some "New" releases, then?
Woo I do hope so...
 
Michael,
Excellent news!

I have quite a number of your creations, and your attention to detail does you credit sir!

I certainly hope we can convince those with the paintbrushes, once your are done bending the polys, to get us the early, hi-viz VF-1 "Wolfpack" & VF-2 "Bounty Hunters" schemes (both off USS Enterprise - July '73 - used in Op. "Frequent Wind"). Remember those being modeled by just about every plastic kit mfg when I was young. I think an F-14A from VF-2 was about the best plastic model I ever built.

Looking forward to it.

Bill
 
I was thinking about upgrading to the IRIS Pro F-14 for FSX from my current FS9 version....I think I'll wait and see how this new one pans out first....:mixedsmi:

Tommy
 
michael davies said:
The A model was chosen for its broad spectrum of variants in the paint department, and theres more of them across more Squadrons, the D model is limited to just two or three Squadrons, there is the A+ and the B, but the A has the most choices.
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An excellent decision and the reason makes perfect sense.
:ernae:
 
Slightly OT:

Bone said:
Oy. I guess we'll just have to wait even longer for an F-100 to come around.
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Bone, I believe someone from Virtavia showed some screenshots of an FSX F-100 a couple of weeks back. Hopefully it shouldn't be too far away.
 
Anytime Baby and Aerosoft , this is not a hard answer , bring it on ! :wavey:

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SADT said:
Slightly OT:



Bone, I believe someone from Virtavia showed some screenshots of an FSX F-100 a couple of weeks back. Hopefully it shouldn't be too far away.
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The Virtavia F-100 has been on and off for years, I was told mine was not required as they had one, and that was two years ago, for an aircraft thats fundamentally nearly finished, thats one slow inception. But, it will be nice to see when it does arrive.

Best

Michael
 
Wing_Z said:
Michael...a tiny correction there:
I don't know of any other term more frequently used since the inception of Flight Simulator :):)
I'll tell you what IS new: the supreme irony that strikes me, reading this.
Lionheart has just had this magical breakthrough with unleashing unlimited polys on the FS9 world, and here we are told that FSX is about to be reigned in!
Umm wasn't this the single biggest advantage of the "New" sim???

So do us FS9'ers start looking forward to some "New" releases, then?
Woo I do hope so...
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Poly count is an akward child to play with, with FS9 things are a little better as the game engine is quite stable and runs very well maxed out on many peoples computers, thus adding higher poly count models should not strain it too much. FSx on the other hand still struggles to run effectively on many peoples machines so adding more polys just exponentially adds more strain.

The unlimited poly count effectively let people run riot, with little thought to form or visuals, you can still make very good looking models but at much lower poly counts, it just takes much more time and pre thought, I've had 3rd party models cross my desk that were 80K polys for FS9, and effectively removed 25K, most of it in back facing polys or triming here and there, takes a few weeks but the end result looks visually almost identical.

Best

Michael
 
vora said:
Two years ago I would have been sad about "doublettes" since there were not many non-ported planes around, but nowdays FSX is almost flooded with military models coming out on a regular basis. There are no "popular" types which haven't been done once or twice already.
That being said if the F-14 is anywhere near the F-16 quality that thing is a must-buy for me although I'm quite happy with the IRIS bird currently.
Keep on the good work, Michael!

Volker


PS.: Is there a chance that Aerosoft will be throwing a ship into the package like they did with the Seahawk package (let's say a carrier by a reknown carrier expert and modeler)? :kilroy:
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Which renowned expert did you have in mind LOL, I'm not sure Javier does payware ?, and duplicating his Nimitz class would be wasteful, however an oiler carrier (Forrestal / Constellation classes) might not be such a bad idea ?. Its not planned, but its a lurking thought for later.

Best

Michael
 
I don't buy stuff other than scenery anymore but for this I will make an exception. Still my favourite jetfighter, closely followed by the Flanker.
 
michael davies said:
The Virtavia F-100 has been on and off for years, I was told mine was not required as they had one, and that was two years ago, for an aircraft thats fundamentally nearly finished, thats one slow inception. But, it will be nice to see when it does arrive.

Best

Michael
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I don't know how much longer I can wait for an F-100..... I've been converting 8mm film of F-100s onto DVD and the crisp clean lines of the aircraft are driving me mad! I'll take your F-100 any day Davies!

Good luck on the tomcat, I'm sure she will be a real winner in flight fidelity, systems modeling, 3d artwork, and textures.

Cheers,

Chris
 
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