Dino's F-14D Tomcat BETA WIP

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wilycoyote4

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Beta 1 testing screenshots of Dino's F-14D Tomcat. All are WIP ---Work in Progress. Many changes have been made and these screenshots are only the BETA 1 build. This is not the final build.
 
Oh jeeze, I wet myself, LOL, can't wait to do a paint for this baby, looks freaking awesome! :medals::medals:
 
How are the frame rates? Dino had said it was going to be an fps hog in one of his previous posts, so I'm curious as to what you're getting.
 
empeck said:
Excellent!

Now two questions: native? free or payware? ;)
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empeck--
freeware, native FSX, meant for FSX Acceleration ----since it is a carrier bird.
MDLXMDLH :applause::medals:

bone---
FPS---depends on pc power, my specs in my signature, depends on settings of traffic, weather, autogen, display, where you are flying, etc ---ok for me and my pc is no power house. When it is available, download and see how it goes---it's free. That's the best way to judge. I'm happy enough. :guinness::icon29::ernae:

This is beta 1. The next release is being built. I guess it will be beta 2 but I don't know. Anyway, tis a hint of the future public release.
 
What a beauty. It looks totally stunning, the flightsim world is so fortunate to have people like you Dino. The payware companies must stand in line to have you to work for them :jump:
 
Framerates, compared to the latest Iris F-14 are most excellent. The model may be less smooth because of that but to me it looks pretty awesome!
 
Empeck has raised a good question: Freeware or Payware... of course, as Wilycoyote already stated, the Tomcat will be freeware. But the interesting informations from Dino's page are:
- the next model he will build will be a F-35
- this F-35 will "most likely" be payware.
Anyway, I can't wait to fly this Tomcat :jump:
 
All, thanks a lot for your appreciation and support...and special thanks to wilycoyote4 (both for the testing activities and the "advertising").

As for the Tomcat - it will be 100% freeware. The cockpit needs some debigging, but at present it is 100% flyable and most of the issues of the exterior visuals and flight model have been solved.

Yes, I've already started an F-35 and I am still undecided if it will be payware or freeware. I've been desiging FSX add-ons for years and they have always been freeware....and the reason why I design for FSx is that I like doing it. Still, as the average quality level and detail keeps on getting better and better, the amount of time, dedication and resources needed for a decent FSX plane is enourmous. But freeware vs payware is a tedious question.... So, for tonight, I'll stop writing and I will continue debugging the Tomcat. Mission: de-bug the virtual decks :)
 
Looks awesome!!!

I can't wait :)

Dino.... awesome news about the F-35! Thanks a ton, you're work is always worth paying for, whether it's payware or freeware :)
 
If you need a painter Dino, I sure would like to do a couple paints for it, the last Tomcat especially. You're love for your work shows and I really respect that. :ernae:
 
and free! looks like ive made a huge saving on this tomcat, ok what to buy now?

sterling effort, from what ive seen around the traps it looks like your tomcat will be the tomcat to get
 
:wavey:

Hi Dino,

Wow Fantastic, Looking forward to some F-14 Carrier Ops in her !!

Great Shots Wily !!

:ernae::ernae:
 
Lovely bird, Dino! Why should you not earn some well-deserved revenues from your work, even if you do it for fun? If all people whom I hear saying that they enjoy their work wouldn't get paid for it, then hardly anyone would have the mony to buy payware.
 
Freeware vs payware

@Stickshaker

well, I do not think there is anything wrong in payware per se.... but freeware gives the developer much more freedom to develop whatever he/she wants at any quality level.

For example there are a lot of potentially interesting planes and sceneries that have little or no commercial value, or in any case they are so peculiar that will not appeal to many customers.

But, apart from that, in my case the thing is that I have a (relatively) well paid and (relatively) interesting job, and FSX is just an hobby between others. For incredible that it may sound, I do not think I need more money than what I get. So money is not a good reason to spend my spare time doing things I do not want. For example there is clearly a businness opportunity for a top-notch FSX native Phantom II - but it is a plane I do not like (Blasphemy! :) ).

Anyway F-35 could be a good opportunity to give a try to the payware world....but this post is already too long and the Turkey needs some more work...
 
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