JF F27 released! (29th April)

Has the F27 vanished? I thought it was almost done? Matter of some week?
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It's certainly not vanished. As StormILM suggests the product is still undergoing testing. We are aiming to release it within the next few weeks barring any unforeseen circumstances :encouragement:
 
Martyn said:
It's certainly not vanished. As StormILM suggests the product is still undergoing testing. We are aiming to release it within the next few weeks barring any unforeseen circumstances :encouragement:
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You didn't miss the release....apparently were "Unforeseen circumstances..."

Clearly, JF is VERY excited about their upcoming Tornado however-- since there is pretty much endless info on their Facebook page about that project.

K
 
ColoKent said:
Clearly, JF is VERY excited about their upcoming Tornado however-- since there is pretty much endless info on their Facebook page about that project.
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Although both are published by Just Flight, the Tornado is an in-house development while the F27 is made by Aeroplane Heaven. And the Tornado still has a long way to go before release I imagine.
 
Ferry_vO said:
Although both are published by Just Flight, the Tornado is an in-house development while the F27 is made by Aeroplane Heaven.
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Several of us have suspected that might a factor...

I'm hoping that when/if the F27 is released it will be easier on the frame rates/graphics than the DC-8 has been (for my system at least).

K
 
As a member of the Beta team I can assure that it has not been forgotten and that release is getting closer.

FPS wise it is good on my mid range computer. I am also testing an airport YSDU (Dubbo) and I have my FPS locked at 30 and I am getting a fairly constant 30 with the occasional drop to 28.
 
Thanks AussieMan for the update.

And FWIW, I don't think most us ever believed the issue with the F27 is/was that it had been forgotten.

K
 
The delay with the F-27 was due to substantial parts of the aircraft getting a re-write so that they were more sophisticated. That's now done and BETA testing is going at full steam.
Regarding the disparity between the amount of Tornado/F-27 material going up on Facebook - the biggest reason is that Martyn and I are Facebook users whereas the F-27 guys aren't so much.
 
RAS_JF said:
The delay with the F-27 was due to substantial parts of the aircraft getting a re-write so that they were more sophisticated.
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Good news, RAS. That communicated directly to the customer base answers the question. So now we know-- thanks for clarifying.

And AussieMan - nice to hear about the seeming easiness on frame rates.

Kent
 
More sophisticated... bah... in my day we had rubber bands. You wound them up, you let them go...:engel016:
 
The paint kit will follow shortly as a separate download from the support page. Mostly likely tomorrow.
 
DaveB said:
Someone send Kent an email QUICK!!!
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Ah well...too late...I've since **completely** lost interest in the F27...

NOT ON YOUR LIFE! Downloading as I type this!!!!

(Later Edit) To be honest, I have never particularly been a fan of JF products (I've had framerate problems, texture issues, cartoonish look IMHO, etc.)-- but this one is COMPLETELY changing my mind. The FDE is superb-- solid as a rock, with that "heavy" feel...the textures are well done...and so far-- the frame rates are like a knife through butter. My **only** complaint is the treatment of the beacons-- the steady red glow on the sides of fuselage is annoying....get rid of that, and the beacons would be okay-- but overall it's a minor nit.

Well done so far!!!!

Kent
 
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