Horns Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 While the countdown page is still up, have to admit I'm kind of confused by their slogan there - "Welcome back, baby". I get that it refers to "Anytime, baby" slogan, but Tomcat was not "the baby" there (IIRC, it was a reference to a duel with the USAF F-15's). So, shouldn't it be in the form of "I'm back, baby" or "Guess who's back, baby" or "Guess who's coming to dinner, baby"? Isn't that the plane talking? So it's not the plane being welcomed back, it's welcoming us back to it and we're the 'baby'... oh God, now I'm having flashbacks to my ex's bachelor of arts lectures... Modules: [A-10C] [AJS 37] [AV8B N/A] [F-5E] [F-14] [F/A-18C] [FC3] [Ka-50] [M-2000C] [Mig-21 bis] [NTTR] [PG] [SC] Intel i7-12700F, Nvidia GTX 3080, MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi, 32GB DDR4 @ 1600 MHz, SteelSeries Apex Pro, Razer Basilisk 3 VKB Gunfighter 3 w/ F-14 grip, Thrustmaster Warthog throttle, Thrustmaster MFD Cougars x2, MFG Crosswind, DSD Flight Series button controller, XK-24, Oculus Rift (HM-A) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudikoff Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) Isn't that the plane talking? So it's not the plane being welcomed back, it's welcoming us back to it and we're the 'baby'... oh God, now I'm having flashbacks to my ex's bachelor of arts lectures... I guess it's the F-14 community talking (as - hate to break it to you like this - planes don't actually talk ;) ), but I see your point. Still rubs me the wrong way if it is indeed so. They could have come up with something better, IMHO, given how much effort they put in these sideshows. Edited October 5, 2018 by Dudikoff i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horns Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 (edited) I guess it's the F-14 community talking (as - hate to break it to you like this - planes don't actually talk ;) ), but I see your point. Still rubs me the wrong way if it is indeed so. They could have come up with something better, IMHO, given how much effort they put in these sideshows. Pfft, you sound like my therapist :P Seriously though, I do see your point - fingers crossed that's the worst thing about this module, yeah? Edited October 5, 2018 by Horns Added response to second comment Modules: [A-10C] [AJS 37] [AV8B N/A] [F-5E] [F-14] [F/A-18C] [FC3] [Ka-50] [M-2000C] [Mig-21 bis] [NTTR] [PG] [SC] Intel i7-12700F, Nvidia GTX 3080, MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi, 32GB DDR4 @ 1600 MHz, SteelSeries Apex Pro, Razer Basilisk 3 VKB Gunfighter 3 w/ F-14 grip, Thrustmaster Warthog throttle, Thrustmaster MFD Cougars x2, MFG Crosswind, DSD Flight Series button controller, XK-24, Oculus Rift (HM-A) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaceFuel85 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 The addition of ..."...baby!" is just a F-14 thing "Fox three, Baby!" "Bombcat, Baby!" It's just the way things were.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phant Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Bye Phant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
636_Castle Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Hornets and Tomcats playing together on the same deck. :wub: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] How To Fix Your X-52's Rudder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarHawk72 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) While the countdown page is still up, have to admit I'm kind of confused by their slogan there - "Welcome back, baby". I get that it refers to "Anytime, baby" slogan, but Tomcat was not the "baby" there (IIRC, it was a response to a challenge to duel with the USAF F-15's). So, shouldn't it be in the form of "I'm back, baby" or "Guess who's back, baby" or "Guess who's coming to dinner, baby"? Or it could just be "Welcome back, baby" as in Welcome back f-14 since it is no longer in service and now it's back, all be it in a digital world. Who knows, not that confusing to be honest if you don't look into it to much. Edited October 6, 2018 by WarHawk72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDV Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Will DCS F-14 have A/G capability? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDieing Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Will DCS F-14 have A/G capability? Come on now, where are the basic research skills? :D https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=200085 So yes, it will be able to throw some bombas and do self-laze :) ''Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.'' Erich Fromm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudikoff Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Pfft, you sound like my therapist :P Seriously though, I do see your point - fingers crossed that's the worst thing about this module, yeah? Yeah, I'm sure it will be. I just had to get that out of the way first before the big reveal tomorrow. i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonFox Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Was the upgraded F-14A/B also able to drop JDAMs? I know the F-14D had that capability. F/A-18C; A-10C; F-14B; Mirage 2000C; A-4E; F-16C; Flaming Cliffs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecrutio Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Thank you to the entire Heatblur Team!!!!!!!!! From hand placing screws in exact positions to the Kenny Logins nod in the theme music, to me it feels like the crafting of a monument to childhood dreams. I can't wait to blast off CAT1, pull up to 90 and see how far she goes. I watched a pilot do this in the Persian Gulf. (Fully loaded for camel) After the OOOH's and AAAHHH's from my watch team in the wheel house, OOD piped up...... " DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH FUEL THAT COST HIM?! " :megalol: Gigabyte Tech. 990FXA-UD3, AMD FX-8350 8 Core, 16 Gig RAM @ 2200 Mhz, Radeon X480, Oculus Rift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VDV Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 So there will be DCS F-14 tommorow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus-6 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 So there will be DCS F-14 tommorow?No, there will likely be an unveiling of the finished product (inside and out), as well as the opportunity to begin pre-orders either now or in the very near future. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Can't pretend fly as well as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamin_Squirrel Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 No, there will likely be an unveiling of the finished product (inside and out), as well as the opportunity to begin pre-orders either now or in the very near future. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Do we have anything official? Not that I doubt you, just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Can't wait for release tomorrow!! (that's what we're expecting, right? Heatblur didn't write "sadly no release yet on 7.10." in the post...) DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDieing Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 No we are not expecting a release. If you expect a release tommorrow you haven't played this long enough. ''Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.'' Erich Fromm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westr Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 It says about the claws being out this winter. RYZEN 7 3700X Running at 4.35 GHz NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080Ti 32gb DDR4 RAM @3200 MHz Oculus CV1 NvME 970 EVO TM Warthog Stick & Throttle plus 11" extension. VKB T-Rudder MKIV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D4n Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Did I miss a post of Heatblur "sadly no release yet tomorrow" ? DCS Wishlist: 2K11 Krug SA-4 Ganef SAM, VR-TrackIR icons next to player names in score-chart PvP: 100+ manual player-kills with Stingers on a well known dynamic campaign server - 100+ VTOL FARP landings & 125+ hours AV-8B, F-14 crew, royal dutch airforce F-16C - PvP campaigns since 2013 DCS server-admins: please adhere to a common sense gaming industry policy as most server admins throughout the industry do. (After all there's enough hostility on the internet already which really doesn't help anyone. Thanks.) Dell Visor VR headset, Ryzen 5 5600 (6C/12T), RTX 2060 - basic DCS-community rule-of-thumb: Don't believe bad things that a PvP pilot claims about another PvP pilot without having analyzed the existing evidence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razo+r Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Did I miss a post of Heatblur "sadly no release yet tomorrow" ? No but we are missing a post from them that says "On 7.10. we will release the F-14" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudikoff Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) I presume that at the very least we will finally get to see a textured Tomcat model and hopefully get a firm release date.. Edited October 6, 2018 by Dudikoff i386DX40@42 MHz w/i387 CP, 4 MB RAM (8*512 kB), Trident 8900C 1 MB w/16-bit RAMDAC ISA, Quantum 340 MB UDMA33, SB 16, DOS 6.22 w/QEMM + Win3.11CE, Quickshot 1btn 2axis, Numpad as hat. 2 FPH on a good day, 1 FPH avg. DISCLAIMER: My posts are still absolutely useless. Just finding excuses not to learn the F-14 (HB's Swansong?). Annoyed by my posts? Please consider donating. Once the target sum is reached, I'll be off to somewhere nice I promise not to post from. I'd buy that for a dollar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil 505 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Gents, I believe they said they were going to be doing a big reveal on the 7th. Possibly a live stream if I am not mistaken. They said they hoped we were blown away with what we were going to see. NOT a release of the module. Still, you should be very fired up!!!! I have been waiting for tomorrow since the news dropped. If they actually released the aircraft, I would drop something in my pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus-6 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Do we have anything official? Not that I doubt you, just curious.Not that I know of. I keep pretty current on Tomcat updates, and I can't remember reading any announcements other than what's coming tomorrow. I'm clearly speculating, of course, but my gut tells me that, since Ralfidude has obviously had some hands on experience and is probably also in posession of some kind of promotional copy, that the module is extremely close to being ready for distribution, AND it follows that we'll probably be told when pre-orders will be accepted. Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Can't pretend fly as well as you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamin_Squirrel Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I think you're probably right. Ah well, anticipate little to avoid disappointment; and we'll know soon enough anyway :music_whistling: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayos Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I'm assuming other youtubers have a copy as well so we should start seeing videos after tomorrows event. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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