Cobra847 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Dear All, Last update, we announced that we’ll be shipping the first F-14 campaign for the -B, based in the Caucasus theatre with tomorrow's patch. However, we’ve decided at practical completion and at a very late hour to significantly expand the -B campaign and build it out into a two parter. We’ve been inspired by being able to do a little bit more storytelling than we can by simply shipping aircraft themselves, and this has certainly been invigorating and motivating, and we just want to do.. more. Effectively, this means that the F-14 will, in total, ship with 3 campaigns upon exiting Early Access, as the -B campaign will be a heavily expanded two-parter. We get to exercise our creative freedom and everybody hopefully gets more content that they’ll enjoy is the hope. :) Due to this late wind of inspiration on the storyline, we’ve been making changes to the ending of the campaign, causing some rewrites, corrections and re-recordings, and will instead release it separately from the patch early next week here on the forum. Sorry for those of you who were gearing up to fly the campaign from tomorrow, but hopefully you can hold yourselves for a few days longer! We’re really excited to share the work with you and to hear your thoughts. And of course, continue tearing ourselves away from some of the engineering rigours of module development to tell a story and impart enjoyment of a different kind to you all. Sincerely, HB 10 Nicholas Dackard Founder & Lead Artist Heatblur Simulations https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to post Share on other sites
javelina1 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Cool beans! thank you for the update, and looking forward to it! Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra, i7-9700k (4.9ghz all cores), NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL-14 3200mhz RAM, RTX3090FE, Soundblaster Z, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 2x 512GB Samsung NVMe, 1x 1TB Samsung NVMe, 2TB Samsung SSD, Win 10 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, JetSeat KW-908, Reverb G2, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower Case, Seasonic Prime 750W Titanium PW Supply, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2 , K-51 Helicopter Collective Control Link to post Share on other sites
wowbagger Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Excellent! More content is always welcome, and needed in DCS. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
splash Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Excellent news and great job! Link to post Share on other sites
Dannyvandelft Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Can't wait! Flying campaigns is a great way to get familiar with an airframe. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Bravelink03 Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I was wondering where the campaign was. Was a bit disappointed but, good things come to those who wait and I'm pretty hyped for the new campaigns when they finally get released. Link to post Share on other sites
o-Tomcat-o Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 I have to say that I was excited to fly this campaign, actually, more than having the - A... But if it's for having a better campaign, i will wait gladly. Just send it to us, as fast a possible :music_whistling: Link to post Share on other sites
Rock3tman_ Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Wow, three campaigns. And that doesn't even include Cage the Bear, right? Link to post Share on other sites
IronMike Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Wow, three campaigns. And that doesn't even include Cage the Bear, right? Nope, Cage the Bear is a community campaign by Kaba, which we included into the build. So with it, it will be 4 campaigns. We also plan on including more community campaigns, I was planning on that a long time now, but honestly still did not get around to it. The ones that are out there all deserve to be included, if their creators want that, too. :-) Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to post Share on other sites
Rock3tman_ Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 The ones that are out there all deserve to be included, if their creators want that, too. :-) Absolutely agreed, Cage the Bear was a blast and so is Operation Earnest Will which I am going through right now. Hopefully that one gets updated to give me some practice in the A though. Link to post Share on other sites
Dudikoff Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Any updates on the separate campaign release? Early next week is behind us.. :) 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 post Share on other sites
IronMike Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Any updates on the separate campaign release? Early next week is behind us.. :) We're still working on it. The story changes added a lot more voice overs than the initial campaign had, with so far 60hrs of voice overs recorded (that's the total, only couple hours from that will be in the campaign). It takes a bit longer as expected hence, but it should be done this weekend. I'll carefully say in the course of next week, our apologies for yet another small delay. 1 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to post Share on other sites
wadman Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 We're still working on it. The story changes added a lot more voice overs than the initial campaign had, with so far 60hrs of voice overs recorded (that's the total, only couple hours from that will be in the campaign). It takes a bit longer as expected hence, but it should be done this weekend. I'll carefully say in the course of next week, our apologies for yet another small delay. Thanks for the efforts- I'd rather you take your time and get it right than rush to meet an arbitrary date! Link to post Share on other sites
Dudikoff Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 We're still working on it. The story changes added a lot more voice overs than the initial campaign had, with so far 60hrs of voice overs recorded (that's the total, only couple hours from that will be in the campaign). It takes a bit longer as expected hence, but it should be done this weekend. I'll carefully say in the course of next week, our apologies for yet another small delay. No worries, was just wondering what's the status and when it can be expected. Thanks for the update. 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 post Share on other sites
IronMike Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Thank you for your kind understanding. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to post Share on other sites
wowbagger Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Yes, take your time, make it great. Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuie Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 Will both -B campaigns be on the Caucasus map? Link to post Share on other sites
IronMike Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Will both -B campaigns be on the Caucasus map? Caucasus and Persian Gulf. 1 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuie Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
wowbagger Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Caucasus and Persian Gulf. Yes! Excellent news. :clap: Link to post Share on other sites
IronMike Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Oh I just read you said for the B.. My bad, that will be Caucasus. PG is for the A. Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuie Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 That's fine. So both campaigns for the -B will be on the Caucasus map and for the -A on the Persian Gulf. Correct? Link to post Share on other sites
IronMike Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 That's fine. So both campaigns for the -B will be on the Caucasus map and for the -A on the Persian Gulf. Correct? Who knows. Maybe a surprise waits at the end of part 1... Life is such a mystery. :-D 2 Heatblur Simulations Please feel free to contact me anytime, either via PM here, on the forums, or via email through the contact form on our homepage. http://www.heatblur.com/ https://www.facebook.com/heatblur/ Link to post Share on other sites
Lieuie Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Who knows. Maybe a surprise waits at the end of part 1... Life is such a mystery. :-D Now I am eagerly awaiting to see what you have in store for us. Link to post Share on other sites
Dannyvandelft Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Any updates on release dates?Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
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