eble 3 Posted October 21, 2008 With kind permission of IkaR I will porting this fine Opf addon, work is at about 85% complete so beta 1 shouldn't be too far off barring any problems that come up. Still have the multi weapon loadout scripts to sort and some minor texture tweaks. By far the most requested Opf to Arma conversion, I did listen just had a backlog of other aircraft to finish first. Most likely there will be two Pbo's one for thr US Navy and one for the Lost Brothers Mod in Iranian colours (shown). Re-skins by eddyD I made a quick cheesy video here: Southy edit - 25/10/08 Ok the F 14 is probably a favourite for a lot of poeple, and out of those we all, or maybe most have a different colour scheme we like. With that in mind I'll release the texture template early so you guys that want to can get cracking on your favourites. in the template I will include all the original skins from the opf model, so you can either remake the one you want or start a fresh. lets see what you guys can do, we could have a little competition with the best skin getting inclusion in the beta 1/2 release. Southy download the PSD here: F14 Texture Pack PSD and OFP original decals last thing for today is the youtube video showing the LANTIRN system (Laser targeting and TV system for the ROI gunners position) 27/10/08 Probably an oversight on my part, here below you will find a MLOD version so you can can texture the F14 correctly apologies for that. download here: F14 MLOD for texture pack Southy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 6 0 Posted October 21, 2008 nice, i love this aircraft Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stewy 1 Posted October 21, 2008 Thank you so much for all of your hard work Eble and EddyD - Thanks to Ikar for his permissions as well! A great looking bird, and those effects you've added just make it look stunning! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panda-PL- 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Great thanks. Been waiting for a tomcat for so long I was seriously considering simply making one. "Bombcat" please? With 2 man crew this thing can be a great platform for mando bombs system, once released. Just because it might intrest you: you're flying it wrong. :P Tomcat's engines in afterburner would stop getting fuel after 10 seconds of zeor or negative G, 20 seconds in normal operation (no ab). The technical notes: You need to add the aerlions to the selection in shadow lod. Yes, shadow LOD is animated together with the resolution lods, therefore it needs named selections. the cloud of water vapour that appers at high SUBsonic speeds is formed IN FRONT of the rear shockwave (which is attached tot he plane) the vapour dissapears behind the shockwave, so it cannot be seen behind the plane. Many people think this is actually a shockwave, but they are wrong, you cannot see the actual shockwave (unless you use special photography techniques or visualise it in another way). The wings swift back automatically (unless overriden). They start to swing at Mach 0.7 and are completely sweeped back at 0.9. The small triangular thingies in front of wings are there to shift the aerodynamic center of wing at supersonic speed. They expand only above Mach 1 (and probably only when turning, I might be mistaken but supertomcats have them removed). I'm a great fan and have red the entire manual once. Would be nice to have the jet nozzle animated.(Now I do not expect the air inlet ramps to be moving etc., there are limits to how much realism is rational). Good luck with finishing the project. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kolt 0 Posted October 21, 2008 good work! Armaholic Topic can be found here: http://www.armaholic.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=4675 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Average Joe 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Asmuch as I cant stand halfbaked ofp ports, looks like you've done a goodjob, Eddys spiced it up and the effects are VERY sweet. Nice-one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blazer01 0 Posted October 21, 2008 man i can kiss ya for this ya baby topgun and will ya do a bombcat aswell Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ArmaVidz 0 Posted October 21, 2008 Man...just....so cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eble 3 Posted October 22, 2008 Small update, got the US navy skins from eddyD now so working those into the addon. The F14 will come with 3 combat loadouts: CAS – 38 FFAR, cannon, 2 x AIM9 and 4 x AGM65 CAP  - 6 x AIM 54, 2 x Aim9, Cannon Strike – 5 x GBU (LANTIRN system), 2 x Aim9, Cannon  (Bombcat) Working ROI (Gunner position) target selection etc. I’m finding it hard to find out exactly what the ammo count on the M61 vulcan cannon was, I have a figure of  964 from the opf config but I can’t verify this. Trying to get working exhaust nozzles before release. Working with the Lost Borthers mod for a joint release date as at the moment the PBO will include both the US and Iranian versions. Southy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eble 3 Posted October 22, 2008 apologies double post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
william1 0 Posted October 22, 2008 the same post with 20 minutes of interval ? surely it looks great just like the others conversions you made Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eble 3 Posted October 22, 2008 the same post with 20 minutes of interval ? Â Â surely it looks great just like the others conversions you made damn computer! Â submitted the post went away came back said it had timed out redid post wihout checking thread! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blazer01 0 Posted October 22, 2008 lol hope this helps F-14 was a full air superiority fighter and not only a long range interceptor. It had the standard US gun, the M61 Vulcan, with 676 rounds and 4,000 or 6,000 RPM selectable (the latter rarely used due to jamming and overheating issues). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-14_Tomcat#Armament Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eble 3 Posted October 22, 2008 lol hope this helpsF-14 was a full air superiority fighter and not only a long range interceptor. It had the standard US gun, the M61 Vulcan, with 676 rounds and 4,000 or 6,000 RPM selectable (the latter rarely used due to jamming and overheating issues). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-14_Tomcat#Armament Thanks mate exactly want I needed to know Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blazer01 0 Posted October 23, 2008 Np m8e when it comes out ill have to do a skin just for it big F14 fan and nice to see you added the bombkat as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eble 3 Posted October 23, 2008 Np m8e when it comes out ill have to do a skin just for it big F14 fan and nice to see you added the bombkat as well The US navy skin is relatively a simple one, so making custom 'tail art' etc should be pretty straight forward. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt_Phoenix 0 Posted October 23, 2008 Lokking good guys Any chance of seeing a version with RSN skin (Royal Sahrani Navy) at a later date? With Project RACS's permission of course. Don't want to overload them with request. I think they've got enough on their plate right now. The story behind could be that a squadron of these were enroute to the Shah's airforce in Iran. They landed at Sahrani on the way there, and stayed there because the Shah was overthrown. The Kingdom of Sahrani were offered a good price for them and decided to keep them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
william1 0 Posted October 23, 2008 why should Eble need the project RACS authorisation to release a RACS version of the f-14 ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lt_Phoenix 0 Posted October 23, 2008 why should Eble need the project RACS authorisation to release a RACS version of the f-14 ? Â Not for a RACS version of course. But for a RSN version it would be nice to at least give them a heads up. The camo and roundel are after all their creations... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eble 3 Posted October 23, 2008 I speak to the Pracs team a fair bit we help each other out, seems every conversion I make people want a RACs versions, which isn't a problem, but it takes time, you could easily change the Iranian F14 to a RAC with a simple change of the roundels. I'll leave it up to the Pracs team to decide if they want it later when it's released. The US navy skins are clean on the model anyway so making any other version will be a very simple process, all external markes are not on the texture :0 Southy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eble 3 Posted October 23, 2008 Some quick screens of the basic US navy skin I'm using. It's still not 100% as a few more markings/roundels need to be included on the nose, but it gives a fair idea of what it will look like. Again thanx to eddyD for the textures Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue_Flight 0 Posted October 23, 2008 Great work, Southy. May i suggest a more practical CAP-loadout with 2 AIM-54, 2 Aim-7 and 2 AIM-9s? That was the most common loadout for the Cat and 4 AIM-54 would be a bit overkill for ArmA seeing that these are long range AAM. Also AFAIK the "Bomcat" could only carry 4 LGBs at one time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CameronMcDonald 146 Posted October 23, 2008 Looks great, I love the Jolly Roger skin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blazer01 0 Posted October 23, 2008 Np m8e when it comes out ill have to do a skin just for it big F14 fan and nice to see you added the bombkat as well The US navy skin is relatively a simple one, so making custom 'tail art' etc should be pretty straight forward. well am thinking of doing the last tomcat to fly when i get the time and ill have a go at doing a RSN one as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
