747 Classic Progress
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Well considering just how complex JF is making the systems, it’s probably going to take a decent amount of time to recode them for FS2020. I expect it to take 9-12 months after the P3D release to make it to FS2020, though I wouldn’t object to it being sooner than that.
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@Rich will the 747 have advanced sounds such as air conditioning packs, avionics ventilation, etc?
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I guess release is imminent now, it's close?
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@Captain-Bakon No, not that close. Sorry to disappoint you, still fair bit to complete before it's ready.
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@Voice-of-Reason It's a few weeks out right?
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@Captain-Bakon Possibly longer depending on your definition of a 'few'. Truth is we can't give a date yet, not even an estimate, still fair bit to do and then tweak, fine-tune, test etc...
Thanks for your patience.
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@Voice-of-Reason Well Rich said the 747 team is zeroing on the release so I thought it would be closer.
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@Captain-Bakon said in 747 Classic Progress:
@Rich will the 747 have advanced sounds such as air conditioning packs, avionics ventilation, etc?
Yes, like the 146 the 747 will feature a detailed sound set including custom cockpit environment sounds.
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Do you guys have any new pictures for us? I believe it was said it would be presented to us either last or this week!
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We will try and sort some new pics and hopefully a video or two soon for you all. We'd hoped to have some new content for you to see by now but it's not been possible. We're not dodging the issue here, but want to ensure that when we have some new content for you all, that it's fresh new material, fit for airing, to show off progress and some new elements of the 747. Anything right this minute wouldn't look noticeably different to anything you've already seen. Rest assured, work, hard work continues on this and as soon as we can we'll show it off to you all.
In the meantime, thanks for your patience on this one, it's appreciated.
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@Voice-of-Reason I figured that was the reason why there hadn’t been any updates in a while, and that completely makes sense.
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So the new pics look great but I was wondering if the new cockpit lighting will be in P3D v4 too?
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@Captain-Bakon said in 747 Classic Progress:
So the new pics look great but I was wondering if the new cockpit lighting will be in P3D v4 too?
Yes it will.
Will post some of those pics up in here later on, too.
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Any ideas on a release date. Been waiting a long time for this one.
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Agreed, I just hope they release it next month been waiting for a classic 747 for years!
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Regarding a release date, it's not something we're able to offer much of a guarantee on currently. I'd love to advise that it will be ready and released next month but that's not the case currently. I don't want to raise hopes only for them to be dashed further down the line.
This one is being developed away from the internal team so we have less control than normal over things, which is proving frustrating for us as it is for you all. Where work that we control gets completed we can show that off but the crux of the heavy coding work isn't done internally and we're in the hands of others to an extent other than looking to manage the process as best we can.
We'll strive to get things done, tested and ready for release as soon as possible but it hasn't been a swift job up to now so no real evidence that that pattern will change anytime soon.
On the plus side when the work gets done it's looking neat it's just proving quite a long journey.
Thanks to you all for your patience.
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@Voice-of-Reason I had my fingers crossed for this years cross the pond, but...there's always next year! Looking forward either way.
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@Voice-of-Reason
Away from the internal team? I remembered it was developed by JF's in-house team.
