New Hornet Audio is Here!
Hello everyone and welcome to launch day for the F/A-18C Hornet Audio! 😄
We are so thrilled that we are finally ready to share this project with the general public. Below are some notes, other news! Let’s dive right in…
The Hornet Audio Expansion update for DCS is now officially LIVE and ready for you to download. I really hope you all enjoy the immense work that went into developing this audio from scratch - literally from the ground up. This update is more of a “re-launch” due to how much has changed. We’ve hit the reset button on our updates, so we are starting at Version 1 this year on the Hornet since it has gone under such extensive revision.Everything shy of button switches and tones were adjusted/changed/tweaked or completely redone. I’m not going to list everything that was changed, as it’s extensive, but just know that when you launch DCS into this new audio, you will immediately notice the difference.
Here at Echo One Niner, we pride ourselves on delivering the best experience possible to you - the end user. If there are any questions on either how we accomplished this result, equipment we used, or how you can get more involved in our cause - please feel free to reach out to me personally or post in the comments/appropriate discord channels!
A quick thanks to a few individuals: 🙏
I am super excited that we had the opportunity to showcase this to the public via the Virtual Summer Air Festival this year, as a first official look and demonstration! Huge thanks to Macca for helping make all of that happen. Also, a huge thank you to DuFFMan (a CF-18 mechanic) who provided many amazing resources for us to use including first hand recordings of cockpit audio, canopy sounds, and so much more. Your help is beyond appreciated and you definitely left your fingerprint on this project!
MUSTANG 🐎
Progress is coming along nicely on the P-51D project, you may have seen a very brief look at the work done so far. We have a bit of a ways left to go until we are ready to show it off in full detail, but I am excited to share more once we have enough completed. Helix with Apex also created a gorgeous livery for us to use, check out some screenies!
SPITFIRE 🔥
Nothing new yet to share, I am limited on time and can only work on a couple of projects at once. Now that the Hornet is complete, we will be shifting efforts into the Mustang and Spitfire projects, as well as a couple of unannounced projects (more details coming soon!)
PATREON 🏅
We have gained a few great Patreon Supporters this month, who are helping us by allowing me to spend more time in the development of these mods. I am beyond grateful for the supporters we have so far - getting past the first goal was great, and now we look forward to reaching our second milestone! I try to post behind the scenes content, as well as other cool features, to our Patreon community. I hope you might consider joining our little community on Patreon to help continue making these mods a reality.
HELP 🆘
We are also looking for some more help in creating audio, if you or anyone you know might be interested in helping us develop audio (not just mods, but for other projects), please let me know! I want to continue making mods, but it is hard for me to do alone and our other amazing developer (Smiley) has been very busy IRL. Please reach out to me at this email if you are interested: info@echo19audio.com and be sure to include previous history in content creation, and any other background information that will help. You may also reach me on Discord. These positions are unpaid, for now, and are volunteer based until we are more established.
That’s it for today - thank you to everyone for making all of this possible! See you all again soon.
Have fun, and fly safe! ✈️
Tyler