F-22: Air Dominance Fighter remaster releasing on February 17

[Menrva]

I'm very glad to announce that DID is going to release a remaster of F-22 Air Dominance Fighter this February. This 1997 classic will soon be re-released with almost 100 QoL improvements and fixes, fully compatible with current systems.

Yours truly has been an official tester of this new re-release. I witnessed first-hand the great amount of work that went into fixing and improving what used to be broken on modern systems. I recommend all flight sim aficionados to check it out! If this sells well, DID will be able to remaster other old flight sims such as EF2000 and F-22 Total Air War. DID is also working on a brand new military flight sim game, so make sure to also check their YouTube channel for teasers.

Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3146140/F22_Air_Dominance_Fighter/

Here below the FAQ produced by DID and shared on various Discord servers:

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Where is TAW/EF2000/TFX?
We are testing waters with ADF. If our remaster is well-received, other classics may follow! You can help by wishlisting ADF or by leaving feedback after playing it.

This looks nothing like the last video!
Our modern sim is still in development. This new ADF release is a separate project for fans of the original DID sims. We heard you! A faithful 1997 experience, just smoother and more polished.

Is this just the old game?
No! It comes with countless fixes and improvements: Widescreen support, 6 DoF head tracking, 4k60 resolution, modding, and much more. It just works – no emulator to configure. And it’s a finished game – no early access perpetual development.

 

 

[yakarov79]

I loved that game! And many other games from that era. BUt Longbow 2 and ADF were in my top at the time. 

[Flanker562]

Longbow 2 was fun

[simonmiller416]

did you mention the word Modding?

[GKABS]

This brings back so many great memories.

[Menrva]

4 hours ago, simonmiller416 said:

did you mention the word Modding?

Yes, but please don't think it is as far as Strike Fighters'. Modding here simply means that the original game files are unpacked (unlike the original 1997 game where they were packed in an inaccessible DAT archive) and folks can tweak some of them to an extent. What the community did with the fan made Total Air War 2.0 could now be done with the prequel ADF too. Limitations of the original game still remain, that means you cannot add any extra content (you cannot add new aircraft, terrains, weapons nor countries) aside from missions. Textures are limited to using the game's 256 color palettes and use the original 1997 unfriendly proprietary format, so texture mods are rather tricky to make. New 3d models are also impossible to make, no tools currently exist for that old proprietary format.

That being said, yours truly has made mods for it already and some will be uploaded to Steam's Workshop when the time is due.

[Stratos]

You caught me here, will give it a go! Looking forward to those mods!

[Viggen]

Was only a kid when this and EF2000 came out so I'll give this a go!