A very big good afternoon to SimHQ's and ED's fine VEAO EFM Lover's and hater's.
After a few more tests and comparisons, this slapped together, low budget presentation will be on the 5+ years worth (the hawk lover's guessed it...more evidence supporting this 5+year development claim) of texture development regarding this awesome piece of flight sim software. Now due to the team of researches I gathered together (just myself), a think tank of quality control if I may, that is providing you all with the best flight sim experience and entertainment that can be mustered.

Side note: During the research and development phase, I have uncovered the exact moment in time when the cracks first began to appear between the developer VEAO and Tango (no offence Tango)

If there is a story to be told in the flight sim texture world gents.....this is it, a back to roots 2012 texture announcement and comparison to what was released on the 20th April 2016 Australian EST.

With out further Ado....


06-23-2012, 09:07 PM
http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1489471&postcount=6








Then the tree termite posts a photo of this from the real aircraft to support his bogus claim



followed by....



I can't tell the difference between this early build and what we have now...



Hold onto your hats gents, brace yourself against something firm because this next post knocked me off my chair.



How is that military contract deal working out for you now? That is what later became their calling card when asked why VEAO were building the hawk. At first it was "we love the hawk" then it was "military contracts" now it's "I wish we didn't"

Just in case you did not read that right.....



One last time, just for those who are still standing



The arrogance of the man shining through in the early days



This post is proof 'the tree lopper' is inhaling more than avgas fumes....



Moving onto some more textures....



One of these shots I edited, I took the screen shot in 1.5, cut the plane out and pasted it over an early build in the following.....can you guess which one that was?? No, neither can I



Have a go at this. I actually remembered reading it back in 2012 when I first mentioned the outside textures being a cut and paste job from the FC2 mod. Not long after this I made mention of the FSX quality cut and paste job on the cockpit....you guessed it, those posts were removed. But there is it, Old mate 'I love trees' had the external model already developed as far back as 2010.
The cockpit as you could imagine with the FC2 model was a WIP....see what I did there? same as the sounds, textures, nando's.....all a WIP



No idea what this 'tree lopper at VEAO' was flying back when he made this post....it can't have been the hawk EFM, Razbam must have shipped an early access model of the Mirage and 'i love trees' thought he was still flying it



Have a go at this one....



SERIOUSLY???? a 'professional' developer who previously stated



Is an absolute laughing stock in the flight sim world.....



WTF??!!Indeed, I keep asking myself the same thing every time the hawk fails to load.
Who can tell the difference between 2012 and 2016?.....Tom Weiss.....VEAO need your help
Where has all the development hours actually gone?.....seems more than likely to be a tax fraud to me, Do up some dodgy invoices, bill them out as hours spent and claim them back on tax. That is what it looks like to me, a tax haven for dodgy devs calling themselves VEAO. No doubt a bunch of tree loppers who couldn't wait to get out of the sun and this was an 'easy' way out

Yet another 'professional' perspective on the 2012 textures and i'm still waiting on a 'promised' worn cockpit....which now i will have to pay extra for when a modder releases it as paid DLC for DCS....What exactly has the 'texture artist' been doing for that last 5+ years.



and a rep from VEAO's response



Confirmation the 2012 textures are now here to stay as Pman 3.5 years later informs the flight sim world



I'll tell you where VEAO have been the last 5 years.... With none other than 'I plant trees' on holiday



and a lot to answer for considering your module now in 2016 is worthless and how your company got this far under the 3rd party title raises many questions that need answering.

Ear gents.....I mean hear...uh here gents is a reference to my page 1 posts in this thread regarding sounds for our money spent on wasted download bandwidth of what VEAO are calling a DCS module



hmm 2016 and the what sounds? numerous posts regarding the issues experienced from 2 days ago listed in this thread.


Who exactly are the 'RL' pilots who tested the hawk?…mind you I am still waiting for display. Yet take a moment....These 'RL' are the same ones who no doubt 'tested' the recently released EFM.....As the self proclaimed Unofficial tester, I will be testing this once I've burned through the bugs list comparing the pre alpha release (2012) to the EFM in 2016



Yet....have a crack at this, I know your all keen for it





Have they?? seriously were they modeled from the start??? because it's now April 2016, 2 days after the EFM release I get this in the latest official DCS update.





And here it is gents…..the first sign the cracks started to appear



I bet I can find a quote from Pyroflash 3 years on from this post probably wishing he never wrote those words…..



I laughed hard at this comment….Yep, it set the standard in failure. Take note of the flaps, brakes and nando's working back in 2012..... Like I said, laughing stock of the flight sim world, hey to the lovers and backers of VEAO.....he said it, not me



Anyone else remember the “gear issue” not so long ago, or with the release of 1.5?? it was still an issue in 2012



Yet I have saved some of the best for last....Even after watching these hawk lovers post on these very forums criticising the hawk haters thoughts and posts regarding VEAO. Do you want that refund or is the hawk buried under a ton of dust like my mig-21 module? still waiting to be found by a rescue party complete with sniffer dogs so you can test it again in 2.02??






I will leave my 'Unofficial testing' regarding the EFM released hawk textures with a final post.....mind you, the 'hawk' was meant to be a 6-12 month project. I'm saving that quote for my EFM review, we are getting there gents.....this review is mudspike worthy, yet I am happy to release it for free.....Seriously how many of you would rather pay for this review as DLC than buy the new P-51 campaign?

Look in the Typhoon thread, 'i love trees' states, "The Typhoon will be a 2-3 year project, unlike the hawk which will be a 6 - 12 month project....2-3 years yet here we are 5+ years into it and the typhoon hasn't even began development....This confirms my initial thoughts regarding the tax haven.



**Disclaimer**

those still trying to find the edited photo I mentioned earlier from 1.5.....good luck because It's a direct copy from the author...