DCS: F-14 JESTER AI - Behind the Scenes

While we work on unveiling the new, current status of the DCS: F-14 - enjoy this behind the scenes look at the recording process for JESTER AI recorded over the past year!

[@Chrinik]

Some Heretics: "It's gonna be so boring, it's gonna be so repetitive, blah blah blah" Heatblur meanwhile: "Yeah we recorded like 300 variations of No and Yes..."

[@verticalflyingb737]

dedication 100

[@zachansen8293]

It's so repetitive and just annoying. 100 variations doesn't help when you don't want to hear any of them.

[@Chrinik]

@@zachansen8293 Then play a different module or play with a human RIO.

[@mollybeam_]

is "RRUUAAGHUGHAAUUHHWW JESUS. HOW DID WE LIVE THROUGH THAT?" going to be a voice line?

[@OutletVibes]

I second this pls. I wanna make Jester cry in my back seat.

[@nighpaw4651]

Nah jester would eject before that

[@Festias]

I love the idea of recording lines while playing the actual sim. REALLY smart to get some actual emotion in the lines.

[@Ugly_Baby_Gaming]

should of banged him in a gravitron as well

[@HotaruZoku]

Agreed

[@kuiper921]

Same thing they did with dirt rally 2.0 when having phil record the co driver pace notes :)

[@nighpaw4651]

In vr too, so even more immersive for him

[@questofknowledge8788]

Two years later, looking back at the pretextured f14 is so funny yet amazing.

[@TimoZSimulations]

another 2 years later, and i thought it was VTOLVR at first, until i saw the channelname and the description haha

[@JainZar1]

"We got two japanese zeros in mint condition."

[@KomradeDoge]

That would be a cool Easter egg. Same with Top Gun lines, they already have him call "Mig-28" when you get an F-5 with the black and red star skin.

[@JainZar1]

@@KomradeDoge Yeah, that one took me for a loop the first time I heard it, because I was looking for an F-5 and wasn't thinking of Top Gun at that moment.

[@Its_Mango]

@@KomradeDoge Jester sometimes says "Come on! Give me some of that pilot shit!" when you are engaging enemies.

[@awe123454]

We need a recording of this guy flying the F14 front seat with Jester in the back.

[@teedee9393]

I really appreciate that you guys want Jester to be as human as possible, with all the short comings that come with that, such as reaction time. I was worried you might make Jester better than human to point that players would be discouraged from multi-crewing the aircraft because "well, Jesters better so why would I play with an actual person?" but based off what we've seen so far, that doesn't seem to be a concern.

[@robertkelly3186]

I would think that the opposite of your point would be worse for the Tomcat. Meaning - If Jester sucks (is too slow etc) then people would shy away from flying the tomcat without a real RIO. That would be bad for sales. We all wanna fly with our friends, however, heat-blur deserves to makes an absolute killing for developing this module.

[@thurbine2411]

Jester is good at calling out targets but a good rio in bvr will be much superior

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Guys....this is fantastic. I'm speechless

[@Militaryonly63]

its crazy how far the graphics have come lol

[@Air-Striegler]

Please let him say: "Turn & Burn" "We got him now" etc etc and basically the best of RIO talk from JANES US Navy Fighters97 !

[@ForgotteMemories101]

*H E A V Y B R E A T H I N G*

[@ForgotteMemories101]

I had Jane's Fighters Anthology when I was a kid. Such a good fucking game. I have it on my computer now.

[@skywarp2180]

I've been using the Tomcat for 2 years, and I really have to thank you for your incredible job doing Jester, sir

[@AnthonyClay]

"Uh oh...Oh Jesus! How did we live through that!?" I sure hope it is conversational.

[@DarthTader094]

Does Jester know how to eject without slamming his head into the canopy?

[@Andrei5656]

Too soon, man, too soon :(

[@LoenDebr]

it's been 31 years...

[@GyntonikSoul]

It's jester, not goose

[@ScreamingElectron]

hahah fucking brutal

[@ScreamingElectron]

Thanks for your work Alex

[@JTFFIMarcoI79thFS]

Throwing money at my screen

[@taoistlumberjak]

Look, I like the Tomcat, but...

[@markblackham4677]

Just your money?

[@Eihort]

I am doing the same. WHY IS NOTHING HAPPENING?!

[@DiGitalDigg1]

Keep throwing your money at the screen so they can keep the price real high when its released

[@IscariottActual]

This falls squarely under shut up and take my money

[@hgrgic]

This is what we have been waiting for since 1986 ;)

[@feslerae]

I'm buying DCS just for this mod. Lol

[@Dan20q]

We, are you from that generation? :D That's epic!

[@Dan20q]

*module, not mod. mod=modification.

[@MongooseTacticool]

Affirm, my inner 9 year old can't wait!

[@simulatedpilot3441]

just us gen X guys

[@DowntownTwo]

"Alexa, play Danger Zone"

[@MongooseTacticool]

Shame she's not called Lana! ;)

[@ttrash6404]

jester*

[@verticalflyingb737]

@@ttrash6404 yes

[@williamhall2386]

Literally building a new computer just to play DCS

[@burntt999]

William Hall hell yeah! right there with ya mate!

[@Youda00008]

same here

[@blameusa7082]

it constantly crashes since few month ago updates. don't rush! unplayable for me now after buy few very expensive planes : (

[@-knight-7008]

Great bro..message me here with your team speak and we can fly together..by the way I’ve subbed to your channel

[@blameusa7082]

publicly known stability issues, people warning in this exact thread. the people that warn have received like by someone else that knows.. yet you all go blindly into the darkness... this world

[@valiantsoldier548]

Definitely add some reactions when you are pulling off a bunch of stunts and escaping close calls. "How did we live through that?!"

[@KomradeDoge]

I landed too hard once when I was first learning how to fly this module and Jester started shouting at me for it. Everyone's a critic man.

[@Motorman2112]

Can Jester run checklists in the case of systems failures, or remind you when you don't have your hook down, for example?

[@Hellreign82]

Fantastic. Can't wait for this. I hope that 'throw up line' is kept in :) Nice work guys Back seat looks fun. Must be close

[@Dan20q]

Hellreign82 who needs jester, I just need a copilot with headtracking/VR as well and some Phoenix missiles to lead our team to victory :) Did we see any AIM-54 in this video btw?

[@hvymtal8566]

Yeah "Fox 3"

[@joshuacripps6424]

Grayson doesn't throw up. He makes other people do that......trust me.

[@Graywo1f]

LOL!!!

[@CrazyHorse104]

Amazing work from you guys, cannot wait for this to come out!

[@needsmoreboosters4264]

It is officially a requirement that there is a "Watch the birdie!" line in the AI.

[@damsonn]

Nice, but where's "Do some of that pilot shit" line?

[@Chrinik]

To quote the FAQ: "Goose is dead, man." XD

[@cornbread5144]

Chrinik " Talk to me Goose "

[@peeps000]

we're going ballistic

[@Canadus]

"Watch the Birdie"

[@twandepan]

damsonn “no Mav that is not a good idea!”

[@rodrigobarbosa6610]

Amazing job guys. One can never imagine how much work goes into making this.

[@markblackham4677]

Great video. Really nice to see people we know in the community being part of this. Awesome stuff.

[@dawsonplaster3183]

Looks amazing this one of my favorite planes and I love the details you guys are doing on this plane.

[@Spudknocker]

This is so cool!

[@gryff42]

Greywolf, I just wanted to thank you. You're a great RIO and I'm happy to fly with you. Great job on the voice acting!

[@BIGNEWY]

Awesome, thanks for sharing all.

[@niveltactico]

Great Job!! Excelent work in this voices

[@trippylummox274]

This is awesome! Gonna be so much fun! Great work guys, keep it up!

[@GnaedigerJupp]

Please the the line: "Try spinning, that's a good trick!"

[@Boomproof]

You are an AWESOME voice actor man!! Jester is one of a kind!

[@markmaynard6551]

Won't be long now HeatBlur... thanks for ALL that you folks are doing. The finishing line pressure ? You soooo have this covered !!

[@SaturnVII]

That's a pretty ingenious idea actually. Great work, and keep it up!

[@Ha11yw00d]

Nice work, Gray! A lot of us are looking forward to this one for sure.

[@looneyhoonzinc]

My god sure you are directly responsible for me crashing more times than I care to admit absolutely loosing my mind laughing my butt off. Well done bro, best comedian in DCS

[@TheFragger71]

Awesome work ! - You gonna rock the show

[@T-Tailer]

I love that camera omg this plane is amazing can’t wait to fly and make vids on it. Good job guys as usual.

[@thebiggestoneyouveverhad]

As a bonus track you can sing "You've lost that loving feeling" with your Jester AI... And go down in flames...

[@SweViver]

Awesome stuff, keep up the great work guys! 😍

[@dabneyoffermein595]

Thanks for sharing this, SUBSCRIBED!!!

[@simulatedpilot3441]

Hell yea Mike!!!! I recall when u said you were starting to work on this cool to see your hard work Bro. Im flying it loveing it

[@kwisatzhaderach1458]

This is gonna be so incredible. The amount of work that goes into making this all work makes me feel small...

[@muigichannel7825]

this was great, keep up the good work. hope we get some more videos!

[@donno1970]

Wow very nice. Great job guys can't wait till this is released.

[@josephrosenbaum3343]

You guys set the bar for dcs development. Outstanding job

[@jf7521]

Awesome flying IronMike!

[@eranmalloch]

CANNOT Wait for this! Looks and sounds awesome. :-) "Show me some of that pilot shit Mav!" ;-)

[@CrazyESP]

Awesome looking module . Hype Growing !

[@smk6469]

Awesome work guys. Will buy!

[@banzaiib]

This is gonna be so fun!

[@aguyontheinternet8999]

Thanks for the help, Jester!

[@DemonLordGamingAC0]

Imagine playing with Jester himself as the RIO

[@NSANasaSrpskaArhiva]

Jester's dead, yeeehaaaw

[@muigichannel7825]

was below the hard deck, fam

[@animalmother556x45]

MuigiChannel Hard deck, my ass....we nailed that son of a bitch

[@FrostBlackbird]

animalmother556x45 hahah beautiful response (up top down low high five)

[@animalmother556x45]

FrostBlackbird The Top Gun high five/low five is so fucking legendary

[@FrostBlackbird]

animalmother556x45 Everything about top gun is legendary. All the way down to the greased up volleyball scene. If that scene doesn’t give you a boner then you’re gay. (Think about it)

[@makkaschatsanddits7899]

Nice so many hours work sifting through it all too.

[@theonefrancis696]

This is how videogames voice lines should be recorded. Playing.

[@Tubeflux]

Thanks, very nice, super immersive!

[@williampass4762]

Glad to see 104th IronMike involved in this. I also like how Heatblur is a sponsor for community events like SATAL and they even did a Q and A and give away! This is a great example of how to interact with the community.

[@104thironmike4]

Thank you William. SATAL and alike is the other part of my work for Heatblur, and community work has a top priority for us. In that sense we think it is very important to give something back to the community. That said, don't miss this weekends SATAL stream, we will give away another module for the viewer! S! ;-)

[@simonhouel1984]

That is gonna be AWESOME !!

[@KirinZH]

Beyond awesome!

[@MemphisBelle291]

very impressive insight, thanks

[@Orca19904]

I know it might be a tall order with the sheer volume of voice lines for Jester, but I'd like to see videos showing his more amusing lines, like how he snarks at pilots who make a poor landing on the carrier and how he freaks out when the player almost crashes into the ground.

[@sigurdolaisen8389]

Brilliant stuff!

[@AC-pm7sn]

Nice! F-14 looks pretty interesting to manage. Can't wait for all of the Hornet vs Tomcat rivalry once these two modules are released haha..

[@dmsdmullins]

This is so awesome and makes this module that much more valuable. Did I mention this is awesome?

[@62heliman]

awesome video guys.

[@VeronicaVenatrix]

I am really looking forward to this. The F-14 is one of all-time favourites.

[@Nordland71]

Amazing!

[@504smudge]

Wow holly molly that looks awesome!

[@b0bl00i]

Haha this is awesome! Good job!

[@Fastbikkel]

I found this an entertaining movie! Thanks for sharing.

[@tenToesUp747]

You have achieved cult status! Well done young man.

[@Rasoir89]

Good work guys, nevertheless, the voice of a RIO suffering under a continuous 6-7G dive turn with overpressure of oxygen blowing its mouth is really hard to simulate... but that’s a nice step up compared to any other sim. Keep the faith! (Sorry for non-accurate terms, i’m a frenchy)

[@AdrenalineJunky17]

Love it! Can't wait to see and hear it in action! Need some "missile off" or "missile away" lines in there.

[@WinchesterDelta1]

Great stuff guy's. Can't wait to fly it.

[@jacobfilbert]

Great work 👍

[@xnaiper2881]

AWESOME..! Cant wait to have it..

[@michaelhinterschweiger5366]

looks (sounds) fantastic

[@airbass321]

Awesome!!!

[@cripplehawk]

Damn it I was hoping Michael Ironside would voice Jester. Seriously I am looking forward to this

[@kspat13]

excellent !!! good work ;)

[@locallion1218]

So cool!

[@TOMCATnbr]

Oh god, oh god, oh god !!!!!! Hype train at full speed !!! 😍😍😍😍

[@ValeJOR]

I love how i recognize some of those lines from my 30 minutes of trying the f14, and yes i am going to buy it i'm just waiting for a promotion

[@Lb8068]

HYPED

[@ACG_Jaydog]

That looks awesome

[@andytwgss]

You may also try headset microphones like DPA 4066, to capture consistently, avoid polarity issues and proximity effect :D

[@qaz1234167]

My god, its Fckn AWESOME!!!!

[@tavichh6529]

I had no idea there was going to be so much personality in these recordings. I hope this stays in.

[@CSharpDCS]

I can't believe they ACTUALLLY shot him to get those lines

[@schnitzelmopi]

Is there going to be accurate AGSM versus the grunting?

[@8kidd8]

Is AI able to get the order from Voiceattack??? if it's possible it'd be amazing :)

[@mobi8138]

Cant wait!!

[@Mightymamba]

Holy shit that was completely sick!!!. That's some nice bit of voice acting too, I have to ask what was the microphone that was being used????

[@Test-eq3oe]

SM-7B Shure. I got one. Neat mic

[@AurelTristen]

I hope you're using voice recognition to log/capture. That must be so much work to do by hand! I do hear the mic maxing out at times, but I suppose it'll all be under a 'radio' filter. Awesome process though, using VR. Are you doing any mocap or anything for Jester's movements?

[@SithBerserker1488]

I was already freakin hyped about the F14 but now with all this I have a Whole new Level of Admiration and Excitement for this Module, This is freakin amazing Great Job Guys, Cant fuckin wait for this!!!

[@firebladeV]

Soooooo nice!

[@dg6546]

Basically you record while playing dcs lol Great idea!

[@jowenjv4463]

Incredible

[@ronaldwatson1951]

Interesting and educational