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Falcon 4 - the definitive edition


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i bought the original release and played it right up to BMS4.2 hires plus hitiles. didnt know someone was still working on it as the site went down years ago (cant remember its name). i still have the folder with all 750MB of update files in it, god it was a pain to install fully. last time i played it i remember there was a fog/ cloudbase problem. when flying in the valleys and mountains using NVG the fog went opaque and when you came out of the base of it, it was a sharp planar division. Do you know if it has been fixed? watching that vid makes me want to install it again.

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Yep, the definitive version of perhaps the most ambitious jet sim ever made. Fifteen years on and it still can't be beaten in terms of the dynamic campaign.

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BMS 4.32 is remarkably painless - particularly if you're used to the 'Falcon Dance' of old ;)

As to your NVG problem, I've not experienced anything like that - everything is reasonably seamless. Although some of the graphics do look a bit dated :(

Tim

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Some smart people managed to get EF2000 to work on modern Windows and DirectX.

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3830314/EF2000_Reloaded#Post3830314

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I can remember back in 1996... being 15 years old and pretending to be ill so I could get the day of school and sit and play EF2000 instead. Much more interesting than double French!

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If you still have room on your SSD, looks like more improvements and VR support are imminent.  Looks like they are really improving this.

Be sure to get the right version of Falcon. I believe you need Falcon 4.0 for for BMS.  If you get the Falcon collection, this link should help, but read carefully!  https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/6808/gog-falcon4-to-bms-for-dummies

 

This link on reddit gives you information on what to get and set up. https://www.reddit.com/r/hoggit/comments/qjl41c/bms_is_easier_to_use_than_ever_if_you_havent/

 

Various setup videos here. https://www.youtube.com/c/AviationPlus

 

 

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Falcon 4 BMS 4.36 has been out a little while now though, hasn't it? On BMS 4.36 3.1 update here now.

But yes, go back a while with this sim, one of the old contributors to this site we used to fly early TE's in Falcon 4.0 online in UK dial, up days (Peilstick .. a navy career guy) it was a lot of fun. We'd try campaign mode but UK typical bandwidth of 3.5KBS couldn't cut it, the TE's were possible and we had up to 6 online for successful missions with voice back in the day ... very immersive stuff.

Its great to see this amazing F-16 study sim get some VR love, Cliffs of Dover soon too.

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