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  Ladies and Gentlemen,

  on behalf of the entire BMS development team, I am happy to announce that the latest iteration of the Tommo Inc Falcon 4.0 total conversion modification - Benchmark Sims 4.37 - is available for you to enjoy as of RIGHT NOW!

  BMS 4.37 requires a legit installation of a Falcon 4.0 (all older and newer versions are accepted alike, i.e. Microprose, Hasbro, GOG, Steam, Retroism). The check is performed both at setup time and every time you start BMS. If no valid installation is found, BMS will exit with a corresponding error message.

  For those of you who are new to Falcon and still need a legacy Falcon 4.0 license, you’re lucky, as there are various season sales going on.

  Retroism GOG

  Note that this is NOT an exhaustive list of where to buy Falcon 4.0, it’s just a list of retailers known to me (best effort) that offer sales/discounts, for your convenience. The list will not be updated.

  This mod may not be used for any commercial purposes. Any such use may constitute a violation of the intellectual property of Tommo Inc and the non-commercial Terms and Conditions under which Benchmark Sims make this mod available to you.

  BMS 4.37 comes with a plethora of changes and fixes. As with each major BMS release, a full changelog would fill whole books. Instead, we’ve summarized the most important changes for you here: 4.37 Changelog

  You will find all documentation and manuals for Falcon BMS 4.37, Please refer here

  NOTES: 4.37 is not an update to the former 4.36, but a new independent base installation 4.37 can co-exist with 4.36 on the same machine
  — The build number string in the Falcon UI will read “4.37.0 (x64) Build 322” for the base installation

  A big THANK YOU to everyone in the BMS development team and to the gents from TOMMO INC who made this release possible!
  Now download and enjoy! 🙂

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  @rubbra said in Original Quest support in VR?:

  @Pegasus82 this may be a completely stupid question, but at the bottom of the launcher, does it say falcon BMS 4.37? The launcher will pick up whatever versions it can find in the registry

  No such thing as a stupid question, but yes, I have made sure that I am using 4.37 and not 4.36 and the UI is the new one so I am 100% sure that it is 4.37

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  @Jim_H said in FNG: Where to start...:

  Welcome (back) Jim!
  First thing to do is take your specs, copy them, then go to Profile/Edit Profile and Paste them under “Signature” and Save. They are good to have under each post to make Airtex feel bad… 😁

  For your monitors, you are using surround (and I will assume GSync enabled) so good to go. Airtex’s advice on the FOV is spot on, what I do is set it where I like it as “Base” and use the mouse wheel (by default) to zoom in/out of the HUD as desired. Just play with the numbers until its where you want it. As for TrackIR5, just run it before starting BMS, set your “Center” and “Disable” keys, check movement in the TIR screen , minimize and start BMS. It will see it and it just works once you are in the cockpit. For HOTAS I always advise setting it up using the BMS Splash screen (top right tabs) which is the built in former “Alternative Launcher”. It is pretty intuitive (Axis assign for all axises, Key mapping for button/hat/switch presses). Set your Jstick up with Trim/CMS/TMS/DMS /trigger/ ordinance drop, etc. For the Throttle you can use the “Release” function in Keymapping to get most non-DX switch positions to work or run a Target script that assigns every switch position a DX# press (this is my method). I also print overlays on heavy photo paper for my throttle as the functions lasered in make no sense to me, I assign what I need/use (and have different ones for different sims). Listen to Airtex, learn to use radar and fire A-A missiles, hop in Instant Action and blow some planes out of the sky and have fun! Oh, and highly advise to get pedals with toe brakes, not a necessity (especially in BMS) but if you ever feel like some WWI/WWII action they are essential…

  Ok I am Brain-dead… I don’t see Signature to save my life. Must be in the sun… Something to figure out another day. .

  Yes I plan to G-sync. as soon as #3 monitor is dropped off by newegg spot is already for it .

  Ok watched Max’s Vid and have the very basic controls in for the Stick /TCS anyway Or I think, Think I have the TrackIR playing maybe . have not got past mapping and buttons… 3am came fast… 🙂

  Do you have that file for the overlay for the TQS or a template for one, that can be printed? Care to share or link to same? I been searching (googling) for one haven’t stumbled on one yet.

  Is there a more or consensus standard arrangement that most folks use as a baseline? besides the basic axis? I know it can be tweaked.

  That is today’s tasking fill the coffee pot and see if I can figure out the buttons into something that more or less makes sense…

  Profile - top right of forum screen, then “Edit Profile”, then scroll down a bit and you will see signature.

  I will upload a link to the basic template, I use Adobe to modify it, sure there are alternate programs if you don’t have Acrobat. Also need a 13mm punch or cut holes by hand with an exacto-knife … It will be a bit, i’m 1000 miles from home for the next week…