Falcon 4.0 now on Steam
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My concern would be their legal rights. Maybe there is no need for concern. But, could they stop BMS from existing if they have the legal rights to 4.0? Hopefully the answer is no.
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I bought both of GOG and Steam edition Falcon4.0 and its still fun to play original F4 and see what has changed in these 17 years.
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My concern would be their legal rights. Maybe there is no need for concern. But, could they stop BMS from existing if they have the legal rights to 4.0? Hopefully the answer is no.
Hasn’t stopped anything yet in the last 15 years? I would think by now that anyone who wants to make money selling copies of Falcon 4.0 would only benefit by allowing BMS as that is about the only reason why users are hunting for copies of Falcon 4.0 at all.
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Well, I won’t lose any sleep over this then. I just don’t want anyone messing with a good thing
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The Legal owners of the Falcon series would have given a license to whoever is distributing the software. And they arn’t living under a rock as far as BMS is concerned.
BMS is why they have considered it worthy to re release it at this time.
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The Legal owners of the Falcon series…
…have not done squat to be worthy andso warrant zero regard nor consideration with respect to whatever rights they may try to enforce.
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Whilst portions of the internet may function as a meritocracy, ultimately an awful lot of it is hosted in the US, and is effectively subject to US law. Which is fairly clear on what consideration is due the enforcement of legal rights.
I think everyone is busy borrowing trouble, to be honest. This isnt an issue at present, and there are good reasons why it isnt likely to become an issue. Why are we worried?
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“We” are not worried nor concerned.
Carry on.
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See what I started
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Naw I’m not worried, all will be fine. Without the BMS work, Falcon 4 is worth nothing.
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The Force Awakens.
The Falcon Force.
May the Falcon Force be with us. -
…though the next Millennium…Falcon!
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…have not done squat to be worthy andso warrant zero regard nor consideration with respect to whatever rights they may try to enforce.
So much pent up rage, breath in breath out.
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Was that you on the left or the right ?
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Have anybody tried to instal BMS over Steam version? Does it support full Steam functionality? Can your friends in Steam see you playing Falcon 4 when you fly in BMS? Can you see how much time you’ve spent in BMS in Steam statistics? Or you just get an exe file and that’s it?
I have a Falcon exe from GOG. If there is a full Steam fuctionality I’ll be very interested in Steam purchase (you know - to be able to send a steam message to a friend on the way to target is priceless, at least for me). But if there isn’t any - I’m not sure if there any sense in this purchase. (May be in the future it would be possible to download BMS via Steam Workshop?;))
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BMS is a completely separate installation from Falcon 4.0 except that the installer of BMS asks for the location of the original Falcon 4.0 executable in order to verify that you own the original simulator. BMS is not installed over the original Falcon 4.0 but to another directory on one’s computer. Thus, I think that Steam does not recognize you flying BMS.
Have anybody tried to instal BMS over Steam version? Does it support full Steam functionality? Can your friends in Steam see you playing Falcon 4 when you fly in BMS? Can you see how much time you’ve spent in BMS in Steam statistics? Or you just get an exe file and that’s it?
I have a Falcon exe from GOG. If there is a full Steam fuctionality I’ll be very interested in Steam purchase (you know - to be able to send a steam message to a friend on the way to target is priceless, at least for me). But if there isn’t any - I’m not sure if there any sense in this purchase. (May be in the future it would be possible to download BMS via Steam Workshop?;))
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All correct - but I note that steam has the ability to play non steam games through it, and I think it is possible to set up the steam overlay for non-steam games (although Im not sure how).
That said, for non-steam games, steam does not track hours played.
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Correct, you can setup in Steam to show you are playing BMS… My friend Bold has it setup. I’m playing Arma and all of a sudden I see " Bold is now playing FalconBMS "… puts a smile on my face every time
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All correct - but I note that steam has the ability to play non steam games through it, and I think it is possible to set up the steam overlay for non-steam games (although Im not sure how).
That said, for non-steam games, steam does not track hours played.
I didn’t know Steam works with “non-Steam” games aswell. I just tried adding BMS to it, and yes, it works. Thanks for your correction, sir!