Falcon 4.0 now on Steam
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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!
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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
You can actually set any bat file as a nonsteam game. So you can make a text file, rename it to (for example) ‘Call of Duty:DCS III.bat’ and add it to your steam library. Then, open the text document with steam and your online friends are notified that you are ‘playing nonsteam game Call of Duty:DCS III’.
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I, an other team members, often used Steam functionality while flying BMS. Adding it as non-Steam game is very simple, it even works if you add the Launcher and not just the main .exe file. You won’t get time tracking, as that works only with native Steam games, but other options, like the whole Steam Overlay (chat, in-game internet browser etc) work like a charm. You can take screenshots easily, without the “screenshot saved…” message appearing on screen, and upload them directly to Steam so your friends can see them. Even live-streaming video works - tested on my poor ADSL upload, as I was the first one of my squad to install 4.33.
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You’re better off just downloading the ISO and then installing BMS on top. As far as multiplayer goes you’re better off flying on Falcon Online as Falcon Online is the biggest community of virtual viper pilots that I know of.
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@Smokey254:
You’re better off just downloading the ISO and then installing BMS on top. As far as multiplayer goes you’re better off flying on Falcon Online as Falcon Online is the biggest community of virtual viper pilots that I know of.
Do note that BMS does not install on top of anything - it is a standalone installer.