4.33.1 will release shortly: what you need to know and how to be prepared
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I literally cannot wait til this comes out, so excited, thanks for sorting stuff out with the current owner.
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All files from 4.33 can be restored except falcon bms.cfg. As a rule of thumb never copy this file from one BMS update to another; it is always best to compare the old and new files and change options in the new version accordingly. Winmerge is a useful program to perform that task.
Are looking at another session of setting up the HOTAS? I’m not complaining, just asking.
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I literally cannot wait til this comes out, so excited.
Well, clean up when you’re done.
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Great result and congrats to all involved. Looks like a big WIN WIN for all./
I have my old boxed version, with thick (not ring bound unfortunately), blue manual, map, disk, and keycard etc. Which I keep safe.
Just bought F4 on steam (downloaded and installed in less than a minute) to support the publisher, and looking forward to BMS being further enhanced by the ‘BMS team’.
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Are looking at another session of setting up the HOTAS? I’m not complaining, just asking.
I doubt it. A best case 4.32 key file worked perfectly in 4.33 so the .1 update isn’t going to change more than that. The callback changes I’d guess are in the single digits.
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I really fail to see why everyone is so excited by this. We get to pay (an admittedly paltry) fee to people unrelated to the development of either the original Falcon or BMS, none of which will ever go to the people who’ve put work into making BMS into what it is today.
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Not at the moment… If you look at the beginning of this thread there is a new version just around the corner (3-4weeks) is the usual thing said around here… In the interim go back to the beginning of the thread and you will see you will need a full copy of the original Falcon 4 installed for this new release. There are several ways of getting the Original Falcon 4. Hint it’s all over the forums.
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The Big Deal is that BMS was never officially recognized and blessed by the IP holder and now it has been…for now.
I really fail to see why everyone is so excited by this. We get to pay (an admittedly paltry) fee to people unrelated to the development of either the original Falcon or BMS, none of which will ever go to the people who’ve put work into making BMS into what it is today.
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Guys I’m interested in and want to use steam version but what should I buy? There are 4 versions witch one BMS needs?
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Guys I’m interested in and want to use steam version but what should I buy? There are 4 versions witch one BMS needs?
Any that includes Falcon 4.0 (not Allied Force)
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I really fail to see why everyone is so excited by this. We get to pay (an admittedly paltry) fee to people unrelated to the development of either the original Falcon or BMS, none of which will ever go to the people who’ve put work into making BMS into what it is today.
Because you do not know Falcon4’s history : https://sites.google.com/site/falcon4history/files/FalconEpopee.pdf?attredirects=0
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The Big Deal is that BMS was never officially recognized and blessed by the IP holder and now it has been…for now.
Let’s not get into messy debate again – at this point it’s moot. Suffice it to say that we could not be where we are today without some of the history that makes “never” a misrepresentation.
I think it would be more accurate to say that how much blessing by the various Falcon 4.0 IP owners (over time) conferred on BMS work has been debatable during various phases of BMS history. The big deal now is that there is no further basis for debate because as you will see from the splash screen, Falcon BMS is clearly marked as “…created by Benchmark Sims with permission from Tommo Inc and Retroism”.
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I have a copy of Falcon 4.0 from Microprose circa 1998. Will this suffice to prove that I have Falcon 4.0 or is this a different iteration from Spectrum Holobyte?
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That will work. It will need to be installed first, though.
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Hello to all,
what about some heloflying in the meanwhile, till bms 4.33.1 comes out. There is another great modder group which has done a lot of work to the good old Apache Havoc and Comanche Hokum. The have just released a new version of EECH Allmods 1.16.0.
Unfortunately I couldn’t try it at the moment, cause I’m still working on my homepit. Will be ready in 3-4 falcon weeks
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Hello to all,
what about some heloflying in the meanwhile, till bms 4.33.1 comes out. There is another great modder group which has done a lot of work to the good old Apache Havoc and Comanche Hokum. The have just released a new version of EECH Allmods 1.16.0.
Unfortunately I couldn’t try it at the moment, cause I’m still working on my homepit. Will be ready in 3-4 falcon weeks
Glad to hear they are still at it! I have both of those CDs still, if I hadn’t gotten my 4.33 download before they were pulled I would take you up on that. Maybe this summer.
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They’ve done a lot of work on it. The last I flew was 1.15.2 Fix 5. Some bugs in but it’s a mod and it’s really great. They’ve added the OH-58D, the AH-1Z the MI-24 and a lot of eye candy as far as the aged engine allowed it. At the moment the best helo sim in my opinion. O.K. Black Shark etc. is another thing, but the types of aircraft or helos you could fly is a bit mess. Who needs WWII Fighters. How many WWII sims out there? But no more modern era jets and flying a huey against a black shark? That’s why I never bought DCS. I hope Leatherneck will bring out my honey the F-14, then times are changing
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Yes