Installing 4.33 Problem
-
Oh, I can follow directions, no, really
after installing The original Falcon 4.0 and the BMS 4.33, do I need to keep the original Falcon 4.0 installed?
You sure about that?
http://www.ravico.com/ST/BMS_433/Docs/BMS-Manual.pdfIf the BMS Launcher fails to locate a valid Falcon 4.0 install on your system, BMS will not launch and you will
see the error message on page 14. The Falcon 4.0 installation has to remain on your PC for BMS to launch.Try this:
-
Thank, sub101 and lightswitch94, for the quick reply. One more thing, if I may, after installing The original Falcon 4.0 and the BMS 4.33, do I need to keep the original Falcon 4.0 installed?
Once again, guys, thanks a lot for your help!!!
Cuco
YES definitely keep F4 installed, security checks look for it each time you load. keep at it, we have all had these problems in the past. probably will in the future aswell
-
Guys, I agree, I need to take a brake now… but I’l be back!!! Thanks, all.
Cuco
-
After a long time away, I am revisiting BMS. I installed 4.0 then succeeded with 4.33.1. After following, as best as I could, the instructions contained in this thread, U2 does not install. I pointed the U2 installer to the U1 installer but it does not install or it appears not to. I tried to run the program and 4.33.1 opens and appears to be installed correctly. This is why I gave up on BMS a few years ago. I am missing something very basic in the instructions. Any thoughts or help would be nice. Thanks!
-
I pointed the U2 installer to the U1 installer but it does not install or it appears not to.
Seems you did it right, but just to make sure :
DESTINATION FOLDER: Update 2 must be targeted at the original Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup folder, NOT at your Falcon BMS installation location!
You did point at the installation file of U1, not the installation folder of U1 it self?
Installation is pretty straightforward and should work without any problems.
Send from my Xperia X using Tapatalk
-
Seems you did it right, but just to make sure :
You did point at the installation file of U1, not the installation folder of U1 it self?
Installation is pretty straightforward and should work without any problems.
Send from my Xperia X using Tapatalk
When it comes to downloading and installing, I can screw anything up. Here is what happens when I try to install: “…Completed! Running BMS setup program now…” I get this response immediately after starting, then it stalls and nothing happens. I waited about five minutes before I gave up. Again.
-
Did you download from the torrent??
-
-
Did you download from the torrent??
No. Perhaps I am confusing the installation file with the installation folder. An installer opens up when I try to install. Perhaps I am making in improper selection there. What does the correct location look like. I have tried everything (but the right thing.)
-
I’m thinking you may have gotten a corrupted install file, which won’t be the case if you’ve got it via torrent.
This is how the folders look like once unzipped:
-
Ice, thanks. A picture is worth a thousand threads. Now on to the U3 then I can configure my settings.
-
Me again! Just some advice on using torrents please. Would win zip or 7 zip work? I don’t care for Bittorrent as it just complicate a simple install. Thanks. Real Noobie here.
-
Me again! Just some advice on using torrents please. Would win zip or 7 zip work? I don’t care for Bittorrent as it just complicate a simple install. Thanks. Real Noobie here.
No. WinZip and 7zip are programs that unpack archived files, the have nothing to do with downloading anything.
Torrent link files are used in torrent programs like Bittorent or Utorrent for peer to peer downloading of programs over the internet.
C9
-
It always amazes me how someone can know that they’re a noobie…. and then go their own way regarding getting the files and installing the game. No wonder they then have install problems!!
Kerfuffle, please download qBitTorrent and use that to download Base + U1, U2 Increment, and U3 Increment. Why torrent when you already have the files?? This just ensures you have a good, un-corrupted copy of the installers.
Use 7-Zip to unpack Base + U1, and then apply the U2 and U3 patches. Once done, you should end up with something that looks like this:
If correct, you can then go and run the Setup.exe located in the \Falcon_BMS_4.33_U1_Setup\Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup folder. That should give you a nice, clean install of BMS 4.33.3. Hope that helps!
-
Torrent’s DO NOT ensure you have good, un-corrupted files. Please don’t spread mis-information. Torrent downloading is a crap shoot, always has been and always will be.
What’s to say someone who downloads BMS or any other files via torrent doesn’t alter them and seed a bad file? Yes, I know there’s Check sums but still, if you’re new to torrent downloading, you’d have no idea what to look for.
C9
-
@Cloud:
Torrent’s DO NOT ensure you have good, un-corrupted files. Please don’t spread mis-information. Torrent downloading is a crap shoot, always has been and always will be.
How so? And is a direct download a safer way? At least the torrent program checks the files before declaring it 100% complete and you can interrupt the download and resume at any time, and the torrent program STILL checks before declaring the download 100% complete. Edit your downloaded files, start up the torrent program, and it’ll get rid of your edit (as it doesn’t recognize it as original) and will re-download the missing parts. I don’t see direct downloads doing any of this.
@Cloud:
What’s to say someone who downloads BMS or any other files via torrent doesn’t alter them and seed a bad file? Yes, I know there’s Check sums but still, if you’re new to torrent downloading, you’d have no idea what to look for.
Er, because someone who downloads BMS via torrent, changes that file, and tries to seed it will have his “changed” copy fixed. Meaning he’ll download the “correct” bits first before the files are declared 100% complete and he can start seeding. You can’t seed a bad file, at least not on the original .torrent file –- and that’s why you get your .torrent files from the correct sites, in this case, the threads I linked above. Sounds like YOU are new to torrents yourself with those claims.
I look forward to your sources about your claims of torrents giving corrupted files and being a crap shoot. For obscure, un-popular torrents, sure. Base install currently has 53+ seeders, 76+ leechers, U2 has 34+/62+, and U3 has 25+/47+ so a good download should not be a problem.
A quick video on torrents (LOL @ uTorrent… why, uTorrent, why??):
-
Do I dare invite Michael and his popcorn to this thread?
-
Hi Ice,
For the record I sought out help in dowloading and installing before my original post and did not go off on my own. Overall I find the help on most forums to be a little confusing and cetrtainly contradictory for Noobies like me. Sorry to have amazed you so easily. Having said that I do thank you for attempt to help me along. -
The install and update procedure for BMS sure is unique, so it’s no wonder people get confused. MOST of us were at the start as well!!
-
I read the threads carefully. However, I’m not that much of a noobie. I’ve always used Bittorrent to download BMS as directed (with this most recent install, 4.33 back in 2015 and, 4.32 before that). But, Bittorrent downloads take an awfully long time to finish - what with the seeding and all. Every time I use Bittorrent, I feel like someone out there in cyber space is hacking the crap out of my system. A bit (torrent) of healthy paranoia these days is sage advice. What I did notice though, was my files for pictures, data, F4Patch, etc. were all over my H: drive and not contained within the Falcon BMS 4.33 folder. I had to move all of these orphans back to where they belong.