Ff you could have one thing in the next update it would be…
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invite more coders to the team
Find a coder (nice and gentle with with aptitudes to work in a team) who can demonstrate that he is already comfortable with F4 code (source of the F4SP are available for someone who search it) … then me may discuss it. L3Cruzader joined the team like this.
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Find a coder (nice and gentle with with aptitudes to work in a team) who can demonstrate that he is already comfortable with F4 code (source of the F4SP are available for someone who search it) … then me may discuss it. L3Cruzader joined the team like this.
With regards to the source code are you talking about the freefalcon code from github?
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@vfp:
invite more coders to the team
I don’t wish to speak on behalf of the devs, but I don’t think it’s quite that simple. People can’t just be aware of and fluent in the Falcon code without first being made privvy to it. BMS can’t and won’t just release the source code to a random person wanting to join the team; even if they wanted to (and why should they; the code they added and changed is a culmination of 20 year’s work in some cases) they won’t be allowed to due the agreement between themselves and the Falcon4.0 IP holder. BMS are a small team doing this as a hobby; you cannot compare them to the DCS team and nor is it fair to have the same expectations. Having said that, it says a lot about their ability and devotion considering just how much better BMS is than other sims in my opinion, and that’s free (obviously one has to pay for the original game).
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Find a coder (nice and gentle with with aptitudes to work in a team) who can demonstrate that he is already comfortable with F4 code (source of the F4SP are available for someone who search it) … then me may discuss it. L3Cruzader joined the team like this.
Is the current IP owner ok with those copies “living” around and how’s familiarizing with 20 years old code going to help your team ? I assume you guys changed a ton of stuff in 20 years.
Personally i’d love to see falcon 3.0 leaked so a svga version of it could be done - ( recently i found Tornado source code in the wild, it’s even more hard-core , 100% x86 assembly - its missing the frontend though, it’s just the simulator part afaik)
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Is the current IP owner ok with those copies “living” around
BMS team has no control on that anyway. So …
I assume you guys changed a ton of stuff in 20 years.
Yep … but since we are talking about the sound code, AFAIK, not that much has changed since then. so if somebody is able to demonstrate his ability, we will probably consider what he has done.
Only thing is sure, we won’t give somebody the cave’s keys without knowing him and without any clues on what he can do with it.That’s the deal.
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Personally i’d love to see falcon 3.0 leaked so a svga version of it could be done
frankly 90th models are best in low-poly with upscaler….in hi-res magic is lost,… I see u are perhaps talking rather about gameply, butt still…its all mastterrrpiece as it is
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and how’s familiarizing with 20 years old code going to help your team ? I assume you guys changed a ton of stuff in 20 years.
Hi,
Correct but:
1. It’s not really 20 years code - The floating RV (known as FF, well not really FF :)) source code is much younger than 20 years and even the data is there so one can implement technically anything on top of that.
2. A coder that REALLY wants to prove himself for possible later inclusion in the team, will find creative ways to impress us, I’m sure of that.Cheers!
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I took a screenshot… this is memorable!!!
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Hi Mortesil!
Does this mean the DX11 update is on hold? Because that kind of matters when discussing the sound engine…
So if the sound code is not the best example … let mention the “Recalculate” feature of the Editor which is supposed to update automatically (I don’t know how exactly) the 2D characteristics for each units in the database.
AFAIK, it was working on F4Browse, but we don’t know what is the algorithm and we are unable to extract if tome F4B. So anyone who would be able to rewrite such algorithm which could be integrated into the Editor would draw our attention. Of course, it’s not everything, being a team member is based on cooptation. But belonging to the community is not limited to belonging to the BMS team.
That would be useful. VERY useful.
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What specific 2D characteristics? I never really played with F4Browse beyond a few specific features I needed for certain things.
Stats (hit chance, strength, detection range, range) and Damage values
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Stats (hit chance, strength, detection range, range) and Damage values
yep …
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? … Sorry.
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After dealing with their shenanigans the last few missions, I’ll add a vote for better ATC as well. Mainly with two issues; the first is the constant, large speed changes while being vectored. The second is its inability to properly sequence aircraft which ends up in lots of go arounds, especially for the player.
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Still searching
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After dealing with their shenanigans the last few missions, I’ll add a vote for better ATC as well. Mainly with two issues; the first is the constant, large speed changes while being vectored. The second is its inability to properly sequence aircraft which ends up in lots of go arounds, especially for the player.
Question is … would you be able to follow enough precisely ATC instructions to not put the mess in the queue and not be kicked from it … ?
How many Vpilots here always flies a heading +/2° altitude +/-100ft and speed +/-10kts … ?
ATC is not perfect in 4.33 … but is it mainly because of AI and ATC brain, or because of human Vpilot’s skills? -
Question is … would you be able to follow enough precisely ATC instructions to not put the mess in the queue and not be kicked from it … ?
How many Vpilots here always flies a heading +/2° altitude +/-100ft and speed +/-10kts … ?
ATC is not perfect in 4.33 … but is it mainly because of AI and ATC brain, or because of human Vpilot’s skills?I don’t know about other people, but I definitely stay within those limits quite easily… so to answer your question… it’s the ATC, at least for me.
Personally, I find it really frustrating when I follow the terrible ATC vectors perfectly, then get asked to go around anyway because it messed up - frequently because it clears someone for takeoff at the same time it’s putting me on final.
It’d be really nice if it’d give a few vectors to just get you downwind, base, final without all the left, right, left, right nonsense. Or a single vector to intercept the final approach course if you’re approaching downwind from the runway. Even if you’re right on speed, it’ll often give really excessive speed changes - like asking you accelerate from 230 to 300!
It would also be cool if it would specify a visual or ILS - probably based on whether the base is in VMC or IMC conditions.