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I must add this to the list:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?28375-F-4E-F-Phantom&p=501193&viewfull=1#post501193Also this:
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I must add this to the list:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?28375-F-4E-F-Phantom&p=501193&viewfull=1#post501193Witch part Arty. Mine or Pumpy.
I recommend pumpy option since worked for everyone, but it’s up to you
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hmmm I prepared this:
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First of all welcome to Falcon 4.0 BMS community forum. We hope and wish you enjoy your time here and become an active contributing member as well which is how this simulator exists in all it’s glory over the decades.
Let’s clear out that I’m not a BMS developer team member. Just a long time Falcon user and a community member for many years and bellow are all personal thoughts and guidance for you.
This is not a developers forum but lot’s of developers are members contributing with their knowledge and expertise.
Have in mind that the whole BMS project is a community build up project from people in their free time. No one is getting payed here for developing anything for BMS core or theater or add on or modification. Please don’t suggest payments or contributions… the team doesn’t accept it.
Mainly it’s an F-16 simulator regarding the airframe and a war simulator regarding the whole application with the famous falcon dynamic campaign which is unique in this sector.So let’s get down with it.
History of Falcon:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?11123-The-Falcon-Epopee-The-history-of-Falcon-4First check if your system is up to it:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/content.php?132Some basic FAQ:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/content.php?131While you start downloading it might be a good point to start reading about it… yeap lot’s of pages which you will find later on on your BMS setup folder in the DOC’s subfolder:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?78-DocumentationOh if you find something wrong in the documents, please verify it first with a solid source, or if you find a typo please post it here (community, we help each other):
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?35681-BMS-4-34-Documents-correction-reportHow to get Falcon BMS and install it:
You need the original Falcon 4.0 Installed on your pc. Then you download and install Falcon BMS which is a separate installation. Falcon 4.0 is needed just cause a valid licensed Falcon 4.0 must be present in order to install BMS. You don’t need Falcon 4.0 other than the BMS installation.
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?27533-GoG-Falcon4-to-BMS-for-Dummies
the following guide is from 4.33 and it’s updates and the same principal is for 4.34
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?31312-Starting-with-Falcon-4-BMS-4-33-Update-3Yes the UI is 1024x768… so live with it. We all do you can too.
You can have it full screen which is ok or windowed mode which is not ok on large resolution. U choose.
Read the manual how to operate and adjust the windowed mode.U can have an alternative Launcher:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?31774-Falcon-BMS-Alternative-Launcher-(Easy-Setup-Keep-Joystick-Assignments)Weapons Delivery Planner (WDP) is a fundamental application for mission preparation:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?5292-Weapon-Delivery-Planner-releasedYou can create your missions within the BMS UI but you can use Mission Commander (MC) which is for the advanced user that knows his way around:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?10005-Mission-Commander-beta-releaseIf you prefer there is a nice suite of apps for Falcon BMS here:
http://www.weapondeliveryplanner.nl/Real Weather Data: Oh yes we enjoy them… and besides BMS options and tool, here is a fine tool:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?29203-F4Wx-Real-Weather-ConverterNow how do you learn the THING… well easy. You must devote a considerable amount of time.
Read the manuals, practice the training missions, watch some wonderful training videos in youtube. Watch out those videos cause each user has his own practice and procedures. The manuals are the point of reference here and they cover almost every aspect for the newcomer, we are proud of them so read them first or you’ll get many RTFM’s by asking around everything in the forums.
You can find some videos here along with many valuable info for BMS:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?13653-Hot-ListTHEATERS: Oh yes those are free too and plenty to choose from.
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?32-Theater-DiscussionNow that you broke the ice and maybe managed your first landing and maybe your first mission or campaign well it’s time to get serious and join a virtual squadron to get you to the next level, discover and enjoy the essence of Falcon BMS.
Here is the full list of virtual squadrons:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?32205-List-of-Virtual-Fighter-Wings-and-SquadronsYou will be greatly rewarded. The experience is phenomenal and unparallel. The level of knowledge and expertise you will experience and gain is one of a kind. Though the Falcon AI are ok there is nothing compared to the war’s and battle’s that take place in the virtual skies of Falcon by joining large packages or participating in online PvP dynamic campaigns.
Most Virtual Squadrons have years of knowledge and are very serious. They have structured training programs for you to gain your wings. They are more than willing to help and support active newbs and members. And most of all the climate and relationship between them is what builds up friendships.Now let’s remind you that all the above are totally Free. You don’t have to pay anything for those, and we just scratched the surface of it. Needles to say as easy its for you to get them and install them and enjoy them, it’s way hard and time consuming to build all this. Some take years.
If you find something wrong or a bug please try to reproduce it and be on a vanilla setup.
Post your bugs here:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?30-Technical-SupportBased on this:
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?35644-How-to-make-a-bug-reportSo please be respectful and grateful cause many community members contributed so that everyone can enjoy their hard work and free time effort from the smallest to the biggest innovation that came to Falcon BMS world.
Once you spot something that is missing or is inaccurate or could be better, first validate and confirm from a valid source. In most cases we end up to real pilots or official documents and then we report things to the forum.We don’t discuss about new features or new release and their time schedule.
The dev team has a free selection from their to-do list and they go along as they see fit and what pleases them to work on. We already know the release dates and they are on a rigid time period. This period is “3-4 weeks”. Which means it will be released when it’s ready and that’s when the dev team will be ok and tested it and it’s ok with them to be released publicly. So don’t waste your time asking about those. Your answer is the same “3-4 weeks” always. You can always make suggestions for new things, but please don’t go like this should be in already and it’s a joke that it isn’t. Your thread will be locked and you will get the answer of: “ Oh since you know all and you can do all come join the effort and you do it and provide it for free to the community”. So please don’t play it a wise guy.The typical questions like how accurate BMS is or how real it is, or if it’s better then others etc. well it’s all answered many many many times here in the forum and previous forums over the decades of Falcon and Falcon BMS life and we are bored with it to tell you the truth. The history of it, the fact that real fighter squadrons use it and real fighter pilots are shocked by using Falcon BMS speaks for it and makes the team and the community super proud about it and it’s the fuel to keep pushing to make it even better in the future. Yes it has and real fighter pilots that contribute and are active developer members. No one knows them (for obvious reasons) but they are there. Could it be better? Well please read ahead…
Many aspects are not proven and you will never get a proof. BMS manages to get the data needed and be close to the real thing as much as possible. We trust those guys for decades and they have proven their intentions and expertise. If you want to question them also think twice. Someone already did before you, so don’t just be another comet. We still give them (Developer’s) hell but not just cause but on specific aspects and with valid verified information. Their free time is valuable and we respect that. We don’t want to waste their time cause we heard something from a friend whose friend has a friend which is a pilot and something is wrong in BMS. Or this sim has this and not that or the other… The team has a long list and things to implement and the future and new features are very exciting. We experience that in every BMS release major or update. We wish you will also be part of it and help in the process of making BMS even better with constructive criticism.
So since we got there… start considering your participation to the community. It’s our ethical duty not only to receive free and enjoy but to provide back to the community so that Falcon BMS will go to the next level and kind of pay for our vast enjoyment by using this extensive platform. Yes you can enjoy it for free for as long as you like. No one is going to force you about it, but please on the back of your head once in a while think what it took for all this to be build up and how and the endless time that it took.
All you have to do is find the way and what would you like to help with and start a thread in the forum asking around. No need to be an expert to a field, you will become if not as most of us did. The whole community will help out. Be prepared, the Falcon “monster”, as we call it, is not an easy task to develop. It needs stamina and dedication. Are you up to it?#### END ####
But I don’t know.
Should I start a new thread or place it on top in the first post of the hot list?
What do you say guys?
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well I added theaters and weather…
hmm for now I might have it at the beginning of the Hotlist and let’s see how it goes…
Any errors or suggestions please fire away.
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Arty
Very well written
Thank you
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first post updated with 4.35 stuff.
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Thanos that was a joy to read!
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The 4.35 documents download link has the 4.34 docs in it.
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The 4.35 documents download link has the 4.34 docs in it.
Thanx for the heads up… changed it.
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The 4.35 documents download link has the 4.34 docs in it.
it is incorrect. It was edited yesterday for 4.35 docs
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Please consider adding this to the hotlist:
EZBoards - Instant single-click briefing to kneeboards conversion for Falcon BMS.
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?41217-EZBoards-Instant-single-click-briefing-to-kneeboards-conversion -
Please consider adding this to the hotlist:
EZBoards - Instant single-click briefing to kneeboards conversion for Falcon BMS.
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?41217-EZBoards-Instant-single-click-briefing-to-kneeboards-conversionSomewhat in the same vein, a way(or just how-to if possible) to set the Hornet’s kneeboards back to 4.34 configuration. Right now they’re stuck on airport list on left , and map on right
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Somewhat in the same vein, a way(or just how-to if possible) to set the Hornet’s kneeboards back to 4.34 configuration. Right now they’re stuck on airport list on left , and map on right
Oakdesign posted this elsewhere, figured this was a good place for it also… should go in your “Bug” thread too…
I replaced
line 51 in 1799/3dckpit.dat
from
cockpitlegsmodel 2045;
to
cockpitlegsmodel 2015;And have the kneepads picking up the new dds files.
I could flip through the pages by usig the callbacks I have bound to my HOTAS. So for mouseclicks you might will have to add the correct locations to 3dbuttons.dat thse are ones that are in the F-16 blocks
//KneePads
SimLeftKneePadInc -1.039195 0.336720 -1.225200 40 115 1 w
SimLeftKneePadDec -1.039195 0.336720 -1.225200 40 115 2 w
SimLeftKneePadInc -0.690350 0.400980 -1.288300 130 115 1 w
SimLeftKneePadDec -0.690350 0.400980 -1.288300 130 115 2 w
SimRightKneePadInc -0.930800 -0.644880 -1.253330 40 115 1 w
SimRightKneePadDec -0.930800 -0.644880 -1.253330 40 115 2 w
SimRightKneePadInc -0.657620 -0.412880 -1.322300 130 115 1 w
SimRightKneePadDec -0.657620 -0.412880 -1.322300 130 115 2 w -
Please consider adding this to the hotlist:
EZBoards - Instant single-click briefing to kneeboards conversion for Falcon BMS.
https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?41217-EZBoards-Instant-single-click-briefing-to-kneeboards-conversionadded. thanx.
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