Falcon BMS 4.37.0 - Documentation: Bug reports
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Document: README_FIRST_Welcome_To_The_Docs.pdf
Ver. 4.37, 14 December 2022p.2-4
In the whole “Welcome To The Docs” document and in the Foreword chapters of other manuals I propose to standardize the names of the manuals. Currently different names and different ways of writing (hyphenated in one place, non-hyphenated in other) are used. For instance, instead of “BMS-User-Manual” I suggest to write BMS User Manual. If the name appears within a body of text, to emphasize that we’re referring to a concrete document, I propose to either italicize it or enclose in double quotes (both at the same time seem excessive).
BMS-User-Manual -> BMS User Manual
BMS-Device-Setup-Guide -> BMS Device Setup Guide
BMS-Comms-Nav-book -> BMS Comms & Nav Book (also, in the said manual’s title page the title should be updated to “Comms & Nav Book” instead of “COMMS-NAV-BOOK”)
BMS-Training -> BMS Training Manual
BMS-Technical-Manual -> BMS Technical Manual
BMS-Threat-Guide -> BMS Threat Guide
BMS-Naval-Ops -> BMS Naval Operations Manual (or BMS Naval Ops Manual)
BMS-Key-File-Editor-Manual -> BMS Key File Editor Manual
BMS-Cockpit-Guide -> BMS Cockpit Interaction Guidep.2
Original: Documenting a study-sim like Falcon 4.0 BMS cannot be done in 50 pages.
Corrected: Documenting a study sim, like Falcon BMS, cannot be done in 50 pages.
Reason: correction in punctuation; “study-sim” to me does not need a dash; everywhere (including on the main loading screen) we use the name “Falcon BMS” not “Falcon 4.0 BMS”p.2
Original: To try to guide you, here is a quick explanation of what each manual attempt to cover, followed by a proposed flow.
Corrected: To try to guide you, here is a quick explanation of what each manual attempts to cover, followed by a proposed flow.
Reason: typo, missing “s” in “attempts”p.2
Original: All documents are in the \Docs folder of your Falcon BMS installation.
Corrected: All documents (except BMS Device Setup Guide) are in the \Docs folder of your Falcon BMS installation.p.2
Original: Or just click on ‘Documentation and Manuals’ on the Launcher.
Corrected: You can navigate to this folder with Windows Explorer or just by clicking “Open Docs Folder” button in the Launcher.
Reason: made this sentence connect with the prevous onep.2
In bullet VR/TRACK IR/VOICE PROGRAMS:
Original:
(\Docs\01 Input Devises\04 VR)
(\Docs\01 Input Devises\05 TRACKIR)
(\Docs\01 Input Devises\06 Voice Programs)Corrected:
(\Docs\01 Input Devices\04 VR Guide)
(\Docs\01 Input Devices\05 Track IR)
(\Docs\01 Input Devices\06 Voice Programs)Reason: incorrect folder names
p.3
Original: Learning to fly a study sim is a steep curve but rewarding curve.
Corrected: Learning to fly a study sim is a steep curve, but a rewarding one.
Reason: corrected punctuation and removed repetition of “curve”.Also, consider the following alternative that makes the sentence stronger. I think we should not be trying to make a general statement about all study sims here. After all this is a document about BMS - probably the first one that a new user reads, so let’s make it specific:
Alternative: Learning to fly Falcon BMS is a steep curve, but a rewarding one.p.3
Title of section 2.2
Original: Setup your devises
Corrected: Setup your devices
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just found another one.
Document: BMS-Training.pdf
Page: 13
Original sentence: “Note that all external lightning is implemented since 4.36”
Corrected sentence: “Note that all external lighting is implemented since 4.36”cheers
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Document: TO 1F-16CM/AM-1 BMS
Page: section 1.5, page 25
Error - The number-keyed diagram for the left console has two instances of 22.
Correction - At the location of the manual pitch override switch, change 22 to 24.Page: section 39.4, page 348
Omission - Acronym NVIS is not listed.
Correction - Add definition of NVIS (night vision?) to glossary.GC
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Document: BMS-VR-Guide.pdf
Page: 2Original sentence: 1. If your VR headset requires to set an runtime option in the headset software, make sure it is linked to Stream VR
Corrected sentence: 1. If you have OpenComposite installed, use the OpenComposite launcher to set the OpenVR runtime to SteamVR.
Notes: The documentation includes a screenshot of PimaxXR. This tool - along with OpenXR Tools for Windows Mixed Reality and the Oculus settings - only change which OpenXR runtime is used, not which OpenVR runtime is used.
These tools can only switch between:
- BMS -[openvr]- > OpenComposite -[openxr] -> PimaxXR -> Pimax drivers
- BMS -[openvr] -> OpenComposite -[openxr] -> SteamVR -> PimaxDrivers
OpenComposite is not compatible with BMS at all due to the use of the overlay app type, so you want:
- BMS -[openvr] -> SteamVR
This requires that SteamVR is set as the OpenVR runtime - not that SteamVR is used as OpenComposite’s backend - so you need to set this through the OpenComposite launcher, not any vendor-specific tools.
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Document: BMS Technical Manual ver. 4.36.2
Page: 27
Original sentence: “Sets the time in minutes before Takeoff time players will join 3D.”Corrected sentence: “Sets the time in minutes players have before Takeoff when launching 3D.”
Page: 31
Original sentence: “Activates (1) activates experimental support for native Tacview .zip.acmi format. It saves ACMI files in a new format ‘<timestamp>.zip.acmi’. Option (2) reverts to old .vhs ACMI format.”Corrected sentence: “Set to 1 activates experimental support for native Tacview.zip.acmi format. It saves ACMI files in a new ‘<timestamp>.zip.acmi’ format . Setting 2 reverts to old ‘.vhs’ ACMI format.”
Remarks:
- Original first sentence has ‘activates’ twice.
- In original first sentence, there is a space between ‘Tacview’ and ‘.zip.acmi’
- The entire paragraph needs to be formatted/ justified to match previous entries.
Bonus: In the 4.37 Changelog, under the General list of affected assets:
Original sentence: “Features added that make XML files incompable”
Corrected sentence: “Features added that make XML files incompatible”
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page 60: line break necessary after “…than 18,000 pph for 30 seconds.”
page 128: 1. Power switch (3 positions) - OFF, Standby (STBY), Operate (OPR) - > standby position not implemented
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34 Dash 1
Page 101 numbering starts from 3:
"The following applies to the initiation and verification of a successful data link transmission round:
3. Verify data link mode DMD or ASGN is displayed next to OSB 6 on the A-A FCR. Press OSB 6 if necessary to cycle through
the modes."Could be mistaken for missing steps/pages
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Document: BMS-Training.pdf
Page: 47
Original sentence: AKEOFF OPTION: …
Corrected sentence: TAKEOFF OPTION: … -
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BMS User Manual.pdf:
Page 9, last line:
Original: \Docs\01 Input Devises\04 VR Guide
Corrected: \Docs\01 Input Devices\04 VR GuidePage 211:
Original: New formation “stack up” / “level” / “stack down” / “God Deck” commands”
Corrected: New formation commands: “stack up” / “level” / “stack down” / “go deck” -
BMS Technical Manual:
Page 139:
Original: So the first device has the IDs 0 – 31
Corrected: So the first device has the IDs 0 – 127
Remark: Perhaps also a note that this is dependent ong_nButtonsPerDevice
.Page 143, paragraph “Key assignments”: Should be changed and noted that using the launcher for assignments is the recommended approach.
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Document: BMS-Training.pdf
Page: 109
Original sentence: he engine …
Corrected sentence: The engine: … -
BMS Training Manual 4.37
page 40
original: “If not, as in this example the diamond is displayed with an X through it at the edge of the HUD…”
corrected:" If not, unlike in this example, the diamond is displayed …" (rationale: the screenshot shows the diamond, not the X)page 307 (SA-6 section)
original: “NOTE: …that the SA-11 is highly mobile.”
corrected: “NOTE: …that the SA-6 is highly mobile.” -
Threat guide
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Ac = aircraft, or should it be in abbreviations list.
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At the bottom, the text is fading
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Hi!
Parking place numbers are misslabeled in the charts. I tested only at Seosan, but I think other ABs affected too. First picture from a rampstart. Second picture is after arrival. Ground control told me " Delta 03". I went on the red line, stops at yellow and watched where my wingman goes. The other two F-16 were parked already, so after my wingman stopped, it was clear where is my place.
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@hiuuz Have you read this post?
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/post/360901
Does that match your observation?Cheers
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@Wolfman Oh! I thought the game is OK (starting the sequence of parking numbers with zero seems strange to me), so I came straight here to “Documentation: Bug reports”. Didn’t see your post!
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Document: -1
Page: N/A (entire section was removed during reorganization)
Original sentence: N/A, entire AP switch/functionality was removed from the -1 in 4.37.
Corrected sentence: autopilot switch functionality section added back into the -1.Thank you for your support!
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Train Mission 6 ILS Bad Weather
The training manual refers to this variant:
The variant in the mission is a Block 52 which does not have the mode knob listed in the training manual.
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Unless I’m doing something wrong, I find the 4.37 documentation is inconsistent with the functionality of the ECM power switch. The documentation is likely right, but the switch appears to be modeled incorrectly. It behaves as a two-way switch, not three-way. Refer to Training Mission 1 (Ground Ops), the switch can’t be put into the middle position (STBY).
Document: TO BMS 1F-16CM/AM-34-1-1
Page: 128, section 2.8.2, item 1
Original sentence: “Power switch (3 positions) - OFF, Standby (STBY), Operate (OPR)”Document: BMS Training Manual
Page: 22, first paragraph
Original sentence: “4. Check the ECM panel and toggle the top left switch to STBY.”GC