A few questions about BFM, Cougar profiles, etc…
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Is it possible that I’m not seeing the right cockpit due to a possible issue with the BMS installation?
I did a fresh install of Falcon 4.0 from the original CD.
I then immediately installed BMS 4.32 using the default settings.
I haven’t changed anything of note in the configuration.I’m not seeing the HMCS panel. I’m going to call it Dave. Because Dave’s not here, man!
You didn’t need to install Falcon 4.0 at all - you just point the BMS installer to the exe - thats it.
Do you have a screen shot of the pit?
If you choose a Block 30 say you can turn the JHCMS knob but wont get the helmet display.
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Ah, got it. I was looking for the HMCS panel in the wrong location! Can’t even figure out why I didn’t see it earlier!
Since I’m using a PC that I’ve never previously used for any gaming, I did a full fresh install like it was a new machine. It went smoothly.
I at least found the HMCS panel and how to access it via the DED, but haven’t yet had a chance to really play with it.
My curiosity got me into some experimental edits to the aircraft models in the data directories. Boosting the thrust multiplier to 3.0 made for some interesting effects. Like…supercruise. Top speeds over 1250 knots. Topping out at over 85,000 feet. Definitely not realistic, but fun. Over 1100 knots, there’s a mild pitch oscillation that can be damped out by control inputs.
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Playing with F-16 data is something to be avoided.
Pick something else to play with.
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I backed up the file in question before doing anything. No harm can come of this, considering that the worst possible thing is to have to reinstall BMS.
It’s not like there’s real flight hardware at risk. If the jet explodes, I just hit the reset button. Big deal.
I don’t take flight simulations TOO seriously. It’s just a game of sorts.Although, I will say this: Dogfighting with a file modded like this one is truly cheating. Set the AI opponents to Ace level and you still will have a hard time losing. When you have so much power that you can spiral OUT starting at the bottom range of corner airspeed, and have to manage the throttle to keep from going too fast and losing turn radius, you are well and truly overpowered and outmatch everything else. It’s fun but the only thing it teaches you is how precious corner airspeed really is. And a death spiral really isn’t possible.
You feel like you’d expect to feel if the movie “The Final Countdown” had been about an hour longer than it was.
I suspect it’s like upgrading to an F-22 in terms of kinematics.
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If I was flying PvP (or even muiltiplayer) and you were on the other side (or my side)??
You have marked your self as some one who alters F-16 data. F-16 is a no no.
We once had a member who though highly of Himself as a Developer, He did a Modded campaign with F-22 in it.
I flew in opposition in Su-30 MKKs, I could out think them but could never get a radar lock, didn’t matter how close I got.
He thought the F-22 should have a smaller CSA (Radar “Cross Sectional Area”) when I checked He had reduced it by a factor of Ten.
With in 10 months He was banned from every respectable group in the Falcon world (for other modding activities). He had developed a habit of making bad choices and not knowing where to draw a line.
This is a small community, play safe, reputation is important, protect it.
Regards……Shad
PS: I play with Su-27/30s, My good friend Coco enjoys playing with the F-15 another Squad member MetelHead is working on the F-22, Its just that the F-16 is the core of this Sim we all enjoy and should remain sacrosanct.
And im not insinuating you have any intention to cheat.
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You have marked your self as some one who alters F-16 data. F-16 is a no no.
There is F-16 data which requires changing. How heavy are your LAU-117s, hmm?
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There is F-16 data which requires changing. How heavy are your LAU-117s, hmm?
Your still funny, Since when is a Mav launch rail F-16 FM data ?
Poor effort, try again
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Weight of the rail makes a pretty big difference to how the jet flies.
plenty of 16SXXX that need fixing too, and that is part of the jets FM.
Still, I guess Ill keep it in mind, that you have marked yourself as someone who reckons its okay to modify data so long as its not in the .dat file.
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Ya’ll want to take your pissing match elsewhere… I’m running out of popcorn.
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Here’s a refill. On the house.
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I’ll never use the modded file anywhere but in offline play. Playing around in private is one thing, cheating is quite another.