Need installation help
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Hi, I am a new member and have Falcon 4 from Steam and would like to install BMS but am having trouble. I downloaded the installer but I don’t know how to run it. I have a screen capture included that shows what the files look like and I’m not sure what to do.
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It looks like the installer is still downloading in that screen shot. Did you get it working after it completed or still having trouble?
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I’d link my help thread but all the pics are currently down… +1 to what MorteSil said… looks like your files aren’t done downloading yet.
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Yes, it says it’s finished downloading. I tried opening them with windows explorer just to see, that’s why they have windows explorer icons.
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You need to redownload it then. The “partialdownload” filename means it didn’t download correctly. Choose one or the other, The link from eHaf OR the torrent. Then go from there.
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Yes, it says it’s finished downloading. I tried opening them with windows explorer just to see, that’s why they have windows explorer icons.
The Falcon_BMS_4.33_U1_Setup.zip file should be approx. 1.4GB’s. Is that what you have??
It needs to be extracted with either WinRar, Winzip, or 7Zip.
C9
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I click on the download link and it instantly says its finished then asks if I want to save or save as.
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That’s the torrent file. It needs to be opened in a torrent program to download the actual file. BitTorrent or uTorrent will work. Alternatively, right click the eHaf link and Save As, this will download the full install file as well, but you need to wait for it to finish before you try to open it.
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Okay, I downloaded BitTorrent and it’s downloading the 4.33 now.
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Beware that the file(s) that the torrent software creates to download will start the entire download size but those will be empty bytes filled in by the program as it runs. Make sure the torrent package is 100% complete by looking at your Torrent client. You will not be able to tell by looking at the file size.
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Okay, I downloaded BitTorrent and it’s downloading the 4.33 now.
Please let us know if/when you get it all working.
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Thank you for everyone’s help. I have Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 up and running! However (sorry to be a pain here) I seem to be having trouble installing the U2 and U3 files I go through the steps and end up where it says: Completed! Running the BMS program setup now and the only option is to close and if I leave it open it just stays there. I’ll post the pics in showing the steps and the game install location in local disk C. What do these updates do anyway? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Launch the Sim and look in the bottom right corner of the screen, it will tell you what version is installed…it’ll say 4.33.1,4.33.2 or 4.33.3. And just in case you want to reinstall the sim from scratch…the best way i’ve found to get all the updates installed is to put the U2 & U3 updates inside the Falcon BMS Set-Up folder…this way when you run the set up exe, The sim will automatically see the updates…And then all you have to do is hit Next
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Launch the Sim and look in the bottom right corner of the screen, it will tell you what version is installed…it’ll say 4.33.1,4.33.2 or 4.33.3. And just in case you want to reinstall the sim from scratch…the best way i’ve found to get all the updates installed is to put the U2 & U3 updates inside the Falcon BMS Set-Up folder…this way when you run the set up exe, The sim will automatically see the updates…And then all you have to do is hit Next
Sorry Tass but that is not correct. It must be directed to the Drive or Folder “Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup” was extracted to original.
If you used the default location then you just continue with that location for the patches, there is no do anything but click “Yes”, “Understood” & “Install”
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It is correct…I’ve done it…on more than a few occasions…Don’t put the updates in the same folder as the set up.exe as your picture shows, That’s my fault for not explaining it correctly in my earlier post. Put them in the Falcon_BMS_4.33_U1_Setup Root folder so it looks like this…
Falcon_BMS_4.33_U1_Setup
Falcon_BMS_4.33_U2_Incremental
Falcon_BMS_4.33_U3_Incrementalnow run set-up…it will see the updates.
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There is a common misunderstanding how BMS installer and patches work. It is usual to think of installing a game with patches like this: I install the game and then I apply the patches to the installed game. BMS is different. With BMS the patch does not update the game but it updates the installer instead. Then the updated installer can patch the game or install the higher version directly if it is not already installed. And so a typical BMS installation might go like this:
1. Download BMS and 100 patches.
2. Extract BMS installer 4.X into folder.
3. Extract 1, 2, 3, …100 patches into installer folder.
4. Run BMS installer and install version 4.X Update 100.
5. Wait 2-3 weeks for Update 101.
6. Download Update 101.
7. Extract Update 101 files into BMS installer folder.
8. Run BMS installer to update BMS installation to 4.X Update 101.What Falcon_BMS_4.33_U2_Incremental.exe is is simply a zip container for 4.33_Update_2_Part_1.bsf file (and maybe 1 or 2 others) which does into \Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup\data\ folder so next time BMS Installer is run it has more data to work with either to install a later version the first time or patch an existing install. If you had 4.33U1 installed and wanted to patch to U2 you would extract the 4.33_Update_2_Part_1.bsf file (and I guess local.ver) from the Falcon_BMS_4.33_U2_Incremental.exe package into the BMS Installer folder (e.g. C:…\Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup\data\4.33_Update_2_Part_1.bsf. After the .bsf file is in place the next time the BMS Installer is run it will detect this new .bsf file and recognize that BMS installation can be upgraded with this new data.
So it is easy to check if your BMS Installer is on the latest version. You just have to check if files:
4.33_Update_1_Base_Part_1.bsf
4.33_Update_1_Base_Part_2.bsf
4.33_Update_1_Base_Part_3.bsf
4.33_Update_1_Base_Part_4.bsf
4.33_Update_2_Part_1.bsf
4.33_Update_3_Part_1.bsf
are present in C:…\Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup\data\If they are, run BMS installer again. It will show new “Product Updates” in the Downloaded side of the screen but not in Currently installed. Click checkboxes to enable and press next to allow BMS Installer to patch game. Next time BMS is run it should say FALCON BMS 4.33.3 (x64) BUILD 16068 in corner.
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It is correct…I’ve done it…on more than a few occasions…Don’t put the updates in the same folder as the set up.exe as your picture shows, That’s my fault for not explaining it correctly in my earlier post. Put them in the Falcon_BMS_4.33_U1_Setup Root folder so it looks like this…
Falcon_BMS_4.33_U1_Setup
Falcon_BMS_4.33_U2_Incremental
Falcon_BMS_4.33_U3_Incrementalnow run set-up…it will see the updates.
No, the Incrementals need to be “run” one at a time. Making shore they are extracting (installing) to the location of BMS Setup folder.
Once that is done then run setup.Please take note of the difference between “extracting” , “updating” & “installing”
PS: Fred goes into more detail,
Added (installing) where I had typed “extracting”
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No…they do not have to be installed one at a time…here’s me reinstalling BMS right now on video…As you will plainly see…i never run any of the incremental updates before installing Falcon, I just have them in the Root Falcon BMS Setup folder. They will be seen and verified and installed.
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No…they do not have to be installed one at a time…here’s me reinstalling BMS right now on video…As you will plainly see…i never run any of the incremental updates before installing Falcon, I just have them in the Root Falcon BMS Setup folder. They will be seen and verified and installed.
This is correct, as long as they are in the originally created setup folder with the base Setup you’re good to go. The Setup will install everything, i.e., all updates contained within.
C9
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THANK YOU Cloud…Been trying to explain this to this guy…But he doesn’t get it