Falcon BMS requires "original copy" after purchase

[Airmage]

The folder is separate. I made another folder in the Falcon install folder and installed it there.

[johku]

Have you checked this topic? It’s a complete guide how to install Falcon BMS (up to U3, but the procedure applies to all updates).

https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?31312-Starting-with-Falcon-4-BMS-4-33-Update-3

Note: in case you need to uninstall Falcon BMS, run its installer again and select “Remove products”.

[NIL]

Keep the original install untouched and the run the BMS installer. This installer will make it’s own folder were you will see only BMS related files. The BMS installer will look for the original Falcon version and when it has been identified it should run without any problem. Make sure when you are done that you keep the “Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup” folder, you will need it to make the updates (U2, U3, U4 and U5) work.

Hope this will help

[Airmage]

I know how to install it, but is sais i need original Falcon 4.0…after purchasing it yesterday from GoG.

[Hornet]

@Airmage:

The folder is separate. I made another folder in the Falcon install folder and installed it there.

Hi there,

Ok, I am still in doubt of your folder structure. In your first post you said, you installed BMS “over” the original Falcon 4.0 install. Now you said, you created a separate BMS subfolder within the orginal(?) installation folder.
if that means here is a common Folder “x:\…\MyFalconInstalls” with separate “.Falcon4.0” and “.FalconBMS” subfolders, this would seem ok to me. But if you installed BMS within the original installation folder (i.e. “x:\MyFalconInstalls\Falcon 4.0\FalconBMS”) you again might have defeated the BMS installation check by modifying the original Falcon 4.0 install - depending on how this check is implemented.

By following the mentioned guide you should be able to avoid such pitfalls.

Other than that, it would be worth checking the purchased and installed Falcon version. If it is the original Falcon 4.0, it should be possible to get you up and running.

Greets!

[Quasi_Stellar]

According to the screenshot he has not installed it in the Falcon folder. I’ve always let Falcon/BMS install directly onto the drive, without all the extra folder mumbo jumbo. My try that. May try running Falcon4 just once, and check again… grasps at straws…

[Easy]

I don’t see anything wrong on the screen provided. Check the guide jokhu linked to see if there is anything specific with the GoG version.

Most likely to fix, uninstall bms (or delete dir, make sure to back up any logbook and saves if you want to keep them) then run the registry tool:

https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?29456-Reinstall-Issue-quot-The-Registry-Issue-quot-U3

Then reinstall. You are not the first person to see this error, usually it means that something is wrong with paths/ (folder name switched, second install etc., leftovers after legacy install long time ago ) This registry cleaner will make sure that when you reinstall BMS, it will install cleanly. I don’t think you need to reinstall F4.0 just make sure you installed it correctly and the paths were never moved or renamed, however you can always go for it to rule out any issue there (of course before you reinstall BMS). good luck!

[Shadow]

@Airmage:

The folder is separate. I made another folder in the Falcon install folder and installed it there.

Is Falcon 4.0 installed ? It seems not !

I believe the “GOG” purchase includes a earlier Falcon Version and Falcon 4.0 installer is in a “extras” folder.

[TxMtb]

@Shadow:

Is Falcon 4.0 installed ? It seems not !

I believe the “GOG” purchase includes a earlier Falcon Version and Falcon 4.0 installer is in a “extras” folder.

Think Shadow is right, the COG version is Falcon Gold Collection and there’s an “extras section” that has the original Falcon 4.0 in it.
That’s the one that needs installed.

[Tiffy]

Look at this thread I wrote describing how to install GOG Falcon 4 and get BMS working.

[Quasi_Stellar]

OP is AWOL, and the flares at the LZ are fading…