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    • slei
      slei last edited by

      i was trying to install bms on usb drive, but it says i cant install on that drive.

      i can install anygames and even programs on my drive but bms.

      can anyone help me here?

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      • Arty
        Arty last edited by

        I have it.
        I installed it on šŸ˜„ then moved it to usb disk. Opened the registry and changed the drive letter.
        I mostly use it for secondary works, like edit TE’sor run WDP or for F4AWACS never for flying.
        If u want it for flying better be USB 3.0

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        • slei
          slei @Arty last edited by

          oh wait a second. you went way ahead of me.

          would you please explain more detail about ā€œOpened the registry and changed the drive letterā€?

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          • Earlybite
            Earlybite @slei last edited by

            @slei:

            oh wait a second. you wend way ahead of me.

            would you please explain more detail about ā€œOpened the registry and changed the drive letterā€?

            If you have already installed BMS:
            First beware of any changing in the registry. If you never done it before take care!

            Open the registry of your windows: menu > search > type in ā€˜regedit’ (IIRC - I’m on a linux)…
            Search the registry for BMS, or C:\Falcon BMS 4.32, or such…
            Have a look at each value of each entry, if there is a value like C:\Falcon BMS 4.32, then you can change C:\ into the drive letter of your stick.

            If you want to install:
            If you were asked for the path, where BMS shall be installed you can take the default path and only changing C:\ into the drive letter of your stick.

            Again:
            Take care editing the windows registry!

            If you are not sure editing the windows registry I think it would be better first to uninstall the existing install of BMS and reinstall it.

            Earlybite

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            • Arty
              Arty @Earlybite last edited by

              As I replied to your PM:

              open registry (regedit)

              go to

              HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.32

              In case u don’t have win7 64 bit search for Benchmark Sims but it should be on:
              HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.32

              there u will find

              ā€œbaseDirā€=ā€œC:\Falcon BMS 4.32ā€

              change it to your usb drive letter, and folder name if u want different folder also.

              Ready.

              Reboot.

              Additionally

              this registry part u can export it with right click on the Left pane on the parent record where it says

              HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Benchmark Sims

              so right click on Benchmark Sims and select export. Give it a name and save it.

              U might want to do the same with the

              HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\F4Patch

              In case u made changes in the configuration of Falcon.

              So right click on F4Patch and select export. Give it a name and save it.

              transfer those files to your USB drive.

              Now on another pc just plug your USB drive, go to the folder where u have those registry exported files. Right click on one and select merge. It will give u a message click ok. Do the same for the second one. In case the drive letter is different change it. Ready.

              Have in mind the difference between 32bit and 64bit.

              If u export from 64bit and go to 32bit it will not work as is. U must edit the registry exported file with notepad and make the change. Also the same viceversa like from 32bit to 64bit.

              Example of 64bit exported registry key of Benchmark Sims:

              Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
              
              [color][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE[B]\Wow6432Node\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.32][/color]
              "baseDir"="C:\\Falcon BMS 4.32"
              "curTheater"="Korea"
              "PilotName"=hex:4a,6f,65,20,50,69,6c,6f,74,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
              "PilotCallsign"=hex:56,69,70,65,72,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
              "curPlatform"=dword:00000000
              "initData"=hex:34,3a,33,70,4f,48,04,02,05,25,5c,33,46,34,14,59,38,4b,3f,5a,28,\
                6e,0f,63,00,6f,01,21,48,3b,1b,62,ed,33,41,61,66,68,7e,2a,1f,04,2e,20,38,5b,\
                34,5a,7a,13,60,40,39,56,23,51,71,3c,5d,2e,5a,3f,4d,0b,6a,06,65,0a,07,8c,e5,\
                96,f7,fc,e7,eb,99,b9,f4,95,e6,92,f7,85,c3,a2,ce,ad,c2,ac,8c,e5,96,b6,cf,a0,\
                d5,a7,87,ca,ab,d8,ac,c9,1e,f8,99,f5,d7,ca,d0,89,e0,93,b3,ca,a5,d0,a2,82,cf,\
                ae,dd,a9,cc,be,f8,99,f5,96,f9,97,b7,de,ad,8d,f4,9b,ee,9c,8e,88,e9,9a,a4,ae,\
                b9,df,ee,eb,e4,e4,fe,de,b7,c4,e4,9d,f2,87,f5,d5,98,f9,8a,fe,9b,e9,af,ce,a2,\
                c1,ae,c0,e0,89,dd,c5,bc,d3,e7,e7,b3,87,e6,95,e1,84,f6,b0,d1,bd,de,b1,df,ff,\
                96,e5,c5,bc,d3,a6,d4,f4,b9,d8,ab,df,ba,c8,8e,ef,d2,80,ef,81,eb,ed,fb,fb,d2,\
                d4,cd,d0,84,c9,a8,db,af,ca,b8,fe,9f,f3,90,ff,91,b1,d8,ab,8b,f2,9d,e8,9a,ba,\
                f7,96,64,39,5c,2e,22,2c,25,66,59,5e,12,14,13,33,4a,25,50,22,02,4f,2e,5d,29,\
                4c,3e,78,19,75,16,79,17,37,5e,2d,0d,74,0b,59,2b,0b,0c,02,14,40,75,6e,44,4a,\
                52,31,5e,30,10,79,0a,2a,53,3c,49,3b,1b,56,37,44,30,55,27,61,00,6c,0f,60,1e,\
                19,70,03,69,7f,75,20,02,4b,6a,64,63,17,72,00,46,27,4b,28,47,29,09,60,13,33,\
                4a,25,50,22,02,4f,2e,5d,29,4c,2e,4f,2e,42,60,7d,67,3e,57,24,04,7d,12,67,15,\
                35,78,19,6a,1e,7b,09,4f,2e,42,21,4e,20,00,69,1a,3a,43,2c,59,2b,1b,71,10,63,\
                56,41,47,78,19,75,16,79,17,37,5e,2d,0d,74,1b,6e,1c,3c,71,10,63,17,72,00,46,\
                27,4b,28,47,29,09,60,03,04,7d,12,67,15,35,78
              
              

              For 32bit I would do it:

              Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
              
              [color][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.32][/color]
              "baseDir"="C:\\Falcon BMS 4.32"
              "curTheater"="Korea"
              "PilotName"=hex:4a,6f,65,20,50,69,6c,6f,74,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
              "PilotCallsign"=hex:56,69,70,65,72,00,00,00,00,00,00,00
              "curPlatform"=dword:00000000
              "initData"=hex:34,3a,33,70,4f,48,04,02,05,25,5c,33,46,34,14,59,38,4b,3f,5a,28,\
                6e,0f,63,00,6f,01,21,48,3b,1b,62,ed,33,41,61,66,68,7e,2a,1f,04,2e,20,38,5b,\
                34,5a,7a,13,60,40,39,56,23,51,71,3c,5d,2e,5a,3f,4d,0b,6a,06,65,0a,07,8c,e5,\
                96,f7,fc,e7,eb,99,b9,f4,95,e6,92,f7,85,c3,a2,ce,ad,c2,ac,8c,e5,96,b6,cf,a0,\
                d5,a7,87,ca,ab,d8,ac,c9,1e,f8,99,f5,d7,ca,d0,89,e0,93,b3,ca,a5,d0,a2,82,cf,\
                ae,dd,a9,cc,be,f8,99,f5,96,f9,97,b7,de,ad,8d,f4,9b,ee,9c,8e,88,e9,9a,a4,ae,\
                b9,df,ee,eb,e4,e4,fe,de,b7,c4,e4,9d,f2,87,f5,d5,98,f9,8a,fe,9b,e9,af,ce,a2,\
                c1,ae,c0,e0,89,dd,c5,bc,d3,e7,e7,b3,87,e6,95,e1,84,f6,b0,d1,bd,de,b1,df,ff,\
                96,e5,c5,bc,d3,a6,d4,f4,b9,d8,ab,df,ba,c8,8e,ef,d2,80,ef,81,eb,ed,fb,fb,d2,\
                d4,cd,d0,84,c9,a8,db,af,ca,b8,fe,9f,f3,90,ff,91,b1,d8,ab,8b,f2,9d,e8,9a,ba,\
                f7,96,64,39,5c,2e,22,2c,25,66,59,5e,12,14,13,33,4a,25,50,22,02,4f,2e,5d,29,\
                4c,3e,78,19,75,16,79,17,37,5e,2d,0d,74,0b,59,2b,0b,0c,02,14,40,75,6e,44,4a,\
                52,31,5e,30,10,79,0a,2a,53,3c,49,3b,1b,56,37,44,30,55,27,61,00,6c,0f,60,1e,\
                19,70,03,69,7f,75,20,02,4b,6a,64,63,17,72,00,46,27,4b,28,47,29,09,60,13,33,\
                4a,25,50,22,02,4f,2e,5d,29,4c,2e,4f,2e,42,60,7d,67,3e,57,24,04,7d,12,67,15,\
                35,78,19,6a,1e,7b,09,4f,2e,42,21,4e,20,00,69,1a,3a,43,2c,59,2b,1b,71,10,63,\
                56,41,47,78,19,75,16,79,17,37,5e,2d,0d,74,1b,6e,1c,3c,71,10,63,17,72,00,46,\
                27,4b,28,47,29,09,60,03,04,7d,12,67,15,35,78
              
              

              Now exporting those keys and having a copy or zipping your Falcon Folder is the best way to have the best and quickest backup restore ever.

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              i7-2600K @ 4.8 Ghz WaterCooled / 16GB Ram. 128GB SSD/1TB HDD / GTX980Ti 6GB DDR5 / HOTAS COUGAR. TrackIR 4 / 3x24" Mon. & SoftTH. (res:5760x1200) / Cougar MFD's / Wheel Pedals / Win 10 64 bit.

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              • slei
                slei @Arty last edited by

                it does work perfectly fine! i installed bms on my sdxc card and it is really fast enough to play. just bit slower on loading part!

                and when i uninstall bms, i just simply delete the folders on usb and registry on system right?

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                • Arty
                  Arty @slei last edited by

                  yeap and u are clear…

                  Glad it worked…

                  Running from memory card… Meeercy… oh those youngsters… :lol:

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                  System Specs:

                  i7-2600K @ 4.8 Ghz WaterCooled / 16GB Ram. 128GB SSD/1TB HDD / GTX980Ti 6GB DDR5 / HOTAS COUGAR. TrackIR 4 / 3x24" Mon. & SoftTH. (res:5760x1200) / Cougar MFD's / Wheel Pedals / Win 10 64 bit.

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                  • slei
                    slei @Arty last edited by

                    I really appreciate your help! i don’t know how to thank more than words! lol

                    just bit worry about my sdxc’s life span and wonder that my macbook can handle graphic parts of bms with integrated graphic card hahaha

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                    • Arty
                      Arty @slei last edited by

                      Well the thanx in our community IMO mostly is when a helped member helps another member to retain the continuity of the chain through all those Falcon years. The thanx will be when we that where helped when we will put down our guns to see the continuation flow unchanged and with same passion.

                      //Thus say Robin Hood.

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                      i7-2600K @ 4.8 Ghz WaterCooled / 16GB Ram. 128GB SSD/1TB HDD / GTX980Ti 6GB DDR5 / HOTAS COUGAR. TrackIR 4 / 3x24" Mon. & SoftTH. (res:5760x1200) / Cougar MFD's / Wheel Pedals / Win 10 64 bit.

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                      • slei
                        slei @Arty last edited by

                        i know some people dont even say thanks and even delete the post after answering the question. i hope this community lasts long!

                        btw, if someone use ssd and dont have enough space to install bms, you all should try this method which taught by Arty.

                        my sdxc generally runs by 90 on reading and 60 for writing, but it runs fast enough to compete with ssd! i feel like loading part is faster than ssd lol

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                        • crosssyl
                          crosssyl @slei last edited by

                          Arty, do you know if this method is also valid in BMS 4.33 version?

                          Thanks in advance for your help!

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