The boxes properties are 0
to everything. Completely empty file. which leads me to ask "How the heck was the box created if no download was taking place ???
Ill try the download again but I feel that I
m going to end up a raving lunatic`here.
The boxes properties are 0
to everything. Completely empty file. which leads me to ask "How the heck was the box created if no download was taking place ???
Ill try the download again but I feel that I
m going to end up a raving lunatic`here.
Like the people above has said pm them and get a real time installation process, you can and will install this sim. you will miss out otherwise. A Lancashire lad doesn’t give up that easy! SO COME ON. BTW put your specs on your sig please
You guys are making it hard for me to turn my back
on this, so…okay I`ll give it yet another go.
Actually I think I have finally realised where the problem lies. All along I have been downloading Falcon 4.0 from within Gogs Falcon Gold, and when selecting it in Falcon Golds
extrasIt has immediately started downloading [367 MB] without allowing any choices of location etc. When finished it tells me
Installation complete. A search then shows it as listed under C:\GOG Games\Falcon Gold. which does indeed show a box labelled falcon 4.0. I have been taking this as an indication that Falcon 4.0 IS ACTUALLY installed. I have only just discovered that actually selecting that box gets me a File empty
message. This says to me the file has not actually been installing and that [putting it mildly ] Ive been
a bit of a donkey` throughout all this. Well, I suppose I could use my age as an excuse here but I would still feel like the ancient idiot that I have probably been all along.
It seems all I need to know now, is how to get the downloaded file to actually install.
Bucaneer. :oops
SYSTEM- XP/Windows 7.[Dual boot] Processor 4 core 3.6 Ghz. Memory 8 GB . Hard drive 1Tb . Graphics ATI Radeon 6770 1024 Mb.
To each and every one of you good guys of BMS who have offered me so much help and advice regarding installation of Falcon 4.0.
I have followed just about every suggestion you have offered, and I continually get failure in one form or another. ie:- In trying to extract all from BMS Zip File [which my PC definitely shows as downloaded into C:\ PF\ My Doc`s\ etc etc]. I get “File is corrupt”, or “No file from which to extract”, or suchlike.
I now feel that either Im repeatedly making a stupid mistake somewhere, or it
s all a bit beyond me anyway. Whatever….Im sorry to say that I
ve had more than enough hassle with this now and I am finally giving up.
Sorry guys, but it simply remains for me to thank you all again for your genuine encouragement and support.
A really great forum this !!!
bucaneer.
@Red:
Bucaneer,
just report back whenever you’re ready and we’ll sort it out with you
Have reinstalled everything as follows:- GOG`s Falcon Collection viz:- Falcon [2MB], Falcon A.T. [2.6MB] Falcon Gold [707MB] all allowed to install by default to C:\Program Files\Galaxy Client\Games.
When downloading Falcon 4.0 from Falcon Gold, no indication or choice of location was given. End of download simply said " Falcon 4.0 367MB installation completed". Not finding Falcon 4.0 listed in my programs I went into search
which said it was installed into C:\GOG Games\ Falcon Gold. A different location to that of the Falcon Collection !!! Yes, there it is, quite a comprehensive file with a lot of content. However, finding noexe
file therein I didnt know what to do with it so I
ve just left it alone.
Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup zip [1.4 GB] from the forum I simply allowed to download into my docs/ downloads
, and extracted from it into same. Now when trying to run or start from the extracted setup file I am STILL getting " Falcon 4.0 needs to be installed on your system, please install".
I am now beginning to wonder whether perhaps I am a blundering old fool
after all, and does my problem lie in the locations of my downloads ???
Any advice would be much appreciated and if I fail this time then that will be the end of it. Im thinking that despite every ones encouragement perhaps it
s all proving a bit much for my ancient head
Bucaneer.
@Red:
Bucaneer,
just report back whenever you’re ready and we’ll sort it out with you
Decided to press on and get done with
.
Have uninstalled and reinstalled everything. GOGs Falcon Collection in its three parts. viz- Falcon [2.0 MB], Falcon A.T [2.6 MB] and Falcon Gold [707 MB]. All allowed to install by default into
C:\Program Files\Galaxy Client\Games`.
However, when downloading Falcon 4.0 from within Falcon Gold, no choice or indication of destination was given. At end of download it simply said Falcon 4.0 [367 MB] installation completed
Unable to find Falcon 4.0 listed in my programs I went into search
which showed Falcon 4.0 in C:\GOG Games\Falcon Gold. [different location to that of Falcon Collection
]. Yes, the file is there okay [quite a comprehensive file with lots of items] though I find no exe file
therein so I really don`t know what to do with it. Have just left it alone.
The Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 Setup zip 1.4 GB [from the Forum
] I simply allowed to download into my documents/downloads
and extracted all
into same.
When trying unsuccessfully to start game from extracted setup file I STILL GET " Falcon 4.0 must be installed on system. Please install".
I am now wondering if I am indeed a Blundering old fool
after all, and does my problem lie in the locations of my downloads ?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and if I fail to sort it
this time then that will be an end to it. It is perhaps getting beyond my aged head.
bucaneer.
sub101
I have decided to uninstall everything then download and reinstall again. In other words start again from scratch
.
Will let you know how I get on but will probably be a few days.
keep going Bucaneer it can be sorted, just give people all the info they need. where is falcon 4 installed. are the registry entries correct. it might mean removing these entries to completely start again.
sub101,
Ill have to try to find the answers to your questions but it won
t be til tomorrow now. I
WILL`get back to you.
Thanks
bucaneer.
@Cloud:
bucaneer,
What OS you on??
And do you know how to look at your registry??
C9
Im still using Windows XP [ like millions of Chinese so I
m told ].
No, I don`t really understand how or what to look for concerning my registry.
bucaneer.
Hello bucaneer!
I’ve cleared out some Inbox space again… I really should do some spring cleaning! Anyway, I’m glad you got the code and have installed the older Falcon games. However, you do not need any of them, you simply need to install Falcon 4.0 which is classed as an “extra” out of Falcon Gold. If you have the GoG Galaxy program installed, go to your library, click on Falcon Gold, then on the MORE dropdown menu, select Extra Downloads and you should see this:
If you click on Falcon 4.0, the program will download it and save it under \GalaxyClient\Games!Downloads\falcon_gold, and you can install Falcon 4.0 from there, I think. Not 100% sure as I’ve not done this myself just yet (still working on my sim pit). I just did this and ended up with a setup_falcon_4_2.0.0.1.exe file in that directory which is the installer for Falcon 4.0
Obviously, you will have to unzip the BMS installer before you are able to install BMS.
Hope that helps! Don’t worry about asking questions, and I can assure you that the GoG “gift” was not wasted! Any more problems just post here again (better than PMs) and I’m sure myself or someone from the community would be able to help.
I know I said I wouldn`t bother further, but in view of the above advice I feel I must tell of the results.
I followed the above advice implicitly and everything downloaded and installed exactly as detailed above. Everything shown as correctly installed on my system. However I am still stuck with the same problem as before. When selecting the extracted setup exe
I still get " Falcon 4.0 must be installed. Please install ". Again I can`t proceed further.
As stated, my system definitely shows Falcon.4.0
as ALREADY INSTALLED.
Further infowhich came up under
setup exeis :-
setup cfg is missingand
setup unable to create directory “C:\Documents and Settings\is-3NOSU.tmp” Error 5: Access denied.
This situation is driving me up the wall
. I`m just going to let it be for now and maybe think it over again in a while.
Already tried sending this as PM to Ice, but could not send because once again he has reached his PM limit and needs to create some space. You must be a busy guy Ice ! Anyway I can now only put it on Open Forum but really directed at Ice.
Ice, your code resulted in download and install of GOGs
Falcon Collection` which installed in three parts, namely Falcon, Falcon A.T, and Falcon Gold. My system shows them as definitely installed and in working order. I have actually checked them out for playability, not that they are in their antiquity actually worth playing in that form. Anyway they work !
However, Falcon BMS 4.33 U1 setup zip
will not set up with them. When I try to extract from the zip file I just get the message “Falcon 4.0 must be installed on your system. Please install.” I can then not proceed further, this despite that Gogs Falcon Collection is ALREADY INSTALLED. I have tried re downloading the
zip file but just get the same results. I
m now wondering if GOG`S Falcon Collection really is the required item ?
Ice, you are by now probably imagining a blundering old fool going round in ever diminishing circles and ending up you know where
. That really is not the case !
You are probably just as tired of this rigmarole as I am, and weve also wasted one of your gifts. So…..I really am giving up now. I
ll probably think about things for a day or two, then simply uninstall every thing and forget about it.
I will not bother you further Ice, and can only thank you for your kindness and efforts. Of course the same also applies to all others who tried to assist me with this
Regards
bucaneer.