@Harlequin:

If you can’t be bothered to spend 5 minutes looking through a manual don’t be surprised that no one is interested in spending 5 minutes to spoon-feed you.

You miss my point! Some newbies might not have the first clue where to start looking! You have to remember some people might be totally new to combat flight sim altogether!

While I don’t disagree with you - some effort should be expended on the OP’s part - some consideration needs to be given the OP’s status also. Some people might not have any idea what a Sniper pod is (as an example). All I am saying here is we cannot just assume people are too lazy, and want to be spoon-fed. Some people might need a little more help than others, that’s all. For sure, some will be too lazy and that’s it, but they will soon be sussed and treated appropriately - this I have no issue with.

@Amraam:

Yep, but if we need to copy paste two pages of details that are already in the manual, do you imagine the time waste?

Perhaps what is needed is an in-between, where all the training info can be summarised in a sticky thread. Give the newbie the bare bones info, with a reference to the relevant page number of the relevant manual at the end of the post? A Nuggets Guide, similar to as was in the F4 forum at Frugals all those years back.

Agree it means a fair bit of work to begin with, but if all the community chipped in with their own little bit of expertise, it wouldn’t take too long before it grew into a useful online resource.

After that, if newbie still asked questions, RTFM (and more besides) would be much more relevant…

@I-Hawk:

Yes because the manuals have all the answers you need. If you took the time to read the Sniper section then you will know that you needed to switch laser to combat in order to guide LGBs.

With respect, once upon a time, an internet forum was regarded as an excellent source of information too. Especially one dedicated to the subject matter, as this one is. “RTFM”, especially for someone who is new to the subject, can and very often does come across a less than helpful, and even downright rude.

Sorry, I don’t have time to check this entire thread… Has anyone reported Steerpoint Auto Increment still not working properly? I seem to recall from ages ago it should inc when with 2 miles, but it still needs to you to be on top of the steerpoint before it does. I also recall this was to be addressed. Apologies if my info is incorrect.

Hi,

I have had the same, after ejecting from a burning plane…

================================== CRASHLOG =====================================
Falcon BMS.exe caused an EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION in:
000000000495A31B Falcon BMS.exe, VuMessageQueue::PostVuMessage()+155 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\vu2\src\vuevent.cpp, line 529+9 byte(s)
Exception handler called in UnhandledExceptionHandler.
Read from location 00000000ffffffff caused an access violation.
Bytes at CS:RIP: FF 50 38 48 85 FF 74 2B 8B 0D 8B AF DE 07 39 4B 

Registers:
RAX=0x0000000004b50092  RBX=0x0000000073778d60  RCX=0x0000000073778d60  RDX=0x000000007976bc10
RSI=0x0000000000000001  RDI=0x000000007976bc10  RBP=0x0000000000000000  RSP=0x00000000243ffab0
RIP=0x000000000495a31b  FLG=0x0000000000010202  
 R8=0x0000000000009ae6   R9=0x0000000000000000  R10=0x0000000000000000  R11=0x505f6e500048000f
R12=0x0000000000000004  R13=0x0000000000000001  R14=0x000000007a660e80  R15=0x000000000000003e
CS=0x0033  DS=0x002B  SS=0x002B  ES=0x002B  FS=0x0053  GS=0x002B

Call Stack:
0033:000000000495A31B Falcon BMS.exe, VuMessageQueue::PostVuMessage()+155 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\vu2\src\vuevent.cpp, line 529+9 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000073778D60 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000038669910 0x0000000004A29481)
0033:00000000044BFEA4 Falcon BMS.exe, FalconSendMessage()+612 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\falclib\falcmesg.cpp, line 81, Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000001 0x0000000038669910 0x0000000032409170)
0033:0000000004596AEF Falcon BMS.exe, AircraftClass::Sleep()+1967 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\sim\aircraft\virtuals.cpp, line 459+31 byte(s), Parameters(0x000000007976BC10 0x000000007976BC10 0x00000000243FFDB0 0x0000000004B5EF88)
0033:0000000004815BE9 Falcon BMS.exe, SimBaseClass::SetRemoveFlag()+41 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\sim\simlib\simbase.cpp, line 476, Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000004B5EF88 0x0000000004B5EF88)
0033:00000000048162B5 Falcon BMS.exe, SimBaseClass::SetDead()+501 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\sim\simlib\simbase.cpp, line 632, Parameters(0x0000000004C23EA8 0x0000000004B5EF88 0x000000007AA12400 0x0000000000000000)
0033:00000000047ECBD1 Falcon BMS.exe, SimulationDriver::Exit()+209 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\sim\simdrive\simdrive.cpp, line 450, Parameters(0x0000000022AB6730 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000034DF29E0)
0033:00000000047ED89B Falcon BMS.exe, SimulationDriver::Cycle()+2907 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\sim\simdrive\simdrive.cpp, line 822, Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000043028001 0x0000000000000003 0x0000000001F2DE45)
0033:0000000004827E40 Falcon BMS.exe, SimulationLoopControl::Loop()+1408 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\sim\simloop\simloop.cpp, line 513, Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000022341080 0x00000000048278C0)
0033:00000000044B526D Falcon BMS.exe, ThreadUnhandledExceptionWrapper()+109 byte(s), d:\wip\bms\svn\source\releases-4.33\falclib\ehandler.cpp, line 1567+5 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)
0033:0000000004AA0F37 Falcon BMS.exe, _callthreadstartex()+23 byte(s), f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\startup\threadex.c, line 376+13 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000022341080 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)
0033:0000000004AA10DE Falcon BMS.exe, _threadstartex()+258 byte(s), f:\dd\vctools\crt\crtw32\startup\threadex.c, line 354+5 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)
0033:0000000077735A4D kernel32.dll, BaseThreadInitThunk()+13 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)
0033:000000007796B831 ntdll.dll, RtlUserThreadStart()+33 byte(s), Parameters(0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000 0x0000000000000000)

Top of Stack:
0x00000000243FFAB0: 0000000000000000 0000000000009AE6 0000000010CC9E90 0000000004A9E418 ................................
0x00000000243FFAD0: 0000000032409170 00000000044BFEA4 0000000073778D60 0000000000000000 [email protected].....`.ws............
0x00000000243FFAF0: 0000000038669910 0000000004A29481 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 0000000000000001 ..f8............................
0x00000000243FFB10: 000000003F800000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000004686417 ...?.....................dh.....
0x00000000243FFB30: 000000003F800000 0000000000000000 000000000000003E 000000007A660E80 ...?............>.........fz....
0x00000000243FFB50: 0000000000000000 0000000000000004 000000007976BC10 0000000004596AEF ..................vy.....jY.....
0x00000000243FFB70: 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000038669910 0000000032409170 [email protected]....
0x00000000243FFB90: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 0000000004B5EF88 0000000004C24060 0000000004B5EF88 ................`@..............
0x00000000243FFBB0: 0000000004B5FFE8 0000000004C23EA8 000000007976BC10 0000000004815BE9 .........>........vy.....[......
0x00000000243FFBD0: 000000007976BC10 000000007976BC10 00000000243FFDB0 0000000004B5EF88 ..vy......vy......?$............
0x00000000243FFBF0: 0000000000000000 0000000004C23EA8 0000000000000000 00000000048162B5 .........>...............b......
0x00000000243FFC10: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000004B5EF88 0000000004B5EF88 ................................
0x00000000243FFC30: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000047ECBD1 ..........................~.....
0x00000000243FFC50: 0000000004C23EA8 0000000004B5EF88 000000007AA12400 0000000000000000 .>...............$.z............
0x00000000243FFC70: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 0000000004B5EF88 000000002277B920 00000000243FFD18 ................ .w"......?$....
0x00000000243FFC90: 0000000022AB5A40 0000000034DEFAE0 0000000004C23EA8 00000000047ED89B @Z.".......4.....>........~.....
0x00000000243FFCB0: 0000000022AB6730 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000034DF29E0 0g.".....................).4....
0x00000000243FFCD0: 000000003F800000 0000000049F35CBB 00000000497A3837 00000000C6A5E07F ...?.....\.I....78zI............
0x00000000243FFCF0: 0000000004B5EF88 000000002277B920 0000000010AD0D50 0000000022AB6730 ........ .w"....P.......0g."....
0x00000000243FFD10: 0000000004C23EA8 0000000004B5EF88 000000002277B960 00000000243FFCF0 .>..............`.w"......?$....
0x00000000243FFD30: 0000000000000000 0000000004C23EA8 0000000004B5FFE8 000000002277B9A0 .........>................w"....
0x00000000243FFD50: 0000000000000000 0000000022ABA5D0 0000000004C23EA8 0000000004B5FFE8 ...........".....>..............
0x00000000243FFD70: 00000000350E17D0 0000000000000000 00000000734E9080 0000000000000000 ...5..............Ns............
0x00000000243FFD90: 0000000004C23EA8 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 .>..............................
0x00000000243FFDB0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ................................
0x00000000243FFDD0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ................................
0x00000000243FFDF0: 0000000000000000 000000000020E940 0000000000000004 0000000000000001 ........@. .....................
0x00000000243FFE10: 000000001A879520 0000000000000082 0000000000000082 0000000004827E40  .......................@~......
0x00000000243FFE30: 0000000000000000 0000000043028001 0000000000000003 0000000001F2DE45 ...........C............E.......
0x00000000243FFE50: FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFE 0000000004B5FFE8 00000000350E17D0 0000000000000000 ...................5............
0x00000000243FFE70: 0000000004C23EA8 0000000004AA13B5 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 .>..............................
0x00000000243FFE90: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000048278C0 00000000044B526D .................x......mRK.....
0x00000000243FFEB0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000022341080 00000000048278C0 ..................4".....x......
0x00000000243FFED0: 0000000000000000 00000000243FEC30 00000000243FEC30 0000000000000000 ........0.?$....0.?$............
0x00000000243FFEF0: 0000000022341080 0000000004AA0F37 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ..4"....7.......................
0x00000000243FFF10: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000004AA10DE ................................
0x00000000243FFF30: 0000000022341080 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ..4"............................
0x00000000243FFF50: 0000000000000000 0000000077735A4D 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ........MZsw....................
0x00000000243FFF70: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000007796B831 ........................1..w....
0x00000000243FFF90: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ................................
0x00000000243FFFB0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ................................
0x00000000243FFFD0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ................................
0x00000000243FFFF0: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000                                   ................

================================================================================
Object at RCX(0000000073778D60)
Data inaccessible

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Compiler Options:
_MSC_VER=1800  WINVER=0x502  _WIN32_WINNT=0x502  _WIN32_WINDOWS=0x502  
NTDDI_VERSION=0x5020000  _WIN32_IE=0x602  ANSI  _M_AMD64  _AMD64_  _WIN64  Release*  

System Information:
'C:\Falcon BMS 4.33\Bin\x64\Falcon BMS.exe', run by Administrator.
Error occurred at 11:31:56 on 2015-11-04.
Version: Falcon BMS 4.33.0 (x64) 14753
Game is Campaign type Local
Theater terrain path: 'C:\Falcon BMS 4.33\Data\Terrdata\korea'
Operating System: Windows 7 (6.1.7601) Platform 2 Service Pack 1.
Computer Name: Administrator-PC   Domain: WORKGROUP.
8 logical processor(s), type 8664.
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770K CPU @ 3.50GHz. GenuineIntel. Stepping: 3  Model: C  Family: 6.
GPU 0: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275\. Vendor: 4318\. Device: 1510\. SubSys: 292894786\. Revision: 161.
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275\. Vendor: 4318\. Device: 1510\. SubSys: 292894786\. Revision: 161.
26% memory in use:
     16338 MB physical memory
     11938 MB physical memory free
     32673 MB paging file
     26986 MB paging file free
   8388608 MB user address space
   8385803 MB user address space free

Module List:
C:\Program Files (x86)\NaturalPoint\TrackIR5\NPClient64.dll, loaded at 0x0000000002280000 - 13824 bytes - TimeDateStamp 0x        511085e3 - File date is 19:09:08 on 2013-02-04
C:\Falcon BMS 4.33\Bin\x64\Falcon BMS.exe, loaded at 0x0000000004470000 - 9171968 bytes - TimeDateStamp 0x        562b288d - File date is 06:43:28 on 2015-10-24
C:\Falcon BMS 4.33\Bin\x64\dbghelp.dll, loaded at 0x0000000073180000 - 1558912 bytes - TimeDateStamp 0x        4b673670 - File date is 10:33:04 on 2010-03-03
C:\Windows\system32\kernel32.dll, loaded at 0x0000000077720000 - 1164800 bytes - TimeDateStamp 0x        560a0093 - File date is 03:10:54 on 2015-09-29
C:\Windows\system32\USER32.dll, loaded at 0x0000000077840000 - 1008128 bytes - TimeDateStamp 0x        4ce7c9f1 - File date is 04:27:28 on 2010-11-20
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll, loaded at 0x0000000077940000 - 1730496 bytes - TimeDateStamp 0x        560a0083 - File date is 03:13:52 on 2015-09-29
C:\Windows\system32\PSAPI.DLL, loaded at 0x0000000077b00000 - 9216 bytes - TimeDateStamp 0x        4a5bc29d - File date is 01:41:54 on 2009-07-14

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@Geraki:

Please post download link for pdf in order ALL to have this ability regards

How about I email it to you, and you can post a download link to it?

PM me your email address and I will send you the instructions to do this as a PDF file. Use F4Browse for permanent changes.

I completed the poll. Is it now necessary to state my actual OS version also?

You would be better off, and probably more successful, looking for an INTEL 486-66 processor. This was the processor of choice for F3. Don’t settle for Cyrix or AMD or any other, compared to Intel they did not have the power.

Also, look for software called QEMM - Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager. This will make the 604K+ base memory allocation simple. Manipulating DOS back then was a total nightmare and could take the uninitiated hours of frustrated tweaking before hitting the magic number.