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    Micro_440th

    @Micro_440th

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    • News from the Docs team for 4.37.3

      Hi all!

      Besides the already known news from Seifer and Max about the data and code side of U3, I wanna give you a quick update on the docs and training mission world and what to expect for U3.

      Dash-34
      We reworked the complete - 34 during the past four month and we are already in the final phase of proofreading and finishing the layout. You can expect having finally a complete documentation about all BMS related Avionics and Non-Nuclear Weapon systems.

      Dash-1
      The -1 is now finished as well. Adding all emergency procedures which were missing till U2 completes another important part of the BMS docs catalog which goes together with the already published BMS checklists.

      Training Manual and Training Missions
      With U3 we will ship a new default training mission which main purpose it is to give users a better introduction of the IFF environment and how to use IFF in BMS. This goes together with the usual mission documention and some background information.
      As a side note: we will mention now more often certain sections of the - 34 to avoid double content and provide a better learning experience because the - 34 is now in a good shape.

      In addition, we are working on adding a better guideline for each training mission if cross-referencing to other BMS Docs is needed.

      New “Beginner Guide”
      The convertion of the BMS Docs since the 4.35 days is nearly completed. Another focus of the docs team is now to provide a new format to our new members who discover BMS the first time.
      The goal is to provide a better guideline for BMS newbies and how to use the BMS Docs Monster in the best possible way to achieve good and consistent learning results without getting lost.
      This guide will hopefully be shipped with U3 and will replace the existing “Welcome to the BMS Documention” file.

      Other
      We fixed as always most reported bugs and improved the BMS Threat Guide as well as the User Manual and some KTO charts.

      Stay tuned for U3 and enjoy BMS!

      posted in Documentation
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    • Falcon BMS - Interactive Maps

      Hi all!

      Yesterday we released the first version of the new interactive map for KTO, ITO and Balkans:
      https://maps.falcon-bms.com

      This map is developed together with our friend Tech from the 440th VFW. He was so kind to let us use his work.
      This map is WIP and will be further developed in the future with new features and will be optimized for hopefully all possible devises.

      Manual DOWNLOAD

      Features

      • Locate airports and navigation beacons and request their information by hovering over them
      • Move map, zoom in/out and measure distances on map
      • Mission.ini or Pilot.ini drag and drop to show route on map and more.
      • Full whiteboard collaboration using collaboration server
      • Save Whiteboard(.png) and restore with drag and drop
      • MIL-STD-2525D symbology
      • Weather import (fmap drop) for weather charts (Temperature, Doppler, Winds, Isobars)
      • Route Waypoint dialog (actions, heading, distance and duration updates, etc)
      • Computed Mission Flight Info, Mission Radio Frequencies and Mission Objectives
      • Show Lat/Long on map and x,y of image map
      • Aerodrome Weather Report (METAR) as tooltips and on route dialog (uses) fmap
      • Add notes on Whiteboard
      • Bullseye placement

      Known issues

      • iPhone TOS adjustments will zero the time fields so if untouched you get proper delta times towards landing.

      Changelog

      Update July 06th 2023

      • Public collaboration server available on www.falcon-bms.com
      • For connection info, please refer to section 2.5.1.2 of the Interactive Maps manual

      Update June 26th 2023

      • Download and Import GFS data and files
      • Save GFS data as .fmap
      • Added Map Laser pointer
      • Full whiteboard collaboration using collaboration server
      • Improved METAR with Haze weather type added
      • Fixed Map Legend location for Balkan and ITO ghost legend
      • Fixed Bullseye not scaling properly with zoom
      • Fixed Lat/Long coordinates scaler

      Update June 4th 2023

      • Added Calculated Playtime
      • Added Mission Package Flight Data inputs
      • Added Mission Datacard (Mission Briefing)
      • Added Weather Report (Weather Briefing)
      • Interactive Maps Documentation sections 3.4 changed and 3.5 added

      Update May 16th 2023

      • ADDED: Manual

      Update May 2nd 2023

      • ADDED: Performance optimizations (canvas refresh, ruler, mouse listeners )
      • ADDED: Improved network loading times
      • ADDED: Quick min/max zoom with Shift.
      • ADDED: Additional map filters for night mode and higher contrasts.
      • ADDED: Cloud Rendering for SCT, BKN and OVC.
      • ADDED: Adjust window size to new chart width x height ratio
      • ADDED: Whiteboard.png stacking (hold ShiftKey and drag and drop)
      • ADDED: Added more Symbology (For Air, Sea and Land)
      • ADDED: Multi version .fmap support (version 5, 8 )
      • FIXED: Draw Bullseye always on top

      Update April 4th 2023

      • Map Filter (Default or Greyscale)
      • Whiteboard full style control (color, line style, fill style, opacity and erase size)
      • MIL-STD-2525D Land Unit Symbology ( BMS used only)

      Update March 17th 2023

      • Draw Circles
      • Save / Restore Whiteboard

      Update February 18th 2023

      • Remember session last zoom level
      • Save preference settings in browser
      • Performance and Minor bug fixes (not always .fmap is available)
      • Airport popup UI changes
      • Update doppler radar with weather beam scan and occlusions
      • Updated Bingo calculation
      • Added METAR for airports in tooltip and route from .fmap

      Update January 29th 2023

      • Show x,y of image map and Lat/Long on map when enabled in Settings
      • Auto focus mission on Drop .ini file or <SHIFT> Compass button.
      • Bug fix for STPT number when radio data was not provided (Mission.ini)
      • Bug fix for Objectives list creating null object

      Update January 22th 2023

      • UI update default to map dragging after Settings and Route dialogs
      • Updated Route Dialog tab to show Track direction and distance to next waypoint
      • Added TOS and TAS to experiment with different TOS and Speeds during briefing to Route
      • Added Duration in minutes to more accurately determine the total flight time.
      • Duration defaults for Hold Pt. (4 min), CAP (15 min) Refuel (20)
      • Allow Altitude to be updated ( will be used in future updates for wind adjustments to GS)
      • Notes section added AWACS and Tanker callsigns for steer-points other than Land and Takeoff
      • Added Radio Tab for Route information with all UHF and VHF frequencies for presets
      • Added Mission Tab with computed Flight Data and Mission Objectives
      • Minor tweaks

      Computed Flight Data:

      • Total Distance (Sum of legs)
      • Duration (derived from Distance and Ground Speed)
      • Estimated Fuel (Based on Heuristic average Fuel Flow)
      • Computed Bingo (Based on Maximum distance from Home Plate and Fuel Flow Heuristics)

      Objectives Section:

      • Lists the Objectives from Steer-points 81 to 99
      • Uses Abbreviations to keep objectives text to max two lines per objective (e.g. Airbase = AB)

      Update January 3rd 2023

      • Updated charts for KTO, ITO, Balkans
      • Updated Navaids
      • Added EOR charts (KTO only)

      Update September 1st 2022

      • Added Zoom function

      Update August 27th 2022

      • Added drawing Straight Lines (Hold SHIFT with pencil mode)
      • Added PDF browser export of the whole map (use print function in your browser)
      • Performance Improvements
      • Fixed drag and drop file open issue for setting and waypoint dialogs

      Update August 20th 2022

      • Fixed Weather type increment when below freezing
      • Added Waypoint and Target info (Like Airports)
      • Added Waypoint Lat/Long info
      • Added Free whiteboard text capability

      Update August 11th 2022

      • Fixed doppler offset with the gradient filter
      • Fixed ruler (swaped the distance and heading in the measurement)

      Update August 10th 2022

      • Added ITO + Balkans theater
      • Route Waypoint dialog (step through waypoint actions, heading and distance).
      • .fmap Drop and processing
      • Weather charts (Temperature, Doppler, winds, Isobars)
      • Settings Dialog (Layer visibility, Chart selection, Unit selection and winds at altitude)
      • Map dragging as default mode.
      • Minor bug fixes

      Update July 26th 2022

      • Fix loading Pilot.ini
      • Set Bullseye to default for Theater
      • Draw Target Triangles for waypoint actions (e.g. Strike, Bomb, etc)

      Update July 24th 2022

      • Added new layers so Whiteboard/Ruler/Bullseye can be used in parallel correctly without deleting each other
      • Added “In use” button color
      • Added distance information between STPTs
      • Updated KTO 4.36.1 charts

      Update July 20th 2022

      • Added Bullseye function
      • Added 4 colors for whiteboard function

      Update July 19th 2022

      • Added whiteboard function

      Update July 15th 2022

      • Added mission.ini drag and drop function

      Update July 7th 2022

      • Fixes for Windows browsers (Chrome +Edge)
      • Landing page updated

      Enjoy!

      posted in Documentation
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    • RE: News from the Docs team for 4.37.3

      To all F-15C users:

      Yesterday we finished the first version of the F-15C manuals (-1, -34 and CL) which will come with U3. Like the F-15C in BMS, they are not complete yet but will reflect the current dev state.

      posted in Documentation
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    • FALCON BMS - As Real As It Gets - NEW SOUNDTRACK

      Hi all!

      I worked on this soundtrack from April 2020 - April 2021.
      This is my gift to the Falcon BMS community and I hope you enjoy what you hear.

      This soundtrack contains a lot of musical styles from Pop to Electronic to Metal.
      On some songs I tried to keep the flavour of the original Falcon 4.0 score.

      All of these songs are free to use for any cool Falcon BMS content you wanna produce in the future.

      YOUTUBE ALBUMSTREAM:

      ALBUM DOWNLOAD:

      Note: You find the BMS soundtrack in your BMS installation since 4.36 (/Docs/07 Wallpapers & Goodies/)

      DOWNLOAD 44,1kHz/16bit - WAV

      DOWNLOAD 44,1kHz/16bit - FLAC

      DOWNLOAD 320kbit/s - MP3

      No chatter versions:
      DOWNLOAD 44,1kHz/16bit - WAV

      BALKANS - Soundtrack


      DOWNLOAD 44,1kHz/16bit - WAV

      ITO - Soundtrack


      DOWNLOAD 44,1kHz/16bit - WAV

      Cheers and enjoy!
      Micro

      posted in Sounds
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    • RE: 4.37 Videos

      Happy 50th anniversary!

      Thank you @D3m1aN and @Mikyjax for the good work and support.

      posted in Screenshots & Videos
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    • RE: 4.36 Screenshots

      ITO 4.36

      2022-05-07_132443.png 2022-05-07_131804.png 2022-05-07_131357.png
      2022-05-07_125929.png

      posted in Screenshots & Videos
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    • F-16AM Walkaround (4k)

      Hi all!

      My visit in april 2023 in the Danish Flymuseum was very special because it was the second time for me that I saw an F-16 on the ground (the last time it was 2000 in Berlin).
      The special thing about this museum is that for most of their airplanes, you have no barriers at all.
      This is also the case for this shown F-16AM from the RDAF (Royal Danish Air Force).
      It was great to see all those details of the airplane and the displayed loadout (AIM-9J, GBU-12/24/31, PIDSU pylons, LAU Launchers, etc.).

      I can highly recommend to visit the Danish Flymuseum in Skyern if you are in the area: http://flymuseum.dk/

      Heres my video of that trip. Enjoy!

      posted in Screenshots & Videos
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    • Your screenshot for our Falcon BMS website and BMS install

      Hi community,

      we need new screenshots for our Falcon BMS website and the BMS installation.
      Please help us and post your screenshot here in this thread.

      Requirements:

      • Resolution: Full HD (1920 x 1080 px) or greater
      • No post editing and/or reshading
      • Make sure you switch off any text / infobar
      • Use the latest BMS 4.37 version
      • Possible theaters: KTO, Balkans, ITO
      • No mods, except JanHas models
      • Be creative. Every object and detail which is part of BMS can be used.
      • Please post your absolute BEST shots only, not all of them.

      As the content creator, you will remain the author but:

      a. The BMS Team will have full rights to alter fully or partially the work and distribute in the context of BMS
      b. Integration will always be at BMS Team discretion
      c. No privileges can be requested by the author to BMS Team nor does it mean that the author is part of it.
      d. No privileges for the author to recieve any credit in the end product.

      If you share your screenshot here, you agree automatically to our wording above.

      The deadline is january 17th 2024.
      We looking forward to your shots!

      Thank you!

      posted in Screenshots & Videos
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    • RE: 4.36 Screenshots

      alt text

      Credit: Arty

      posted in Screenshots & Videos
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    • RE: Shaping the docs for the future

      @Batman

      Sorry for being late. We had our yearly BMS LAN event going last week.

      Thank you for your input and interest in the docs. I appreciate that!

      The conversion from the „old“ RD docs is more or less finished with 4.37U3 after 27 month of many 1000 hours of work. As you mentioned with some example’s , there’s potential for improvement. I agree with that 100%. We will improve with the given input and future versions. As Max already said, we have plans for the future of the docs and our training environment.
      In general, I understand your opinion more in the direction of the need for improvement in the training portion of the BMS docs.

      Even if I don’t wanna talk to much about the past, I try to share my opinion (again) why we did things:

      The old -1 and 34 had no clear guideline and were unstructured. Some chapters of the old -1 had bad examples with mixed content of an training manual , -1, -34 and even the Navbook all together in one chapter.
      The dash -1 and -34 have the purpose to explain all systems and the F-16 itself. How you use those systems and flying techniques are NOT part of an technical manual. For that we have the training manual, the Navbook and of course: Learning from others.
      In addition, we weren’t allowed to use or modify the old -1 because his original author restricted us.
      In the end, we had no other chance then taking the approach we took.

      Please support us and write down your examples where you think the docs should improve in the U3 docs bugtracker. This way, we are able to monitor all issues and evolve to give you the best possible experience.

      Overall, the majority of the BMS community seems to enjoy the „new“ docs format. But we are always open to any feedback and thoughts.

      Cheers
      Micro

      posted in Documentation
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    Latest posts made by Micro_440th

    • RE: 4.37 Videos

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    • RE: Project Block 15 - F-16A Cockpit

      Cool mate! Nice project.
      So hurry up please. Would be awesome to have it in .38 🙂

      posted in 3D Models
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    • RE: Checklist for Quick reference 4.37

      @sasah320 I would like to you list in the next release if you dont mind. So we have one extended version and your version. Cool for you?

      posted in Documentation
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    • RE: Gibraltar Theatre for 4.37.8

      @AviationPlus Same for us. Maybe E-2 has a different range?

      posted in Spain
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    • Falcon BMS 4.37.7 Documentation Bug Reports

      Please provide 4.37.7 documentation bugs in the following “bug format”:

      Document:
      Page:
      Original sentence: “”
      Corrected sentence: “”

      Thank you for your support

      posted in Documentation
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    • RE: SOI - Selected Option Item

      @D_Lourdes said in SOI - Selected Option Item:

      Gents - noticed in the TO 1F-16CMAM-34-1-1 BMS.pdf#page=90/91, it states in 3 separate paragraphs the term SOI (Selected Option Item):
      “The Bump Range feature is available but can only be used when the HSD cursors
      are displayed, which happens when the HSD is the selected SOI (Selected Option Item).
      ”

      Is this acronym contradicting SOI which is defined in TO 1F-16CMAM-34-1-1 BMS.pdf#page=665:
      “SOI = Sensor Of Interest”?

      I fully realize it’s merely semantics, but could be confusing to ‘future new flyers’.

      Typo. Was possibly to late when I wrote it 😉

      Please post here again so it will be fixed in the future: https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/27476/falcon-bms-4-37-4-documentation-bug-reports/

      posted in Documentation
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    • RE: My weapons for Falcon BMS

      @MOPCKOE_DNISHE Fantastic work mate!

      posted in 3D Models
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    • RE: Where can I find exact runway ILS course

      @dcraig1

      Copy will check.

      posted in Theater Discussion
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    • RE: Where can I find exact runway ILS course

      @oakdesign

      Okay. This information would be helpful in his original request 🙂

      posted in Theater Discussion
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    • RE: Where can I find exact runway ILS course

      @janjan

      Make your life easy and use the charts. They are up to date. MC isn’t.

      posted in Theater Discussion
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