Hi,
Here is a picture of the inside flap of the original Falcon 4.0 cardboard box and the rear of the box.
The box was two and half inches thick because it contained the huge manual and smaller booklets.
Hi,
Here is a picture of the inside flap of the original Falcon 4.0 cardboard box and the rear of the box.
The box was two and half inches thick because it contained the huge manual and smaller booklets.
Hi,
Falcon 4.0 was released 25 years ago on the 11th December 1998!
Happy birthday Falcon 4.0! 25 years and still the world’s greatest combat simulator thanks to the ongoing efforts of BMS!
(hope I am not pre-empting anything. It has been 11th December here in Australia for 20.5 hours)
Hi,
Here is a screenshot of the A10 cockpit from the unpublished Falcon: Operation Infinite Resolve from Simmersworld from Internet Archive
May 2002 screenshots of Falcon: Operation Infinite Resolve from an article on FrugalsWorld, that refers to it as “Falcon V”.
Operation Infinite Resolve was being developed by G2Interactive but was cancelled in March 2004 before release due to contract issues with Atari.
Features of F:OIR listed included:
· DirectX 8.1 compatibility with hardware acceleration
· “Fly mud-moving missions with the A-10 Warthog - down-and-dirty!”
· “New Korean theatre campaign scenarios – fly missions against global terrorist networks.”
· “Photo realistic F-16 and A-10 cockpit and avionics; immerse yourself in the power of flying the real thing!”
· 12 player multiplayer
The FrugalsWorld article is accessible in the archive.org Wayback Machine.
I appreciate this is an old thread, and F4TS is for outputs, but I thought this might be helpful information if someone ends up on this thread looking for joystick controllers.
Some of those cheap game control boards can be modified to have analogue inputs as well as the digital inputs. This instructable by limastraker shows show to connect axes to the controller:
https://www.instructables.com/Zero-Delay-USB-Encoder-True-Analog-Joystick-Modifi/
Hi. There is a great YouTube video on this by someone else, but providing some information to augment it.
After removing the four rubber screw covers and the screws on the back, the two halves of the PS3Eye are held together by three clips inside. You must apply significant force to break them if you can’t manage to locate and unclip them from the outside. This pic might help you to locate them:
If you do break them that is no problem because the four screws hold the back on ok themselves.
The IR filter that has to be removed is a small lens held in place by a ring of black plastic around it. I found it easy to cut it away with a scalpel and wouldn’t recommend the melting method shown in one video.
If you are having problems reconnecting the base, the base slides into a slot before being held in with the two screws.
The driver locations of the pre-payware driver include:
https://delanengineering.com/manual/
https://archive.org/details/CLEyeDriver5.3.0.0341Emuline
And there are these reported alternatives:
https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/wiki/PS3-Eye-open-driver-instructions
https://github.com/jkevin/PS3EyeDirectShow/releases/tag/1.0b2
https://zadig.akeo.ie/
Screenshot of the Microprose Falcon 4.0 website (www.falcon4.com) from 1999 post release. The site is accessible in the archive.org Wayback Machine.
@LorikEolmin Hi, I’m sorry, I didn’t realise. That would have been me.
Preview teaser videos that got me excited about Falcon releases:
Molnibalage’s amazing FreeFalcon 5 YouTube Preview movie:
Aeyes’s Free Falcon/Red Viper F/A18C Hornet Preview movie:
@greatcouloir said in FALCON 4.0 HISTORY - THE MUSEUM:
The dynamic art on the cover of the box and manual is Mixing it up at Nine G’s by Mark McCandlish.
GC
Hi. Thanks. The box says “Mixing it up at Nine Gs” is a painting by artist Mark McCandlish. Inspiration for the painting came when McCandlish was a media observer during an intercept training mission with the Arizona National Guard. “I had an opportunity to witness the F-16’s incredible agility. Unless the MiGs make the border in 30 seconds, then their chances of escape are zero.”
The Art of the Kill is included in the Falcon Collection release on GOG.COM with Falcon 4.0 (pdf of book and the video so get the Falcon Collection not just Falcon).
Art of the Kill was originally released by Spectrum HoloByte in 1993 in this pack and included:
the amazing 165 page book (with epic lesson quizzes as shown below),
VHS tape of Pete Bonanni dogfighting instruction,
the 1993 Spectrum HoloByte catalogue,
a card to claim a free six month subscription to Intercept magazine and claim a $20 gift certificate towards the purchase of Falcon 3.0 that was $79.95,
and a 3.5 inch floppy disk demo of Falcon 3.
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The 1993 catalogue includes an A10 Warthog Addon for Falcon 3 that never released including “theatres in Korea, Poland and Kuwait”:
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Falcon 4.0 Gold: Operation Infinite Resolve was an intended release of Falcon by Xicat Interactive and G2 interactive planned for November 2003 reportedly including attempted seizure of SP4 community mods according to Spyhawk’s Falcon Epopee Falcon 4.0 history. Media said “The update will include the latest graphical tricks, new textures, and even the A-10 Tank Buster”. The release was cancelled. This is the 2003 trailer. I found it in my F4 files (file dated 7 Nov 2003) and have uploaded it to YouTube. Posted this as I appreciate the amazing work by the BMS team to get BMS approved by Tommi/Retroism and accessible to everyone after a difficult history.
There is information about F4:OIR and the aborted Falcon 5 at Kamox’s archive that includes a treasure trove of information and dates about Falcon patches.
In 2008 it was possible to fly the F-111 including Aeyes’s F-111 cockpit and Mike Rivers’s RAAF skin using Free Falcon4:Red Viper modded Falcon 4.0. Tom Waelti had created HiTiles for Falcon 4 in 2003 to provide higher resolution terrain tiles for the Korean Theatre. RedViper appeared online in 2007 likely causing OpenFalcon to be leaked (Spyhawk’s F4 history).
Thanks to devs/modders that gave me opportunity to carpet bomb a column of armour with 12 x air-inflatable retarder bombs with the F-111 bomb truck in Red Viper and still have 6 x LGBs to drop (Australians affectionately call the F-111 “the pig”):
Aeyes’s F-111 2D cockpit:
I think the criticism here is unwarranted, unfair and discouraging someone who is providing an important alternative.
The $249 USD original Thrustmaster part that he is selling appears to include the circuit board. If you order the microstick from Thrustmaster you don’t get the board.
Removing an existing microstick from the double sided board and replacing it is difficult requiring good soldering skills and tools. It is a PITA. I know as I did it and botched it.
The original microstick has been end of life for years. Who knows how much longer they will be available from Thrustmaster.
The new custom made microstick he has for $199 USD, as far as I am aware the only alternative available to the Thrustmaster part. I am grateful for the work he’s done to provide this option including the board. It avoids soldering and provides a option when Thrustmaster end supply.
It is getting impractical to even get second hand Cougars for parts. I haven’t seen one on Australian Ebay since May 2018! (I have search alerts on them) and there were only two in the entirety of 2018.
I run three 19" 1280x1024 monitors with a Nvidia 1080. I just used “Configured Surround” in the Nvidia Control Panel to setup Eyeinfinity and set the resolution (3840x1024) in config screen in BMS. When BMS is in the menu it is single screen and when in 3D mode it goes to all three screens. I don’t run windowed mode. In my Falcon BMS.cfg I have FOV set as set g_fDefaultFOV 120
I haven’t had to do this, but I’ve seen in google (http://16thaccw.com/BBS/viewtopic.php?t=2188) that someone put set g_bAllowAllRefreshRates 1 in their FALCON BMS.CFG to see all resolutions available (page 162 of the BMS-Technical-Manual.pdf).
Fighter Sim Store on Facebook has just posted that they are selling a “Very limited TM microstick supply” for “$199/pcs”
“Product details
Very limited TM microstick supply
$199/pcs
1. TT in advance
2. NCNR (non-cancel, non-return)
3. shipping cost not included”
I saw this video on YouTube. The video isn’t in English unfortunately, but the video shows the process of using 3ddb to change aircraft models:
EDIT: Sorry. Wrong part as per soldano’s post.
Thanks soldano.
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Hi. I just saw some CTS 251B12T104A2NB potentiometers on Australian Ebay.
These are the X and Y potentiometers of the default Cougar gimbals (as according to Flyfoxy warranty parts list)
There are 8 available (sold in pairs?) currently. I am not associated with the seller. Just posting in case someone is looking for them.
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There’s a useful Youtube I’ve seen by someone who also made a bit of a mess of it
Hi. I think that is my video. Yes, I made a mess of it not correctly unsoldering the inner four pins and damaged the board. But managed to get it working.
There is someone on Facebook “Fighter Sim Store” that posted in March 2019 they are going to come out with a replacement that includes the board and CNC’ed hat.
As well as other “Cougar Salvation” parts including radio switch, antenna and range dials.
The Facebook site is:
https://www.facebook.com/Fighter-Sim-Store-253573885350911/
And this the picture that the Fighter Sim Facebook site posted:
I replaced a microstick in 2012 unsoldering the existing faulty stick from the double sided board. I had obtained a replacement from Guillemot through Canada ordering a "6000198, description “Double Pot 252A104B60NB (Microstick)” from [email protected]. It was a difficult repair and I made a mess of it damaging the PCB but managed to get it working. So getting a replacement with a board would be a great solution.
The datasheet of the now obsolete microstick part CTS series 252, part 252A104B60NB (Joystick, 2 - Axis Analog (Resistive) Output JOYSTICK 100K OHM 2 AXIS TH with centre switch) is available from:
https://www.digikey.com/products/en?keywords=252A104B60NB
I think the last available CTS microstick model with the matching specifications and button is this one but it has a different pin spacing that doesn’t match the existing PCB:
http://www.integrated-circuit.com/products-detail/254SA104B60B/EIS-1110850.html