Falcon 4.0 It Lives!!

Darren555 · 17 Oct 2011 at 10:22

Some of the HDR effects are a bit overdone for my liking but otherwise it's seriously impressive. Free too!

Kosmiche · 17 Oct 2011 at 12:33

Want to download this but the download link on their forum seems to be down.

I found something called Falcon BMS 1.03 on a "website" but not sure if thats it, its about 60mb.

ak22 · 17 Oct 2011 at 13:24

I remember this game it had 250+ page manual such a beast of a game

this mod is very impressive looks much better

Indy500 · 17 Oct 2011 at 13:28

ak22 said:
I remember this game it had 250+ page manual such a beast of a game this mod is very impressive looks much better

600 pages, written by actual pilots too. The tactics they discuss in the manual are straight from USAF flight schools.

Swifty55 · 17 Oct 2011 at 14:23

Do you need another game to play this?

Any download links please?

ak22 · 17 Oct 2011 at 15:26

Swifty55 said:
Do you need another game to play this?

Any download links please?

Edit: You will be a copy of Falcon 4.0 should be able to get it under £10 and the BMS 4.32 mod

Nate--IRL-- · 17 Oct 2011 at 16:05

F4 - Allied force will not work, you need the original F4 for BMS 4.32

Nate

ak22 · 17 Oct 2011 at 16:10

Nate--IRL-- said:
F4 - Allied force will not work, you need the original F4 for BMS 4.32

Nate

Ah my bad i have edited the post

Amraam · 17 Oct 2011 at 18:08

Wow I never expected anyone on here to play it so I never posted. I am a LONG time Falcon pilot. Owned it since it came out which was in 98 or 99 I think. The new BMS 4.32 mod is an insane improvement.

If anyone wants to fly online give me a shout

I'll post up some screen shots when I get home.

http://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?5957-***-All-SCREEN-SHOTS-HERE-NOW!-***

Forget the fact that the graphics are not today's standards by far, but this was originally DX 6

The best feature of it, other than the insane level of detail and realism, is the real time dynamic campaign. No scripted missions like DCS!

Indy500 · 17 Oct 2011 at 19:00

Amraam said:
real time dynamic campaign.

Indeed. You even get the kind of intel you'd expect to see in real life military HQs, like satellite reconnaissance images and orders of battle.

SteveOBHave · 17 Oct 2011 at 20:41

Grrrrrr where am I supposed to be able to buy a copy of Falcon 4.0???

DBT85 · 17 Oct 2011 at 20:48

I loved this game and loved my Cougar. Sadly I just couldn't dedicate enough time time to it so both the Cougar and the TrackIR went.

Has to be said I was **** at the game though lol

Shame we'll probably never see a simulator like it again.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 17 Oct 2011 at 20:50

I loved 4.0 when it came out, but I've never played a game that was so tough on my hard drive. Even my PC circa. 2006 spent ages loading a mission. I wonder if an SSD would handle it. I still have the original...

I was much better at Falcon 3.0 tbh.

Nate--IRL-- · 17 Oct 2011 at 20:53

Todge said:
Shame we'll probably never see a simulator like it again.

Oh I don't know, DCS is pretty decent and implementing Dynamic campaign is a goal for the series (albeit a long term goal)

Lunatic Dreyfus said:
I loved 4.0 when it came out, but I've never played a game that was so tough on my hard drive. Even my PC circa. 2006 spent ages loading a mission. I wonder if an SSD would handle it. I still have the original...

BMS runs very well on my modest system, I wouldn't be worrying about performance.

Nate

ak22 · 17 Oct 2011 at 20:54

SteveOBHave said:
Grrrrrr where am I supposed to be able to buy a copy of Falcon 4.0???

Good Question I can only find Falcon 4.0 allied alliance, and I have lost my original boxed of 4.0 :mad:

SteveOBHave · 17 Oct 2011 at 21:04

ak22 said:
Good Question I can only find Falcon 4.0 allied alliance, and I have lost my original boxed of 4.0

Kinda stupid really. I'd have paid for this one too...

Guest2 · 17 Oct 2011 at 21:10

I think i have the full box version at home. The manual is about the size of the old yellow pages!

Housey · 17 Oct 2011 at 21:32

Might dig mine out, I too had the full original version with it's epic manual. This looks great, probably like most flight sims of a proper nature I will fail to be able to give it the time, but hey ho.

CaptainRAVE · 17 Oct 2011 at 21:51

I miss the days of epic sized manuals and boxes

staylo · 17 Oct 2011 at 22:31

Bit worrying to have so much work built on top of leaked code with a distinctly shaky legal ground. Damned impressive though.