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Jul 29, 2017  In the first episode of a new series on BMS 4.33 I show you how to install Falcon 4.0, BMS 4.33, updates U2 & U3, the Ostsee Theatre and HD cockpit textures. Recommended Mods for Falcon BMS April 20, 2017 in Guides by MaxWaldorf Since some of you are always interested to have a better experience with Falcon BMS, we thought that would be a good idea to post the recommended Falcon BMS (4.33 U3 at this current date) Mods. Falcon 4 – Allied Force to BMS A transition guide for 72 nd VFW Members Preface Over the past years, many ‘flavors’ of the original Falcon 4 have been independently developed and released to (some might say ‘unleashed upon’) the public. No need to install the faclon 4.0,I found that after i made this video BMS 4.32 check only for Falcon.exe, So skip the installing part of falcon 4.0 in the video and just download Falcon.exe. I’m trying to get Falcon 4 BMS to work with VorpX but so far, all attempts have been unsuccessful. I’m using a HTC Vive on an i5 6600K, GTX 980Ti, 16GB RAM, Win10. I’m using Falcon BMS 4.33.2 and GeForce driver v376.33.

An Introduction to Falcon 4

Falcon 4, an F-16 combat flight sim, was released way back in 1998 to an eager, dare I say ravenous flight sim community. It included 30 or so training missions (definitely required), a 700 ish page inch thick instruction manual (no, really), a full dynamic campaign where the war raged even if you sat and did nothing, and some of the most detailed and realistic graphics of the time.

If you had a ninja PC, this was the game to show it off!

The problem was it was full of bugs, not many people had a ninja PC, and it was complicated to fly. For my friends and I who had grown up flying Falcon 1 - 3, number 4 was a disappointment.

Fast forward to 2005 and Falcon 4 was re-released as Falcon 4 Allied Force. With major upgrades in graphics, A.I. (artificial intelligence) and multi-player. It was a step forwards, but with so many other games vying for my attention, I didn't play it much.

Fast forward again to, well the day before yesterday in fact, and I stumbled upon two modern day successors to Falcon 4. FreeFalcon 6, and the subject of this article, Falcon BMS.


First Impressions

My oh my, where to begin? To call BMS an update to Falcon 4 is an insult! The original flight sim has been updated in every way imaginable. As you will see in the screenshots carefully littered about in this article, BMS does eye candy, and does it really well. On the very first take off, I was impressed by how fluid and smooth the handling seemed.


Avionics and Cockpit

The avionics have been updated, and as for the weapon systems, again these have been brought kicking and screaming up to date, with all the modern laser and GPS guided systems implemented in amazing detail. Seriously, the avionics suite is on par with the DCS A-10 simulation, it is that comprehensive and well researched.

The cockpit is 3d, fully clickable and has support for TrackIR and 6 degrees of freedom. By fully click-able, I mean that instead of using keyboard commands, you actually use the mouse to click the buttons in the cockpit. For this reason I cannot recommend TrackIR highly enough, especially for this sim where the ability to zoom in and look around with just a head movement can make the difference between life and death and frees up the mouse for activating the switches.

Flight Model

Now lets be honest, I have never, and most likely never will, fly an F-16 of any description. I have however flown one hell of a lot of combat flight simulators, many of which include the F-16 in one form or another.

So, all I can say about the flight model is that it model just feels right, and the illusion of movement and speed impressed me right off the bat. As I said before, it feels fluid, and the smallest adjustments are required in order to not overcompensate, especially on a bombing run. It took a little getting used to after flying some lesser fidelity sims, but now I am used to it, I love it to bits!


Dynamic Campaign

The dynamic campaign is all there, and it works flawlessly. You select the theatre and campaigns from Korea and Israel, and the dynamic generator works the war on both sides, and generated missions you can choose from, so if air to air is your thing, no problem, if not, select one of the air to ground missions.

The really cool thing about these missions is that what you do really effects the outcome of the evolving war. One example I came across was the decision to take out a bridge to stop a tank advance, or an airfield to earn air superiority for the area. Both had merits, and of course drawbacks. I took the easier option of dropping the unprotected bridge, and suffered constant harassment from Mig-19s and 21s.

Also, you really do get the illusion that you are a small part of a much larger war machine, right from the briefings, to the campaign map and especially in the air. The sky is alive with allied and opforce aircraft, tank battles rage and it seems like everyone has a job to day, and they get straight on with it in the most efficient way.

Conclusions

Of course, with only a couple of days in the Viper's cockpit I have only really scratched the surface of what this great sim has to offer. A couple of things you need to know.

  1. BMS Falcon is FREE.
  2. You need the original Falcon 4 .exe file, or the CD so you can install it. BMS if kinda like a patch in this respect.
  3. A fair amount of time, its taken me several days as an experienced armchair pilot to get to grips with some of the more simple avionics.

Did I just say free? Yup, these guys have created something special just for the love of it. If ou consider yourself a serious flight sim addict, you owe it to yourself to download this and install it immediately.

BMS 4.32 for Falcon 4 Overview

  • Remember, if you need a sweet Flight simulator joystick, or HOTAS to fly with,check out my review
  • If civilian flight is you thing, check outThe noobs guide to FSX or Microsoft Flight Review!!
  • This product works with TrackIR5 head motion sensing view controls,follow thelink for a full review.

LINKS

  • Falcon 4 BMS Tutorials: Data Link - YouTube
    Absolutely essential viewing, incredible stuff!
  • Benchmark Sims
    Benchmarks Sims (BMS). Falcon 4.0 flight simulation patch.

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  • I am having trouble installing Falcon 4. Is it compatible with a Windows 10 system?

    Falcon 4 is available in Steam or GoG and works fine on my Win 10 PC. Failing that, you only need the .exe which is easy enough to find if you look in the right places!

  • I'm very interested I played quite a few I go back to fleet defender. If posssible the BTMS is my challenge, how do I get started?

  • I started this sim when it first came out. Married with children...grounded me for a large number of years, but a year ago I started it back up, starting with the Superpaks. Came across BMS and fell in love with it. Best sim ever!!! Kudos to the developers, programers, editors, etc. that are constantly upgrading the BMS 4.32. Looking forward to the 4.33. And thanks to them for keeping it within my price range. lol. One of the best parts of the sim is it's own 'configuation' editor, so that you can load whatever technicals and/or eye candy your system can take. But I highly recommend you see for yourself what the sim is capable of with 'full' configurations. By the way, I'm 62 years old and fly pretty good for an old fart. Torch out.

  • Hi, I would like to know if there is a flight simulator like Falcon BMS for mac ?? Or the Falcon BMS can be installed on a mac ??

    Thank you for your help !

  • To add, I missed some titles that I own. Like, f16 multirole fighter, f-22 raptor, eurofighter typhoon.

    I also got f/18 super hornet gold edition which seemed to have good graphics but unfortunately its campaign modes never worked on my pc due to crashes.

    Hope it helps others.

  • I started playing falcon4 Allied forces in 2006 and stopped somewhere in 2010. And now when I wanted to revisit my fantasies I found the graphics quite dull on modern day hardware - don't know why. As I started to search for any alternate modern similar sim, I started to feel disappointed when nothing seemed to come my way. And then got this breather that we have this major upgrade for my most cherished game falcon.

    One more thing; I started to play f14 tomcat, f/a 18 hornet, f16 fighting falcon, mig29 fulcrum, su-27 flanker, commenche during my teenage and continued till early mid twenty's. Then stopped when I got busy with my job. Seeing how PC gaming industry has evolved over last 15 years, I feel sad that not much has gone into military flight simulation pc games. I think most notable work was done in late 90's which in itself was pioneering effort in this genre of PC gaming. Jane and Novalogic were the leading brands that I know of.

    Great job done. Keep it up!

  • Just getting into flight sims and wanted you and those who have posted on your site that I have already learned so much. I appreciate the help. Keep up the great job!

  • Falcon 4 was my first fighter flight sim and it was good. I had many CTD and a lot of dancing. Well, redoing the same dance that is. Then BMS came and Allied Force came and it was better. I hope this is the best. I am rusty as I have never been flown any sorties for years. Need to dust off some dust on my HOTAS and start all over.

    Thanks for the review.

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From United States
In the original version of Falcon 4.0 that shipped over a decade ago, there were several videos that played upon launch of the game. The first was the lengthy intro video, which set the stage for the Second Korean War you fight in the campaign.
As well, there were introductory videos that played when you clicked on each operation listed in the Campaign section. These videos also gave you further background on the operation you are playing in. In addition to this, several other videos would play as the campaign would progress, in the operation you selected. One that I recalled, informed you that the Russian Air Force was getting involved in the fight with North Korea, forcing you to have to face off against them.
If possible, it would be nice for GOG to restore these videos, so you can play the game as it was originally intended. As far as I can tell, none of these videos appear when you start the game, or begin the operation. The game as is, is still great and is playable. But fans are going to be missing out on some of the things the designers originally intended to be viewed in the game.
UPDATE: Upon closer inspection of the game folder, the videos do exist. However, as far as I can tell, none of them are playing within the game. GOG, any ideas as to why this is happening?
Post edited October 24, 2015 by FoxFireJ2
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From Germany
FoxFireJ2: In the original version of Falcon 4.0 that shipped over a decade ago, there were several videos that played upon launch of the game. The first was the lengthy intro video, which set the stage for the Second Korean War you fight in the campaign.
As well, there were introductory videos that played when you clicked on each operation listed in the Campaign section. These videos also gave you further background on the operation you are playing in. In addition to this, several other videos would play as the campaign would progress, in the operation you selected. One that I recalled, informed you that the Russian Air Force was getting involved in the fight with North Korea, forcing you to have to face off against them.
If possible, it would be nice for GOG to restore these videos, so you can play the game as it was originally intended. As far as I can tell, none of these videos appear when you start the game, or begin the operation. The game as is, is still great and is playable. But fans are going to be missing out on some of the things the designers originally intended to be viewed in the game.
UPDATE: Upon closer inspection of the game folder, the videos do exist. However, as far as I can tell, none of them are playing within the game. GOG, any ideas as to why this is happening?
have you checked the config stuff? Anyway, don't waste your time with Falcon 4.0 and head straight for the proper version(s) - Falcon BMS and Free Falcon :-)
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From Hong Kong
I can't get the videos to play in the game either.
Same thing with Falcon BMS.
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From Germany
Rocket_Bird: I can't get the videos to play in the game either.
Same thing with Falcon BMS.
which version of Falcon BMS are you using - 4.32 or 4.33?Where
Post edited February 18, 2016 by patricklibuda
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From Hong Kong
Rocket_Bird: I can't get the videos to play in the game either.
Same thing with Falcon BMS.
patricklibuda: which version of Falcon BMS are you using - 4.32 or 4.33? 4.33, but the same happens in 4.32
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From Germany
patricklibuda: which version of Falcon BMS are you using - 4.32 or 4.33?
Rocket_Bird: 4.33, but the same happens in 4.32 not if you also tick ffdshow in the 4.32 installer
just to try I installed 4.32 including ffdshow (included in the installer) and (!) after that 4.33 - suddenly I had the video stuff in both - 4.32 and 4.33 (only in 32bit mode though) - I also tried installing a 64bit build of ffdshow but that had no effect in 4.33 64bit

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you might be successful if you install a 32bit build of ffdshow and stick to the 32bit version of 4.33 but I have not tried that out yet for want of time
unlike 4.32 the installer of 4.33 does not include ffdshowWhere Can I Falcon Bms
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From Hong Kong
Rocket_Bird: 4.33, but the same happens in 4.32
patricklibuda: not if you also tick ffdshow in the 4.32 installer
just to try I installed 4.32 including ffdshow (included in the installer) and (!) after that 4.33 - suddenly I had the video stuff in both - 4.32 and 4.33 (only in 32bit mode though) - I also tried installing a 64bit build of ffdshow but that had no effect in 4.33 64bit
you might be successful if you install a 32bit build of ffdshow and stick to the 32bit version of 4.33 but I have not tried that out yet for want of time
unlike 4.32 the installer of 4.33 does not include ffdshow Thanks. I found ffdshow somewhere, and it worked with BMS 4.33 in 32 bit mode.

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From Greece
Howdy everyone. Nothing here seems to be working in the Vanilla game. Though it works on BMS, i'd like to get into the vanilla falcon 4.0 first and I want the vids.
Post edited November 23, 2016 by peterako1989
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From United States
For BMS, just install 'K-Lite Codec Pack Mega' It installs the latest ffdshow codec for 64bit. Once installed, all videos play fine under 32-bit BMS. Under 64-bit BMS I'm noticing a tad bit of distortion in the intro movie, but the ingame clips play fine. Here's the link to the K-Lite Codec Pack.
http://www.codecguide.com/download_k-lite_codec_pack_mega.htm
As for vanilla Falcon 4.0? Nothing I've tried can get the videos to play.
Post edited October 28, 2018 by evmiller
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From Germany
Hi, this doesnt work. I've installed the codecs and play the films outside of the game, but they don't launch in the game.
Did GOG disable them in this version?
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