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{{Availability/row| GOG | falcon_collection | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Falcon]], [[Falcon A.T.]], and [[Falcon 3.0]] under bonus content.<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/release_falcon_collection Release: Falcon Collection - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| GOG | falcon_collection | DRM-free | Bundled with [[Falcon]], [[Falcon A.T.]], and [[Falcon 3.0]] under bonus content.<ref>[https://www.gog.com/news/release_falcon_collection Release: Falcon Collection - GOG.com]</ref> | | Windows }} | ||
{{Availability/row| Humble | falconcollection | Steam | Bundled with [[Falcon]], [[Falcon A.T.]], and [[Falcon Gold]]. | | Windows }} | {{Availability/row| Humble | falconcollection | Steam | Bundled with [[Falcon]], [[Falcon A.T.]], and [[Falcon Gold]]. | | Windows }} | ||
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Revision as of 03:48, 17 March 2016
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Developers | |
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MicroProse | |
Publishers | |
Mac OS | MacSoft |
Retroism | |
Release dates | |
Windows | December 12, 1998 |
Mac OS (Classic) | June 1999 |
Falcon | |
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Falcon | 1987 |
Falcon A.T. | 1988 |
Falcon 3.0 | 1991 |
Falcon 4.0 | 1998 |
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force | 2005 |
Key points
- It is highly recommended to play the game with a joystick
- The manual is required to fully understand the underlying game mechanics
- Most of the community has switched over to Falcon BMS, a heavily upgraded fork of F4's source code.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Falconpedia - A wiki dedicated to Falcon 4.0
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
GOG.com | Bundled with Falcon, Falcon A.T., and Falcon 3.0 under bonus content.[1] | |||
Humble Store | Bundled with Falcon, Falcon A.T., and Falcon Gold. | |||
Steam | Bundled with Falcon, Falcon A.T., and Falcon Gold. |
Essential improvements
Patches
The Version 1.08 Patch provides bugs fixes.
BMS Upgrade
BMS is the latest and greatest Falcon 4.0 mod currently available. Released September 2011, it brings total Windows 7 compatibility and support for modern gpus among many other bug fixes, graphical enhancements and avionics and realism improvements such as completely new Flight Modelling, DirectX 9.0c support with Shader Model 3.0 and HDR to name a few. More info regarding BMS is here: BenchMarkSims webpage
It can also be downloaded from here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429530/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429530/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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LAN play | 16 | |||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Insert CD error (Steam)
- Install the BMS Upgrade to fix this issue.[2]
Issues unresolved
Graphics glitches
Graphical bugs are experienced during gameplay while running in Windows 7. Some textures will show bright purple sections with and without the patch and with the patch, text is unreadable while using hardware rendering. Switching to software rendering solves this but the game slows to a crawl while the cockpit is in view. Sometimes the menu screens will bug, certain elements not disappearing when changing menu - running in Windows 95 compatibility mode could fix this (most prominent on Allied Force re-release).
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 166 MHz | Intel Pentium II 450 MHz |
System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 175 MB | 600 MB |
Video card (GPU) | High Colour graphics card | 3D graphics card 8 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (429530) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Release: Falcon Collection - GOG.com
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