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{{DLC/row| MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0 | Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0 | DOS }} | {{DLC/row| MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0 | Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0 | DOS }} | ||
{{DLC/row| Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter | Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0 | DOS }} | {{DLC/row| Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter | Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0 | DOS }} | ||
− | {{DLC/row| Strategic Falcon | Unofficial commercial expansion for Falcon 3.0 that adds a greater degree of customization and planning to the game. Even capable of importing custom planes made with Falcon Test Pilot model editor. Formally available [ | + | {{DLC/row| Strategic Falcon | Unofficial commercial expansion for Falcon 3.0 that adds a greater degree of customization and planning to the game. Even capable of importing custom planes made with Falcon Test Pilot model editor. Formally available [https://web.archive.org/web/20011127064248/flyingmuffin.com/ here], not available digitally. | DOS }} |
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{{ii}} An addon involving the A-10 Thunderbolt was to be the game's fourth official expansion but it was never released. | {{ii}} An addon involving the A-10 Thunderbolt was to be the game's fourth official expansion but it was never released. | ||
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Revision as of 00:53, 15 March 2018
Developers | |
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Spectrum HoloByte | |
Publishers | |
Retroism | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1991 |
Windows | October 23, 2015[1] |
macOS (OS X) | October 23, 2015[1] |
Linux | October 23, 2015[1] |
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
- Macintosh version was known as Falcon MC.[2]
General information
Availability
Version differences
- The Gold version includes all the addons and is fully updated (except for unofficials). Also includes special Art of the Kill training videos.
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Operation: Fighting Tiger | ||
MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0 | Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0 | |
Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter | Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0 | |
Strategic Falcon | Unofficial commercial expansion for Falcon 3.0 that adds a greater degree of customization and planning to the game. Even capable of importing custom planes made with Falcon Test Pilot model editor. Formally available here, not available digitally. |
- An addon involving the A-10 Thunderbolt was to be the game's fourth official expansion but it was never released.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 3.05 for the base game and Operation: Fighting Tiger, updating it to be on par with the Gold version, is available here. Separate versions for MiG-29 (1.04) and Hornet (1.02) are available here and here respectably. An unofficial one for networking issues of version 3.05 some user experience is available here (might be irrelevant to DOSBox users). All Gold versions (including digital) are fully updated except for the unofficial patch.
Addon Launcher
- Falcon 3.0 has MiG-29 and Hornet as their own executables, making it annoying to configure if you have the retail version. Luckily you can save the following as a .bat file and run it in DOSBox to get around this annoyance.
- If used with Gold, you may have to replace the
falcon3
command in the script withfalconcd
.
- Addon Launcher
@echo off :start @echo off CLS echo ══════════ echo Falcon 3.0 echo ══════════ echo. echo ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ echo │ [1] Falcon + Operation: Fighting Tiger │ echo │ [2] MIG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon │ echo │ [3] Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter │ echo. ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ echo │ [4] Reset Falcon Squadrons │ echo │ [5] Reset MIG-29 Squadrons │ echo │ [6] Reset Hornet Squadrons │ echo │ [7] Reset Falcon High Scores │ echo │ [8] Reset MIG-29 High Scores │ echo │ [9] Reset Hornet High Scores │ echo. ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ echo │ [S] Reset Settings │ echo │ [D] Load Stick Driver │ echo │ [C] Save Allied Campaign │ echo │ [V] Version Info │ echo │ [Q] Quit! │ echo ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── echo. :choice choice/c:123456789sdcvq/n Choose Number: if errorlevel 14 goto exit if errorlevel 13 goto version if errorlevel 12 goto save if errorlevel 11 goto drive if errorlevel 10 goto set if errorlevel 9 goto rehighh if errorlevel 8 goto rehighm if errorlevel 7 goto rehighf if errorlevel 6 goto rehor if errorlevel 5 goto remig if errorlevel 4 goto refal if errorlevel 3 goto hor if errorlevel 2 goto mig if errorlevel 1 goto fal if errorlevel 0 goto exit :fal CLS falcon3 goto start :mig CLS mig29 goto start :hor CLS hornet goto start :refal CLS f30reset pause goto start :remig CLS migreset pause goto start :rehor CLS f18reset pause goto start :rehighf CLS echo Resetting Falcon and Fighting Tiger High Scores... del topten pause goto start :rehighm CLS echo Resetting MiG-29 High Scores... del topmig pause goto start :rehighh CLS echo Resetting Hornet High Scores... del topten.dan pause goto start :save CLS call savecamp pause goto start :set CLS echo Resetting Settings... del falcon3.def del mig29.def del hornet.def pause goto start :drive CLS TM-STICK pause goto start :version CLS CHECKVER pause goto start :exit CLS
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429520/pfx/[Note 1] |
- falcon3.def is for the base game and Fighting Tiger expansion, mig29.def is for the MIG-29 expansion and hornet.def is for the Hornet expansion.
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429520/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 6 | Co-op, Versus |
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Online play | 2 | Co-op, Versus Modem only. Can be extended to 6 players if using DOSBox tunneling or other forms of IPX tunneling. |
- Co-op is referred to as Allied and versus is referred to as duel in game.
Issues unresolved
Intro and mission reports play at wrong speed
- The game's intro video plays too slowly and the mission texts scroll too quickly when played in DOSBox.[3] The hi-fidelity flight model also may have issues as well as SAMs.[4][5] Reducing DOSBox's cycles will solve these issues but unfortunately the game will become too choppy to play when on missions.
Issues fixed
No sound in Art of the Kill (Gold)
edit the AOTK PLAYER.CFG file[6] |
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AUDTYPE = 2 ;SOUNDBLASTER AUDDMA = 1 ;DMA AUDIRQ = 7 ;IRQ AUDBSIO = 220 ;BASEIO VIDTYPE = 0 ;AUTO DETECT VIDMODE = 110 ;640x480x32K COLORS DBITDEPTH = 15 ;BIT DEPTH CDROMDR = D |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Mods
Mods and utilities for Falcon 3.0 can be found here. Warning some files are version specific and/or don't work on the latest version of the game.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
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 (429520) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Release: Falcon Collection - GOG.com
- ↑ http://www.savetz.com/ku/ku/glaser_falcon_mc_f16_fighter_simulator_june_1993.html
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/falcon_collection/falcon_30_mig_29_and_hornet_all_very_choppy_dosbox_tweaks
- ↑ http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3802957/Falcon_3_0_joystick_sensitivit
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/falcon_collection/falcon_30_sams
- ↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/falcon_collection/sound_fix_for_falcon_3_golds_art_of_the_kill_videos
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