Key points
- The source code was leaked in 2000.
- 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
Essential improvements
In-game audio settings (BMS Mod)
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
Game data
In-game general settings (BMS Mod)
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
In-game graphics settings (BMS Mod)
Template:Video settings
Input settings
In-game control settings (BMS Mod)
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
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).
VR support
Devices |
State |
Notes |
TrackIR |
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Supports: Yaw, Pitch. |
Other information
API
Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
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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
| 8 MB of VRAM |
Notes
References