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
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
In-game audio settings (BMS Mod)
Patches
- The official v1.08 patch provides bug fixes.
BMS mod
- BenchMarkSims webpage
- Includes compatibility fixes for modern operating systems and graphics cards
- Implements bug fixes, visual enhancements (including DirectX 9.0c and Shader Model 3.0 support), and additional content
Game data
In-game general settings (BMS Mod)
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video
In-game graphics settings (BMS Mod)
Windowed mode for Allied Force
Follow the procedure[citation needed]
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Use the software qres and create a .bat file with these lines (c=32 for 32 bits):
CD C:\Program Files\Lead Pursuit\Battlefield Operations
qres.exe c=16
FalconAF.exe -window
CD C:\Program Files\Lead Pursuit\Battlefield Operations
qres.exe c=32
EXIT
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Input
In-game control settings (BMS Mod)
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues unresolved
Graphical 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
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
5 |
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Glide |
2.54 |
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Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows | | |
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Mac OS (Classic) | | | |
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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
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References