Difference between revisions of "Falcon 4.0: Allied Force"

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Falcon
Falcon	1987
Falcon A.T.	1988
Falcon 3.0	1991
Falcon 4.0	1998
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force	2005

Falcon 4.0: Allied Force is an expanded release of the 1998 vehicle combat game Falcon 4.0, featuring upgraded visuals and the new Balkans theatre in addition to the existing Korean one.

General information

Falconpedia - A wiki dedicated to Falcon 4.0

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Mac App Store (unavailable)

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest official patch is 1.0.13, available from Patches-Scrolls.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\global.cfg^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\config^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Campaign\[campaign name]\*.tac^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)

Video

Graphics settings

Simulation settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Introduced in patch 1.0.6. 2D cockpits are pillarboxed.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Run the game with the `-window` command line argument. Requires 16-bit color mode.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse not used outside of menus.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, interface, music, engine, Sidewinder, RWR, cockpit, flight and other comms, sound effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

Devices	State	Notes
TrackIR		Supports: Yaw, Pitch.

Issues fixed

Black screen after switching battlefield

Method 1: Run the game in windowed mode^[1]

Method 2: Use dgVoodoo 2^[2]
Download dgVoodoo 2. Extract `dgVoodooCpl.exe` and the contents of the `MS\x86` subfolder to `<path-to-game>`. Run `dgVoodooCpl.exe`, and in the DirectX tab, un-tick the dgVoodoo watermark setting. Run the game.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98, Me, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 1800
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0b compatible	128 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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

↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2023-05-17
↑ Verified by User:Plok on 2023-05-17

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

[2] Verified by User:Plok on 2023-05-17

[3] Verified by User:Plok on 2023-05-17

[Note 1]

[1]

[2]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{stub}}
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Falcon 4.0 Allied Force cover.jpg
@@ Line 15: / Line 14: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|September 6, 2011}}
 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase, Expansion pack }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
@@ Line 25: / Line 24: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Flight }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Contemporary }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Contemporary, Eastern Europe, Asia }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Falcon }}
 |official site= https://web.archive.org/web/20110917215239/http://graphsim.com/games-falcon-af.html
@@ Line 36: / Line 35: @@
 |winehq       =
 |license      = commercial
+}}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      = '''''Falcon 4.0: Allied Force''''' is an expanded release of the 1998 [[Glossary:Vehicle combat|vehicle combat]] game ''[[Falcon 4.0]]'', featuring upgraded visuals and the new Balkans theatre in addition to the existing Korean one.
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
 '''General information'''
-{{ii}} Expanded release of [[Falcon 4.0]].
 {{mm}} [http://falcon4.wikidot.com Falconpedia] - A wiki dedicated to Falcon 4.0
 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | DRM-free | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Mac App Store | id455021265 | MacApp | | | OS X | unavailable }}
 }}
@@ Line 55: / Line 61: @@
 ===Configuration file(s) location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/config|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/config|Windows|{{p|game}}\global.cfg|{{p|game}}\config}}
 {{Game data/config|OS X|}}
 }}
@@ Line 61: / Line 67: @@
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{p|game}}\Campaign\[campaign name]\*.tac}}
 {{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
 }}
 ==Video==
+{{Image|Falcon 4.0 Allied Force graphics settings.png|Graphics settings}}
+{{Image|Falcon 4.0 Allied Force simulation settings.png|Simulation settings}}
 {{Video
 |wsgf link                  =
@@ Line 72: / Line 80: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award =
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     =
-|widescreen resolution      = unknown
+|widescreen resolution      = limited
-|widescreen resolution notes=
+|widescreen resolution notes= Introduced in [[#Patches|patch 1.0.6]]. 2D cockpits are pillarboxed.
-|multimonitor               = unknown
+|multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
 |ultrawidescreen            = unknown
@@ Line 82: / Line 90: @@
 |fov                        = true
 |fov notes                  =
-|windowed                   = true
+|windowed                   = hackable
-|windowed notes             = See [[#Windowed mode|Windowed mode]].
+|windowed notes             = Run the game with the {{code|-window}} [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]]. Requires [[Windows Compatibility Mode|16-bit color mode]].
 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
-|anisotropic                = unknown
+|anisotropic                = false
 |anisotropic notes          =
-|antialiasing               = unknown
+|antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
 |upscaling                  = unknown
@@ Line 99: / Line 107: @@
 |120 fps                    = true
 |120 fps notes              =
-|hdr                        = unknown
+|hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
 |color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
-}}
-===Windowed mode===
-{{Fixbox|description=Follow the procedure|ref={{cn|September 2022}}|fix=
-Use the software qres and create a <code>.bat</code> file with these lines (c=32 for 32 bits):
-<pre>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</pre>
-where <code>C:\Program Files\Lead Pursuit</code> is the path to the game.
 }}
@@ Line 127: / Line 117: @@
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           =
-|acceleration option       = unknown
+|acceleration option       = n/a
-|acceleration option notes =
+|acceleration option notes = Mouse not used outside of menus.
-|mouse sensitivity         = unknown
+|mouse sensitivity         = n/a
 |mouse sensitivity notes   =
-|mouse menu                = unknown
+|mouse menu                = true
 |mouse menu notes          =
-|invert mouse y-axis       = unknown
+|invert mouse y-axis       = n/a
 |invert mouse y-axis notes =
 |touchscreen               = unknown
@@ Line 188: / Line 178: @@
 ==Audio==
+{{Image|Falcon 4.0 Allied Force sound settings.png|Sound settings}}
 {{Audio
-|separate volume          = unknown
+|separate volume          = true
-|separate volume notes    =
+|separate volume notes    = Master, interface, music, engine, Sidewinder, RWR, cockpit, flight and other comms, sound effects
 |surround sound           = unknown
 |surround sound notes     =
@@ Line 197: / Line 188: @@
 |closed captions          = unknown
 |closed captions notes    =
-|mute on focus lost       = unknown
+|mute on focus lost       = always on
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes         =
+|eax support notes        =
-|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio       = always on
-|royalty free audio notes  =
+|royalty free audio notes =
 }}
@@ Line 289: / Line 280: @@
 |play area room-scale        =
 |play area room-scale notes  =
+}}
+==Issues fixed==
+===Black screen after switching battlefield===
+{{Fixbox|description=Method 1: Run the game in [[#Video|windowed mode]]|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Plok|date=2023-05-17}}</ref>|fix=
+}}
+{{Fixbox|description=Method 2: Use [[dgVoodoo 2]]|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Plok|date=2023-05-17}}</ref>|fix=
+# Download [[dgVoodoo 2]].
+# Extract {{file|dgVoodooCpl.exe}} and the contents of the {{folder|MS\x86}} subfolder to {{folder|{{p|game}}}}.
+# Run {{file|dgVoodooCpl.exe}}, and in the DirectX tab, un-tick the dgVoodoo watermark setting.
+# Run the game.
 }}
@@ Line 338: / Line 341: @@
 |minOS    = 98, Me, 2000, XP
 |minCPU   = Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz
-|minCPU   = AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
+|minCPU2  = AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz
 |minRAM   =
 |minHD    = 2 GB

Developers

Original game	MicroProse
	Lead Pursuit
Publishers
USA	Graphsim Entertainment
Europe	Horizon Simulation
Russia	Noviy Disk
Re-releases	Atari
Release dates
Windows	June 28, 2005
macOS (OS X)	September 6, 2011
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Simulation, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Flight
Themes	Contemporary, Eastern Europe, Asia
Series	Falcon