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[edit]
Essential improvements[edit]
In-game audio settings (BMS Mod)
Patches[edit]
The Version 1.08 Patch provides bugs fixes.
BMS Upgrade[edit]
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[edit]
In-game general settings (BMS Mod)
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
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| Mac OS (Classic) |
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| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429530/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location[edit]
Video settings[edit]
In-game graphics settings (BMS Mod)
Input settings[edit]
In-game control settings (BMS Mod)
Audio settings[edit]
| 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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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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Network[edit]
Multiplayer types
Issues unresolved[edit]
Graphics glitches[edit]
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[edit]
| Devices |
Native |
Notes |
| TrackIR |
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Supports: Yaw, Pitch. |
Other information[edit]
| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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System requirements[edit]
| 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
