Anonymous edits have been disabled on the wiki. If you want to contribute please login or create an account.

Warning for game developers: PCGamingWiki staff members will only ever reach out to you using the official press@pcgamingwiki.com mail address.
Be aware of scammers claiming to be representatives or affiliates of PCGamingWiki who promise a PCGW page for a game key.

Difference between revisions of "Falcon 4.0"

From PCGamingWiki, the wiki about fixing PC games
m (updated template usage, replaced: {{Series: → {{Series|)
(Major cleanup of the page. Added in missing tables, general information, and some screenshots.)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
{{stub}}
 
−
{{cleanup}}
 
 
{{infobox
 
{{infobox
−
|title          = Falcon 4.0
 
 
|cover          = MPF40.jpg
 
|cover          = MPF40.jpg
 
|developer      = [[Wikipedia:MicroProse|MicroProse]]
 
|developer      = [[Wikipedia:MicroProse|MicroProse]]
Line 9: Line 6:
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Series|Falcon}}
 
{{Series|Falcon}}
−
==Known issues==
 
−
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.
 
  
−
== Version 1.08 Patch ==
+
'''Key points'''
 +
{{ii}} It is highly recommended to play the game with a joystick
 +
{{ii}} The manual is required to fully understand the underlying game mechanics
 +
 
 +
'''General information'''
 +
{{mm}} [http://falcon4.wikidot.com/ Falconpedia] - A wiki dedicated to Falcon 4.0
 +
 
 +
==Availability==
 +
{{Availability Table|
 +
{{Availability Table/row| [http://www.amazon.com/Falcon-4-0-Pc/dp/B00000K4KF Amazon] | {{ID|Retail}} | }}
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Improvements==
 +
[[File:Falcon 4 BMS Audio.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game audio settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)]]
 +
=== Version 1.08 Patch ===
 
The version 1.08 patch provides bugs fixes.
 
The version 1.08 patch provides bugs fixes.
  
−
== BMS 4.32 Upgrade ==
+
It can be found [http://www.fileplanet.com/34830/30000/fileinfo/Falcon-4.0-v1.08 here].
 +
 
 +
=== BMS 4.32 Upgrade ===
 
BMS 4.32 is the latest and greatest Falcon 4.0 mod currently available.
 
BMS 4.32 is the latest and greatest Falcon 4.0 mod currently available.
−
Released September of 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 4.32 is here: [http://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/ BenchMarkSims webpage]
+
Released September of 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 4.32 is here: [http://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/ BenchMarkSims webpage]  
  
−
== Save location ==
+
It can also be downloaded from [http://www.veterans-gaming.com/page.php?224 here].
−
==Game data==
+
 
 +
== Game data ==
 +
[[File:Falcon 4 BMS General.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game general settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)]]
 
===Save game location===
 
===Save game location===
 
{{Game Location Table|
 
{{Game Location Table|
Line 26: Line 39:
 
}}
 
}}
  
−
==System requirements==
+
=== [[Save game cloud syncing]] ===
 +
{{Save Game Cloud Syncing
 +
|steam_cloud            =
 +
|steam_cloud_notes      =
 +
|origin                =
 +
|origin_notes          =
 +
|uplay                  =
 +
|uplay_notes            =
 +
|gamesave_manager      =false
 +
|gamesave_manager_notes =
 +
|gamestow              =
 +
|gamestow_notes        =
 +
|synctocloud            =
 +
|synctocloud_notes      =
 +
|square_enix            =
 +
|square_enix_notes      =
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
== Video settings ==
 +
[[File:Falcon 4 BMS Graphics.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game graphics settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)]]
 +
{{Video Settings
 +
|wsgf_link                  =
 +
|widescreen_wsgf_award      =
 +
|multimonitor_wsgf_award    =
 +
|widescreen_resolution      =hackable
 +
|widescreen_resolution_notes=See [[#BMS 4.32 Upgrade|BMS 4.32 Upgrade]]
 +
|multimonitor              =unknown
 +
|multimonitor_notes        =
 +
|fov                        =true
 +
|fov_notes                  =
 +
|windowed                  =unknown
 +
|windowed_notes            =
 +
|borderless_windowed        =false
 +
|borderless_windowed_notes  =
 +
|anisotropic                =hackable
 +
|anisotropic_notes          =See [[#BMS 4.32 Upgrade|BMS 4.32 Upgrade]]
 +
|antialiasing              =hackable
 +
|antialiasing_notes        =See [[#BMS 4.32 Upgrade|BMS 4.32 Upgrade]]
 +
|vsync                      =hackable
 +
|vsync_notes                =See [[#BMS 4.32 Upgrade|BMS 4.32 Upgrade]]
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
== Input settings ==
 +
[[File:Falcon 4 BMS Controls .png|290px|right|thumb|In-game control settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)]]
 +
{{Input Settings
 +
|key_remap                  =true
 +
|key_remap_notes            =
 +
|acceleration_option        =hackable
 +
|acceleration_option_notes  =See [[#BMS 4.32 Upgrade|BMS 4.32 Upgrade]]
 +
|controller_support        =true
 +
|controller_support_notes  =
 +
}}
 +
 
 +
==Known issues==
 +
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.
 +
 
 +
== System requirements ==
 
{{System Requirements
 
{{System Requirements
 
|OSfamily = Windows
 
|OSfamily = Windows
−
|minOS = Windows 95
+
 
 +
|minOS   = Windows 95
 +
|minproc  = Intel Pentium 166 MHz
 +
|minmem  = 32 MB
 +
|minHD    = 175 MB free
 +
|minGPU  = High Colour graphics card
 +
 
 +
|recOS    = Windows 98
 +
|recproc  = Intel Pentium II 450 MHz
 +
|recmem  = 128 MB
 +
|recHD    = 600 MB free
 +
|recGPU  = 3D graphics card
 +
|recVRAM  = 8 MB
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
[[Category:Windows]]
 
[[Category:Windows]]
 
[[Category:Mac]]
 
[[Category:Mac]]

Revision as of 17:59, 25 June 2013

Template:Infobox

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

Key points

It is highly recommended to play the game with a joystick
The manual is required to fully understand the underlying game mechanics

General information

Falconpedia - A wiki dedicated to Falcon 4.0

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Improvements

In-game audio settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)

Version 1.08 Patch

The version 1.08 patch provides bugs fixes.

It can be found here.

BMS 4.32 Upgrade

BMS 4.32 is the latest and greatest Falcon 4.0 mod currently available. Released September of 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 4.32 is here: BenchMarkSims webpage

It can also be downloaded from here.

Game data

In-game general settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)

Save game location

Template:Game Location Table

Save game cloud syncing

Template:Save Game Cloud Syncing

Video settings

In-game graphics settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)

Template:Video Settings

Input settings

In-game control settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)

Template:Input Settings

Known issues

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.

System requirements

Template:System Requirements