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General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Version differences
- The Gold version includes all the addons and is fully updated (except for unofficials). Also includes special Art of the Kill training videos.
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
|
Operation: Fighting Tiger |
|
|
MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0 |
Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0 |
|
Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter |
Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0 |
|
Strategic Falcon |
Unofficial commercial expansion for Falcon 3.0 that adds a greater degree of customization and planning to the game. Even capable of importing custom planes made with Falcon Test Pilot model editor. Formally available here, not available digitally. |
|
- An addon involving the A-10 Thunderbolt was to be the game's fourth official expansion but it was never released.
Essential improvements
Patches
Patch 3.05 for the base game and Operation: Fighting Tiger, updating it to be on par with the Gold version, is available here. Separate versions for MiG-29 (1.04) and Hornet (1.02) are available here and here respectably. An unofficial one for networking issues of version 3.05 some user experience is available here (might be irrelevant to DOSBox users). All Gold versions (including digital) are fully updated except for the unofficial patch.
Addon Launcher
- Falcon 3.0 has MiG-29 and Hornet as their own executables, making it annoying to configure if you have the retail version. Luckily you can save the following as a .bat file and run it in DOSBox to get around this annoyance.
- If used with Gold, you may have to replace the
falcon3
command in the script with falconcd
.
- Addon Launcher
@echo off
:start
@echo off
CLS
echo ══════════
echo Falcon 3.0
echo ══════════
echo.
echo ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
echo │ [1] Falcon + Operation: Fighting Tiger │
echo │ [2] MIG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon │
echo │ [3] Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter │
echo. ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
echo │ [4] Reset Falcon Squadrons │
echo │ [5] Reset MIG-29 Squadrons │
echo │ [6] Reset Hornet Squadrons │
echo │ [7] Reset Falcon High Scores │
echo │ [8] Reset MIG-29 High Scores │
echo │ [9] Reset Hornet High Scores │
echo. ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
echo │ [S] Reset Settings │
echo │ [D] Load Stick Driver │
echo │ [C] Save Allied Campaign │
echo │ [V] Version Info │
echo │ [Q] Quit! │
echo ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
echo.
:choice
choice/c:123456789sdcvq/n Choose Number:
if errorlevel 14 goto exit
if errorlevel 13 goto version
if errorlevel 12 goto save
if errorlevel 11 goto drive
if errorlevel 10 goto set
if errorlevel 9 goto rehighh
if errorlevel 8 goto rehighm
if errorlevel 7 goto rehighf
if errorlevel 6 goto rehor
if errorlevel 5 goto remig
if errorlevel 4 goto refal
if errorlevel 3 goto hor
if errorlevel 2 goto mig
if errorlevel 1 goto fal
if errorlevel 0 goto exit
:fal
CLS
falcon3
goto start
:mig
CLS
mig29
goto start
:hor
CLS
hornet
goto start
:refal
CLS
f30reset
pause
goto start
:remig
CLS
migreset
pause
goto start
:rehor
CLS
f18reset
pause
goto start
:rehighf
CLS
echo Resetting Falcon and Fighting Tiger High Scores...
del topten
pause
goto start
:rehighm
CLS
echo Resetting MiG-29 High Scores...
del topmig
pause
goto start
:rehighh
CLS
echo Resetting Hornet High Scores...
del topten.dan
pause
goto start
:save
CLS
call savecamp
pause
goto start
:set
CLS
echo Resetting Settings...
del falcon3.def
del mig29.def
del hornet.def
pause
goto start
:drive
CLS
TM-STICK
pause
goto start
:version
CLS
CHECKVER
pause
goto start
:exit
CLS
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
-
falcon3.def
is for the base game and Fighting Tiger expansion, mig29.def
is for the MIG-29 expansion and hornet.def
is for the Hornet expansion.
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Force high detail friendly and enemy planes
Use LOADHIGH parameter[2]
|
Copy OBJECTS over SOBJECTS[2]
|
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
|
|
|
|
Network
Multiplayer types
Type |
Native |
Players |
Notes |
Local play |
|
|
LAN play |
| 6 |
Co-op, Versus
|
Online play |
| 2 |
Co-op, Versus Modem only. Can be extended to 6 players if using DOSBox tunneling or other forms of IPX tunneling. |
- Co-op is referred to as Allied and versus is referred to as duel in game.
Issues unresolved
Intro and mission reports play at wrong speed
- The game's intro video plays too slowly and the mission texts scroll too quickly when played in DOSBox.[3] The hi-fidelity flight model also may have issues as well as SAMs.[4][5] Reducing DOSBox's cycles will solve these issues but unfortunately the game will become too choppy to play when on missions. One simple solution is to switch to the "Complex" flight model which allows for correct joystick input. Changing timed=false in DOXBOX will also alleviate joystick calibration issues.
Issues fixed
No sound in Art of the Kill (Gold)
edit the AOTK PLAYER.CFG file[6]
|
- Go to
<path-to-game>\data\AOTK
- Open
PLAYER.CFG in a text editor.
- Make the following changes:
AUDTYPE = 2 ;SOUNDBLASTER
AUDDMA = 1 ;DMA
AUDIRQ = 7 ;IRQ
AUDBSIO = 220 ;BASEIO
VIDTYPE = 0 ;AUTO DETECT
VIDMODE = 110 ;640x480x32K COLORS
DBITDEPTH = 15 ;BIT DEPTH
CDROMDR = D
|
Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DOS video modes |
VGA |
|
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
|
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macOS (OS X) | |
|
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Linux | |
|
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Mods
Mods and utilities for Falcon 3.0 can be found here. Warning some files are version specific and/or don't work on the latest version of the game. Additional mods could also be found by digging in cd.textfiles.com though this archive is far less organized.
System requirements
DOS | Windows | macOS (OS X) | Linux |
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP |
Vista, 7, 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) |
1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
1 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7 compatible
| DirectX 9 compatible |
Notes
References