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===Patches===
 
===Patches===
 
Patch 3.05 for the base game and Operation: Fighting Tiger, updating it to be on par with the Gold version, is available [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/patches/f305.zip here]. Separate versions for MiG-29 (1.04) and Hornet (1.02) are available [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/patches/m104.zip here] and [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/patches/h102.zip here] respectably. An unofficial one for networking issues of version 3.05 some user experience is available [http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1528/7/ here] (might be irrelevant to DOSBox users). All Gold versions (including digital) are fully updated except for the unofficial patch.
 
Patch 3.05 for the base game and Operation: Fighting Tiger, updating it to be on par with the Gold version, is available [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/patches/f305.zip here]. Separate versions for MiG-29 (1.04) and Hornet (1.02) are available [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/patches/m104.zip here] and [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/patches/h102.zip here] respectably. An unofficial one for networking issues of version 3.05 some user experience is available [http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/1528/7/ here] (might be irrelevant to DOSBox users). All Gold versions (including digital) are fully updated except for the unofficial patch.
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 +
===Addon Launcher===
 +
{{ii}} 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.
 +
 +
<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 +
: Episode Launcher
 +
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
 +
 +
<pre>
 +
@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
 +
 +
</pre></div></div>
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==

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Falcon 3.0
Falcon 3.0 cover
Developers
Spectrum HoloByte
Publishers
Retroism
Release dates
DOS 1991
Windows October 23, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) October 23, 2015[1]
Linux October 23, 2015[1]
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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

Key Points

Macintosh version was known as Falcon MC.[2]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
Mac OS
Error: OS 'Mac OS' not found in infobox
GOG.com
DRM-free
 Bundled with other games in the series.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows

Version differences

The Gold version includes all the addons and is fully updated. Also includes special Art of the Kill training videos.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Operation: Fighting Tiger
DOS
MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0 Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0
DOS
Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter Playable as a standalone addon, though works best when integrated into Falcon 3.0
DOS

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.
Episode 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

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429520/pfx/[Note 1]
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

Template:Game data/rowTemplate:Game data/rowTemplate:Game data/rowTemplate:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/429520/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

No sound in Art of the Kill (Gold)

edit the AOTK PLAYER.CFG file[3]
  1. Navigate to <path-to-game>\data\AOTK and open the PLAYER.CFG file in a text editor.
  2. 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
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References