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Difference between revisions of "Falcon 4.0"

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== Input settings ==
 
== Input settings ==
 
[[File:Falcon 4 BMS Controls .png|290px|right|thumb|In-game control settings (BMS 4.32 Mod)]]
 
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===Graphics glitches===
 
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.
 
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.
  
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Template:Infobox game/row/macporter
Falcon 4.0
Cover image missing, please upload it
Developers
MicroProse
Publishers
Mac OS MacSoft
Release dates
Windows December 12, 1998
Mac OS (Classic) June 1999
Falcon 4.0 on Wikipedia
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

Issues unresolved

Graphics glitches

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

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95 98
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 175 MB free 600 MB free
Video card (GPU) High Colour graphics card 3D graphics card
8 MB of VRAM