Falcon 4 BMS 4.35 Released

[Doctor Quest]

I don't know if we have the flight sim community here we did at the place-that-shall-not-be-named but I know at least JD dabbles in it a bit. There may be others interested in this news.

Flight sims are a big part of my gaming life. I have been flying them since my first Commodore 64 showed me the glory of Microprose Strike Eagle.

Here is the announcement link. https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?40646-Falcon-BMS-4-35-Full-Installer&p=557049#post557049

If you are not familiar with BMS it is a total conversion of the classic Falcon 4.0 F-16 simulator. BMS is free but you must have a legal copy of Falcon 4.0 installed on your rig. Falcon 4.0 is available for dirt cheap at Good Old Games (gog.com). BMS gives DCS a decent run for the money as a hardcore F-16 sim.

The link will give you plenty of information.

Check Six.

[judgedredd]

Yeah I love flight simming. I have DCS - must've spent over £500 on modules for it. I also have Microsoft Flight Sim, the IL2 - Battle of series,  X-Plane and Rise of Flight.

DCS is my go to for blowing shit up and MSFS is my calming jaunt allowing me to go from A to B stress free.

I have to say - going back to your post - that I tried BMS some time ago and it was a helluva mess to get installed and working. I know it's came a long way since then and it's got hundreds of thousands of followers - but I'm not one of them.

Not for any other reason really than I have my hands full learning my DCS modules. I know it's superior in some ways - particularly the campaign and perhaps even content - but I love my DCS. And there's an AH-64D and a Hind coming to DCS - as well as a Mosquito and a dynamic campaign. Not to mention having a fully functional carrier to perform ops from.

So I can't see me ever installing BMS again - just too much going on in DCS I'm afraid.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I was an avid flight simmer but as I get older, the reflexes get slower, and the eyes get weaker I find I play less and less often.  I pretty much stick to IL-2 BOX and War Thunder these days.  I never did really get into anything post WWII.  Flying jets and fiddling with screens just doesn't interest me.  (never stopped me from dumping money into DCS and Falcon though.)

[bob48]

Back in the day, it was THE combat flight sim.

[judgedredd]

Oh hell yes it was. It actually is better in some ways. Campaign  ATC, flyables

But I couldn't go back.

[bbmike]

I didn't really know it (or forgot) but Falcon 4.0 is on Steam for $7 US.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/429530/Falcon_40/

[Doctor Quest]

Yeah I love flight simming. I have DCS - must've spent over £500 on modules for it. I also have Microsoft Flight Sim, the IL2 - Battle of series,  X-Plane and Rise of Flight.

DCS is my go to for blowing shit up and MSFS is my calming jaunt allowing me to go from A to B stress free.

I have to say - going back to your post - that I tried BMS some time ago and it was a helluva mess to get installed and working. I know it's came a long way since then and it's got hundreds of thousands of followers - but I'm not one of them.

Not for any other reason really than I have my hands full learning my DCS modules. I know it's superior in some ways - particularly the campaign and perhaps even content - but I love my DCS. And there's an AH-64D and a Hind coming to DCS - as well as a Mosquito and a dynamic campaign. Not to mention having a fully functional carrier to perform ops from.

So I can't see me ever installing BMS again - just too much going on in DCS I'm afraid.

I am not trying to sell it but my experience so far has been very positive. It is a single download. A single install file. The configuration can get complicated due to all the options but, really, DCS is just as bad or worse in that regard IMHO.

I am just trying to provide some new to the community. Do with it what you please and feel comfortable with.

And you can't beat the price for what you get.

[judgedredd]

I didn't mean anything by my post. It's very helpful and for people looking to get into a very cheap, decent flight sim, it's an excellent link.

I was just saying I've been there, played around but ultimately DCS has me hooked and I couldn't go back.

I do recall one episode in Falcon 4 (before BMS I think) where I was flying back to base after providing cover for a tanker. I was a fair way away from the base but the headings ATC kept giving me were on the money and when I got the final bearing, I was heading straight down the runway. Couldn't believe it.

[Doctor Quest]

No worries. 

[Davout]

- I have Falcon 3.0 and an expansion but never learned how to make it work properly.

[judgedredd]

Falcon 3? Wow. That's going back a bit. I'm not surprised you're having some difficulty getting it running.  Wasn't that a DOS game?

Ha...yep. I remember it well now.

[bob48]

Yep, lots of memories there 

[Staggerwing]

The Falcon4 bundle on GOG includes Falcon 3.0 along with the MiG29 and Operation Fighting Tiger stand alone add-ons (not sure if they include the Hornet add on). It also includes Falcon AT and the original Falcon- That's a lot of DOS nostalgia for $9.99!

You can pretend you've dusted off your old 8-bit IBM 5051 and play the original Falcon in all it's purple and teal CGA graphics goodness. 

A few years back I came across a boxed copy of 3.0 with the manuals at a thrift store. There were no disks left but I got it anyway. Now I'm glad I did.