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Offline funkedup

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« on: April 25, 2002, 05:01:04 PM »
I have been getting back into the hardcore modern sims with Comanche-Hokum.  I really enjoy it but it is just not stable on my system.

I have a copy of F4 sitting on the shelf and am thinking of giving it another whirl.

Anybody play this?  What patches and addons should I get?

Offline Animal

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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2002, 05:19:47 PM »
I'm also thinking of getting back to Falcon 4.0

With the new  Superpak, its a completly different beast.
VERY stable, fast, fun.

go to simhq.com forums for more info
or http://www.frugalsworld.com/

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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2002, 05:50:11 PM »
I bought falcon 4.0 a few months ago (was in a box with 2 other sim for 25 quid).  However it didn't come with a manual so i don't how to fly the soddin thing.  Searched for an online manual but couldn't find one- all i've got is the readme file and that's useless.:(
"Willy's gone and made another,
Something like it's elder brother-
Wing tips rounded, spinner's bigger.
Unbraced tailplane ends it's figure.
One-O-nine F is it's name-
F is for futile, not for fame."

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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2002, 06:17:11 PM »
that sucks.
i have the original binder book version.
the manual is huge,  but already obsolete.

if you install the superpak, iirc it includes all the sim instructions in  PDF format.

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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2002, 07:25:13 PM »
the manual is even better then the game.

I have installed uninstalled falcon 4 so many times I am dizzy.

I get too much stutter to make it a pleasure to fly.

Get the new superpak and its a much better game then out of the box.

But I cant get rid of the stutter..........

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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2002, 07:31:19 PM »
My all time favorite, so far.:D

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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2002, 08:28:30 PM »
Thrila, try this http://www.666th.com/acido/Files/manual.zip

It claims to be the Falcon 4 manual, and I downloaded it from somewhere (think this was it) a few months ago. However, it's big (almost 8mb), and I'm not downloading it again to check, so if it's full of porn instead don't blame/thank me.

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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2002, 08:34:01 PM »
I have a perfect copy of the manual in spiral, one completely destroyed original binder, key cards, and 2 disks. I have it loaded, patched and working, but find it hard to get back into.

BTW, where do we sell and trade this stuff? I have Comanche-Hokum, Mig Alley, Flanker 2.5 (cool beans too, just hard to get into) all kinda other crap I'd like to sell, give away, trade.

Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2002, 08:46:36 PM »
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« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2002, 03:40:46 AM »
Funked, in what way is EECH unstable? I love the game, but it gets stale in single-player.
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« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2002, 04:03:20 AM »
It has a lot of graphics problems.  It doesn't play nice with DX8.1 and the newer graphics cards.  Locks up like clockwork.

http://www.simhq.com/simhq3/sims/boards/bbs/Forum30/HTML/002471.html

Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #11 on: April 26, 2002, 08:12:50 AM »
Saw is/was VERY active in F4.  Contact him for some info.

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« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2002, 08:45:46 AM »
hey nashwan, thanks for the url to the manual.  the manual is a huge 575 pages long!!:eek:


Better start reading i guess...
"Willy's gone and made another,
Something like it's elder brother-
Wing tips rounded, spinner's bigger.
Unbraced tailplane ends it's figure.
One-O-nine F is it's name-
F is for futile, not for fame."