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Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Wanker on May 03, 2003, 08:23:50 AM

I bought Falcon 4.0 way back in....in....dang, it's been so long now that I can't even remember when I got it. But anyway, I have the original game, and I was thinking of installing it and patching it up to whatever the community has for it.

Anyone still play this? Any recommended places to get all the patches?

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: MANDOBLE on May 03, 2003, 08:48:56 AM

IMO, still the best sim in PC history by far:

http://www.89nzfw.co.nz/falcon4/patching_falcon.html

I have the f4108US and iBeta Realism Patch V3.0 installed.

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Wanker on May 03, 2003, 09:01:33 AM

Wow, that is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Mandoble!

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Revvin on May 03, 2003, 09:08:07 AM

Superpak has totally transformed Falcon 4.0

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: MoMoney on May 03, 2003, 09:42:24 AM

Do People Play this Sim Online???  If so can Sombody tell me where.  I never see People at HyperLobby?

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: udet on May 03, 2003, 10:24:58 AM

I saw Falcon 4 at Barnes and Noble for $10. Should I get it??!?!?!

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Revvin on May 03, 2003, 10:26:32 AM

Yes if you want to enjoy one of the most complex jet sims ever made that now has a working campaign with others available for download and don't mind downloading 100mb+ of patches

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: SirLoin on May 03, 2003, 11:13:14 AM

It's great if you like avionics.

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Puke on May 03, 2003, 12:42:39 PM

I'd love to reinstall it again.  I haven't played Falcon 4 in years.  Last time I installed it on this machine all the text was blurry.  I think it may have something to do with my maching running at 1280 resolution and FAlcon couldn't handle that.  Anyone else ever hear of a blurry screen?

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Animal on May 03, 2003, 12:50:33 PM

does it still stutter in high traffic areas even on a good system?
Good sim but I promised myself I'd play it when it ran at 30+ FPS all the time at a high resolution and details.

No matter how good the avionics and flight models are, stuttering, crashes and frame drops completly ruin inmersion for me.

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Saintaw on May 03, 2003, 01:58:45 PM

Tried it again with those mega patches, I think it will take a year and 3 combined keyboards before I'll manage to cope with it.

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: udet on May 03, 2003, 10:54:19 PM

just bought it today. seems ok, and stable too. I will install all the patches and see what I get. I wish it had a bigger manual.

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Animal on May 03, 2003, 11:33:27 PM

Quote

Originally posted by udet
I wish it had a bigger manual.

Is this a joke, or could you not find the binder edition?

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: MANDOBLE on May 04, 2003, 07:18:42 AM

You can download the 1.08US patch and the SuperPAK3 from here:

Rob's Falcon 4.0 Page (http://gallifrey.homelinux.net/~rlhofer/falcon4.html)

I'm looking for a patch or addon to enable several input controllers. My current version only allows a single one.

Also, an excelent forum about Falcon4 (also Falcon V):

 Frugal's World of Simulations Forums (http://forums.frugalsworld.com/vbb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=11)

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: udet on May 05, 2003, 03:06:31 PM

Quote

Originally posted by Animal
Is this a joke, or could you not find the binder edition?

it is not a joke, the booklet that came in the box is actually "Excerpts from the Manual" :p

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Revvin on May 05, 2003, 07:15:34 PM

There is a PDF of the complete manual floating round the web somewhere.

Title: Falcon 4.0
Post by: Revvin on May 05, 2003, 07:30:46 PM

I used to have it and lost it in a HDD failure, found a link to a .pdf version here (http://www.kangaldogs.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=MostPopular) pretty sure it's the one I used to have, says it's 579 pages long..well looking at the original manual on my desk (whose pages are not numbered) I'd hazzard a guess that .pdf is the complete manual.