Falcon BMS

[Mtnbiker1998]

 

 

Just dropped today, PBR textures and lots more! the ole "I don't like Falcon because of the graphics" excuse is soon to become a thing of the past...

[BOO]

So the base game is £4.99 and the rest is a free mod?

 

Seems a no brainer if theres enough drive space. 

[Gambit21]

Yep - only reason (aside from being ugly) I don’t fly it is time. The dynamic campaign even in the original Falcon 4.0 was fantastic - I’m sure it’s incredible now. Still miss even the ATC comms.

With updated graphics etc I might give it a whirl at some point. I don’t have the time to even learn the DCS Viper though - let alone the BMS one. 😐

I’m more about choppers now - WHOPPA WHOPPA.

Edited June 2, 2024 by Gambit21

[Gingerwelsh]

On 6/1/2024 at 11:55 PM, BOO said:

So the base game is £4.99 and the rest is a free mod?

 

Seems a no brainer if theres enough drive space. 

My v 4.35 uses about 27 gig.

 

Just downloaded 4.37.4 which was 24.4 gig installed.

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Edited June 7, 2024 by Gingerwelsh

[Lusekofte]

Falcon bms might be best sim all together with its dynamic campaigns. But for me not having the motivation to learn complex planes in DCs, I got no chance in BMS. It is not the game , it is me that prevent me from flying it. I am absolutely convinced it is a great sim to spend time in. 

[Gambit21]

Terrain is still painfully fugly unfortunately - that's what has always jumped out at me when I watch BMS videos. 

[Mtnbiker1998]

1 hour ago, Gambit21 said:

Terrain is still painfully fugly unfortunately - that's what has always jumped out at me when I watch BMS videos. 

The new lighting can actually hide it pretty well under a lot of circumstances, but either way the new Terrain Engine is coming out with 4.38 When its ready(tm)

 

Besides, if you have time to enjoy the scenery in a combat sim, you're doing something wrong!

[Gambit21]

3 hours ago, Mtnbiker1998 said:

The new lighting can actually hide it pretty well under a lot of circumstances, but either way the new Terrain Engine is coming out with 4.38 When its ready(tm)

 

Besides, if you have time to enjoy the scenery in a combat sim, you're doing something wrong!

Nice to hear about the new terrain - looking forward to seeing that.

[BOO]

7 hours ago, Mtnbiker1998 said:

Besides, if you have time to enjoy the scenery in a combat sim, you're doing something wrong!

 

Id say if you DONT have the time to occasionally take in the view, your airfield is probably in the wrong place.  

 

Happy the guys actually keeping this alive appear to disagree with you when it comes to decent graphics and combat sims so Im looking forward to seeing 4.38 in time. 🙂

 

[Mtnbiker1998]

9 hours ago, BOO said:

Happy the guys actually keeping this alive appear to disagree with you when it comes to decent graphics and combat sims so Im looking forward to seeing 4.38 in time. 🙂

 

not so much a disagreement, just a mindset that keeps me happy with the game in its current form  

[Stonehouse]

 

Sorry having trouble connecting to the forums so the link doesn't seem to resolve as it should as I am posting on what is essentially a text only version of the web page. Video is worth a look.

[Trooper117]

Got to admit, it looks pretty good!

[AtomicP]

Pretty remarkable set of upgrades. I've tried BMS several times and bounced clean off it, mostly because of the time investment and that I've never really gotten along with the F-16 as much as the F/A-18C (in DCS) and the latter is not as well modelled. If that changes I might jump back in and give it another whirl because it's a very comprehensive sim with few shortcomings. If I were at Eagle Dynamics I'd be a little concerned now with just how advanced a free mod is now and what DCS is offering besides a platter of seemingly random aircraft in often half-baked maps.

[Stonehouse]

4.38 is out for those interested

[Stonehouse]

https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/30858/4.38-campaing-bug-ad-move-issue-in-campaign/36

[Gambit21]

On 7/8/2025 at 5:20 PM, Stonehouse said:

https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/30858/4.38-campaing-bug-ad-move-issue-in-campaign/36

 

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[Stonehouse]

10 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

 

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There is apparently a bug in 4.38 campaigns. Vehicles that don't have a destination set all migrate to a common point like lemmings. Tentative fix via an edit on falcon bms.cfg is given in the linked post. Doesn't impact me as I'm very much relearning things still and not ready for a campaign but I figured others might find the info useful.

Edited July 12 by Stonehouse

[Stonehouse]

Another fix, based on what I read in the post below this supersedes the fix link I posted on July 9

https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/31037/falcon-bms-4.38-read-read-read-flags-to-setup

Edited July 15 by Stonehouse

[AndyJWest]

4 hours ago, Stonehouse said:

Another fix, based on what I read in the post below this supersedes the fix link I posted on July 9

https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/31037/falcon-bms-4.38-read-read-read-flags-to-setup

 

Is there really any point in posting details on Falcon BMS bug fixes in an IL-2 GB forum? Anyone playing the game will presumably be reading the BMS forum, and for the rest of us, it just makes this thread less likely to be worth reading. If you are trying to get more people involved, post videos, screenshots, or just your personal experiences with the sim: something that make it interesting...

[ST_Catchov]

 

I know. The worlds a mess and I despair. We're doomed. The human experiment has failed.

[Stonehouse]

3 hours ago, AndyJWest said:

 

Is there really any point in posting details on Falcon BMS bug fixes in an IL-2 GB forum? Anyone playing the game will presumably be reading the BMS forum, and for the rest of us, it just makes this thread less likely to be worth reading. If you are trying to get more people involved, post videos, screenshots, or just your personal experiences with the sim: something that make it interesting...

Just attempting to be helpful. No problems I'll stop.