#4599181 - 05/09/22 05:47 PM
Help required learning Falcon BMS
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Hello everyone!
I am new to Falcon 4.0 and this is my first message. I purchased and installed Falcon 4.0 from Steam five days ago in order to take advantage of its modern update of the Benchmark Sims, of which I downloaded and installed the current version 4.36. I believe I have all the original manuals, especially the Dash-1, Main Checklist and BMS Training. I started the "Ramp" mission three days ago and I struggled to get to communications - and here I am stranded: I absolutely cannot understand how to communicate with the control tower and everything else - I am in total confusion between DTC, COMM1 & 2, UHF, VHF, frequencies (I see that I can only set one, but in the briefing there are many ...), etc. I managed to start the engine, I can get to the runway and take off, but if I can't communicate with anyone I don't know what I'm doing ... Please, simple help! I would hate to give up on this beautiful simulator with its engaging dynamic campaign and one that reminds me of the much fun I had thirty years ago with its venerable predecessor: Falcon 3.0. Thanks!
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#4599183 - 05/09/22 06:04 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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To set your tower comms, use the DTC. On the lower right of the planning map screen is the DTC button, looks like a USB stick I think. In the comms section find an unused preset channel and click set tower and save. Be sure you're tuned to that channel when you enter the jet and you should get clearance and chocks removal.
Let's say you put your base on channel 18. If not already tuned to it in the jet, on the ICP hit
Comms 1 1 8 Enter
That should get you talking with the tower.
This assumes it all still works the same.
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#4599218 - 05/09/22 10:56 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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To set your tower comms, use the DTC. On the lower right of the planning map screen is the DTC button, looks like a USB stick I think. In the comms section find an unused preset channel and click set tower and save. Be sure you're tuned to that channel when you enter the jet and you should get clearance and chocks removal.
Let's say you put your base on channel 18. If not already tuned to it in the jet, on the ICP hit
Comms 1 1 8 Enter
That should get you talking with the tower.
This assumes it all still works the same.
Thank you so much! But I've some questions (maybe silly, pardon me). I tried to condense them in following figure: Finally, I would like to know what is ICP... (sorry)
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#4599321 - 05/11/22 06:55 AM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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It worked! And it's wonderful to be able to communicate with the tower, even if I still don't understand how I did it! Because the suggestion you gave me can't always make it work; above all, I cannot get ALL the radio frequencies pre-set in the DTC (which I managed to obtain only once, in the various attempts I have made), without having to enter them manually. It remains to be figured out (for this short training mission) how to communicate for the second part of the flight, because I can't get any help landing. I did the latter on sight, all the times damaging the plane and with a start of fire (perhaps because it was too steep?), Except the last one, which I did in the external view. I notice that in communicating the approach frequency, the tower skips the first digit (2). Ad maiora!
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#4599336 - 05/11/22 01:41 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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OK well that's progress. Sorry, this forum's been dead and I'm not used to checking here these days.
I haven't flown Falcon in a long time, to my eternal disgrace. Not up to date with the latest.
But I will say you don't need to punch in every VHF on the map. Just your home base, and I usually set a divert field somewhere along the return leg. Actually the way I started to do it was just to pre-set several common bases, say Kimpo, Seoul, Kangnung and Choongwon and leave them there for all missions. This way I always had one ready to go regardless of where I wanted to set down. But there's no need to fill all the presets I don't think,
It's great you're getting in to it and I'll help if I can, but my long layoff makes my assistance questionable at best.
I want to add you have a strong screenshot game, nicely done and that will help us help you I think.
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#4599542 - 05/13/22 03:12 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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Thanks for the post Greybeard I’ll definitely have a look at that video, yeah I’ll also possibly struggle to go online with a training instructor, work and the time difference in other countries make it difficult. It’s a in-depth simulation I’m just hoping to learn one step at a time and hope I don’t forget things along the way ..very best of luck going forwards I certainly know from my end that I’ve got to be patient in learning BMS..I usually fly less complex sims like Wings over Flanders fields, IL1946 with B.A.T etc so this is a completely new ball game. Enjoy pal Regards Adger Edit: Cheers Dbond for chipping in with your help pal.
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#4599574 - 05/13/22 11:09 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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... yeah I’ll also possibly struggle to go online with a training instructor, work and the time difference in other countries make it difficult. Not only, also the language barrier. I spent ten years playing with that; a great game. My first sensations with this Falcon 4.0 BMS are... compelling, electrifying. Excellent level of artificial intelligence that can already be noticed from the contacts with the control tower during taxiing. Enjoy you too, mate!
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#4599599 - 05/14/22 01:33 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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Cheers Dbond for chipping in with your help pal.
Don't mention it. Happy to have some Falcon talk around here, even if I'm only able to help in a cursory way because I'm out of the loop. It's the best combat sim ever and well worth the time. Happy to see you guys giving it a go. Good hunting.
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#4599612 - 05/14/22 08:48 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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Never say never right? I recently went back and read all of the AARs we were putting up a few years ago here for our SimHQ online campaigns and I must admit it did trip that trigger. I'm in to sim racing these days, but you never know Still have a couple Cougars and bought a set of Crosswinds, so yeah, I could see it. If you guys keep talking about it I may not resist!
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#4599772 - 05/18/22 12:30 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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IKR, RTFM. YMMV. But seriously, acronyms are key to sounding like a fighter pilot To project the right image you need the right shades, all the acronyms and be able to use both hands to show the listener the relative positions and attitudes of the aircraft in the incident you are describing.
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#4599864 - 05/19/22 12:55 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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I have detents on one of my throttles, and took them out in the other one. I don't know what the keyboard commands are for it, and it depends on which key file you're using. I want to say "0" is mil but that's just a guess. You can make an edit to display engine RPM percentage in the HUD. I use this to judge where the throttle position is. I think it transitions from mil to 'burner around 103% It can be seen in this shot lower left in the HUD
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#4599872 - 05/19/22 02:00 PM
Re: Help required learning Falcon BMS
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Is it this?
set g_bNoRPMOnHud 1 in the bms.cfg file
Or make it 0 if it is already at 1. I can't recall.
Good hunting
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