Falcon 4.0 discovered: I'm a believer now

[Frankie]

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Dear All

I've just installed Falcon 4.0, 1.08US patch and
Superpak 3(!) on my PC and am having a whale of a time with
Falcon 4.0

I've given up on Superpak 4 since on my meger rig specs the
whole thing hangs up often. I can't run F4AF since I can't get
1024 resolution on my monitor and my PC is outmoded
(Celeron 466Mhz, 4Meg onboard ATI Rage-Pro graphics and
128 Meg RAM = 1998 model really ;-)
).

Anyway, I have 2 questions:

1. Is there anyway to modify Falcon 4's flyby view
(Shift-9, by favourite view) so that it doesn't change
to chase-view?
Anyway to lengthen the fly-by view duration....?

2. Are there any resources out there which are compatible with
Superpak 3 that I can load up and enjoy? E.g., more plane
skins..etc?

Thank you, Falconeer wherever you are.

Frankie

 

[gus]

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<frankie@stamford.edu.my> wrote in message
news:1124866638.393529.149560@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Dear All
>
> I've just installed Falcon 4.0, 1.08US patch and
> Superpak 3(!) on my PC and am having a whale of a time with
> Falcon 4.0
>
> I've given up on Superpak 4 since on my meger rig specs the
> whole thing hangs up often. I can't run F4AF since I can't get
> 1024 resolution on my monitor and my PC is outmoded
> (Celeron 466Mhz, 4Meg onboard ATI Rage-Pro graphics and
> 128 Meg RAM = 1998 model really ;-)
> ).
>
> Anyway, I have 2 questions:
>
> 1. Is there anyway to modify Falcon 4's flyby view
> (Shift-9, by favourite view) so that it doesn't change
> to chase-view?
> Anyway to lengthen the fly-by view duration....?
>
> 2. Are there any resources out there which are compatible with
> Superpak 3 that I can load up and enjoy? E.g., more plane
> skins..etc?
>
> Thank you, Falconeer wherever you are.
>
> Frankie
>

1. No. Not that I know of. In Falcon 4AF, the Shift 9 view doesn't change to
chase view.

2. If you have a subpar system, all of the newest stuff won't help you. You
can visit Frugal's World and see if you can find any links. A lot of the
Falcon links are dead. Also visit FreeFalcon.com.

Welcome
Gus

 

[Guest]

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frankie@stamford.edu.my wrote:
> Dear All
> I can't run F4AF since I can't get
> 1024 resolution on my monitor and my PC is outmoded
> (Celeron 466Mhz, 4Meg onboard ATI Rage-Pro graphics and
> 128 Meg RAM = 1998 model really ;-)
> ).
>
I remember reading an early preview article about F4 back in the summer
of '97, and a 450 MHz machine was indicated as the realistic minimum
requirement for decent play.

 

[Guest]

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On 25 Aug 2005 12:48:26 -0700, "FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote:


>I remember reading an early preview article about F4 back in the summer
>of '97, and a 450 MHz machine was indicated as the realistic minimum
>requirement for decent play.

Maybe running single missions that machine would be ok but to run the
dynamic campaign the realistic minimum is much higher.