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Development history of Falcon from 1984 to 2013: Timeline of the official development and the community-made continuations and forks. Falcon 4.0 is a video game by released on 12 December 1998. The game is based around a realistic simulation of the Block 50/52 jet fighter in a full-scale modern war set in the. Falcon 4.0's dynamic campaign engine runs autonomously. The game is the ultimate development in the series from that began in 1984. HoloByte had acquired MicroProse in 1993, and started using that name for all of its titles in 1996.
After MicroProse was purchased by, official development ended. In April 2000, a allowed continued development of the game by members of the gaming community, including and new campaigns. Many of these additions were collected by Lead Pursuit, which arranged an official license of the original code base from the owner; these were published as on 28 June 2005. Spanning well over a decade, the Falcon 4.0 series is one of the longest running game series using the same code base in PC history. Falcon 4.0 is a rare example of a taking over a game, enhancing it, maintaining code configuration, and having it re-released as a commercial product several years after its original publication. Contents.
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Plot The game's story begins in the early 1990s with forces invading. The deploys extensive support to the South, including military aircraft, armored forces, and naval vessels.
The rest of the game plays out in response to the player's actions, potentially involving and. Has an airbase, but plays no role in the conflict itself. Because of the game's story content, which involves war in the, it was banned in until 2003. Gameplay Falcon 4.0's gameplay parallels actual combat operations. First, over 30 scenarios acquaint the player with F-16 maneuvering, operation, and various protocols. After training, the player may start the primary gameplay mode in the campaign, which simulates participation in a modern war.
Alternatively s/he may engage in mode which provides an individual air engagement without any continuous context, or create what are effectively miniature campaigns, known as 'Tactical Engagements'. The results of the player's performance while using Falcon 4.0 are used to generate a 'logbook'. This contains details such as: flight hours, air-to-air and air-to-ground kills, decorations, a name and photo, and the current rank of the player.
Good performance (such as eliminating large numbers of enemy ground units, or surviving a difficult engagement) during a mission may lead to the award of a decoration or promotion; conversely, poor performance (destroying friendly targets or ejecting from the aircraft for no good reason) can lead to demotion or court-martial. Campaign gameplay has two primary stages, briefings and missions. The briefing section is used to handle the planning of and packages (a number a flights grouped together for mutual support in obtaining a military objective), assignment of steerpoints for determining the route of a given flight, and the weapons loadout used by the aircraft.
It is also possible to issue instructions to each ground unit manually, overriding the AI's handling of the war. As is the situation for real life pilots, it is of the utmost importance that the player examines closely all of the data presented here to perform well during the mission, in order to best formulate a plan of action when actually flying the jet. Failing to note the location and abilities of enemy sites or aircraft and account for methods of defeating these will almost certainly result in a short flight.
The mission section of the simulator encompasses the actual mechanics of flying the aircraft, radar and weapons operation, threat evaluation, radio communications and navigation. Everything is done in such a manner as to model the aircraft in use as closely as possible, while on the highest realism settings.
The initial release of the software came with three pre-set scenarios for the player to use in campaign mode. 'Tiger Spirit' depicted a war where and Allied forces had repelled the initial assault and moved onto the offensive. 'Rolling Fire' depicted a closely matched situation where DPRK forces had overrun the and made small gains, while 'Iron Fortress' simulated a scenario where the North had overwhelmed the South and pushed it back to its last line of defense. Unlike its static counterpart, a dynamic campaign has no set game path. Missions and the rest of the game world develop as the game progresses, affected in part by the player's behavior. Dynamic campaigns can present a more random and diverse game experience, but are more difficult for to implement. The AI controlling the activity of the Falcon 4.0 campaign engine can be influenced by a wide range of configurable settings, all of which can be adjusted to meet changing objectives as the scenario progresses.
A Tactical Engagement (or TE) is a small scale, hand-built, 'one-shot' mission with a pre-defined objective. The same engine handles the activities of AI controlled units. One of the advantages of building this style of mission is that it allows experienced pilots to practice attacks on high value, well defended targets, which are often eliminated from campaigns early on as the planning AI assigns packages to eliminate them in order to maximise the effect on enemy combat readiness.
The Instant Action mode of operation places the user in a F-16 currently in flight, armed with an infinite number of missiles. Progressively more capable waves of enemy aircraft then move in and engage the player's aircraft. Many different options are available to customise this mode, including disabling SAM and defenses, setting unlimited fuel, and the difficulty of the first wave of inbound hostiles. Falcon 4.0 originally featured with support. It was one of the very first programs on the market which was designed to take advantage of processors.
The game used one thread for graphics and primary simulation and the other for the campaign engine. Development history The game was originally designed and produced by Steve Blankenship and and published under the MicroProse label. Though originally slated for a late 1996 release, the game ended up being rushed to market in order to make the 1998 Christmas selling season. Falcon 4.0's first release contained numerous. The final official (version 1.08) fixed most of them.
After completion of 1.08 patch, the original development team was laid off by Hasbro Interactive. Nevertheless, Falcon fans still sought further improvements of the game. Early altered the game's multimedia and the executable by directly patching the compiled code. Source code leak On 9 April 2000 a developer of the game the of a Falcon 4.0 version between 1.07 and 1.08 on an site. Despite being available there for only a short period of time, this marked the beginning of the development of Falcon 4.0.
Community-driven development With the source code available, a Falcon 4.0 player optimized the game further by re-programming part of the game. Its design was deliberately engineered so that additional aircraft and terrain data could be installed retroactively. Presumably, this was to allow the release of an add-on pack, much as with Falcon 3.0.
The modding community that emerged after the original development team was sacked went on to use this engineered source code to add a great deal of extra content in the form of post installation patches. Through its lifetime, Falcon 4.0 has received ongoing fixes from various groups of volunteers , which have enhanced the detail and complexity of the simulation over the years and mended numerous errors in the original release and its patches.
There have been several groups which have modified different parts of Falcon 4.0. Some have created new 'skins' or paint schemes for aircraft, while others have modified the data and code to be more realistic. Still others have worked to create new theaters for Falcon 4.0. Benchmark Sims (BMS) being the premier team to take on the task of user modifications.
However, game publisher Atari later issued a order against all executable modifications, and thus many modifications were not hosted by websites. BMS and FreeFalcon continued to persist, however, FreeFalcon until 2013, BMS to the present day. A company called Lead Pursuit which has been formed around many known names of the Falcon modding community has gained a license from Atari to continue Falcon 4.0 development. Lead Pursuit, Inc. Has been updating the game with new patches, considerably enhancing the functionality of the simulation, particularly in the multiplayer aspect which now allows smooth close-up formation flying for players across the world. Was released on 28 June 2005 and is largely a compilation, and unification, of existing community-made modifications of the original Falcon 4.0.
In January 2013, the code from the FreeFalcon derivative was publicly leaked on, without the prior consent of the current license owner, Atari. Re-release As of October 2015, the Falcon series (including Falcon 4.0 as bonus) was re-released as at, after being for some years and subject to high, often excessive prices on internet trading sites. Reception and impact Reception Review scores Publication Score 91% 95% 95/100 In the United States, Falcon 4.0 sold 41,209 copies during 1998, after its release on December 12 of that year. These sales accounted for $1.85 million in revenue. It sold an additional 209,000 copies in 1999. Falcon 4.0 won 's 1999 'Best Flight Simulation' award.
The magazine's Christopher Breen wrote, 'There simply isn't a more realistic combat sim on the Mac today.' Likewise named Falcon 4.0 the best simulation of 1998. The game was a finalist for 's 'Best Simulation' and 's 'Simulation Game of the Year' awards, both of which ultimately went to.
The editors of Computer Games Strategy Plus called Falcon 4.0 'extremely impressive', while those of Computer Gaming World described it as 'a sim with unprecedented detail, which would have been a shoo-in had it not shipped loaded with bugs.' The Falcon 4.0 series is one of the longest running game series in PC history to have used the same code base. The history of Falcon 4.0 spans well over a decade and a half due to derivatives like Falcon 4.0: Allied Force, the BMS derivative from 2012, and other variants. See also.
References. ^ Bertolone, Giorgio (12 March 2011). Archived from on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
C2E In 2000 the source code of Falcon 4.0 leaked out and after that groups of volunteers were able to make fixes and enhancements that assured the longevity of this sim. Do you see the source code leak as a good or bad event? Klemmick 'Absolutely a good event. In fact I wish I’d known who did it so I could thank them.
I honestly think this should be standard procedure for companies that decide not to continue to support a code base.' .
Hiawatha Bray (21 January 2004). Archived from on 8 April 2004.
Retrieved 2016-06-28. GamesIndustry International.
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Retrieved 2014-04-16. ^ Stone, Tim (2012-06-01). Retrieved 2014-04-16. BMS is basically a free standalone sequel, albeit one that – for legal reasons – won’t install unless it sees an original F4 disc in your CD drive.Radars, targeting systems, HUDs, data link modelling everything has been reworked by people that either have first-hand experience of fondling Falcons or have access to people that have first-hand experience of fondling Falcons. All this forensic fiddling means that wonderful original manual that’s been bowing your manual shelf for the past 13 years, is next to useless in BMS.
^ Baker, Tracy (2005-08-02). Retrieved 2014-04-19. It took seven years, a number of false starts, and one of the most devoted fan communities in existence, but the release of Falcon 4.0: Allied Force shows that its potential has finally been realized. on by Gordon Kelly (24 June 2005). Sherman, Christopher (January 1996). 'Total Entertainment Signing Deals'. ^ SPYHAWK (2013).
Retrieved 2013-09-14., official website. Retrieved 2013-09-11. Legal - FreeFalcon doesn't have the cleanest history regarding its terms of use, but that all ends here. The code is now licensed under the rather liberal BSD 2-clause license; for the first time in its history, FreeFalcon is truly free.
See the LICENSE.md file for the full text of the license. on by Alice O'Connor on October 23rd, 2015. Jones, Nathan (April 1999).
Archived from on June 27, 2002. Bennett, Dan (March 1999). Archived from on March 12, 2000. Basham, Tom (April 1, 1999).
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Archived from on January 18, 2007. Mouneimne, Neil (January 1, 1999).
Archived from on February 5, 2005. ^ Breen, Christopher (December 1999). Archived from on June 11, 2001. ^ Staff (April 1999). 'The Numbers Game; Does Award Winner = Best Seller?' . (January 3, 2000).
Wargames Handbook, Third Edition: How to Play and Design Commercial and Professional Wargames. Staff (April 1999). ' Computer Gaming World 's 1999 Premier Awards; CGW Presents the Best Games of 1998'. (177): 90, 93, 96–105. Staff (February 11, 1999).
Archived from on 3 February 2005. External links., the current producer and license holder., Falcon 4.0 community derivative. FreeFalcon Project, a Falcon 4.0 restoration project under. First Spanish flight virtual Squadron., the history of the Falcon 4 series.