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This FAQ is by Kristoffer Ongbongan
(krismon@neuromancer.hacks.arizona.edu). Any and all comments,
questions, corrections, flames, etc. are always welcome.

1.0 The Falcon 3.0 Mailing List

2.0 FALCON VERSION HISTORY, PATCH FILES AND UPGRADES
2.1 FALCON 3.01: OPERATION FIGHTING TIGER
2.2 FALCON VERSION INFORMATION
2.2.1 Version 3.05 changes
2.2.2 Version 3.04 changes
2.2.3 Version 3.03 changes
2.2.4 Version 3.02.1 changes
2.2.5 Version 3.02 changes
2.2.6 Version 3.0e and version 3.01.1 changes
2.2.7 Version 3.0d through 3.0a changes
2.3 MIG 29: DEADLY ADVERSARY OF FALCON 3.0
2.4 MIG-29 VERSION INFORMATION
2.4.1 Version 1.04 changes
2.4.2 Version 1.03 changes
2.4.3 Version 1.02 changes
2.4.4 Version 1.01 changes
2.5 Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter
2.6 HORNET VERSION INFORMATION
2.6.1 Version 1.02 changes
2.6.2 Version 1.01 changes
2.7 Falcon Gold

3.0 FALCON UTILITIES
3.1 UTILITIES FOR FALCON 3.0D - 3.01
3.1.1 FALCONER
3.1.2 F3MAPS
3.1.3 FALCCALC
3.1.4 F3PAD
3.1.5 FCE - Falcon Campaign Editor
3.2 UTILITIES FOR FALCON 3.02, MIG-29 FULCRUM, AND F-18 HORNET
3.2.1 KEYBOARD COMMANDER CORPS UTILITIES
3.2.2 Ken `Stinger' Richarson's SIMPAK Utilities
3.2.3 TM-STICK

4.0 WHERE TO GET PATCHES AND UTILITIES
4.1 SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4.2 FTP.K9.COM ANONYMOUS FTP ARCHIVE AND MIRRORS
4.3 TRADE CENTER BBS and other SIMNET nodes
4.4 COMPUSERVE GAMEPUB FORUM (library 3)
4.5 ELECTRONIC BATTLEFIELD SERIES FAQ FTP SITE

5.0 FALCON REFERENCE MATERIAL
5.1 FALCON 3.0: THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK
5.2 FALCON 3: THE OFFICIAL COMBAT STRATEGY BOOK
5.3 FALCON 3.0 AIR COMBAT
5.4 FALCON3: AIR COMBAT TRAINER
5.5 FIGHTER COMBAT: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF AIR-TO-AIR COMBAT
5.6 FALCON3 WAIS LIBRARY
5.7 Falcon 3 Modem Bible
5.8 Electronic Battlefield Series WWW page

6.0 UNDOCUMENTED FEATURES
6.1 INCREASING AIRCRAFT DETAIL LEVEL
6.2 UNDOCUMENTED KEYS
6.3 EXPLOITING THE HIDDEN LANDING CAPABILITIES OF YOUR F-16!
6.4 THE GOD'S-EYE VIEW IN FALCON 3.0 (DEBUG MODE)
6.4.1 SOME HOT SPOTS WORTH LOOKING AT IN THE FALCON 3.0 WORLD
6.5 SAY "CHEESE" -- THE BUILT-IN SCREEN SHOT FEATURE OF FALCON 3.0
6.6 A FEW OTHER HIDDEN FEATURES WORTH MENTIONING...

7.0 OTHER FAQ'S
7.1 FALCON 3.0 HIGH FIDELITY FLIGHT MODEL
7.2 COMMON BUGS
7.2.1 COPY LEADER BUG
7.2.2 WINGMEN WON'T LAND AT ALTERNATE FIELDS
7.2.3 MAKING THE MUD MOVE: AIR-TO-GROUND BUGS
7.3 AVOIDING SAMS
7.4 FALCON 3.0 SQUADRON LISTINGS
7.5 GUIDE TO WINGMAN RADIO TRANSMISSIONS (COMPLETE AND UNCENSORED!)
7.6 FALCON AND SCSI PROBLEMS
7.7 OS/2 AND FALCON

8.0 THANKS (in no particular order)


1.0 The Falcon 3.0 Mailing List

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Keeper of the Falcon 3 mailing lists


2.0 FALCON VERSION HISTORY, PATCH FILES AND UPGRADES

The release of Falcon 3.0 in December, 1991 was accompanied by
many bugs that Spectrum HoloByte has addressed in a series of
software bugfix patches. The patches to the original Falcon 3.0
program were released as versions A, C, and D.

Spectrum HoloByte has also released an add-on campaign disk for
use with Falcon 3.0 called Operation Fighting Tiger. Falcon 3.0
modified by the addition of OFT is referred to as Falcon 3.01. A
bugfix patch to Falcon 3.01 has been released as version 3.01.1.

In July, 1993, SH released a second add-on product for Falcon 3.0
called MiG-29, Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0. To maintain
compatibility between the various versions of Falcon 3.0, OFT,
and MiG-29, SH released a patch called version 3.02 which
upgrades any version of Falcon 3.0 or OFT to a common standard.

Soon afterwards, SH released the patch for MiG-29 and Falcon, to
upgrade to 1.01 and 3.02.1 receptively.
Around this time, the MiG-29 stand alone was released, which
fused the MiG-29 add-on with the scenarios of Falcon 3.0.

In December, 1993, SH released a third add-on product for Falcon
3.0 called Hornet: Naval Strike Fighter. To maintain
compatibility with the various versions, a patch was included for
updating Falcon 3.0 and MiG-29 to 3.03 and 1.02 respectively.

Soon afterwards, SH released the patch for Hornet, Mig-29 and
Falcon, to upgrade to 1.01, 1.03, and 3.04 respectively. These
are the latest versions as of this writing.

For Falcon 3.0 owners who did not decide to purchase the OFT
campaign disk, SH made an E patch available which included many
of the new features introduced in OFT. However, version 3.02 was
released almost immediately after version E. As a result, patch E
was never made widely available, and has in virtually all
respects been superseded by version 3.02. Current shipping
copies(new) of Falcon 3.0 contain version 3.0E. Its mention in
this FAQ is for the sake of completeness.

Earlier this year Spectrum Holobyte released Falcon Gold CD.
Which contained Falcon 3.05, MiG-29 1.04, Hornet 1.02, Operation
Fighting Tiger, and Art of the Kill. This is the same software
that comes on the disk, but on CD, it can be installed on the
hard drive or run from the CD.

All patches are cumulative (for example, version D includes all
software changes from patches A and C, installation of OFT
includes all changes from version D, and installation of version
3.02 brings any previous version to a 3.02 standard). You can
tell which version you have by looking at the title screen, which
is the screen with the pilot looking over his shoulder at the F-
16. The version number appears on the bottom of the screen as,
for example, V3.0C. Additionally, starting in version 3.02, SH
includes a CHECKVER.COM file which, when run, displays which
versions reside in the directory.

FALCON 3.0
Designation Date & Comments
-------------------- ----------------------
3.0 12/91
3.0a 1/92 (bug-fix)
3.0c 3/92 (more bug-fixes)
3.0d 6/92 (still MORE bug-fixes)
3.0e 7/93 (equal bug fix status as 3.01.1)
3.01 7/92 (Operation Fighting Tiger)
3.01.1 9/92 (the bugs strike back, but are fixed)
3.02 7/93 (compatibility with MiG-29 1.0)
3.02.1 9/93 (minor bug-fixes to match MiG-29 1.01.1)
3.03 12/93 (compatibility with Hornet: Naval Strike
Fighter 1.0, MiG-29 1.02)
3.04 2/94 (more bug-fixes and match with Hornet 1.01,
MiG-29 1.03)
3.05 10/94 (some more bug fixes and to match Falcon
Gold, Hornet 1.02, and MiG-29 1.04)
Version 3.05 is the latest as of this writing.

MiG-29: Deadly Adversary of Falcon 3.0 (Falcon 3.0 add-on)
MiG-29 (stand-alone version)

Designation Date & Comments
-------------------- ----------------------
1.00 Original release 7/93
1.01 9/93 (bug-fixes)
1.01.1 10/93 (compatibility with Falcon 3.02.1)
1.02 12/93 (compatibility with Hornet 1.0,Falcon 3.03)
1.03 2/94 (compatibility with Hornet 1.01, Falcon 3.04)
1.04 10/94 (some more bug fixes and to match Falcon
Gold, Hornet 1.02, and Falcon 3.05)
Version 1.04 is the latest as of this writing.

The original MiG-29 release required Falcon 3.0 (since it used
RTPatch to patch the versions and add/modify the Falcon files).
The stand-alone version was released around October 1993.

HORNET: NAVAL STRIKE FIGHTER

Designation Date & Comments
-------------------- ----------------------