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The Onramp to F4Plus:
A Guide to Patching Falcon, One Stitch at a Time
by Bob "Groucho" Marks
The Basics: 1.08i2 and iBeta Reality Patch Sequence
OK, here is the sequence for the bare minimum patching that a Virtual Viper Driver must perform. This will transform the bone-stock F4 into the F4Plus I have been ranting about. There are obviously other ways to do this, and other places to go and get the patches, but in the interest of simplicity I'm trying to stick to the One-Stop Shopping approach. If you do not currently have F4 installed on your hard drive, begin at step #4.
- If you want to keep your existing pilot logbook (and seeing that no-one has yet come up with a "Virtual Kneepads" patch to speed promotions, you will want to), BACK UP the "Config" folder in the Falcon4 directory. Similarly, if you want to save a campaign in progress, back up the appropriate files in the "Campaign" folder. I just slide 'em to my desktop. When you are finished with Step # 10 below, simply drop the saved "Config" folder back into the Falcon4 directory and the campaign files back where they belong.
- Uninstall Falcon 4.0 using the "Add/Remove Programs" application in "Control Panels".
- The Uninstall process does not entirely delete the "Falcon4" folder. Manually throw the "Falcon4" directory into the Recycle Bin.
- Point your browser to http://www.falcon40.com . Navigate to "Falcon Downloads" and drill down the directories- Patches/Falcon4.0PatchesFromMicroprose/Patches- and download the "f4108us.exe" program. Now drill through to the "iBeta_Realism_Patch_V3.0.zip" file like so: Patches/Ibeta_patches/Patches.
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