Falcon BMS 4.36 How to Connect: Online Campaign with IVC Enabled

[=VG= SemlerPDX]

 This post is TEN YEARS OLD and deprecated!!  Please refer to the VG Wiki for the latest information about our Falcon BMS Server and How to Connect

  https://veterans-gaming.com/wiki/rules/falconbms/bms-kto/

 

  https://veterans-gaming.com/wiki/guides/falconbms/vg-server/

 

How to connect to the VG Falcon BMS 4.36 Server Campaign with IVC Enabled

NOTE:  The Minimum Client Bandwidth Requirement is now 1500 as of March 25th 2018
NOTE:  Our IP Address has changed!  As of September 2017, the new VG BMS Server IP is: 205.161.30.10
ALSO NOTE:  The server will now be 64-bit Version -- All players must launch with 64-bit BMS!

IVC is the amazing comms system used by Falcon BMS. It functions in game very similar to the UHF and VHF Radios onboard many modern aircraft, has preset channels covering specific frequencies, and allows for custom channels to be set for private communications. The COMMS Hat on the Throttle Quadrant of the F-16 has a UHF and VHF Transmit button, altogether working in a familiar way like Push to Talk on a VOIP Server like TeamSpeak 3. It has been around for awhile, and many players have gotten used to it - so much so that TS3 isn't even needed (being mostly modeled with the in-game comms system).

Things have changed slightly for IVC use in Falcon BMS 4.34, for complete audio device selection options, IVC should be launched prior to launching the game if setting custom audio input or output, and the IP must be entered in-game under the Comms tab for the Server IVC prior to joining the Campaign Server as shown below.  If you use Default Windows Audio Device for IVC (and BMS), you do not need to launch IVC prior to launching BMS.

Refer to the BMS Manual for complete details on new features such as IFF and ATC, etc.  Jeffu has highlighted many new features in his blog post here:

Connection Instructions, with pictures to help bridge the language barrier

Current Server Version:  4.36.3

 

*Bypass Step 1 if you are using Windows Default Audio Device for both IVC and BMS: go to Step 2

Step 1:*
Launch the 4.36 IVC Client Software via the BMS 4.36 Main Launcher or the application found in the folder shown

-You do not need to enter the IP here, or your Nickname
-Ensure your Audio Devices are properly set as desired

-DO NOT CLICK CONNECT on the IVC Window!!

You can just minimize the IVC window


*images shown use my file path for a 2nd hard drive on older version - use the proper file paths for your PC




Step 2:
Ensure 64-bit is selected in the BMS 4.36 Main Launcher, and click Launch at the top:
 

*images shown use my file path for a 2nd hard drive on older version - use the proper file paths for your PC



Step 3:
Click on COMMS along the top, and create an entry for VETERANS-GAMING just like the image below.

-Enter IP into 'Connect to IP Address': 205.161.30.10
-Connection Bandwidth must be 1500
-IVC Enable and IVC Automatic Gain Control must be green (active)
-Dedicated IVC Server IP must be entered here

-Click SAVE to add the entry to your COMMS Book.

-Click CONNECT when finished






Step 4:
Once connection is established, click on CAMPAIGN along the top

-Click ONLINE
-Click on VETERANS-GAMING

http://i.imgur.com/QVk5cK6.jpg




Step 5:
Select the Airbase on the map on the right - click the one circled, Seosan Airbase.
(fly here, or fly at busy airbases at your discretion, see list below)
-Ensure 120th Squadron is highlighted in green
-Click COMMIT ONLINE on the bottom right

http://i.imgur.com/q3NeiFbl.jpg




Step 6:
Do not change anything on the RULES OF ENGAGEMENT Window, just click OK at the bottom right

http://i.imgur.com/xD5F3Zvl.jpg




Step 7:
You are now in the server, your physical location is Seosan, South Korea and you are required to assign yourself your own mission(s). You can even task AI Flights to support you, or attach yourself to an AI Flight or Human Flight somewhere in the world. At the top of the screen, the COMMS Tab will show you any other pilots on the server - you can text message here or once in game you can press Shift + T to text chat (useful for IVC setup and troubleshooting).

As the Fragging of Flights is a subject all it's own, you will need to watch tutorial(s) on YouTube for instructions if you do not know how.

Special Note:  You can see now that Falcon flight packages can be assigned to do most anything in the digital war, but remember: This is NOT Command & Conquer or Wargame!  DO NOT frag AI flights to accomplish player goals!  You may frag AI flights to support you on your specific mission, within reason (do not assign 12 AI aircraft to protect you on a deep strike just for extra cover, for example).  The complex way that the AI frags it's own flights to support the proper flow of the online campaign depends on us not messing with it too much.  The VG BMS Campaign is an attempt to balance the AI war with needed Human interaction, we have specifically grounded certain AI squadrons to allow players to take on a more active role in certain parts of the war.  Please respect these rules on our server and thank you for flying with us!

http://i.imgur.com/CLgt8FBl.jpg




Either of these tutorials will give you the skills you need; watching both may benefit you by covering bits here and there that the other one may have missed or glossed over, and may give you a better understanding of the entire concept.

How to Add a Package and Frag Flights from the Mission Schedule Screen of a Campaign:



(by BloodBane611)

 

 

 

 

 

(by Krause)

 

 

 

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For advanced users and CMR Pilots, we have various aircraft to fly. This is not a complete list of all squadrons at these airbases, only the player squadrons (not fragged by HQ):

Choongwon:
600th FS -- F-16CM-52
908th TS -- KC-135 (AI Controlled/HQ Fragged)*
910th TS -- KC-10 (AI Controlled/HQ Fragged)*
*to be used (not flown) by players for AAR support in missions


Kunsan:
80th FS -- F-16CM Block 40
601st FS -- F-16CM Block 52
602nd FS -- KF-16C ROKAF


Carrier VINSON:
603rd FS -- F/A-18C
604th FS -- F/A-18E
609th FS -- AV-8B
610th FS -- AV-8B+


Osan:
23rd FS -- F-15C
389th FS -- F-15E-229
203rd FS -- AV-8B Harrier
204th FS -- AV-8B+ Harrier
405th FS -- F/A-18C Hornet
36th FS -- F-16CM Block 40
605th FS -- F-16CM Block 52
606th FS -- KF-16C ROKAF


Seosan:
(*All of Seosan is Human Only, should be no AI activity here)
67th FS -- F-15C
409th FS -- F-15E-229
120th FS -- KF-16C ROKAF
157th FS -- F-16C Block 52+ CFT
607th FS -- F-16CM Block 52
608th FS -- F-16CM Block 40

 

On 11/13/2015 at 11:00 AM, Brain said:

In addition to the excellent guide I'd like to mention:

-You *may* need to forward ports 2934-2937 to your PC or the server will keep rejecting your connection.
A minimum upload speed of 1mbps is required. Do a speed test to Kansas and see if your connection is fast enough.

- IVC needs additional ports forwarded: 9987-9989. Some appear to have skipped that when setting up for BMS. Check your router configs when in doubt.
- Running the Falcon BMS.exe as admin, located in /bin/x86 can help if communication between BMS and IVC gets interrupted by some stupid Windows security feature (like in my case).

 

[Brain]

You may need to forward ports 2934-2937 to your PC or the server will keep rejecting your connection.
A minimum upload speed of 1mbps is required. Do a speed test to Kansas and see if your connection is fast enough.

Also, please make sure you understand how to create and join flights properly before you enter the VG campaign. You're likely to run into problems or break things if you don't!

[=VG= BLuDKLoT]

Nice thread bro

[=VG= SemlerPDX]

The VETERANS-GAMING 24/7 Public COOP Campaign Server is updated to 4.34.1 -- new player squadrons are available, Harriers out of Osan and USS Vinson, as well as F-16CM Block 52+ CFT now available out of Seosan.

Plenty of the old available aircraft are still there, and if you see the 120th Squadron Patch, it is most likely a non-HQ fragged Squadron available for Players with plenty of aircraft available.

We are running Rolling Fire at ACE Difficulty with all sliders favoring DPRK. We have grounded a few BLUFOR Strike packages (Warthogs and Hornets) to give OPFOR a fighting chance, and to allow more player interaction FTW.   We are not running a custom weather model at this time, but this may change in the near future when we find or make one.  Please feel free to provide feedback on difficulty, aircraft availability, and munitions, and we will gladly consider changes or updates to our master Campaign file.  Thank you for flying at VG!

  Victory Conditions are as follows:
➢ RoK/US wins if Wonsan and P’yongyang are controlled in less than 30 campaign days.
➢ DPRK wins if Seoul and Pusan are controlled in less than 30 campaign days.
➢ If none of these conditions are met in 30 days then the outcome will be a peace treaty.
➢ If no major objective is captured in 20 days then the outcome will be a stalemate.
 

Current Player Only Squadrons list:

Quote

 

For advanced users and CMR Pilots, we have various aircraft to fly. This is not a complete list of all squadrons at these airbases, only the player squadrons (not fragged by HQ):

Choongwon
600th FS  F-16CM-52
908th TS KC-135 (AI Controlled/HQ Fragged)*
910th TS KC-10 (AI Controlled/HQ Fragged)*
*to be used (not flown) by players for AAR support in missions
 

Kunsan
80th FS -- F-16CM Block 40
601st FS -- F-16CM Block 52
602nd FS -- KF-16C ROKAF

Carrier VINSON
603rd FS -- F/A-18C
604th FS -- F/A-18E
609th FS -- AV-8B
610th FS -- AV-8B+

Osan
36th FS -- F-16CM Block 40
203rd FS -- AV-8B Harrier
204th FS -- AV-8B+ Harrier
405th FS -- F/A-18C Hornet
605th FS -- F-16CM Block 52
606th FS -- KF-16C ROKAF

Seosan
120th -- KF-16C ROKAF
157th -- F-16C Block 52+ CFT
607th -- F-16CM Block 52
608th -- F-16CM Block 40

 

[=VG= SemlerPDX]

The VETERANS-GAMING 24/7 Public COOP Campaign Server is updated to 4.34.3 (U3) and the Rolling Fire KTO Campaign has been restarted to Day 1, 0500 -- JSTARS Replay from the last campaign has been saved for the VG JSTARS Replay Video project (coming soon to the VG website).

Many non-AI fragged player squadrons available, Harriers out of Osan and USS Vinson, as well as F-16CM Block 52+ CFT now available out of Seosan. Difficulty is hard, grounded a few BLUFOR Strike packages (Warthogs and Hornets) to give OPFOR a fighting chance, and to allow more player interaction FTW. As always, we are open to suggestions and feedback. Please let us know if something is not quite right, if the difficulty is to hard/easy, or if you would like to volunteer to help manage, maintain, and improve the VG Public BMS COOP Server. We rely upon the pilots to let us know if the server crashes or if anything is not right. Send a message to SemlerPDX here on the website, Discord, TeamSpeak3, or anywhere you find me.  Cheers!

We are running Rolling Fire at ACE Difficulty with all sliders favoring DPRK. We have grounded a few BLUFOR Strike packages (Warthogs and Hornets) to give OPFOR a fighting chance, and to allow more player interaction FTW.   We are not running a custom weather model at this time, but this may change in the near future when we find or make one.  Please feel free to provide feedback on difficulty, aircraft availability, and munitions, and we will gladly consider changes or updates to our master Campaign file.  Thank you for flying at VG!

  Victory Conditions are as follows:
➢ RoK/US wins if Wonsan and P’yongyang are controlled in less than 30 campaign days.
➢ DPRK wins if Seoul and Pusan are controlled in less than 30 campaign days.
➢ If none of these conditions are met in 30 days then the outcome will be a peace treaty.
➢ If no major objective is captured in 20 days then the outcome will be a stalemate.
 

Current Player Only Squadrons list:

Quote

 

For advanced users and CMR Pilots, we have various aircraft to fly. This is not a complete list of all squadrons at these airbases, only the player squadrons (not fragged by HQ):

Choongwon
600th FS  F-16CM-52
908th TS KC-135 (AI Controlled/HQ Fragged)*
910th TS KC-10 (AI Controlled/HQ Fragged)*
*to be used (not flown) by players for AAR support in missions
 

Kunsan
80th FS -- F-16CM Block 40
601st FS -- F-16CM Block 52
602nd FS -- KF-16C ROKAF

Carrier VINSON
603rd FS -- F/A-18C
604th FS -- F/A-18E
609th FS -- AV-8B
610th FS -- AV-8B+

Osan
36th FS -- F-16CM Block 40
203rd FS -- AV-8B Harrier
204th FS -- AV-8B+ Harrier
405th FS -- F/A-18C Hornet
605th FS -- F-16CM Block 52
606th FS -- KF-16C ROKAF

Seosan
120th -- KF-16C ROKAF
157th -- F-16C Block 52+ CFT
607th -- F-16CM Block 52
608th -- F-16CM Block 40

 

 

[=VG= SemlerPDX]

 This post is TEN YEARS OLD and deprecated!!  Please refer to the VG Wiki for the latest information about our Falcon BMS Server and How to Connect

  https://veterans-gaming.com/wiki/rules/falconbms/bms-kto/

 

  https://veterans-gaming.com/wiki/guides/falconbms/vg-server/

 

The VETERANS-GAMING 24/7 Public COOP Campaign Server is updated to 4.34.4 (U4) and the Rolling Fire KTO Campaign has been restarted to Day 1, 0500 -- JSTARS Replay from the last campaign has been saved for the VG JSTARS Replay Video project (again, still on the to-do list and coming soon to the VG website).

Many non-AI fragged player squadrons available as usual, Harriers out of Osan and USS Vinson, as well as F-16CM Block 52+ CFT out of Seosan. I have also added some F-15 Eagles, 2 variants at Seosan, and 2 at Osan. Difficulty is hard yet playable for new and experienced pilots depending on choice of mission, because I've grounded almost all BLUFOR Strike packages (Warthogs and Hornets) to give OPFOR even more of a fighting chance, and to allow more player interaction FTW. As always, we are open to suggestions and feedback.

Please let me know if something is not quite right, if the difficulty is to hard/easy, or if you would like to volunteer to help manage, maintain, and improve the VG Public BMS COOP Server. We rely upon the pilots to let us know if the server crashes or if anything is not right. Contact us here or at our website (links in my sig/first post in thread), or at our website/Discord/TeamSpeak3 server.

Currently the people (in order of availability) who have access to restart this server if it crashes are myself (SemlerPDX), CobaltUK, or Jeffu


Victory Conditions are as follows:
➢ RoK/US wins if Wonsan and P’yongyang are controlled in less than 30 campaign days.
➢ DPRK wins if Seoul and Pusan are controlled in less than 30 campaign days.
➢ If none of these conditions are met in 30 days then the outcome will be a peace treaty.
➢ If no major objective is captured in 20 days then the outcome will be a stalemate.
 

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Player Controlled Squadrons (not fragged by HQ):

Choongwon:
600th FS -- F-16CM-52
908th TS -- KC-135 (AI Controlled/HQ Fragged)*
910th TS -- KC-10 (AI Controlled/HQ Fragged)*
*to be used (not flown) by players for AAR support in missions


Kunsan:
80th FS -- F-16CM Block 40
601st FS -- F-16CM Block 52
602nd FS -- KF-16C ROKAF


Carrier VINSON:
603rd FS -- F/A-18C
604th FS -- F/A-18E
609th FS -- AV-8B
610th FS -- AV-8B+


Osan:
23rd FS -- F-15C
389th FS -- F-15E-229
203rd FS -- AV-8B Harrier
204th FS -- AV-8B+ Harrier
405th FS -- F/A-18C Hornet
36th FS -- F-16CM Block 40
605th FS -- F-16CM Block 52
606th FS -- KF-16C ROKAF


Seosan:
(*All of Seosan is Human Only, should be no AI activity here)
67th FS -- F-15C
409th FS -- F-15E-229
120th FS -- KF-16C ROKAF
157th FS -- F-16C Block 52+ CFT
607th FS -- F-16CM Block 52
608th FS -- F-16CM Block 40