Returning to BMS

[Historiker]

WoW, just WoW. 

I have not loaded BMS for...many many years. I am shocked by how good it looks and performs. 

Loaded it up in VR (Pico 4 HMD) and it is impressive even without tweaking it. 

And the new controller input menu, a masterpiece compared to the last time I had to deal with BMS controller support. 

I look forward to flying with you all in the unfriendly skies. 

[Klaiber]

20 minutes ago, Historiker said:

I have not loaded BMS for...many many years. I am shocked by how good it looks and performs. 

I've heard they've made a ton of improvements.

 

[Gus]

Oh yeah, there aren´t updates such frequently like in DCS, but much more significantly with BMS. The new version 4.38 brought a completely new terrain engine and new state-of-the-art cockpits for the F-16 Block 50/52 and the F-15C .. if I remember correctly. Surely the other cockpits will follow with new PBR textures.

The recent smaller fix improved the performance in VR. There´s actually not so much to tweak performancewise in BMS, but there´s also not really the need for tweaking.

In addition for the new BMS 4.38 version could be downloaded and installed Hi-Res 16k ground textures for Korea, Balkans and Greece (for free). 

There´s also a little trick to make force feedback sticks working with BMS.

I´ve just started to fly with @Balge some weeks ago, but the more I fly in BMS, the more I love it!

[Historiker]

On 12/4/2025 at 6:29 PM, Gus said:

I´ve just started to fly with @Balge some weeks ago, but the more I fly in BMS, the more I love it!

Any plans to fly on the 16th?

[Gus]

@Historiker Yes, we plan next BMS session the 16th ( just forgot to make an announcement in the thread  ). Hope you could make it to join!