Falcon BMS Alternative Launcher is a replacement for stock BMS launcher including key/axis mapping feature. It can configure and save BMS SETUP per Joysticks. When you launch BMS through this app, it auto-generates proper setup files and overwrites them for current device order before BMS find them changed and initialize your setup. You don't have to worry about SETUP mixing up DX order nor resets axis setups even if device sort or numbers have been changed.

For instance, even if you setup BMS while connecting Logicool Driving Force Pro you don't use for BMS, and next day you launch BMS without Driving Force Pro(or maybe with some another device), You will see key/axis setup still remains for BMS as the app has overwritten key file / axismapping.dat / joystick.cal to corresponds current device setups

You can add/remove your device environment without setting up your axis/key from scratch. You don't have to care is the connected devices are same to when you have played BMS last time anymore.

Moreover, Falcon BMS Alternative Launcher has quicker and easier setup UI.

The app will overwrite following setup files and the Registry of Falcon BMS and auto-generate backups to User/Config/Backup at its first launch.

• User/Config/axismapping.dat

• User/Config/BMS - Full.key

• User/Config/DeviceSorting.txt

• User/Config/Falcon bms.cfg

• User/Config/joystick.cal

• User/Config/.pop

I recommend make backups of the registry.

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/BenchmarkSims/Falcon BMS 4.33 U1

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Wow6432Node/BenchmarkSims/Falcon BMS 4.33 U1

(Export .reg file via regedit.exe, For restoring just run reg file you have backed up.)

I have checked the app by myself and asked some of my friends for testing but it may still have some glitches I am unaware of. Please report if something is not working fine. Also if any glitches have happened in BMS while using my launcher, try if same things happen with fresh reinstalled BMS before contacting Official Devs.

Make a backup of the stock Falcon BMS 4.34/Bin/x86/Hub.exe before installing it. Download Falcon BMS Alternative Launcher, unzip the file and extract all of the included files to Falcon BMS 4.34/Bin/x86, overwrite Hub.exe. Next time you launch BMS, Falcon BMS Alternative Launcher will be launched instead of the stock launcher.

Installing the new launcher after the clean installation of BMS is the most secure way to use this app.

In Axis Assign page, you can assign axis setups. Clicking "Assign" button popups axis setup window for each control.

Axis Assign Page is divided into 4 pages, "FlightControl" "Avionics" "Radios" "Views".

The first time you launch the window for unsigned controls, the window will flash "AWAITING INPUTS" label. Move your joystick physical axis you want to assign to the specific control you have selected, for instance, if you have clicked "ASSIGN" button just next to "ROLL" control label, lean your Joystick to left or right. When the app has detected a joystick movement, it will assign that axis to the control automatically.

If you have mistakenly assigned a different joy axis, click "RETRY" button and move the joy axis you want to assign again. If you want to clear the assignment, click "RETRY" or "CLEAR" then click "SAVE" before moving any joy axes, leaving "AWAITING INPUTS" label flashing.

The window also have a drop down box for Deadzone and Saturation settings, invert check box, and AB / IDLE detent setters for throttle control.

In Key Mapping page, you can assign keyboard and joystick DX/POV setups. Double clicking specific raw to open small Key Mapping Window, then press the key or DX/POV switches to assign them to the callback.

Key Mapping Page has a drop-down list to jump the Datagrid scroll to the specific sections, especially useful to find essential HOTAS callbacks section.

You can also setup SHIFTED DX or BUTTON RELEASE behaviours which cannot be done from stock BMS UI

When you would like to setup key/buttons for SHIFTED DX or RELEASE to activate callbacks, click and enable "KEYCOMBO / PINKYSHIFT" button or "RELEASE" button. When the button has lightened up it has been enabled. Then press buttons to assign them.

This is one example of "on else off" for toggle switches. REL means "release" and INV: DN means "INVOKE KEY DOWN"

This works for 3-way ON-OFF-ON switches

Launcher page has several shortcuts for BMS itself and other tools.

* Platform:

Here you can select which version (32bit or 64 bit) of BMS to launch (Only works for BMs4.33).

* Theater:

You can select from which theater to start BMS before launching BMS from the theater combobox. You don't have to launch BMS only to change theater and relaunch it to avoid CTD anymore.

When you selected a theater that has its own settings executable, clicking a "Theater own config" button that appears next to the theater combobox will launch those executable. Currently the app supports this for Israel and Ikaros theater.

* Command Line:

These buttons will enable/disable each launch options for BMS. For further details read BMS-Manual.pdf 3.2.4 Launching BMS 4.34

* Documentation and Manuals:

Don't you know where BMS Docs exists? Click the blue "open docs folder" button now! For BMS beginner's, I recommend starting from the fantastic Docs/Falcon BMS Manuals/BMS-Training.pdf. If you find anything unclear about BMS UI or Multiplayer settings etc, read BMS-Manual.pdf.

I developed this application to skip learning BMS's bit complicated control setups but you still have to read and learn this sim from those manuals.

* Launchers:

"Launch without any setup override" checkbox ignores any setup you configured at Axis Assign Page and Key Mapping Page. Use this in case of something not working properly regarding this app. You can use this app just as same as stock launcher then.

Weapon Delivery Planner / Mission Commander / Weather Commander / F4WX are the 3rd party tools that will not come with BMS installation. Click the icons and you will have to select install directory first time. After that these icons will be work as shortcuts for those apps. When you updated those apps to a latest version, delete or move older version from local storage and app will ask for updated install folder. If you don't have them, just click cancel button of the folder browser and the app will open download pages for each tools.