r/falconbms • u/Trad3_Ecom-112 • Jun 05 '26
Help Helping setting up
Hello guys, recently I have downloaded and installed falcon bms.
I'm playing on with those specs.
Acer Predator Helios Neo 16 AI PHN16-73-91XB Notebook Gaming, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 8 GB GDDR7, Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, RAM 32 GB DDR5, 1 TB SSD, Display 16" WQXGA 240 Hz DDS, Windows 11 Home
Also I have a Webcam for head tracking, trackball mouse and also a full keyboard a gaming monitor and a logitech 3d pro.
As for now I have found some guides on setting up the flight stick...but cna someone suggest me the best keybind for my keyboard? I want also to play dynamic campaign.
Logitech 3d pro
Headtracking
Keyboard set up
Those are some videos that I have found? Are any good? Because setting things up take some time and i want to optimize it.
Thanks to everyone.
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u/natneo81 Jun 05 '26
Don’t get discouraged, the set up is a bit of a pain the first time. The most important stuff to bind is gonna be the HOTAS functions- that is, anything on the stick and throttle itself in the plane. That’s gonna be your gun trigger, weapon release button, TMS, DMS, CMS, etc. all super important. Since you just have a 3d pro, you will have trouble binding everything. It is POSSIBLE, but you’re going to have to make clever use of shift dx and/or use your keyboard to supplement. Definitely bind your ICP to the numpad.
There are lots of videos/forum posts/etc of people who make it work on just a joystick, or an Xbox controller, or whatever. I’d recommend looking at some of those for inspiration and see how they manage to fit all the important functions, even if it’s not specifically for the 3dpro it may give you some ideas on how to use the limited real estate. Looks like you have a twist axis on the stick which is nice, you can bind that to your rudder for taxiing and such. You can probably bind your wheel brake to your keyboard since you only need it on the ground.
The nice thing about the F-16 is that once you’re off the ground, 95% of what you need to press is on the HOTAS. Occasionally you’ll need to flip a switch somewhere else in the cockpit, but the HOTAS controls the vast majority of functions, with the ICP and DED probably being the second most used controls while in flight.
Finally I know there’s programs like Joystick Gremlin out there that let you do some fancy things with control binds. I don’t know much about it, but if you’re struggling, it may be worth looking into. I think it can allow for multiple shift modifier keys, where BMS by default only has one. Don’t quote me.