This page will be updated with new questions which may arise.
Please check back if you have questions about Combat Flight Simulator 2.
[Latest Update: 22 January 2001]
You may also want to check our Support page
for more information.
Note: Keyboard commands (such as CTRL+D/D
) are listed with combat commands first, Flight Simulator/CFS version 1 commands
second.
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Q. I get an error message to "insert the proper CD" but I do have
the CD inserted.
A.
Make sure the CD you have inserted is CD#2.
Please see these Knowledge Base articles for related issues:
Q228985 Games Err Msg: Please Insert the Correct CD-ROM...
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q228/9/85.asp
Q228990 Program Hangs During CD-ROM Verification Process
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q228/9/90.asp
Q218617 How to Troubleshoot CD-ROM Read Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q218/6/17.asp
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Q. After ditching, the plane sinks, but I can't get out by pressing
the "O" key. The only recourse is to "die" when the plane explodes and then re-fly
the mission from the beginning.
A.
In CFS 2 a ditched mission is a failed mission, so you do have to re-fly the mission
if you ditch. But you can press the ESC key before you ditch or hit the water. You'll
lose the mission but you'll still be alive to fight again.
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Q. How do I get the yellow brackets framing the enemy to disappear?
A.
Yellow brackets are intended to help you fly in combat. The feature is code-based
and cannot be modified, but we have certainly noted its being optional for version
3.
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Q. I own CFS 1; I wonder if CFS 2 is an add-on or is it a completely
different program?
A.
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Pacific Theater (CFS 2) is a stand-alone
application, you do not need to have CFS 1 (European theater) installed at all (but
it's more fun to have both!).
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Q. I'm having a problem keeping my airspeed up in CFS 2, whereas
I did not in CFS 1. I copied both the Hawker and the P-51D over to CFS 2 and both
planes fly differently. If I bank over hard and pull back on the stick, I lose airspeed
to the point of stalling. Neither plane behaves like this in the European version.
What am I doing wrong?
A.
You're not doing anything wrong; your aircraft should feel different, because we've
improved the flight model. The physics engines for version 1 and version 2 differ,
reflecting improvements in software technology and the code-writing process. S.
ome of these changes in the physics do induce subtle inaccuracies in the older planes.
Therefore, the aircraft in CFS 2 better reflect real-world performance and capabilities,
and tactics and procedures that worked in version 1 may not necessarily work in
version 2. Just . make sure you check your settings to ensure compatibility between
your imported CFS 1 aircraft and those of CFS 2.
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Q. On the Nationality page, I see British and German as choices,
even though CFS2 doesn't ship with any British or German missions. Why?
A.
One of the handy things about CFS2 is that you can import missions and aircraft
from CFS1, which involves British, German, and American missions over Europe. If
you want to fly a squadron of RAF Spitfires out of New Zealand over Gualdalcanal,
for example, you can. So when you do that, we've built in the filters so you can
keep your U.S., Japanese, British, and German missions in nice, neat stacks.
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Q. Why are there no air-to-ground missions in the Single Missions
portion of CFS2?
A.
All of the Single Missions that shipped with CFS2 are "Ace missions," meaning they
are based on the actual battles during which ace pilots earned their distinguished
standing. How a pilot get to be an ace is by shooting down other aircraft. Air-to-air
victories, in other words. As for the air-to-ground category, we know that with
our robust Mission Builder, people will be creating lots of different missions of
different types, as well as importing German and British missions from CFS1. Having
the air-to-ground filter in the game makes the list a lot more organized and a lot
less crowded when your collection of missions grows.
It's possible to create and share missions in CFS2, you can learn how in our article
Creating Ground Attack Missions
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Q: How can I disable the opening movie?
A:
To simply skip the opening movie once it loads, click your mouse anywhere on the
screen. To disable the movie permanently, add a line to the [MAIN] section of your
COMBATFS.CFG file that reads: ShowLogo=0
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Q: When I start a Training Mission, nothing happens.
A:
If you installed Combat Flight Simulator 2 with the Typical option, or you used
Custom Install but did not choose to copy Training Mission Media to your hard drive,
then the sounds are loaded from the Combat Flight Simulator 2 CD-ROM as needed,
and are deleted again when the Training Mission finishes. If you installed Combat
Flight Simulator 2 this way, and you attempt to run a Training Mission without the
Combat Flight Simulator 2 CD in your CD-ROM drive, no error message is generated,
but none of the sounds will play, giving the appearance that nothing is happening.
If this happens, press CTRL+SHIFT+M/CTRL+U to end the Training Mission, insert the
Combat Flight Simulator 2 CD, and then restart the Training Mission.
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Q: I can't seem to open any of the dialogs in the application.
A:
Some poorly behaved installers for other applications overwrite newer system files-which
are needed by Combat Flight Simulator-with older versions. If this happens, copy
the files MSVCRT.DLL and MFC42.DLL from your Combat Flight Simulator 2 CD-ROM's
root directory to your Windows\System directory (System32 on NT 4.0.) In some cases
you may need to close all of your applications or restart your computer in order
to copy these files.
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Q: None of the numeric keypad keys seem to be controlling the aircraft-they
are switching the views instead. Also, the Num Lock key no longer brings up a map
view.
A:
In order for the numeric keypad keys to control the aircraft, you must make sure
that Num Lock is turned off.
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Q: How can I change the SHIFT+Z coordinate displays back
to degrees/minutes/seconds? It currently displays only minutes and fractional minutes.
A:
Add the following line to your CombatFS.CFG file, in the [MAIN] section: DISPLAY_FRACTIONAL_MINUTES
= 0 This returns CFS2 to the display format used in prior versions of Microsoft®
Flight Simulator.
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Q: Why does installing only the game files for Combat Flight Simulator
2 take up more than 200MB on my disk drive?
A:
The amount of space Combat Flight Simulator 2 uses on your hard disk depends on
the size of clusters on the disk drive. A cluster is the smallest unit of hard drive
space. If your cluster size is 32K, a file that is really only 5K will still take
up 32K of space on your hard drive. If your cluster size is 4K, a file that is 5K
will still take up 8K (two clusters) of space on your hard drive. Combat Flight
Simulator 2 has many files that are less than 10K in size, so on hard drives with
large cluster sizes, many files take up more space than they need to.
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Q. Does Combat Flight Simulator 2 support the aircraft from Combat
Flight Simulator 1 as add-ons? For example, for Combat Flight Simulator 1 there
are many add-on aircraft by third parties, will Combat Flight Simulator 2 be able
to load these aircraft?
A.
Yes, Combat Flight Simulator 2 will support add-on aircraft from Combat Flight Simulator
1, although the graphical detail of the planes in Combat Flight Simulator 2 has
improved greatly.
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Q. How do I download airplanes from the Internet? Is there an easy
way to add more campaigns to Combat Flight Simulator?
A.
There are a number of third-party airplanes, missions and campaigns available over
the Internet. "Third-party" means that individuals or companies other than Microsoft
are making and providing these to you.
Some of the airplanes and campaigns created for Combat Flight Simulator 1 are listed
here. There will also be a community
section of this site when Combat Flight Simulator 2 is in stores, so check back
for an updated listing. Please keep in mind that Microsoft doesn't endorse or support
any of these third-party add-ons
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Q. How do you play Combat Flight Simulator with other people online?
Where are the instructions?
A. You can find instructions for playing Combat
Flight Simulator online at the MSN Gaming Zone
. Until Combat Flight Simulator 2 is in the stores, however, the only Combat Flight
Simulator section on the Zone is focused on Combat Flight Simulator 1.
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Q: Can one implement customizable planes from Flight Simulator
98?
A.
Yes, planes and scenery from Flight Simulator 2000, as well as other third-party
customized arenas, will be transportable to Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator. However,
the damage modeling on those planes will not be as sophisticated as that found in
the planes of Combat Flight Simulator.
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Q: How do I adjust my graphics settings for the best results?
A. Because there are so many combinations of hardware
and software available, we've added more graphics settings which can be adjusted
to achieve the look and feel you want. The article
Advanced Image Quality/Performance Settings for Combat Flight Simulator 2
will help you adjust those settings, which will help you create the best CFS2 experience.
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