Q198101: Combat Flight Simulator: Textures Disappear or Computer Hangs

Article: Q198101
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty kbdisplay kbimu
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series, version 1.0 
- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you switch to Bomb/Rocket View, Chase View, or Spot View when you fly in
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator or Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, you
may experience either of the following symptoms:

- Ground textures start to disappear, and your computer eventually stops
  responding (hangs).
- If you press P to pause the game, ground textures disappear. When you press P
  again to resume flying, your computer hangs immediately.

CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if a display adapter based on the Mpact II 3DVD chip set
is installed in your computer.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, obtain and install the latest video driver for the
display adapter installed in your computer. To do this, contact the manufacturer
of your display adapter.

For information about how to contact your display adapter manufacturer, query in
the Knowledge Base for one of the following articles:

  Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

  Q60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

  Q60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z


To work around this issue, or if the issue continues to occur, disable 3D
hardware acceleration in the game. To do this, follow the appropriate steps.

Combat Flight Simulator
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1. On the Combat Flight Simulator startup screen, click Settings.

2. Click to clear the Enable Hardware Acceleration check box, and then click OK.

Combat Flight Simulator 2
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1. On the Combat Flight Simulator 2 startup screen, click Settings.

2. Click Advanced Settings.

3. Click to clear the Enable Hardware Acceleration check box, and then click OK.

Additional query words: 1.00 msgame combatfs cfs cfs2

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty kbdisplay kbimu 
Technology        : _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbCombatFlightSim2 kbCombatFlightSim kbCombatFlightSimSearch kbSimSearch
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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