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Q242852: FS2000: Flight Simulator 95 Adventures Not Converted Correctly

Article: Q242852
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbimu
Last Modified: 06-AUG-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you attempt to convert Microsoft Flight Simulator 95 adventures by using
the Aircraft and Adventure Converter (Aafconv.exe) that is provided with
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, the situation (.stn) files and wave audio
(.wav) files associated with the Flight Simulator 95 adventures are not copied
properly.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, manually copy the situation files and wave audio files
into the appropriate Flight Simulator 2000 folder.

Copy all of the situation files that are associated with the adventure that you
want to convert into the ADV folder for Flight Simulator 2000.

The default location of the ADV folder for Flight Simulator 2000 is

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2000\ADV

where <drive> is the drive letter of the hard disk on which Flight
Simulator 2000 is installed.

Copy all of the wave audio files that are associated with the adventure that you
want to convert into the WAV folder for Flight Simulator 2000.

The default location of the WAV folder for Flight Simulator 2000 is

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\FS2000\ADV\WAV

where <drive> is the drive letter of the hard disk on which Flight
Simulator 2000 is installed.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that
are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: msgame flightsim fs2k fltsim fsim conversion converts

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Keywords          : kbenv kbimu 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim2000 kbSimSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbinfo

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