Q274627: CFS2 Err Msg: The Pilot Name Contains Illegal Characters…

Article: Q274627
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kberrmsg kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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When you paste a pilot name into the Pilot Name box in Microsoft Combat Flight
Simulator 2, you may receive the following error message:

  The pilot name contains illegal characters or is invalid. Please select
  another name.

In addition, the game may stop responding (hang) or quit unexpectedly, or you may
receive an application error in module AI_PLAYER.DLL.

MORE INFORMATION
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When you type a pilot name into the Pilot Name box in Combat Flight Simulator 2,
illegal characters do not appear in the box.

If you paste illegal characters into the Pilot Name box, you may experience any
of the symptoms mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

Examples of illegal characters include:

- Asterisk
- Backslash
- Slash

Additional query words: 1.00 msgame combatfs cfs2 notepad ascii special

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Keywords          : kberrmsg kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbCombatFlightSim2 kbCombatFlightSimSearch
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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