Q279747: CFS2: How to Import Combat Flight Simulator Scenery

Article: Q279747
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbimu
Last Modified: 06-AUG-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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This article describes how to import Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator scenery
into Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2.

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Because of the three-dimensional (3-D) grid system in Combat Flight Simulator 2,
scenery designed for Combat Flight Simulator may not be displayed correctly in
Combat Flight Simulator 2.

NOTE: To import scenery from Combat Flight Simulator into Combat Flight Simulator
2, you must install both games on your computer with a Typical installation.

The following steps use the default installation folder for each game.

To import Combat Flight Simulator scenery into Combat Flight Simulator 2:

1. Open the following folder

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2

where <drive> is the letter of the hard disk on which Combat Flight
Simulator 2 is installed.

2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.

3. Type "CFS1_Scenery" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

4. Double-click the CFS1_Scenery folder.

5. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.

6. Type "Scenery" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

7. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Folder.

8. Type "Texture" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

9. Close all open windows on the desktop.

10. Click Start, and then click Run.

11. In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight
  Simulator\Scenery\World\Scenery

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

12. On the Edit menu, click Select All.

13. On the Edit menu, click Copy.

14. Click Start, and then click Run.

15. In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator
  2\CFS1_scenery\Scenery

where <drive> is the letter of the hard disk on which Combat Flight
Simulator 2 is installed.

16. On the Edit menu, click Paste.

17. Close all open windows on the desktop.

18. Repeat steps 10 through 17 except type the following line in step 11

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight
  Simulator\Scenery\All\Scenery

19. Repeat steps 10 through 17 except type the following line in step 11

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator\Texture

and type the following line in step 15

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator
  2\CFS1_Scenery\Texture

20. Click Start, and then click Run.

21. In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK:

  <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator
  2\Scenery.cfg

  NOTE: If you are prompted to choose a program to open the file, click Notepad
  in the "Choose the program you want to use" box. Click to clear the Always
  use this program to open this file check box, and then click OK.

22. Press ENTER to create a new line, press the UP ARROW key to position the
  insertion point on the new line, and then type the following lines, pressing
  ENTER after you type each line:

  [Area.013]
  Title=CFS1 Scenery
  Local=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator 2\CFS1_Scenery
  Active=True
  Layer=13
  Flatten.0=0,N54 38,W5 48,N54 38,E14 36,N46 15,W5 48

  NOTE: If you install other scenery in Combat Flight Simulator 2, make sure
  that you add a unique number to each [Area] section and Layer= line to
  identify the different scenery.

  By default, Combat Flight Simulator 2 contains 11 [Area] sections
  ([Area.011]).

23. On the File menu, click Exit. When you are prompted to save the changes,
  click Yes.

To use Combat Flight Simulator scenery in Combat Flight Simulator 2:

1. Click Start Location.

2. Click Advanced Go To, and click the scenery that you want.

3. Click OK twice, and then click Fly Now!

Additional query words: msgame combatfs cfs2

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Keywords          : kbenv kbimu 
Technology        : _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbCombatFlightSim2 kbCombatFlightSimSearch kbSimSearch
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbhowto

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