Q281687: Combat Flight Simulator: Known Video Issues

Article: Q281687
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series, version 1.0 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY
=======

This article contains a list of video-related issues that you may experience in
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator.

MORE INFORMATION
================

The following articles describe known issues with video adapters and chip sets
in Combat Flight Simulator. For more information, click the article numbers
below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

  Q198576 Combat FS: Polygons Are Visible When You Fly Through Fog

  Q216918 Err Msg: Combat Flight Simulator Requires a Higher Refresh Rate

  Q198135 Combat FS: Overlapping View Windows Appear When Switching to HUD

  Q216094 Combat Flight Simulator: Display Is Choppy or Blinks Intermittently
  When You Start a Flight

  Q221774 Combat Flight Simulator: Crosshairs Turn Black or Appear as a Black
  Box

  Q198103 Combat Flight Simulator: Textures in Cockpit Flicker

  Q198101 Combat Flight Simulator: Textures Disappear or Computer Hangs

  Q198102 Combat Flight Simulator: Terrain and 3D Objects Flicker

  Q198402 Combat Flight Simulator: Computer Hangs While Playing Game with AGP
  Video Adapter

  Q194817 Combat Flight Simulator: Computer Hangs When You Quit the Game

  Q194821 Combat Flight Simulator: Computer Hangs When Aircraft Crashes

  Q198162 Combat Flight Simulator: Color Palette or Textures Are Distorted

  Q198110 Combat Flight Simulator Does Not Detect Hardware Acceleration

  Q216094 Combat Flight Simulator: Display Is Choppy or Blinks Intermittently
  When You Start a Flight

REFERENCES
==========

To identify the manufacturer and the model of your video adapter:

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click System.

3. If you are using Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98, click the
  Device Manager tab.

  If you are using Microsoft Windows 2000, click the Hardware tab, and then
  click Device Manager.

4. Click the plus sign (+) next to "Display adapters".

5. Under the "Display adapters" branch, note the manufacturer and the model of
  your video adapter, and then click OK.

6. Close all open windows on the desktop.

For additional information about how to identify the driver version of your video
adapter, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q159487 Games: How to Determine the Version of Installed Video Driver

Additional query words: msgame combatfs cfs2 corrupted blurry fuzzy ground flickering

======================================================================
Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch _IKkbbogus kbGamesSearch kbCombatFlightSim kbCombatFlightSimSearch
Version           : :1.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

=============================================================================

THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1986-2002.