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Answers
to your Frequently Asked Questions
Question: Can
I use Battle For Midway with Combat Flight Simulator 2 (CFS2)?
Answer: Yes, the update to use Battle for Midway
will be available January 15, 2001. Registered users are eligibile
to receive the update CD-ROM. Those registered users who purchased
BFM after October 15, 2001 can receive the FREE update CD-ROM.
Other registered users of BFM can purchase the update CD-ROM
for $15. For more information, please click
here.
Question: CFS1 only - Why does
the aircraft carrier seem to disappear when viewing the aircraft
from external (spot) view?
Answer: They should be trees.
The truth is, it does not disappear
but is rescaled. Microsoft's Combat Flight Simulator uses a unique
scaling method that scales certain objects based on their view
perspective. In normal view while sitting in the cockpit, the
carrier appears as normal size but from any other external perspective
the carrier appears half scale.
Try the following:
While sitting in the cockpit, press keypad "S" twice.
You should now be viewing the aircraft from spot view and it
appears as if there is no carrier. Now press the minus keypad
[-] several times to view the aircraft from a distance. You will
see that the carrier is indeed present, but scaled smaller. To
return to the cockpit view, press keypad "S" once more.
At this time, this appears
to be a limitation within the CFS1 engine when using some 3rd
party developed objects and has not yet been resolved. As new
information is discovered, we will continue to provide you with
the latest product development.
Question: When opening Battle For Midway, I encounter
the error message "Error Renaming Opening Video 2040".
What can I do to fix this problem?
Answer:
Start the Windows Explorer
(Start | Programs | Windows Explorer), locate and display the
contents of your main Combat Flight Simulator folder. (By default
CFS is found in Program Files->Microsoft Games->Combat
Flight Simulator)
In the right pane of the Windows
Explorer, locate and delete the following files (the extension
may not appear depending upon your Windows Explorer settings):
CFSENV_OPENING.DAT
or CFSENV_OPENING OPENING.AVI or
OPENING BFM_OPENING.AVI or BFM_OPENING
Be sure that you delete only
these files. Continue, even if you do not find these files.
Now locate and open your main
CFS \sound folder in the left pane of the Windows Explorer. Beneath
you'll see another folder named \radio. Open the \radio folder.
Next open the folder named
\German and double click one of the wav files. Perform the following
step only if the voice has a Japanese accent:
- Verify that there is a folder
named Deault_German. If you don't have this folder, do
not continue
- Select the folder named Default_German
- Choose File | Rename
from the menu and type: German[Enter]
- Exit the Windows Explorer
From the Desktop, double-click
the Battle For Midway icon. You'll now be able to proceed
with your combat.
Question: In the Coral Sea Missions 1 and 2 and
Battle For Midway Missions 2 and 3, the SBD-3 Dauntless and F4F
Wildcat run out of fuel when I push the X key. What can I do
to complete the mission?
Answer:
Please download the patch BFM_Update1.exe
(711KB).
This patch file will update
the affected aircraft in your CFS1 folder.
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