I'm a novice regarding PC's and games. And after endless phonecalls to so called "support" services, I have finally realised that I should probably ask someone who actually knows something.
I recently purchased CFS 2 as I absolutely loved CFS 1.
Installation went fine, but when I started the game it played the intro and after that it threw me back out to the desktop.
I have Windows XP and a 128mb SDR Geforce 4 Graphics card.
Can somebody help me, please???

System: XP Home (5.1, Build 2600)
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.5GHz
Memory: 256 Mb
DirectX 9.0
Soundcard: VIA Audio (Wave)
Videocard: GeForce 4 440 AGP

Hope you can help!

Kind regards

Woody

Hi Woodlouse.

Uninstall and then reinstall was one of the first things I did when it didn't work, but the same thing happened.

I have after one weeks frustration returned the game and are seriously considering buying CFS3. But knowing my luck, that probably wont work either.

Thank you very much for answering though.

Can you by the way advise me on a good add on for my CFS (1)? I have downloaded Pyros Vampire which I love to fly. (I have tried several other types, but it's as though the planes are balancing on an egg. Very wobbly.

Kind regards

Woody

Sounds good to me. Where can I find them? On this site or somewhere else?

Woody

LOL Woody. (This is confusing, I meant Woodlouse) Do I have to do everything?  
Actually I was was involved with these campaigns so do know a little about them. I suggest you start with the Banshee Mission Pack here. http://www.simviation.com/cfs1missions4.htm
If you like it there's an update + whole series of Korean campaigns posted on the following pages which are best installed in the order they were posted.

One comment on the original topic. CFS3 is far more complex than CFS1 or CFS2. It also caused many installation problems. I never did get it to run properly on my machine despite all my experience. If you had problems with CFS2 on your system I doubt if CFS3 will be any better. I suspect the CFS2 problem is with your machine rather than the sim. It's most likely a setting, driver or something simple.

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LOL  I notice you edited your previous cry for help to make me look a complete fool. I'm quite capable of doing that myself without your assistance. 

Hi Woody. Sorry about the earlier confusion. I kept thinking you were Woodlouse (we call him Woody for short). Put it down to my age.

If you hadn't already tried it I would recommend CFS2. It should run fine on most systems & I never had a problem with it. Your system is far more powerful than mine & I'm sure your problem is due to something very simple, maybe even your Desktop color resolution. Unfortunately, I have no knowledge of WinXP or could be more help. As I mentioned previously, CFS3 will not run on my system. It might be fine for you.

Hi Hagar/Woodlouse

CFS2 is the game I've already tried (for a week) but it just would not work. A lot of people reckons it might have been the game itself. Even Microsoft asked me to send it back to them and they would have reimbursed me. As it is I got the money back from the store I bought it from.

But surely there is the possibilty that there might have been something wrong with the game???
Like I said earlier I have got very advanced games that are working just fine.

I think I will give CFS3 a shot over the weekend.

Kind regards

Stefan

PS: Thanks for the Missions by the way.

Good luck with CFS3. I have never had any real problems with it (Its always the other person! ).

If you do have problems with CFS3 give us a message and we'll do are best to fix it for you.

No problem. Good luck.

Hi again Hagar/Woodlouse

Just thought I'd let you know I bought CFS3 today and it's working just fine.

I'm in the middle of getting used to it.

Would any of you know of any Post WW2 aircraft that works with this version?

Stefan

Cheers Woodlouse.

Now for another query. (Great site this.)
The graphics does tend to freeze up now and again. Not very often, but it happens.

Any ideas what it might be?  ???I have increased the virtual memory.

Stefan

Hi Woody

I have 256 Mb. And I remember reading somewhere that it will work better with 512 Mb. Is that true?

Anywho, it's not too bad. I think I can live with it.

Thanks for your help though.

Stefan

Hi Woodlouse

I'm doing the same thing and there is a difference.
I have also turned off the video graphics in between missions. And that helped a lot. The only bad thing is that I can't view the planes I choose to fly.

But if it makes the game run better then I think I'll live with it.

I spoke to Microsoft yesterday regarding the graphics
and they told me that the game will always be a bit jerky due to the immense graphics involved.

Kind regards

Stefan 8)

Hi 

I am new at this also. My game was going back to the desktop. Make sure that your resolution is set at 1024. After changing my CFS2 works great.  Also make sure  everything that is running is shutdown.  Somethime things running in the background will cause this. Hope this works. javascript:javascript:cheesy()
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