Simviation Forum - Win XP and CFS1

Apr 4^th, 2003 at 1:24am

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I seem to have a hard time running my CFS1 on win XP. I'd like to know if others have the same problem and if so is there a download od something to fix this problem.

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Reply #1 - Apr 4^th, 2003 at 1:41am

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I'm running it on XP Pro with no problems whatsoever. However I've found that certain add-on aircraft don't work in XP.
What sort of trouble are you experiencing, and what ae your system specs?

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Reply #2 - Apr 4^th, 2003 at 3:02am

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Hi Ozzy,
What add-on aircraft don't work in XP? Can you give examples?

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Reply #3 - Apr 4^th, 2003 at 3:47am

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I have never used WinXP but have many friends who run CFS1 & all other M$ sims on it with no problems at all.

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However I've found that certain add-on aircraft don't work in XP.

Ozzy. Read the answer to question 11 on the Abacus AA FAQ page. http://www.flightsimdownloads.com/premier/aa/aafaqs.htm
This should explain the problem with some older 3rd party aircraft & Win2000/WinXP. The conflict is with the OS & not the sim & only applies to aircraft animated with older versions of AA. The Abacus MDLFix utility should fix the problem in any M$ sim, not just FS2000. If that doesn't work try the updated MDL Repair Utility posted in Simv FS2000 & FS2002 utilities. http://www.simviation.com/fs2000utilities_ess2.htm

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Reply #4 - Apr 4^th, 2003 at 7:25am

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It was the Mosquito FB. Thanks for the help Hagar, but now I've got CFS3, I'm not really playing 1 v.much.

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Reply #5 - Apr 4^th, 2003 at 8:20am

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It was the Mosquito FB. Thanks for the help Hagar, but now I've got CFS3, I'm not really playing 1 v.much.

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I should have said that the patch should fix aircraft with this problem in ALL M$ sims EXCEPT CFS3. This includes CFS2 & FS2002 which I know you still use. Wink

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Reply #6 - May 28^th, 2003 at 11:47pm

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CFS1 crashes alot on XP home edition for me, mostly during the stock missions/campaigns...wish it wasn't so...I love the BoB in cfs1

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Reply #7 - Jun 3^rd, 2003 at 6:46pm

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I have been suffering this for ages on my win95 and XP. I am convinced it is connected to the aircraft involved, i.e. non CFS A/C.
Any A/C from the FS series is a potential CFS disaster as far as I'm concerned.
I have written a campaign featuring a Swordfish and whichever version I used caused the problem.
In the end I gave up, it still lies in my pending tray awaiting an acceptable aircraft.
My advice is to change the aircraft.

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Reply #8 - Jun 3^rd, 2003 at 6:55pm

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I have been suffering this for ages on my win95 and XP. I am convinced it is connected to the aircraft involved, i.e. non CFS A/C.
Any A/C from the FS series is a potential CFS disaster as far as I'm concerned.
I have written a campaign featuring a Swordfish and whichever version I used caused the problem.
In the end I gave up, it still lies in my pending tray awaiting an acceptable aircraft.
My advice is to change the aircraft.

This is odd...my problem occurs with stock planes; I like the Korean War campaigns and they run the best. Missions with stock aircraft are by far the most likey to cause a crash for me.

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Reply #9 - Jun 3^rd, 2003 at 7:02pm

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This is strange. Apart from the animation bug with early 3rd party aircraft I mentioned there should be no conflict with CFS & WinXP. I don't use it myself but have many friends who run CFS1 (& all other M$ sims) on XP with no problems at all. ???

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Reply #10 - Jun 4^th, 2003 at 12:41am

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This is strange. Apart from the animation bug with early 3rd party aircraft I mentioned there should be no conflict with CFS & WinXP. I don't use it myself but have many friends who run CFS1 (& all other M$ sims) on XP with no problems at all. ???

FS2002 and CFS2 run fine on XP for me. CFS is another story, however...and I dislike cfs3; very dissappointed with it

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Reply #11 - Jun 4^th, 2003 at 2:05am

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If I knew anything about XP maybe I could figure it out. One last thought. CFS1 is a 16 bit application originally intended for Win95 on which it runs quite happily. Which desktop display resolution are you using? Anything higher than High Color (16 bit) would give problems even on Win9x/Me.

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Reply #12 - Jun 4^th, 2003 at 7:14pm

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If I knew anything about XP maybe I could figure it out. One last thought. CFS1 is a 16 bit application originally intended for Win95 on which it runs quite happily. Which desktop display resolution are you using? Anything higher than High Color (16 bit) would give problems even on Win9x/Me.

Thanks Hagar....thought of that one but it doesn't help

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