Hi everybody. I’m new to the forum although I have used this site for over a year downloading all sort of stuff. I have cfs1 cfs2 and cfs3, but I consider cfs1 still the best, I know it is the oldest sim of the three, but the philosophy of the game is my favorite. You know, even if the original game is sort of simple, with the help of all the add-ons that sim fans have created the game has become more challenging and satisfying. Now what is the point of my writing? Well in the last two years I have become very interested in the battle of britain and in everything related with raf and luftwaffe history. I have original videos and books about dogfights and more stuff like that. Watching those videos I have noticed a few things that I would like to see in my sim.
1)      would anybody be able to make some smoke come out of the exausts when starting the engines? (just like in cfs2)
2)      would anybody be able to make all planes diving (after being hit) sound like in real life? I mean that peculiar sound similar to the one made by stukas. It would be great to hear that sound during those crowded dogfights over London.
3)      Would it be possible to improve the effects of speed on planes, in particular to lose the undercarriage when flying too fast? please make me know if I am asking too much.

That’s enough for a challenge isn’t it? Well I hope cfs1 fans will carry on improving this great game.

thanks for the wellcome, I don't know anything about programs so I think I'll have to wait until one of you big brains will bring an unswer to my questions. besides, I can't turn on the panels of my planes either original or imported. I've read some solution on the forum but I couldn't find the files mentioned. thanks again

hi, well the problem is that during night flying I should be able to see all the gauges in my cockpit, either using "f10"  key or "o" key, I have also tried cntrl+l and other keys. still I am not able to have any sort of panel lights. is there anything I can do about it?

Look for a utility by Chuck Dome named MakePink. I think this works for CFS1 gauges.

Howdy,
CFS1 does support ac night light effects but you have to have an ac that has it.For instance,RAF662 bombers have outside nav lights( be sure and turn your lights off in a night mission .The enemy can see you from miles away LOL) There are some other ac that have it but off the top of my head I can't remember any except maybe the C-133 cargo plane and I'm sure there are others.It's just that stock ac don't have the lights. Be sure you have your keyboard enabled for lights in the setting/setup page.You have to assign L and ctrl/L for lights I believe.Check the ac dl section here at Simviation and read the descriptions and I'm sure you'll find some.You can also check at RAF662 web site for classic CFS1 scenery and planes.

Ddave

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Did M$ ever improve CFS?
I thought they released it, took the money, and went off to consolidate with CFS2 and FS2000. lolol.

As this thread has been revived I had a search round & found Chuck Dome's Makepink utility I mentioned. You can get it here. http://members.fortunecity.com/kc4wvl/2000fs_utili.html
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This will work for CFS1 gauges. Note you will also need the VB4 drivers. These are posted all over the Web. A quick search will find them.

On the subject of the screaming engines. I think this was caused by the props overspeeding. Athough I'm sure it happened I doubt that every crashing aircraft would make this noise. I've heard it in many war films & suspect it's a gimmick & done for effect like most things in films.

The Stuka had a special siren fitted to make the screaming sound. This was done deliberately to strike fear into the enemy.