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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???

Can you give us more details on your specs please? Its hard to find what problems are if you don't know the full picture when it comes to the computer.

I hope we can fix this.

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

Hmm... Tricky one. Your system is one that eats CFS2 for breakfast and I can see nothing that could cause it to go wrong. How ever have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling? If not then it might be an XP problem. I would reckommend a reinstall before we go any further.

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

I would reckommend buying CFS3. You have a system that would appreaciate it.

I havn't played CFS1 for years and I never had a downloads for it. However I do know of some Korean Campaigns for it of your interested.

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

Woody

They camapaigns should be on the CFS1 missions pages on this site.


http://www.simviation.com/cfs1missions4.htm

Try that.

LOL Woody. (This is confusing, I meant Woodlouse) Do I have to do everything?

YAY!!! I knew Hagar would come a running!...

YAY!!! I knew Hagar would come a running!...

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.  :P

Thanks guys.

I've downloaded the banshee file and it's working fine.
All I have to do now is to pour myself a pint of bitter, light a cigar and away we go.

Regarding CFS3, to buy it or not? I don't really know what to do, but to be quite honest with you, I have games on my PC that are really putting it to the test. (Games that I uninstalled just to get CFS2 going. And failed.)

But you're probably right. It's very likely it won't work.

Would any of you know of a similar game that might do the business?

Kind regards

Woody

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.

You could try IL2 Forgotten battles. Other than that theres nothing really.

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.