cfs2 crashes

[sharpy]

Hi, can anyone help me.  I bought a new computer and now cfs2 crashes every few missions. any ideas?
1 gig ram
2.4 ghz amd athlon 64
256 mg ATI sapphire radeon 9600 atlantis

[Corsair Freak]

do you get an error message of any kind? is this a fresh install? (no 3rd party add-ons)


Good Hunting,
Brandon

[james007]

Its probably some thing you install talely that was not install properly. My greatest advice I can give you is for you to always back CFS2 so in case something does not install properly you can always erase it and replace it with your backup.

Give us more information and one of us will figure it out and help with the problem.

Welcome to our forum Sharpy

James007

[sharpy]

The only thing I have installed is the DOA and Poland campaign. They never caused this problem before unless something went wrong with the instalation that I'm not aware of.  There were no error messages,  one second I'm playing the game the next I'm stareing at the desktop!  I'll uninstall everything and try a fresh install, maybe that will work.  Thanks guys.

[james007]

That should Fix the problem. If that  does not fixes the problem please come back and we will try to fix it with you.



James007

[Hagar]

One thing springs to mind. I assume this new PC has WinXP installed. Some of the earlier 3rd party CFS2 aircraft are incompatible with WinXP which could explain the problem. This bug can be fxed with a small utility.

Try a fresh install of CFS2 first. If that fixes your problem install your addons individually & check them out carefully before adding any more. This will make it easier to track down the culprit.

[Bombardier101]

Hagar is an expert at fixing problems like this

[james007]

No doubt he is the best.




James007

[sharpy]

Yes my new computer has winxp.  I did a fresh install and played the stock campaign for a while and had no problems.  so it must be as Hagar suggested.  I'll have to find newer planes to replace those that came with the campaign.  In case I can't, would hagar be kind enough to tell me what utility he was refering to and where I can get it?  Here at simviation i suppose.  Thanks again guys.

[Corsair Freak]

can you give a link to the polish campaign? I'll test out the a/c and see if I get CTD.

btw, which version of DOA are you using?


Good Hunting,
Brandon

[Hagar]

So far so good. I could be quite wrong about the aircraft. I can't check this for you as I'm still using WinMe so they will work fine for me. Install the campaign & try the aircraft in Free Flight. If you get an error message or the preview window locks up patch the MDL file of the offending aircraft with the MDL Repair Utility here. http://www.simviation.com/fs2002utilities_ess1.htm

PS. Some aircraft included with campaigns might be unflyable AI Only drones. In this case you can make them appear on the selection menu by editing the AIR files with AirEd from the Design Utilities section. Change the Aircraft Type from 2 to 0. You can change them back again after checking the aircraft out. I don't think you should have any problems with DoA so suspect something else is causing it.

[sharpy]

I installed the two campaigns again 1st DOA then pland. Poland was when the crashing started. I used the utility suggested by Hagar and problem solved. Once again thanks for all your help.

[Hagar]

That's great news Sharpy. Thanks for the feedback.

[Cessna156]

I have been unable to use CFS2 since I installed FS2004. Coincidentally or not, my joystick (Microsoft Precision 2) would no longer work for CFS2, although it works fine for FS2004.

Microsoft technical assistance finally concluded CSF2 has corrupted files, but denied any incompatability with FS2004.

Any thought bout this? I would like to get back to CSF2. i have tried CSF3, but like 2 better.

[james007]

Another Idea. Try this, go to the CFS2 Icon on your 1.Desk Top
2.Right click on it.
3.Go to properties
4.Click on Compatibility
5.Click run this progam on Window98
6.Press OK

This way you will run CFS2 thru a Window 98 format. This way maybe you will able to play with both games.

I hope I have been helpful

James007