Major problem with CFS2

[investdude]

I've been using CFS2 for years with few problems but a strange thing has suddenly began to happen.

[Tango_Romeo]

The only suggestion that I can make (other than a reinstall), is to replace the CFS2.EXE file, which may be corrupted. 
But maybe another member has a better idea.  :question

[investdude]

Thanks for the suggestion TR.  I tried that but no difference.

[Tango_Romeo]

Does this problem occur no matter which aircraft you are flying and no matter which aircraft you are shooting at?  :-/

[Coligny]

Did you change something for the graphic or sound drivers ? (update or setup)

Explosion might invoque a call to a driver function that make everything crash. (smoke or fire transparency comes to my mind)

[Tango_Romeo]

Did you change something for the graphic or sound drivers ? (update or setup)

Explosion might invoque a call to a driver function that make everything crash. (smoke or fire transparency comes to my mind)

And excellent point, Coli.  [smiley=beer.gif]

[investdude]

Does this problem occur no matter which aircraft you are flying and no matter which aircraft you are shooting at?

I do most of my CFS2 flying in Quick Combat using the KW F-86E against the 2 Mig AI types.

[Tango_Romeo]

What you say suggests that there is something going on between the CA-27 and Nibbio's effects.  Try removing the Nibbio effects, and see what happens with the CA-27. 

This may tie-in with what Coligny had to suggest in his post.  :-?

[Pen32Win1]

I've seen this from a lot of Aircraft that had their DP's run through the Gun Aiming Utility. Take the offending aircraft and give it a Stock DP just for a test run. See if you CTD then.

[Tango_Romeo]

Another outstanding suggestion! 

We'll solve this one yet! 

[investdude]

No good!  I tried stock DPs and it seemed to help momentarily but it didn't last.  I tried a reinstall and its okay most of the time with the KW F-86E but sometimes it crashes.  It crashes instantly when there is a destructive hit from the CA-27.

Thanks for all your help everybody but this has got me flummoxed.

[Polar_Lion]

you've probly done most of this

I wounder. Does the CA-27 need any effects added.

another question what are you using for your graphics card?

have you tryed removing the plane completely and running the game without it at all?

Where did you get the plane from. was it here or another site. I'll give it a try and see if it happens to me.

oh one last thing. have you open the file in note pad or in the DP editor?

just trying to see where the source of the corruption could have come from. then maybe try to find a clean copy.

that all i have.

[Tango_Romeo]

Avon Sabre, CA-27:

http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1 ... &x=23&y=17

[Polar_Lion]

ok here is what i have done.

i have flown 9 missions total in the CA-27. plus 3 rounds in quick combat. did this in three different sessions. i'm having no issues with the plane. so here are my thoughts.

1.) your plane has been corrupted some how.
2.) your graphic setting is too high or your using the memory in some other application thats running that you could be unaware of.
3.)your drivers need updating.
4.)your addons could be causing a conflict. (tring to run to many effect types)

lets focus on the plane first. delete or move the old one. download a new copy and install it. fly the plane and see if it happens again. if it does than it might not be the plane its self.

so move on to the effects. take them out or replace them with the stock. what ever is needed. then repeat the flying proceedure.

drop your graphic level. if your at 1024x768 then go down a level. remove some of the detail. fly again (well fight again) i would put yourself to indestructable while testing and on easy. that way you can fly without worry

if after all this and it is still happening than its your drivers.

finally if none of this fixes it then i dont know what else to do.

is this a second copy or are you putting everything in too one. What i mean is, do you have more than one install of CFS2 on your hard drive? if not than you may want to consider doing that for each theater of operation (example: Korea, Pacific, Europe, North africa, WWI,) i highly recommend doing so if you havent yet.

I hope this help. best of luck to you.

[investdude]

I flew Quick Combat for months with the CA-27 against the Fox 4 KW AI Migs (S+T) with no problems.  Just the other day the sim started crashing whenever I would get a completely destructive hit on one of the Migs.  I switched to the F-86E.  It worked okay for awhile then the same thing started to happen with it also.  There's nothing wrong with the CA-27.  I did a fresh install of it and it makes no difference.  I think the problem is with the AI Migs.  I did a fresh install of the KW campaign and it works okay with the F-86E but if i switch to the CA-27 it crashes as soon as I get a destructive hit.  I also did a reinstall of CFS2.