Microsoft KB Archive/274654

= Combat Flight Simulator 2: Aircraft Textures Appear Black in Spot Plane View =

Article ID: 274654

Article Last Modified on 1/21/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater

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This article was previously published under Q274654



SYMPTOMS
When you manually fly a mission in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, aircraft textures may appear black in the Spot Plane view.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you fly a long mission and do not press X when the If you want to skip to next action sequence, press X message is displayed.

NOTE: The ability to skip to the next action sequence is known as the Warp feature.



RESOLUTION
To correct the aircraft textures, refresh the screen.

To do this, press ALT+ENTER to change the screen mode, and then press ALT+ENTER again to switch back to Full Screen mode.

To resolve this issue, edit the Combat Flight Simulator 2 configuration file:  Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files or Folders. In the Named box, type cfs2.cfg . In the Look in box, click My Computer. Click Find Now. Double-click the Cfs2.cfg file. If you are prompted to select a program to open the file, click Notepad.

 In [Display] section of the file, type the following lines, pressing ENTER after you type each line:

UseDeviceTextureCache=0

DXTn=0

</li> On the File menu, click Save.</li> On the File menu, click Exit.</li></ol>

NOTE: If you experience other issues after you edit the Cfs2.cfg file, repeat steps 1 through 8, except remove the lines that you typed in step 6.

Additional query words: 1.00 msgame combatfs cfs2 other airplanes dark warp

Keywords: kbprb kbdisplay kbgraphic KB274654

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