Combat Flight Simulator
Pacific Theatre
IMPORTANT Some of the tips on this page involve
making changes to files on your computer. If you are not
comfortable doing this do not attempt it. No responsibility can be
accepted for damage or loss caused by following these tips. The
only guarantee I can give is that they work on my system.
Optimising your
PC
Running the latest flight simulations can often
require a top of the line computer to achieve acceptable frame
rates. For many users, this is often not practical, or affordable!
So we need to find ways to maximise the effectiveness and
performance of the system you currently own. This series of
articles will show you how this can be done to get the most out of
your existing system setup.
Here are some handy websites that will help you find what you
need:
Drivers HQ -
http://www.drivershq.com - This nifty little site will help
you find the drivers and manufacturers of your components you
need!
Direct X -
http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ - Microsoft's Direct X is
usually required to run the majority of new games currently being
released. Download the latest version.
Toms Hardware Guide -
http://www.tomshardware.com - A great site to find all you
need to know about computer hardware in all shapes and sizes.
For setting up sound and graphics in CFS2 I highly recommend
visiting
3D Spotlight.com and reading the CFS2 Tweak Guide
Changing startup
plane in CFS multiplayer
In CFS 2 the default plane is the
A6M2 Zero, to change this to another follow these instructions
carefully.
Open the file multiplayer.mis file in notepad.
Scroll down to [Unit_Type.0] and change plane name to 'plane name'
The plane name must be entered exactly as it appears in its
Aircraft.cfg file or the game will not run.
Seeing other
players aircraft in multiplayer
There are many models of aircraft and
repaints, to see them in your game you need to either have the
same aircraft/repaint or edit your combatfs.cfg file. Open
combatfs.cfg in notepad, locate the line [Multiplayer] just down
from this edit the following.
ALLOW_PLANE_MODEL_SEND=1
ALLOW_PLANE_MODEL_RECEIVE=1
ALLOW_TEXTURE_SEND=1
ALLOW_TEXTURE_RECEIVE=1
MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_SEC=1
Bomb Sights
To switch on the bomb sight add the following to
your combatfs.cfg file after the [PREFS] section.
[CHEATS]
bomb_trainer=1
When in Multiplayer - if you hit SHIFT + ] a bomb view window
will be created with crosshairs.
To close the same window - hit ]
Hitting the + or - will zoom and unzoom.
Use your mouse to drag the new window larger or smaller.
CFS I
Aircraft section has a
JU88G7 which uses this modification to good effect.
How to make it
snow!
You can make up your weather in Free
Flight and have it rain .. all you have to do to make it snow is
go to the cloud.0 line and change the fourth number from the right
from 1 to 2
(weather)
visibility.0=24140.16,0.00,2438.40
vis_layers_num=1
cloud.0=9,915.01,1524.00,99.67,2,0,0,1,0.00,3,0
cloud_layers_num=1
Thanks to Beowulf
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