Combat Flight Simulator: How to Import Flight Simulator Scenery (197807)

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You cannot damage or blow up scenery and buildings imported from Flight Simulator 98. Buildings you import from Flight Simulator 98 may also look different in Combat Flight Simulator.

Import Flight Simulator 98 Scenery

Important Microsoft Product Support cannot help you perform these steps. When you follow these steps, you may damage or overwrite the files that came with your product and you must remove and reinstall that product to recover them.

To use Flight Simulator 98 scenery files in Combat Flight Simulator, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type the following line where drive is the drive letter of the hard disk where Flight Simulator is installed, and then click OK

   drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\Scenery

3. Right-click the World.vis file, and then click Copy.
4. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
5. Right-click the Copy of World.vis file, and then click Rename.
6. Type World1.vis, and then press ENTER.
7. Right-click the World1.vis file, and then click Copy.
8. Click Start, and then click Run.
9. In the Open box, type the following line where drive is the drive letter of the hard disk on which Combat Flight Simulator is installed, and then click OK

   drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator\Scenery

10. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
11. Close all open windows.
12. Start Combat Flight Simulator.
13. On the startup screen, click Free Flight, and then click Fly Now.
14. On the World menu, click Scenery Library.
    
    When you receive the warning message, click OK.
15. In the Scenery Worlds box, click FS98 World, and then click OK.
16. Quit and then restart Combat Flight Simulator.

Combat Flight Simulator may take a few moments to load the Flight Simulator 98 scenery files.

To switch back to Combat Flight Simulator scenery, repeat steps 12-16, and then click Combat Flight Simulator in the Scenery Worlds box.

Note If you used the Complete option to install Flight Simulator 98, or if you did not install Flight Simulator 98 in the default folder, you must edit the paths for the scenery files after you complete these steps. To do this, proceed to the "Manually Editing the Path to Scenery Files" section.

Using Flight Simulator 98 Scenery Textures

To see textures for imported Flight Simulator 98 scenery in Combat Flight Simulator, copy the texture files from the Flight Simulator 98 texture folder to the Combat Flight Simulator texture folder. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type the following line where drive is the drive letter of the hard disk where Flight Simulator is installed, and then click OK

   drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator\Texture

3. On the Edit menu, click Select All.
4. On the Edit menu, click Copy.
5. Click Start, and then click Run.
6. In the Open box, type the following line where drive is the drive letter of the hard disk on which Combat Flight Simulator is installed, and then click OK

   drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator\Texture

7. On the Edit menu, click Paste.
8. When you are prompted to replace duplicate files, click Yes To All.
9. Close all open windows.

Use Theater Scenery with Flight Simulator 98 Scenery

When you use the World1.vis file from Flight Simulator 98, the Theater scenery from Combat Flight Simulator is not available. If you want to use both the Theater scenery and the Flight Simulator 98 scenery at the same time, add the Combat Flight Simulator scenery as a scenery area. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start Combat Flight Simulator.
2. On the startup screen, click Free Flight, and then click Fly Now.
3. On the World menu, click Scenery Library.
   
   When you receive the warning message, click OK.
4. In the Scenery Worlds box, click Add.
5. In the Scenery Area Path box, type the following line where drive is the drive letter of the hard disk on which Combat Flight Simulator is installed, and then click OK:

   drive:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Combat Flight Simulator\Scenery\All

Manually Edit the Path to Scenery Files

By default, Flight Simulator 98 is installed to the following folder: If you installed Flight Simulator 98 to a different folder than the default folder, or if you selected the Complete installation option, you must manually edit the path to each scenery file you want to use in Combat Flight Simulator. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start Combat Flight Simulator.
2. On the startup screen, click Free Flight, and then click Fly Now.
3. On the World menu, click Scenery Library.
   
   When you receive the warning message, click OK.
4. Click Files.
5. In the Scenery Areas box, click a scenery area that you want to use in Combat Flight Simulator, and then click Edit.
6. In the Scenery Area Path box, type the path of the folder that contains the Flight Simulator 98 scenery (.bgl) files, and then click OK.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 for each Flight Simulator 98 scenery area that you want to use in Combat Flight Simulator.
8. When you finish adding scenery areas to Combat Flight Simulator, click OK, and then click OK again.

If you installed Flight Simulator 98 using the Complete installation option, you must also follow these steps to change the path for the US Great Lakes scenery area, located by default in the following folder: To use the Flight Simulator 98 Chicago scenery in Combat Flight Simulator, copy the Chicago folder from the Flight Simulator 98 Scenery folder to the Combat Flight Simulator Scenery folder.