Combat Flight Simulator 2 Error Message: The Pilot Name Contains Illegal Characters or Is Invalid (274627)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater
This article was previously published under Q274627

SUMMARY

When you paste a pilot name into the Pilot Name box in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2, you may receive the following error message:
The pilot name contains illegal characters or is invalid. Please select another name.
In addition, the game may stop responding (hang) or quit unexpectedly, or you may receive an application error in module AI_PLAYER.DLL.

MORE INFORMATION

When you type a pilot name into the Pilot Name box in Combat Flight Simulator 2, illegal characters do not appear in the box.

If you paste illegal characters into the Pilot Name box, you may experience any of the symptoms mentioned in the "Symptoms" section of this article.

Examples of illegal characters include:
  • Asterisk
  • Backslash
  • Slash
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:1/21/2005
Keywords:kberrmsg kbprb KB274627
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