DOCUMENT:Q279149  07-MAY-2002  [homegame]
TITLE   :CFS2: How to Import Scenery from Flight Simulator
PRODUCT :Microsoft Home Games
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KEYWORDS:fsim kbimu msgame

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater, version 1.0 
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This article describes how to import scenery into Microsoft Combat Flight
Simulator 2 from the following versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator:

 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.x for MS-DOS

 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 95

 - Microsoft Flight Simulator 98

NOTE: The procedure that you use to import scenery into Combat Flight Simulator 2
is different than the procedure that you use to import scenery into Combat
Flight Simulator or Flight Simulator 98.

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You cannot damage or blow up buildings and scenery that you import from Flight
Simulator. Buildings that you import from Flight Simulator may also appear
different in Combat Flight Simulator 2.

To import scenery from Flight Simulator 95 or Flight Simulator 98 into Combat
Flight Simulator 2, the game must be installed on your computer or the Scenery
folder must be copied from the Flight Simulator CD-ROM to your hard disk.

To import scenery files from Flight Simulator 5.x for MS-DOS, the game must be
installed on your hard disk.

To import scenery from Flight Simulator into Combat Flight Simulator 2:

1. Start Combat Flight Simulator 2.

2. Click Settings.

3. Click Scenery Library.

4. Click "Add area".

5. Browse to the folder that contains the scenery that you want to add. This
   folder must be named Scenery to be recognized by the Scenery Library in
   Combat Flight Simulator 2.

   The default paths to the Scenery folders are:

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   | Flight Simulator version        | Default path to Scenery folder                               | 
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   | Flight Simulator 5.x for MS-DOS | C:\FltSim5\Scenery                                           | 
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   | Flight Simulator 95             | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 95\Scenery | 
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | Flight Simulator 98             | C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Flight Simulator 98\Scenery | 
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

6. Type the name of the scenery file in the Scenery Area Title box.

7. Click OK until you return to the startup screen.

To use Flight Simulator scenery files in Combat Flight Simulator 2:

1. On the startup screen, click Free Flight.

2. Click Start Location.

3. Click Advanced Go To.

4. Click "Scenery from FS95 and before".

5. Click the added scenery under "Search results".

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