Installing in Win 7 64 bit

[KellyB]

Somewhere (please don't ask; I can't remember now...:kilroy:) I had heard that installing CFS3, FS9 and FSX in the usual locations chosen by the installers caused much grief. Now, of course I'm hearing otherwise on another forum.

So, I have my sims installed in their own directories, i.e., C:\Combat Flight Simulator 3, and they seem to be working just fine so far.

I have Pat Pattle's BOB also installed in it's own folder, and it also is working just fine.

Am I just living in a virtual paradise that has hidden spiders that will bite me later?

Should I reinstall letting the installers choose where?

[gecko]

If you are then I am too. I've never really had any problems in Win7 64. Everything works just as it should, it seems some systems don't like it, but it doesn't seem to be a problem with windows 7. You lose you specular textures and glass reflections, but there are ways around this too.

[hairyspin]

Like Daniel says, no problems to report that haven't been covered already in the Knowledge Base sticky.

[Old Tiger]

:wavey:Saw this over at FlightSim cfs3 forum

Will cfs3 work in Win7 ?

"Yes, it sure will. I have the same version of Win7 as you and it works fine for me. I followed the sage advice that I saw on many threads here on FlightSim concerning installing FSX into a separate folder on the hard drive - not in "program files (x86)" to get away from permission issues in Win7. I have a second hard drive where I have FSX and CFS3 installed into their own folders, FSX and CFS3. I have Firepower installed in CFS3 and that also runs fine. Just create a folder on your hard drive and point the installer to it. On the desktop shortcut, I do NOT need to run CS3 in compatibility mode.
Enjoy!
Lyn "

Anyway I'm gona try it I got it all backed up, will let ya know how it works out
Len:salute:

[KellyB]

Thanks to all.
I'll keep on flying as I am, then.

[flybuzz]

Somewhere (please don't ask; I can't remember now...:kilroy:) I had heard that installing CFS3, FS9 and FSX in the usual locations chosen by the installers caused much grief. Now, of course I'm hearing otherwise on another forum.

So, I have my sims installed in their own directories, i.e., C:\Combat Flight Simulator 3, and they seem to be working just fine so far.

I have Pat Pattle's BOB also installed in it's own folder, and it also is working just fine.

Am I just living in a virtual paradise that has hidden spiders that will bite me later?

Should I reinstall letting the installers choose where?

i have the Problem on cfs3 after installing it in the Standard Folder on a quadcore Computer with win7 x64. it all installed properly but when i start the sim it just crashes without visible Kind of reasons. FSX works fine though.
i´m out of ideas. cfs works fine on my old dualcore in Standard Installation path so i can´t get a clue.

can someone help me?

[hairyspin]

Have you run cfs3config.exe? Give it time to report CFS3 is configured.

[flybuzz]

Have you run cfs3config.exe? Give it time to report CFS3 is configured.

i did - and it configured. all i get is "cfs doesn´t funcion anymore"

[flybuzz]

sorry, i´m new to this Forum.
all i read is to read the FAQ but i don´t find a theme to match with my Problem though i deny to see that i´m the only Person in the world that has this Problem. there has to be anotherone to have this Problem running around. i can´t see it in the advanced search of this Forum - therefore i ask for help. maybe you can lead me out of confusion.

i would appricieate this

thanks in advance

cheers

[flybuzz]

Have you run cfs3config.exe? Give it time to report CFS3 is configured.

also i Need to confess that i didn´t install cfs3 in another Folder on my dualcore Computer which is working fine

so i´m out of ideas

[italflyer]

Be sure to run CFS3 as admin and in "XP SP3" - Mode.

Right-click on the CFS-3 shortcut, choose properties. Click on compatibility. In the "run program in compatibility mode" select "Windows XP SP3". Near the end of that page, select "run Program as admin". Note: I' writing this with a german version of Win7, so I'm not sure how exactly it's spelled in english....

Hope it helps

[ganesh]

hi have you seen the movie Tailwind made on www.sim-outhouse.net (http://www.sim-outhouse.net), its in the sticky in CFS3 IP Games or go to this youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOoqL0Isxac
It should all work if you follow it to the letter.

Also make sure after install you delete the OLEACC.dll

Hope this helps

[flybuzz]

hi have you seen the movie Tailwind made on www.sim-outhouse.net (http://www.sim-outhouse.net), its in the sticky in CFS3 IP Games or go to this youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOoqL0Isxac
It should all work if you follow it to the letter.

Also make sure after install you delete the OLEACC.dll

Hope this helps

i tried and tried but it didn´t work out. The game doesn´t even start. I see the splash Screen and then Windows tells me that the program doesn´t function anymore.

[flybuzz]

i see that installing cfs3 on a quadcore Computer is not possible and i am closing this thread because there is no way doing it. so i Play it on my old dualcore Computer again.l i find this rather sad but that´s the way it is after all.

thank you all for you efforts and have fun after all ...

cheers and lift off ... may the sky be ours!

flybuzz

[jellybeantiger]

Followed the ETO you tube win 7 install guide to the letter.

I chose the 1940 scenario and then the 1940 campaign ,pick a squadron then a flight.
About a minute into the flight,I get a ctd everytime.

I am using a ch pro throttle and t16000m joystick together.