Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series	1998
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater	2000
Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe	2002

Key points

The official online multiplayer service is no longer available.

General information

Official game site (archived)

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Checks if CD is in drive, no other DRM.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\PilotLog^{[Note 1]}

The game has no save feature

In-game general settings.

In-game advanced video settings.

In-game general control settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		255
Online play		255

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	2300-2400, 47624
UDP	2300-2400, 47624

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Set up compatibility settings^{[citation needed]}
Right click on the `COMBATFS.EXE` file (located at <path-to-game>) and select "Properties". Go to the "Compatibility" tab and enable Compatibility Mode (set it to "Windows 95"). Launch the game.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Game is 32-bit, Preview does not work on 64-bit. Manually select ms_sampler.exe with compatibility mode to fix.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).