Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater

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

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).

Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WW II Pacific Theater is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person simulation and vehicle combat game in the Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator series.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc V1 DRM^{[Note 1]}

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Menu is in 640x480.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		255
Online play		255	The official multiplayer service has been shut down.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	266 MHz
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	350 MB
Video card (GPU)	4 MB of VRAM DirectX 7 compatible

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ 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).

Developers

	ACES Game Studio
Publishers
	Microsoft
Re-releases	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	October 13, 2000
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Simulation, Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Flight
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	World War II, Oceania
Series	Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator