Gosh, I blundered around on the web looking for an answer to the graphics corruption that plagues Nvidia cards running Crimson Skies and found it to be caused by something Nvidia did with their drivers. Some one made a little mod that gets around it. The forum I got it from is still there, but the link is dead. I have the files. There is the official 102 patch and the graphics fix file which includes a nocd and resolution config file. So the patch and graphics fix file work on either XP or Win 7, but you still have to set the executable for WIN 98 compatibility mode or the game crashes randomly. The menu will stay small even though you change the resolution in the config file since this game came out when 800x600 was a common resolution, but at least you can read the menus. I bet this old game would look great on a big monitor though.
Anyone wanting the files, PM me with your email and I'll zip them up and send them to Megaupload.
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