bf1942?

Incognito · Post by **Incognito** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 2:06 pm

ok bf1942...how many expansions are there?

whats the most popular one? do alot play the expansions?

im out of the looop!

ace · Post by **ace** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 5:17 pm

I think there are two expansion packs. Road to Rome, and Secret weapons of WWII. There are many mods for the game though. Google mods for BF 1942. I would have to say that Desert Combat would be the best mod for 1942.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 5:21 pm

http://www.desertcombat.com

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 7:05 pm

DC is probably the most popular mod out there. Another mod out there that is really good is a mod called Forgotten Hope. Very well done!

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:46 am

I would say the other good mod for 42 is Eve of Destruction..aka Vietnam without the bugs lol

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:04 am

Check out http://www.planetbattlefield.com
There are some cool mods there, including a neat WW1 one.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 10:06 am

UOD wrote:I would say the other good mod for 42 is Eve of Destruction..aka Vietnam without the bugs lol

Yes, another great mod.

Bunch of new maps too

JawZ · Post by **JawZ** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:06 pm

Illini25 wrote:Yes, another great mod. Bunch of new maps too

I have to admit....the 0.31 release is friggin cool as hell. They have come a long way.

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:33 am

I havn't been into modding 1942 so i have no idea about much of this. My question is can you still play the original game after modding it? or does it overwrite too much stuff? Ive been looking for some good online action, BFV seems dead as of late...

Crazycanuck · Post by **Crazycanuck** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:45 am

You can still play the original.

Think of the mods as another new game.

Crazycanuck · Post by **Crazycanuck** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:56 am

The best mods are Desert combat http://www.desertcombat.com/ based on the gulf war.

Forgotten Hope which is an awesome WWII realism mod http://forgottenhope.bf1942files.com/main.html .

If you want to play the regular maps and the regular game but with a real treat for sights and sounds, Merciless Creations is hands down the best addons mod out there. http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/merci ... ns/bf1942/

You install this and you'll be totalling amazed at the sights and sounds you can play right on any regular BF1942 server. If your not intending on playing in clan matches this is a most definite addon you should get. You can still play the other mods mentioned above and Merciless also has a uninstaller, in case you want to remove it, but I wouldn't know why anybody would want to remove it unless they're gonna go clanning.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 4:56 pm

Crazycanuck wrote:
If you want to play the regular maps and the regular game but with a real treat for sights and sounds, Merciless Creations is hands down the best addons mod out there. http://www.planetdungeonsiege.com/mercilesscreations/sections/bf1942/

You install this and you'll be totalling amazed at the sights and sounds you can play right on any regular BF1942 server. If your not intending on playing in clan matches this is a most definite addon you should get. You can still play the other mods mentioned above and Merciless also has a uninstaller, in case you want to remove it, but I wouldn't know why anybody would want to remove it unless they're gonna go clanning.

I can vouch for Merciless. Been using it since it first came out. Great add on for vanilla BF

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:13 am

Kewl ill d/l that when i get home. Can't wait. Ive been getting kind of tired of BFV seems so laggy compared to 1942. Plus i love the WW2 aspect of the original!

Crazycanuck · Post by **Crazycanuck** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:34 pm

Just make sure you download the V.4 its the one that is 288MB and all the texture packs below, looks like six of them. install the 288MB first than add the rest, the order don't matter.

I know you'll like it, have fun.

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:50 pm

Didn't get around to patching it yet! I was playing a little of DOOM3 (only a couple hours) and then my buddies RAM finally came in so i spent the afternoon putting his computer together for him. Hopefully tomorrow ill get a chance to check it out!

Crazycanuck · Post by **Crazycanuck** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:16 pm

Heck now u got me interested, just re-installed '42 and downloading merciless now.

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:15 am

i tried to today but all the links weren't working, and the fileplanet was like a 40 minute wait....

Anyone have a direct link?

Crazycanuck · Post by **Crazycanuck** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:45 pm

i got it at fileshack

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:39 am

whattcha think of it? HOPEFULLY this weekend ill get it...i keep puting it off. Been on nights so my sleep schedule is fubar'ed!

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 3:28 pm

JBKM wrote:whattcha think of it? HOPEFULLY this weekend ill get it...i keep puting it off. Been on nights so my sleep schedule is fubar'ed!

Anyone have a link to this?!

Ive been trying to download it some and ive finished two different downloads and both were corrup. Made me reinstall the game twice! Can someon link me to one that works? Thanks

denali · Post by **denali** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 12:37 am

Forgotten Hope is by far the largest mod. The sheer number of maps and vehicles is amazing. And historically accurate too. But for me, it is a tad too realistic. It has turned BF nearly into a realism game. That is cool and all, but I still want a little bit of action. The only downfall that I see to it is that you have to dive to your belly to get your sights to "narrow in". I think they should be wider when running, but not that wide.

Eod is great. DC is great. New one, DC realism is fun. Galactic conquest is a star wars feel. They have a race one called interstate 98 or something. BF Pirates is a hoot. Not good for longterm play maybe, but sure if fun the first few weeks.

My favorite is Battlegroup 1942. Seems to me to be just the right blend of historical accuracy and realism, while still keeping the fast paced kill n maim feeling of the original. The tanks are better, way better. Unfortunately, since Forgotten Hope has came out, BG42 has not been around much. It does support co-op play, so you can check it out yerself.

Here is a question for you BF players. In your multiplay area, you have the option of choosing your network speed. Has anyone seen one of these settings help them with lag? I have lag all the time. My machine is more than big enough and fast enough. I am saavy enough to know how to tweak my xp pro machine proper like. You know, bare minimum of services or app runnng. Bug free. Proper drivers. Defragged. What you should do. Optimized my ip stuff. Took awhile but all the speed tests seem to confirm I am above 80%. I have 256x512 dsl. I usually ping 40-120, depending on site.

The lag is often "lurchy" or "choppy", but the real killer is that I am just behind everyone else. The game may play fairly smooth and all, but when I think I should be getting a definate kill, I am already dead and do not know it. I have tried the network connection speed option of both isdn and dsl, with no difference. I can't figure out why I will see a guy and shoot before he see's me, yet he kills me it seems instantly. This happens consistently. At lan's I am much better than that, so it is not purely skills. There is some kind of a lag issue I am fighting here.

I have talked to my isp, they have tested about everything we can think of. On the net and ftp stuff, I am really good. It is in this game, in the last year I guess, that it has been bad. I play with some buds who are on the same isp as me, and they have same ping as me. Yet they don't get the problem. I have changed drivers, changed nics, changed video, changed ram, you know about everything I can think of.

I am out of ideas. Anyone?

later.