Battlefield 1942 - who still plays? Options

[Douglas]

Hey everyone!

So I recently sold my business and am taking off a couple of months while I get situated for my next "thing" and have some time on my hands and am FINALLY getting around to doing some of the things that I have meant to do for ages. One of those things is getting Battlefield 1942 purchased and installed on my Powerbook, since I liked Battlefield 2 so much on my Mac Pro under Windows. So I have ordered the game and have been playing the single player Demo in anticipation and love it!

Anyways, is there anyone else here who still plays online? If so, any hints, tips, cheats, etc?

Thanks in advance!!

Douglas

[The Liberator]

One really easy advantage against the bots, is to outrange them, by which I mean fire at them at (or past) their maximum accuracy range. That is very easily done with the snipers, and also still quite very easily done with the other rifles (not the LMG's).

Liberator.

[the Battle Cat]

Anyways, is there anyone else here who still plays online? If so, any hints, tips, cheats, etc?

Here is a tip, cheating online shows a lack of skill and a corresponding lack of character. Crapping on someone for fun is pretty low, you're not that kind of person, don't open that door.

[Douglas]

Here is a tip, cheating online shows a lack of skill and a corresponding lack of character. Crapping on someone for fun is pretty low, you're not that kind of person, don't open that door.

I meant "cheats" as in "game mods", etc..not ways to cheat other people in the game.

[Frost]

I don't play it online against other players anymore as the lag, while at one time tolerable, no longer is.

I do still play occasionally with a full loadout of bots (usually a 3 to 1 advantage for the bot team) and my cousin and I on the team with the disadvantage, and we try to pull off a win against them. It can be pretty damn fun, and challenging. We mostly play Desert Combat, although we do regular BF1943 and Road to Rome occasionally as well. If you wanted to join us I bet we could set up some games. Maybe do a 4 to 1 disadvantage to really get the popsnizzle stirring.

It's actually pretty good practice for the newer games too because with that much of a disadvantage you do have to try to stay alive and hold chokepoints/bases with minimal or no reinforcement. I learned all kinds of survival-minded and shoot-n-scoot tank fighting tactics just out of trial and error by doing that, and when I take my Abrams experience from DC online in BF:BC, or my Sherman experience from BF1942 online in BF1943, it REALLY helped out tremendously!

Here is a tip, cheating online shows a lack of skill and a corresponding lack of character. Crapping on someone for fun is pretty low, you're not that kind of person, don't open that door.

AMEN.

Although I don't think that's the kind of cheat Douglas meant.

EDIT: I guess I should read down 1 post.

[The Liberator]

Yeah, I have played something like that before, where I give the bots 300 - 400 tickets, and my own team under 100, and I see if I can still win. Really fun at the end, when victory comes between 10 tickets, now that is exciting.

Liberator.

[Douglas]

Thanks for the great info so far about his game guys, I really can't wait for my full version to show up!!

By the way, does the "Desert Combat" mod work with the original game as-is or do you need the expansion pack for it to run?

Thanks everyone!!

Douglas

[bobbob]

By the way, does the "Desert Combat" mod work with the original game as-is or do you need the expansion pack for it to run?

It should work as-is.

[Douglas]

Hello again everyone!

I have a question about the Desert Combat Mod. I received the full Battlefield 1942 and installed it and it runs great. I then downloaded the Desert Combat Mod v0.7 and installed it. Now I am trying like crazy to find the Desert Combat Final mod in a mac installer, but I cannot seem to find a copy anywhere. Does anyone know where this is located and how it is installed? Do you simply download the PC version and then drag and drop the files or is there a Mac specific versiob somewhere on the internet?

Thanks for any help!!!!

Douglas

[bobbob]

Do you simply download the PC version and then drag and drop the files

If 'the files' are a folder that looks like a mod folder then yes. Otherwise, if it's a Windows installer it might be an archive that you can expand if you rename it to *.zip, then copy the mod folder over. If it's something else, check the readme. It should be in there.