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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #60 on: 06-11-2012, 17:11:17 »
desert combat is possible(0.8) but fh seems to give a "wrong version" message

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #61 on: 06-11-2012, 17:11:03 »
whats being played , desert combat 0.7 or DC final?
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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #62 on: 06-11-2012, 17:11:38 »
desert combat is possible(0.8) but fh seems to give a "wrong version" message

Any installer should work as long as they don't have a specific version check, I already have Desert Combat and Battlefield 1918 installed, I'll check out EOD, Galactic Conquest and maybe Silent Heroes later on. Shame about the FH installer tho, but i'm sure it'll be fixed quick.

Also, to anyone complaining about the expansion packs not being available: If you already own BF1942, you can just cut/copy and paste the expansion pack folders (Xpack1 and Xpack2) into the free version and they'll work with no issues.

whats being played , desert combat 0.7 or DC final?

Last I heard there're no servers being hosted yet, but it couldn't hurt to try and search, I'd be betting on final.

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #63 on: 06-11-2012, 17:11:26 »
ok, i got fh running. its not that hard.

first, you have to download a prog for extracting exe files. im using universal extractor.

with this little tool, you can unzip the three fh 0.7 install files and just copy them together as one fh folder into the bf42 mod folder.

since im using win7, you need to run bf42.exe as administrator and install this little win7 patch, restart and go!

unfortunatly, as already mentioned, its incompatible with cd version and there are just two servers running fh atm. hope that will change, cause its fun to play some nostalgia :)

edit: ftp link fixed
« Last Edit: 06-11-2012, 18:11:43 by Oberst Topgun »

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #64 on: 06-11-2012, 17:11:07 »
Good to know Topgun, would've known something like that would work, albeit it'll be a bit of a hassle for the less experienced users. :P

Your win7 patch link is broken, btw.

EDIT: Snip
« Last Edit: 06-11-2012, 19:11:47 by S1lv3rWolf »

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #65 on: 06-11-2012, 18:11:20 »
we can forget about a fh nostalgia trip then. ther is no way someone will go trough all that work and find no servers or not enought players

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #66 on: 06-11-2012, 18:11:16 »
Our coders are working with trying to make a download for an installer which works with Origin version, give them some time and hopefully we can see a full FH1 server up soon  8)

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #67 on: 06-11-2012, 18:11:23 »
GO INSTALL AND TRY AND PLAY FHSW. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE

take a chill-pill and read above^ FH isnt working because the installer is checking for bf42 versions. We're working on it. Take a walk outside, dude.

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #68 on: 06-11-2012, 20:11:47 »
I don't own either BF 1942 or Origin. Should I own them both? Or should I just buy the game?
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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #69 on: 06-11-2012, 20:11:00 »
just donwload origin and install bf1942, you dont have (and should not) pay any money to EA

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #70 on: 06-11-2012, 20:11:20 »
I don't own either BF 1942 or Origin. Should I own them both? Or should I just buy the game?
Origin is a great, free platform for games, grab it here: https://origin.com/

It's like Steam but without all the "chat" stuff. It's a digital game shelf more or less, you can keep all your games there without having to bother with DVDs etc. Even if you do buy games in physical format, you dont need to use the DVDs, just enter the serial keys and you get a digital Origin version for free :) (I did so with both Crysis2 and MoH:Warfighter

For Battlefield 1942 you don't need to pay anything, just install :)

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #71 on: 06-11-2012, 20:11:48 »
I was tempted to install this since I never played bf1942 but trying to log into Origin gives me :

"An unknown error has occurred. Please restart Origin and try again"...unknown error yup, great "EA technology" as they states in the logo :P

This whole "all digital" mentality is just retarded. Indeed a CD can be scratched or broken or lost but usually it's your fault. Now if you want to rely on digital copies, you can just hope that the download platform actually works, that you don't have any usage restrictions, or worse that the service will not be suddenly shut down for no reason. All in all, if you want to get ride of all the problem that arises, it's ten times more painful. So no, I'll stick with my CD/DVDs...

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #72 on: 06-11-2012, 20:11:10 »
Origin is a great, free platform for games, grab it here: https://origin.com/
Trolololololololololo.

I got NFS: The Run LE for Christmas present as a disc version. Having installed it and trying to play, Origin tells me that the game needs to be updated first. Oh well, why not, it should be quickly done. No wait, Origin wants to DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE FRAKKING GAME instead of just the updated files. Good thing I got a 100/10 conn (was actually bottlenecked by EA's servers), but it still took over an hour to d/l the ~20 gigs.

Great? Sure. Just like WAR IS PEACE. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY. IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH. ALL HAIL THE BIG BROTHER.

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #73 on: 06-11-2012, 21:11:11 »
I don't own either BF 1942 or Origin. Should I own them both? Or should I just buy the game?
Origin is a great, free platform for games, grab it here: https://origin.com/

It's like Steam but without all the "chat" stuff.

It does have chat, friends system and you can see other players profiles and so on. What do you mean?

It does lack group system and couple of other nice things steam does have though.

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Re: Battlefield 1942 - Now Free
« Reply #74 on: 06-11-2012, 21:11:25 »
It does lack group system and couple of other nice things steam does have though.

*cough* Workshop *cough*
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