^ Yes they are giving a game for free. But not the full game
Yes, the full game
the expansion packs dont count as part of the full game. The Origin version is the full game of Battlefield 1942
TMWe don't even get mod support
did you try any mod? they work if they were done correct.
and that's one of the things that made BF 42 special
not really. Most shooters back then had mod tools. What made bf42 special came from the awesome design + execution of a vision the DICE guys had, accept it.
Plus they are effectively splitting the (albeit small) playerbase into "free players" and "customers"...
LOL! no, they arent! because the people with the CD version CAN install the Origin version as well, is this so hard to get?
Was it so hard to make the CD version work on Origin servers, to not screw up your loyal customers, many of whom probably still don't have a decent computer/internet connection if they still play their 10 year old game?
DOUBLE-LOL! yes apparently it was, or they'd done it, right? Secondly "loyal customers" you mean the guys sitting playing a 10 year old game refusing to get a new one? Loyal customers are Origin users with 3 or more battlefield title in their Origin account who are now getting the chance to play a classic game.
If they dont have internet, they cant play anyway, so it doesnt matter.
What PC they have doesnt matter either.
Point stands:
if you have internet you can play this free version.Now, why go on the internet and whine about this? It's a non-issue. You just saw something that wasnt 100% perfect as you want it, then you must go online and complain.
Origin version works fine, or you would see an influx of 1000% players already trying it out.
Why would I care about Origin servers?
If you want to play the game with the rest of the people, install Origin version and discard your old version, very easy and actually it's faster to install the origin version than the CD version
if you have decent internet connection. If you dont, then I suggest take a walk in the nice, crips autumn weather while it downloads, instead of raging about non-existent problems on our forum. thx.
@FatJoe: I didnt quite get your point... you mean you dont want to play on the Origin servers? Do as you like, I dont know what I have to do with that. You can choose to play Bf1942 on Origin servers where most people currently are, or on the old servers. Why make a thing about it? You spent more time in this thread now than it would have taken you to get the Origin version. It can download in the background while you watch youtube or facebook, I really do not see any point in continue complaining about a free game which requires you to use the digital platform to use it. Just accept it and move on and it'll feel so much better inside.
get your head out of your ass, you may understand things better 
subject of ban, push it more and we'll see you in 30 days.
Aparantly, origin doesnt like you to change the default instalation folder , i would take the piss on ea, but at least it lets you change it, unlike steam.
solved it by reinstaling it on the default folder. total instalation time: 40 min. expansion packs installed: 0. good origin!
aha! so it was just you not knowing how to change the default installation. Well, you could've asked.
exp packs was never planned to be in, most players just want the classic maps anyway. 40min, pretty smooth and fast I'd say. It took me 10min but then im on 100/100 line as well.
See? wasnt so hard now, was it?
Natty, how fucking hard can it be to merge servers ?
Well that sentence is made in a way so you answer your own question
since you havent a clue how all this works, you also arent in position to question it.
What if the fact is that the origin version is another version of bf1942 with 1.61 all bundled in to one, while the cd version is patched versions? what if there are technical reasons which you and I dont understand? Why question it? "how hard can it be" is terminology usually used by someone who hasnt a freaking idea about the subject he talks about, so let's leave it at that now shall we? let's continue to live in the wonderful land of ignorance where guys like you and me simply are blessed with not knowing everything
So in the future if BF3 would be provided free by steam, you think it's logical that everyone should de-install origin and move up to steam
What does
that have to do with anything? completely different games, tech and platform. lol, where did you even come up with that comparison? No, perhaps then they would feel it worth investing in creating a technological solution that made it possible? but now they didnt? or where did you think that comparison would lead you? except in to a cul-de-sac of points-not-made.
again I still have to see the first mod working on this "version"
hm... "version"? why the quotation marks, makes it seem as you didnt understand quite how this all works... The Origin version should AFAIK work with mods, but I havent tried it myself yet. The FH devs will try to make version that fits it, we'll see how it turns out. Most likely the mods made their installers so they check if BF1942 was of correct version back in the days of patches, like 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 etc, but since Origin isnt really that kind of version, mods might have to change the installers to ignore what version of bf1942 the user has
Everything can be made differently luftwaffe, that's a lesson life teaches you. Things are never perfect, just learn to accept things for what they are when you can't change them
https://www.google.se/search?q=mindfulness+acceptance+model&hl=sv&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=ZwSZUPrYDqTR4QSPz4BI&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=612 I have bought 5 separate copies of BF42 over the years and the bloody Origin won't even work for me. So where's your fucking solution now???
https://help.ea.com/se/origin 
