Battlefield 1942 Mods, Modding Tutorials & Forums

http://trapv.com/img/posts/pureref01.jpg I discovered this tool a couple of month back, and its really "bang on" and perfect for game development, and I use it for Battlefield map development. This tool is awesome for anyone that is doing 3D models, textures, graphics and level/map buildi...

One of the big issues with moving Battlecraft onto Windows 7 etc. Is that it doesnt work!? .. Anyway I didnt do the proper install, just a copy an paste.. and then issues!! Majority of them is actually pretty easy to fix, and has to do with the Developers behind it took a couple of shortcuts by hard...

The tile effect comes from the detail.dds (bump map). See inside your RFA file: bf1942/levels/YOUR_MAP/textures/details.dds That file is applied onto your ground textures to give impression of detail in the terrain. It is normally repeated as in tiled like you see on your map (by the game engine). T...

NAME Editor.saveFolderToArchive SYNOPSIS Editor.saveFolderToArchive [FOLDER_NAME/RFA_NAME] [0=FILES ONLY|1=RECURSIVE FOLDERS] [0=UNCOMPRESSED|1=COMPRESSED] FUNCTION Generate RFA from within the console on the debug exectuable (bf1942_r.exe). Single folder files, or recursive folder structure. Save c...

I got curious about your question, and it would make sense to implement that in the debug executable. Especially considering all the other generating stuff they built in. So I did some "analysis" on the executable and found a reference to ".lst". Unfurtunatly it seems to be used ...

Good find! Read up a bit on the patch, and it disables the copy protection drivers used on a lot of older games. Clearly we have no choice but apply no-cd patches for older games or we end up with a worthless game down the track. Even if you uninstall this patch to make it work for now, windows will...

The missing bfcprt.dll is made by Dice so you gone need that, and msvcr70.dll (dependency if you dont have it in the games folder already). Extract to: "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\" bfcprt.dll, MD5: F93E635197D20BF681CCF65CC9D6D20B msvcr70.dll, MD5: 9972A6ED4F2388DBFA8E0A96...

Had a look at the Registry to what keys where are actually being used by bf1942.exe and .dlls (below). The ergc would contain the cd key. You could recreate the keys and see if that makes any difference. But the funny part is that my game started without them!! Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [...

From the top of my head: RFA AND MODS FOLDER The most common problem I have with a functioning Battlefield 1942 install that suddenly crashes with no heads-up is usually putting dodgy RFA files in the wrong location and references. Like putting an Interstate82 RFA into DesertCombat folder etc. GENER...

Thanks Apache Thunder.. Took me a while to download Interstate82 and get it up and running. The skyline looks amazing! and driving on the ground really doesnt do your map justice, must have take a long time to make. Heading of to Europe for a month in a weeks time, but once I get back I will look in...