Battlefield 1942 Mods, Modding Tutorials & Forums

I have been working on a map for Desert Combat mod for a while and the map is almost complete, but I am having some issues with some of the objects. It seems like most of the afr_wall_* models doesnt want to play nice (afr_wall_corner_2m_m1, afr_wall_5m_m1). I don't know much about 3D modelling (onl...

There are vehicles in there, and a couple of small choppers. No ammo boxes, or first aid. Once a vehicle is destroyed it takes 10 minutes to respawn. Found that it creates a better balance of vehicles and infantry running around, and a team can't afford to "waste" vehicles. http://s9.posti...

We have only been playing this map in LAN environment. I didnt want to release the map until i have "fixed" all the big dramas.. too hard to maintain multiple versions out on the net. The map is called "Bad Luck City" (dc_bad_luck_city). I am hoping to get some help from some of ...

I have had a quick look under the hood, and looks like 2 ways that it could be done. Basically replicate the protocol that BF1942 uses to talk to master.gamespy.com, and setup a server on the net to do it. This would involve either patching the bf1942.exe (basically write a new url in there, this wo...

I probably should start with a story as well: A year (plus) ago I introduced Battlefield 1942 (Desert Combat mod) to my workplace, and we managed to scramble around 8-12 players for lunch-gaming (1 hour a day). The choice of game was really that it was one of the best games that would run on any bus...