#1 2019-10-27 23:31:04

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DC+EoD Mods

Hey guys, I'm enjoying playing again after many years since owning the game from 2002.

I have everything working mostly good in win10 on desktop and laptop.

One problem is when playing, I cant ESC back to menu, I have to close application and restart?

I had the original R2R discs and they weren't working, I assume due to registry entries, downloaded some links from here and R2R is now working.

Now my next problem is DC and EoD.

I have the mods installed, and can switch from 1942 to DC or EoD in the main menu, but if I try to start a single player game it won't load.

I'm having trouble remembering the correct method to install DC. Do I need to install 0.7full>DC_Final?

EoD - was the final version 0.3? same thing happens with EoD, I can switch to EoD in main menu, setup a game, but it wont start.

Any help greatly appreciated.

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#2 2019-10-29 00:55:16

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Re: DC+EoD Mods

Hello there,

Have you tried running Battlefield 1942 with Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode? Follow these instructions: http://team-simple.org/forum/viewtopic. … 76#p129376

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#3 2019-10-29 01:42:04

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Re: DC+EoD Mods

-=PhaSe3=- wrote:

I'm having trouble remembering the correct method to install DC. Do I need to install 0.7full>DC_Final?

For that one, yes, you want to install .7 first and then the .8 / DC_Final version also.  Downloads and installation screen confirmations in Step 5 & Step 6 of http://ea117.com/dcinstall if helpful.

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#4 2019-10-30 01:03:54

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Re: DC+EoD Mods

Thanks guys, I have it running reasonably stable at the moment, the only issue is if I try to press ESC during a game to return to the main menu - it just switches back to desktop and I have to close 1942. I can live with that though, but does anyone else have this problem?

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#5 2019-10-30 09:45:37

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Re: DC+EoD Mods

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Did you set compatibility mode on "Blackscreen.exe" too?

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#6 2019-10-30 18:04:33

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Re: DC+EoD Mods

-=PhaSe3=- wrote:

Thanks guys, I have it running reasonably stable at the moment, the only issue is if I try to press ESC during a game to return to the main menu - it just switches back to desktop and I have to close 1942. I can live with that though, but does anyone else have this problem?

We're also assuming you did everything in the post Tuia linked to, which started with applying Tuia's modified BF1942.EXE.  Indeed, "if I press ESC there is a long hang" was a known symptom of the GameSpy shutdown and the original BF1942.EXE code, which we're assuming is eliminated as a possibility for you by having ensured this updated file is applied.

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#7 2019-10-30 21:45:35

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Re: DC+EoD Mods

Win 10 seems to have some problems to switch resolution between ingame and the menu? My game usually crash if i alt+tab, and some times when i turn off the game with alt+F4 the desktop resolution gets screwed. Perhaps check if GPU scaling is enabled.

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#8 2019-10-31 16:20:49

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Same on both counts here, Bud.  Sometimes I can ALT-TAB to start up TeamSpeak and get back to the game without it crashing, but it's 50/50 odds.  The desktop remaining at 800x600 upon exit happens less frequently for me.

Unfortunately its a Windows partition I only use for playing games, so upon exit I'm rebooting anyway and haven't cared to investigate.  I do run with DPI set to 150% in that Windows 10 partition, for what it's worth.  It has Tuia's BF1942.EXE installed, for which the installer already sets Windows XP compatibility mode for you.

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#9 2019-11-04 00:22:13

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I made this win 10 install like half a year ago tops neutral 

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#10 2019-11-04 04:38:22

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> Windows 10 has plenty of warnings meant as information only. Most of them you can ignore.

> Distributed com 10016 happends since 15 years smile  Even microsoft does not know why. On some system it happends on others not.

There's a manual fix, but it's a lil bit complicated.

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Certificate

https://audministrator.wordpress.com/20 … nrollment/

Event ID 64 >  https://audministrator.wordpress.com/20 … nrollment/


> 455 Esent is just a logging error.

    > Navigate to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local"

    > Make a Folder "TileDataLayer" > go inside and make a folder "Database" > Done.

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#11 2019-11-13 22:42:09

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Btw. If you have more errors in Windows 10 you can run "CMD" as admin, then use those commands.

1. Sfc /scannow  (Restart when finished).

2. dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth

3. dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth


I had yesterday a PC with hundreds error messages per day.  It fixed everything. Just make sure you let run them until they are really finished.

After short while it will show 100% but with a blinking cursor. Just wait until it's written that's it's completed.

Btw. This PC had also the same error ID 455 Esent. I used the same fix as i descrived in the last post and it worked.

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https://win10.guru/dism-whats-the-diffe … eckhealth/

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Btw. You can copy those commands and paste them in cmd's window with right mousekey.

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#12 2019-11-13 23:12:42

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Btw. A Restart is needed when "sfc /scannow" is completed.  (I added it).

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#13 2019-11-14 07:36:36

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Thanks ill try it, i tried some damage control and zeroed out the logs some days ago, but its still not good.

edit: yay! thanks again smile  with a bit of luck all´s ok now!

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#14 2019-11-14 13:12:44

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It's good to know someone, who know someone ... who know how to fix this. Image BBCode test

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