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#181 Re: BF1942 Discussion » Origin Download of BF1942 removed » 2014-05-20 06:55:50
I don't think so. You either have Battlefield 1942 under My Games in Origin client or you can't download it. CD-ROM based BF1942 and BF1942 download from Origin are distinct and the product code, I think, is associated with your Origin account.
That certainly sounds reasonable. Guess I won't know until I go create a clean Origin account, and use a CD KEY that hasn't already been registered on another Origin account.
The reason for my question was that due to unrelated "everyone should go register their Battlefield 1942 CD KEY in Origin before the shutdown" advice that was being given elsewhere. I decided to try it in my Origin account to see what would happen. I already had the Origin-delivered "free" Battlefield 1942 added to "My Games", and it shows the Origin-issued "product code" (equivalent of CD KEY for the Origin-delivered game) in the game information page.
Using the "Redeem product code" section like where you would enter the activation code for a purchased game download, I entered my circa 2002 Battlefield 1942 CD KEY instead. Origin knew this was a Battlefield 1942 CD KEY, and told me I had successfully added the game. (Of course, I already had the Battlefield 1942 game in "My Games", so that wasn't really a change.) But now when I go into the game information page for Battlefield 1942 in "My Games", it only shows me my circa 2002 Battlefield 1942 CD KEY in Origin now (as the "Product code"), instead of the "free" Origin-issued key it had been showing before.
The fact Origin recognized the circa 2002 Battlefield 1942 CD KEY at all, and claimed it successfully added the game to my games and started displaying the "old" CD KEY in the game information page, made me think maybe Electronic Arts has been using this as a support fulfillment method. "Still have the CD case but one or more of your CDs is missing or damaged? No problem, just enter the CD KEY off the back of the CD case into Origin and you'll have access to the full game download."
-Trench
#182 Re: BF1942 Discussion » Origin Download of BF1942 removed » 2014-05-19 02:01:48
with the "new" replacement master server by s[sk] there s also no cd serial verification / origin serial verification anymore....which came along with the original masterserver....
Agree with all points. And I would also further assert that many servers had probably already disabled this back in February 2014, either by virtue of running Team-SiMPLE's modified dedicated server binaries (which disable master.gamespy.com key query) or the game server operator themselves disabling communication to master.gamespy.com (specifically only for key query). This had been a necessary step in order to get the Origin-assigned key hashes to be allowed to show on public servers, which were otherwise deemed "invalid" by master.gamespy.com.
But if you were replying to "Enter your CD-ROM key into the Origin 'Redeem product code' dialog and see if it authorizes you download access to the Battlefield 1942 game", we're talking about two entirely separate things.
-Trench
#183 Re: BF1942 Discussion » How to get ingame server browser to work after May 31 » 2014-05-18 16:23:27
Yes but no one is letting servers know how to change the master server so it redirects to the new ones..
This is part of s[sk]'s information at http://forum.bf1942.sk/gamespy. The section named "information for server owners." No different than the client instructions; just add the master.gamespy.com entry to your local etc/hosts file so that when the server code tries to connect to gamespy, it will actually be using the address of the replacement master server instead. That should be the approach whether you're using s[sk]'s master server or anyone else's; it will go to whatever IP address you put for master.gamespy.com in your etc/hosts file. (Or for a Windows server, \windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file.)
-Trench
#184 Re: BF1942 Discussion » Origin Download of BF1942 removed » 2014-05-18 16:16:21
I've been assuming that Origin would have removed Battlefield 1942 "from the catalog" as a free game you can acquire and add to your list of "My Games".
But certainly they haven't actually removed the game files themselves? Meaning everyone who did already have the game in "My Games" can still play, and presumably (?) can even re-download the game via their Origin account if they re-install on a different computer, etc.
What would be interesting to me right now is someone who DOES NOT already have Battlefield 1942 in their "My Games" but DOES own a CD-ROM-based version of the game: If you login Origin and use the "Redeem product code", and for the code you enter in your Battlefield 1942 CD KEY (the one printed on the back of he CD case), does this still authorize you access to the Origin Battlefield 1942 downloadable game? i.e. Origin giving you access to the game because you already own it, even though you cannot select, add or even purchase Battlefield 1942 through the Origin / EA store any more.
-Trench
#185 Re: BF1942 Discussion » May 31. "End" of BF1942? » 2014-05-15 05:54:57
Master server replacement is ready, it's master.bf1942.sk, although for the moment only a selected few servers show up. I don't have anything to do with it, it's s[sk]'s effort. At least, players will be able to use in-game server browser to fetch server list after May 31.
Hopefully he gets the dynamic registration working, or once May 31 (or EA's statements all say end of June now -- maybe they asked GameSpy for a month extension to "consider their options") we'll be blowing up s[sk]'s inbox to add the public servers to the static list. 
-Trench
#186 Re: BF1942 Discussion » May 31. "End" of BF1942? » 2014-05-14 03:51:21
This is great to know, s[sk] and tuia, that a community-developed replacement master server is in the works to keep the in-game browser alive and functional. The effort is greatly appreciated. Not much I can offer to help with unless a Windows port of the replacement master server is needed, which I would be happy to help out with.
-Trench