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bally

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Step by step instruction how to install the game

Hi folks,
been playing for decades. Now I Can't install the game on Win7 with SP1

Can someone please give a step by step instruction, on how to?

What I did => download BF1942 from this site.
=>download the 1.61 retail patched and overwrite the bf1942.exe and few other files.

=> downloaded BF1942 - master.bf1942.org - Patch and overwrote bf1942.exe

Game won't start

thanks for the help.

Last edited by bally (2025-10-04 17:18:35)

bally

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Re: Step by step instruction how to install the game

SOLVED

1. downloaded and installed the game from here
2. installed the bf1942-v1.61-retail-patched
3. installed the Battlefield 1942 GameSpy patch (2024-02-11)

installed for Windows 7:
1. vc_redist.x86.exe
2. d3d8.dll
3. DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

game runs!