#1 2023-05-15 20:31:35

Pristan
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I need help

Hello,

I'm sorry for the inconvenience to anyone who can help. I just bought the CD version of BF42 from Amazon and I have been informed that there are patches and a correct order in which to download them to start playing on the server. I know it's a big ask, but can anyone list in order what I need to do with the patches (need the place where to download them) and the order I need to do everything in?

Thank you for your time,

Pristan

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#2 2023-05-15 21:40:47

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Re: I need help

Hi Pristan, you would need this patch to update server list https://www.moddb.com/games/battlefield … 2org-patch and with this one you should be able to connect to the servers. Please let us know if it works or if you need anything else.

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#3 2023-05-17 01:47:45

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Re: I need help

I installed the 3 BF42 disks and that patch, but nothing worked, thank you anyway

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#4 2023-05-17 08:03:59

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Pristan wrote:

I installed the 3 BF42 disks and that patch, but nothing worked, thank you anyway

Have you tried to download and run a game just to check if it works?
You can dl the game here on forum

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#5 2023-05-17 13:21:32

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Re: I need help

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Installing old games from original Discs is anyway not a good idea, (installing Copy Protection Drivers are blocked since years on Windows), nor installing into ProgramFiles.


You said "Nothing worked".

What is not working?

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#6 2023-05-17 13:32:14

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Pristan wrote:

I installed the 3 BF42 disks and that patch, but nothing worked, thank you anyway

Don't install via CDs, my game was lagging as hell.

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#7 2023-05-17 17:32:37

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Hello Pristan,
this is the way i was told to make the game running on Win10 and play it online:

1. installing Bf42 v1.0 from an old disc.
2. game is being patched: battlefield_1942_patch_v1.6.19
3. Punkbuster42
4. battlefield_1942_gamespy_patch_v1.61
5. overwriting the 6 files from bf1942-v1.61-retail-patched
6. finally BF1942_-_master.bf1942.org_-_Patch.2

Step 2 is most likely not necessary as your CD contains already version 1.6.
Step 3 and 4 probably are useless, don't know for sure.
Step 5 is to make the game running on Win10, as far as i know. You can find this patch here:
https://team-simple.org/download/
Pick the "retail" (=CD) version of the patch.
Step 6 is necessary, as Paul Baumer wrote, for your game to find the online servers.

Cheers

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#8 2023-05-17 18:21:37

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Thank you, everyone, I will try everything when I get home.

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