Battlefield 1942 Plus

tuia · 2024-04-17 00:22:05

Battlefield 1942 Plus is a collection of patches to the game created by uuuz, which improve and fix some of the issues with Battlefield 1942. A significant patch is a fix to a recurring crash when the game is minimized. Also, the game no longer switches back resolutions when loading intro videos, menu and game windows, the resolution is the same and can be set. As well as, fixing the ping display to correctly show up to 3 digits in the scoreboard. In addition, you will be able to reconnect faster to the server when there is a map change. There are several other fixes and enhancements listed in the Battlefield 1942 Plus page, check it for more information.

This is an ongoing project, several other enhancements are being worked on and planned to be added later.

To install it, you download dsound.zip file from the Releases page, extract it and just place dsound.dll file in your Battlefield 1942 directory. The game will be patched in memory, when you launch it, and the dll file has the option to update itself when a new version is available.

mlody · 2025-07-27 14:10:14

simon wrote:

@uuz well, I hope your employer rewards you. The desync issue is not only present in BF42, it exists in new games as well like CS2. Cracking down on it by simply fixing some code is not gonna do it I believe. Most traces lead to electricity/grid and windows install to be the culprits. It exists on your computer. Sometimes you can "fix the game code" simply by changing the usb ports of your mouse and kb, or plugging your monitor into a different wall socket. It is an exciting topic but the plebs here want to remain oblivious. I've brought it up since 2017 on this forum
@darcano I have an older laptop which supports both bios and uefi - installing windows on it one way or the other drastically changes the way bf42 behaves, especially flying. It may be different for others, I've confirmed it on 3 machines.

I'm just now reading this post and I'm a little surprised. I've noticed for a long time that this game is really strange in this regard.

Even if we're just talking about infantry.

I don't understand why or how it works.

You can't just launch the game and play it without it always working properly.

If it's not graphics issues, then sometimes it's frame rate issues or getting hits from enemies.