I just picked up an ATI Radeon 7000 32MB vido card at Best Buy for $50.
It works great, and seems to have no problems displaying the game whatsoever.
In the BF-1942 release notes it says there may be issues with this card, but I went and got the latest drivers and so far so good.
Maybe a better card would display the game better, but this is my first foray into PC gaming (I was solely a PS2 guy until last week. Thanks Loren. ), and the quality for the cash outlay seems acceptable to me.

Z~

That sounds like a good comprimise. I may have to go pick one up.

I'm still itching to play this. I saw it at Quakecon, but never bothered to load it. Then I see this thread, load it up, and can't play. I finally found a game my 9700 out of the box dosen't like. Instead of crashes, or anything like that, I get no text on the interface. And the problem? I have a grand total of one driver to try. A person from ATI over at the rage3d forums confirmed the issue, and stated it's fixed in the next driver revision. Problem is that the only ones to be leaked so far are XP drivers, and not 2000 (What happened to WDM?). So I have to wait past the labor day weekend to get my first taste of the game.

Ironicially if I had loaded it at Quakecon, it would have worked on my 8500. But I've already given my 8500 to a friend.

Ok, now that I've had a chance to play the game (a lot), I just have one thing to say: It kicks ass! I'm officially addicted. So what ever happened to the "Empeg Owners" server idea?

I tried to set one up, but success eludes me.
There doesnt appear to be any documentation on how to set one up, so I'm sure I'm missing a key ingredient. I've got the .exe, I've got a server, etc. etc.
Anybody have any pointers?
See previous posts by me above, to see what I've tried so far.

In counter-strike you just go to "create game", choose which options you want and whether or not you want it to be a dedicated server. It looks like it's a similar procedure for BF1942.

I've got the .exe, I've got a server, etc. etc.

Silly question, but among the "etc. etc." you didn't say whether you ran the EXE in the same directory as the file set for the full game.

Most of these games, the dedicated server EXE can't live all by itself. It also needs the client game date files as well, or sometimes a modified version of them.

Is it that simple?

Aahhh...
Didnt realize you needed to have the actual game, and the server installed.
For some reason I thought that the server executable was a standalone.
Ah well. I'm kinda new to PC gaming.
Let me try that.

Z~

Yeah, figured that might be it.

Is there a way to connect a standard joystick to the game for flying?

You should be able to go to the options - controls setup and click on the control you want to change, then move the input you want to map it to.

So if you want the Pitch down of the airplane to be a up on your flight stick, just click that box, press up on your joystick, and that should be it.

A lot of guys at work went out and bought flight sticks just for that purpose!

I got it.
The server name is ARAMIS
And the pw is: Empegsrcool.
(how cheezy is that? )

Cant guarantee the quality of the ping, or how long it will be available for (this server might get reallocated) but for now there you go.
I limited the number of participants to 20, to try and improve the quality.
Any other comments or questions, please just let me know.
And if it totally sucks, let me know that too. If its not worth it, Ill unistall, and somebody else can give it a whirl.

Z~

Is the password case-sensitive?

Yah.
And punctuation too.

And punctuation too.

Is there a period after Empegsrcool then?

I will try when I get home from work. And please, don't shoot me because I got to the plane first...

Yes there is a period. I was in the game, but was all alone We need to say a time otherwise the room will remain empty while everyone is playing in other games, and we will never get something started. 10-11pm Eastern anyone? It would be cool if everyone uses their BBS name, so you know who you are killing

I just moved to a new apartment, so as soon as my DSL line is back up and working i'm definitely in. We'll have to set a day and time like waterman suggested. it'll have to be after 8pm PST for me...

Excellent, thanks so much for doing that. I agree that we should set a time to play.

I'm going in now to play... Everyone come and join up!

edit: Well I just got my butt kicked by fusto. When I get better I will get my revenge!!!! Thanks fusto for the server!!!!!

Allright I'm an idiot... How do you get to the server? I can only seem to find the menu to enter an IP address or to create a game. And it's not listed on the urrent servers page...
Help!!!

edit: Nevermind I figured it out. FYI Add ARAMIS to the filter box and it will show up...

Well I just got my butt kicked by fusto.

Purely unintentional, I swear. Just dumb luck.
Well maybe except for the couple of times I sniped you.

Till we meet again!

Z~

That was fun last night. Let's do it again soon!

- Jon

Have you tried Army Ops yet? That game is absolutely nuts. I think I still play BF1942 more though, even if Army Ops is completely free (and not a demo).

Heads up... there's a patch for BF1942 and the server.

http://www.ea.com/eagames/official/battlefield1942/gamedemo.jsp?state=111

And make sure you install the right one. I accidentally installed the 'server' patch (the link from the downloads page on www.battlefield1942.com pointed to the wrong file), and it unistalled the demo.

Can someone tell me how to show the FPS in the game?

nm, got it

console.showfps 1

I was trying to figure out some of these console commads as well.
First, how do you get to the console?

Z~

how do you get to the console?

hit the ~ and it will come up

Well according to my local media play, and gamestop.com , it comes out tomorrow. Yet EA says on Saturday. Anyone sell software here who has seen it come in to your store yet? Lets keep our fingers crossed its tomorrow!!!

The specialty shops who are having it overnighted will have it tomorrow (EB, and the like)... however it will be in wide distribution on Saturday. I hope you pre-bought your copy if you plan on getting it tomorrow... =]

Not sure what the hell I'm doing wrong.
Whenever I snipe someone, it appears to have no effect.
Yet when I'm sniped, instant death.

Should I be aiming for headshots?
I generally aim for the chest as its a larger target, but I'm having no luck.
Occasionally I'll take someone out, but its like 1 in 5.
I probably just suck

Z~