Very recently...less ppl playing BF1942 - Page 2

urseus · 09-11-2003, 09:06 AM

The game would have kept up beautifully if they had released the SDK early on in the games popularity, say around the time Desert Combat was released.

Then you would have had mod teams churning out the high quality mods, and thinking "hmm i could go to half life 2, but im pretty well settled here in my mod, so i think ill stay put and work on it with this engine", rather than what they are saying now, which is "Fark, look at the amount of support valve is giving, screw Battlefield, well wait for the source engine."

A think that battlefield is destined for the "retro" heap of games at a lan, ones that make you say "hey whos up for a game of battlefield? Anyone remember that game? Man that was fun!"

420 · 09-11-2003, 12:13 PM

I am really enjoying SW though. This game still has me by the balls.

TheVerbalAssassin · 09-11-2003, 05:33 PM

Ya I still dig it. With EoD and DC, theres maps I still haven't played. If I'm not playing Civ3PTW, I'm in the top 1/3 of a server somewhere.

yetix · 09-11-2003, 05:36 PM

SW has breathed new life into the game for me.

with new EoD and DC releases, i don't see me jumping ship anytime soon.

pr0wlunwoof · 09-11-2003, 06:13 PM

Ok I have tried to write this responce for like 10 minutes this is my third draft. Half life 2 and doom 3 are going to be great games and yes I will have mine on back order, but when it comes to Battle field I don't see me deleting it for a good 6-8 months down the road. I mean the versatility of the game in itself is amazing. You can do so many things succesfully that are almost imposible in other games. It's like Ghost recon, half life, and a flight simulor all rolled into one. Fact is the upcoming games are gonna be awsome but I dont see me quiting BF for good when they come out.

-WOODY- · 09-11-2003, 08:09 PM

I agree totally with what urseus said. It's not that BF isn't a great game, it is and I'll always have it on my hard drive, but it's just that with the newer games coming out with great mod support, EA hurt themselves by not giving the same support to it's fans. I've been wanting to get into modding BF for a long time, but it's just such a pain in the butt with trying to learn everything and scanning a 100 forums for bits and pieces of info on how to do this or that and all the work-a-rounds you have to do to get stuff to work because there's no SDK.
On top of which is the fact that if you don't care much for the expansion packs ( which I don't ), then that cuts down on the variety of game-play except for the handful of mods that are out there.
I can't wait to get my hands on the newer Hammer editor and all the other goodies that will let me do stuff for Half Life.
Lets face it, we've all played BF to death and even eating the same delicious juicy steak day in and day out gets old after awhile.

jimmy doom · 09-11-2003, 08:29 PM

New games or not, BF is so good because it is more unique than the others. It is not quite totally shoot em up, nor driver, nor aviation, ect...it is all of those things and you rarely find a game where so many different people can get interested in it. It offers options and I appreciate that most about a game. Some of these other games being released will be more of updates of what they used to be...maybe better graphics, sweet weapons, intricate maps...but are they gonna break any ground? I doubt it. Beyond that if you get organized clans to battle you have an incredible stratedgy game as well. Many games may have a better gameplay for a shooter but as a total package I haven't seen anything close to BF42.

Secret Weapons is pretty damn fun too :P

TheVerbalAssassin · 09-11-2003, 08:45 PM

Right, I haven't played a RTR map in many months and don't plan on getting SW. I'm looking forward to BFV an hope it will have an even greater future. Somebody mentioned the possibility of a modern X-pack for BFV and that sounds interesting.

Caslon · 09-12-2003, 02:19 AM

Mod tools and everything would just disperse ppl out more. CS has a
hardcore following that started well before this genre of online gaming.
BF1942 online play came along with the likes of MOHH, RTCW, and others.
Online games have a shorter half-life now...no pun intended.

I'll stop playing BF1942 regualrly when there're aren't any big pipe 40/40+ servers.

That's not to say I don't enjoy 10/10+ El Alemein at 3 AM in the morning occasionally.

Hellendoorn demo map takes up a lot of my playing time now.

urseus · 09-12-2003, 11:25 AM

I leave servers when there are more than 10 people a side.

its just a joke. How you people can play on 64 man servers is completly beyond me. You never get to even see a vehical most of the time, let alone the amount of lag i get.

Caslon · 09-12-2003, 12:15 PM

Hellendoorn demo Nvidia server rocks with 64/64.
Nvidia has a fat pipe server running SW demo off an on.

TheVerbalAssassin · 09-12-2003, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by urseus

I leave servers when there are more than 10 people a side.

its just a joke. How you people can play on 64 man servers is completly beyond me. You never get to even see a vehical most of the time, let alone the amount of lag i get.

Right, guys running everywhere, 6 retards circle straifing on the runway and shit.

Jack Mehoff · 09-13-2003, 04:48 AM

I haven't play BF1942 for two weeks now. Work, wife, part time school, part time manwhore, parties really keep my hand full

09-11-2003, 09:06 AM	#21 (permalink)
urseus Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia. Posts: 6,073	The game would have kept up beautifully if they had released the SDK early on in the games popularity, say around the time Desert Combat was released. Then you would have had mod teams churning out the high quality mods, and thinking "hmm i could go to half life 2, but im pretty well settled here in my mod, so i think ill stay put and work on it with this engine", rather than what they are saying now, which is "Fark, look at the amount of support valve is giving, screw Battlefield, well wait for the source engine." A think that battlefield is destined for the "retro" heap of games at a lan, ones that make you say "hey whos up for a game of battlefield? Anyone remember that game? Man that was fun!" __________________

09-11-2003, 12:13 PM	#22 (permalink)
420 General Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,607	I am really enjoying SW though. This game still has me by the balls. __________________ "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." Kristian Wilson, Nintendo Inc, 1989

09-11-2003, 05:36 PM	#24 (permalink)
yetix Major Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bob's Panzer Garage, BFE Arkansas Posts: 3,191	SW has breathed new life into the game for me. with new EoD and DC releases, i don't see me jumping ship anytime soon. __________________

09-11-2003, 06:13 PM	#25 (permalink)
pr0wlunwoof Private Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12	Ok I have tried to write this responce for like 10 minutes this is my third draft. Half life 2 and doom 3 are going to be great games and yes I will have mine on back order, but when it comes to Battle field I don't see me deleting it for a good 6-8 months down the road. I mean the versatility of the game in itself is amazing. You can do so many things succesfully that are almost imposible in other games. It's like Ghost recon, half life, and a flight simulor all rolled into one. Fact is the upcoming games are gonna be awsome but I dont see me quiting BF for good when they come out. __________________ missing ten hours of sleep: crap being late to work twice a week: really crappy having your wife leave you and you not care because you just got BF 1942: Awsome

09-11-2003, 08:09 PM	#26 (permalink)
-WOODY- First Lieutenant Join Date: May 2002 Location: home of the Indy 500 baby! Posts: 1,692	I agree totally with what urseus said. It's not that BF isn't a great game, it is and I'll always have it on my hard drive, but it's just that with the newer games coming out with great mod support, EA hurt themselves by not giving the same support to it's fans. I've been wanting to get into modding BF for a long time, but it's just such a pain in the butt with trying to learn everything and scanning a 100 forums for bits and pieces of info on how to do this or that and all the work-a-rounds you have to do to get stuff to work because there's no SDK. On top of which is the fact that if you don't care much for the expansion packs ( which I don't ), then that cuts down on the variety of game-play except for the handful of mods that are out there. I can't wait to get my hands on the newer Hammer editor and all the other goodies that will let me do stuff for Half Life. Lets face it, we've all played BF to death and even eating the same delicious juicy steak day in and day out gets old after awhile. __________________ Well whatever the heck it is, I don\'t like it!

09-11-2003, 05:33 PM	#23 (permalink)
TheVerbalAssassin Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cleveland, Oh Posts: 5,523	Ya I still dig it. With EoD and DC, theres maps I still haven't played. If I'm not playing Civ3PTW, I'm in the top 1/3 of a server somewhere.

09-11-2003, 08:45 PM	#28 (permalink)
TheVerbalAssassin Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cleveland, Oh Posts: 5,523	Right, I haven't played a RTR map in many months and don't plan on getting SW. I'm looking forward to BFV an hope it will have an even greater future. Somebody mentioned the possibility of a modern X-pack for BFV and that sounds interesting.

09-12-2003, 02:19 AM	#29 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,850	Mod tools and everything would just disperse ppl out more. CS has a hardcore following that started well before this genre of online gaming. BF1942 online play came along with the likes of MOHH, RTCW, and others. Online games have a shorter half-life now...no pun intended. I'll stop playing BF1942 regualrly when there're aren't any big pipe 40/40+ servers. That's not to say I don't enjoy 10/10+ El Alemein at 3 AM in the morning occasionally. Hellendoorn demo map takes up a lot of my playing time now.

09-12-2003, 11:25 AM	#30 (permalink)
urseus Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia. Posts: 6,073	I leave servers when there are more than 10 people a side. its just a joke. How you people can play on 64 man servers is completly beyond me. You never get to even see a vehical most of the time, let alone the amount of lag i get. __________________

09-12-2003, 12:15 PM	#31 (permalink)
Caslon Lieutenant Colonel Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Deep inside the Earth. Posts: 4,850	Hellendoorn demo Nvidia server rocks with 64/64. Nvidia has a fat pipe server running SW demo off an on.

09-13-2003, 04:48 AM	#33 (permalink)
Jack Mehoff Command Sergeant Major Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: In your bed with your girl Posts: 702	I haven't play BF1942 for two weeks now. Work, wife, part time school, part time manwhore, parties really keep my hand full __________________