Troubleshooting FAQ

[Vizior]

This is a FAQ to keep this board clear of repeated questions.

1. Why do the characters on the menu appear as blocks?

Answer: Most likely it is because your video card isn't supported by the game. To play the game you need a GeForce card by nvidia, a radeon by ATi, or other T&L supported card.
Limited Budget: Go with a GeForce 2 or 3
Decent Graphics/Limited Budget: Radeon 9000 Pro or GeForce4 ti4200
Great Graphics: Go with Radeon 9800+ or GeForce4 ti4600+

2. The text ingame is blurry, hard to read, and dots doesn't show, why?

Answer: You've most likely got anti-aliasing on, which does this. Not a lot you can do to fix it except turn AA off in your display settings.

3. I have a pirate(Downloaded) copy of the full game, I have the crack, [insert problem here]. What can I do to fix this?

Answer: Go out and buy the full game. That will fix your problems.

4. I start a game(single or mulltiplayer) and it goes sooo slowly for a while, then it goes at a resonable pace. What can I do to make it go faster?

Answer: Buy more RAM. Check to see how many free slots you have and how much RAM you can have. Although it says 128 Meg RAM is enough, it normally isn't due to the fact that Windows XP takes around 128 to run itself. Your best bet is to get around 384 Meg RAM if you have Windows 98/2000/Me or 512 Mg RAM if you have Windows XP.

5. It takes forever for a map to load, almost everyone has started playing by the time I get into the game. What can I do to make it load faster?

Answer: Buy more RAM. Check to see how many free slots you have and how much RAM you can have. Although it says 128 Meg RAM is enough, it normally isn't due to the fact that Windows XP takes around 128 to run itself. Your best bet is to get around 384 Meg RAM if you have Windows 98/2000/Me or 512 Mg RAM if you have Windows XP.

6. I just downloaded the [insert patch number here] and now I can't connect to some servers. What can I do????

Answer: Calm down, you need the same patch that the server is running. Most likely they are running the newest patch, so get that. If not just get the newest patch and use All-Seeing Eye to find a good server that runs your patch.


7. I can't play with the 1.3 patch. It loads a map and then it crashes to the desktop. What is a fix for this?

Answer: Try deleting your profiles, and then making a new one. Back-up your controls, first.


8. How can I back-up my controls?

Answer: Go to your Battlefield 1942 directory. Then go into the mods directory. Go into bf1942 folder. Then go into Settings. Open Profiles folder. Select the name of your profile(this is not your player name). Open that folder. Inside open the controls folder. Copy the four files and paste them somewhere else. You may now proceed with deleting the profiles or reinstalling your game. Just paste the 4 files into any profile to get your controls the same way you had them.


9. Where can I download All-Seeing Eye(Tool for finding servers)?

Answer: Go to http://www.udpsoft.com/eye/


10. I have two computers that I want to play on-line with at the same time, do I need two copies of the game?

Answer: Yes, 1 copy per computer



If you have anything else that you think should be in here just PM me. Please DO NOT clutter this topic up with stuff you think should be in here. I come on every day and I will update it often. Only post if you think some of this information is WRONG.

i downloaded the 1.31 patch and it is still telling me that i dont have the right one. i have downloaded it form different servers but i still get the same message when i try to connect to a server any help?

[Vizior]

you can only connect to the servers in yellow(in-game broweser_

[Painless]

I have a Ti-4600 video card and the onscreen text still appears to be a bit blocky at 640x480 -60hz and 1024x768 (refresh rate unknown) using 4.1.09 nVidia driver in XP pro. Any suggestions?

[Vizior]

Try Anti-Aliasing off

I just bought this game.... but when I go to the main menu, no text shows up; just blank buttons. I'm thinking I'm missing the font for the game or something..... I previously had the demo installed, which I thought was my problem. So after installing the game and patching it, I deleted the deom. It didn't work, so I uninstalled both demo and game, reinstalled the game, then patched it, still no text. What am I missing?

[Painless]

You need to provide a little more info... like what kind of video card you are using and what drivers with the version number.

Bah.... haha, all I needed to do was update the drivers on my card.... thanks for the concern anyway =P

My load for the game is too slow i have a 2ghz 256 ram and it takes forever And when i get into the game the mouse is all shaky what could be the problem please help me.

[Vizior]

More RAM

i recently purchased '42, and the expansion. i had winxp, but i reinstalled with win2000 pro. i was able to play the game just fine, but now, all of a sudden, the game will not load. i pop in the disc, and press play, or i click on the '42 icon, and it shows the splash screen, looks like its about to load, then it beeps at me(the same beep as when the trash is recycled in win2000 pro). i have already tried reinstalling, but to no avail...if anyone can help me, i'd really appreciate it.



2000+ Athlon XP
768mb pc2100 DDR RAM
GeForce 4 Ti 4200 64mb version
Windows 2000 Pro

[Vizior]

Was it an OEM copy of WinXP?

im having the exact same problem BiNiaRIS...but im using windows xp pro. need any help i can get.

okay, I bet this has been posted before but I have started the game and all there is, is just little boxes for the text and when I try to forge it and start a mission, it goes back to the desktop.

and help/links/suggestions?

[Vizior]

Originally Posted by yakuza warlord

okay, I bet this has been posted before but I have started the game and all there is, is just little boxes for the text and when I try to forge it and start a mission, it goes back to the desktop.

and help/links/suggestions?

Originally Posted by Vizior

1. Why do the characters on the menu appear as blocks?

Answer: Most likely it is because your video card isn't supported by the game. To play the game you need a GeForce card by nvidia, a radeon by ATi, or other T&L supported card.
Limited Budget: Go with a GeForce 2 or 3
Decent Graphics/Limited Budget: Radeon 9000 Pro or GeForce4 ti4200
Great Graphics: Go with Radeon 9800+ or GeForce4 ti4600+

I just bought this game and have so far been unable to play the multiplayer mode. I meet the system requirements using a Radeon 7500 in my Sony noteboke. Whenever I click to join a game, I just get a message that says "Unable to conect to server." or something similar to that. What is going on>

I just bought BF 1942 (been on America's Army for months now) and it randomly crashes. I've visited Ea tech support but no help.

My system:

P4 2.53
512 ram
GeForce Ti4200 AGP 8x 128mb
Integrated sound on Asus MOBO (P4PE)

I know my card is compatible, and all drivers and patches are up to date.

PLZ SOMEONE...WHY AM I CRASHING IN THE MIDDLE OF A GAME ALL THE TIME AND EVERYTIME?!?!

Thx

Killswitch[hsma]
House of Scottish Martial Arts ... .. . www.hsma.ws

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Please help me when i spawn everything is black but i see some trees and name tags but everything else is black but it was working before this just happend recently

Will an ATI Radeon 7500 63mb Video Card work?? Please answer i really want to play this game!!

I have been playing the game for a while now, but i recently started modding my own levels,

Now the game won't even load up...

i see the intro image... Then it doesn't do anything... ...

I'd appretiate the help... Thanx.......

I'll be waiting for a response......