News on BG42 for Battlefield:Vietnam

Strummer · 03-05-2005, 06:11 PM

I'd have posted in the BG42 only forum, but thought it'd be better to post here because some folks in the community may not know that Battlegroup42 is moving toward their BG42 WWII release for BF:V

You can find our news update at http://www.battlegroup42.com with lots of screenshots! Enjoy!

RichM · 03-05-2005, 07:59 PM

Hey, Strummer! Good to see you around!

And CRAP - this means that I may actually have to reinstall BFV. That's mostly been gathering dust because of the dearth of good (Read: WW2; no offense to PoE, it's a cool mod but not my cuppa) mods...

Plus the fact that BFV just about overloads my poor ol' PC... :/

melee · 03-05-2005, 09:17 PM

I was browsing around the site, forgot how much I liked BG42. The forum links seem to be broken, got to look around for 1.1. I never downloaded it!

NavalLord · 03-05-2005, 09:50 PM

why have they decided to move to BFV so late? most mods now are moving to BF2

Strummer · 03-07-2005, 01:47 AM

I'll be addressing the website links as soon as I am able to get to it. As is, expect a regular news stream from the development team. We're focusing on BF:V because "we" (before I had been asked to join as PR staff) had started creating BG42 for BF:V over a year ago. In fact, the teams resources became divided and, arguably, both mods suffered for it.

BG42 on BF:1942 will continue: there is a 1.1.1 update due out real soon now and MOB has taken over administration of the mod and plans to release plenty of new maps.

We really want to get the WWII BG42 gameplay out on BF:V and are close to beta testing stage. Even with BF:2 due out in June, we think we'll be able to get one solid release - maybe two and then see where things are going with BF:2.

BTW: I found on EA's tech support board some excellent advice on getting FPS up in BF:V and it worked wonders on my system (1GB RAM, 2.6Ghz P4, 128mb GeForce4) which was seeing <25 fps before the tweaks. In your
settings file, up your default.con Game.soundbuffersize to 8192 and in your videodefaults.con change renderer.allowallrefreshrates to 1. Also, quit any and all processes that don't have to be running and you'll probably be as surprised as I was with the performance of the engine. Hopefully BG42 on BF:V makes it all worthwhile!

Strummer · 03-12-2005, 03:30 AM

The BG42:V team has posted another news update is over at the BG42 website! (http://www.battlegroup42.com). This post focuses on some of our BG42 WWII U.S. Armor for the upcoming release. Check it out

TyphoonSupport · 03-12-2005, 02:13 PM

Its looking pretty sweet.

03-05-2005, 06:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
Strummer Private Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6	News on BG42 for Battlefield:Vietnam I'd have posted in the BG42 only forum, but thought it'd be better to post here because some folks in the community may not know that Battlegroup42 is moving toward their BG42 WWII release for BF:V You can find our news update at http://www.battlegroup42.com with lots of screenshots! Enjoy! __________________ http://www.battlegroup42.com =\|Member BattleGroup42 Public Relations Team\|=

03-05-2005, 07:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
RichM Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: West Richland, Washington Posts: 2,888	Hey, Strummer! Good to see you around! And CRAP - this means that I may actually have to reinstall BFV. That's mostly been gathering dust because of the dearth of good (Read: WW2; no offense to PoE, it's a cool mod but not my cuppa) mods... Plus the fact that BFV just about overloads my poor ol' PC... :/ __________________ "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than the Democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any controlling private power." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

03-05-2005, 09:50 PM	#4 (permalink)
NavalLord Forum Moderator Brigadier General Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 5,932	why have they decided to move to BFV so late? most mods now are moving to BF2 __________________

03-07-2005, 01:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
Strummer Private Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6	I'll be addressing the website links as soon as I am able to get to it. As is, expect a regular news stream from the development team. We're focusing on BF:V because "we" (before I had been asked to join as PR staff) had started creating BG42 for BF:V over a year ago. In fact, the teams resources became divided and, arguably, both mods suffered for it. BG42 on BF:1942 will continue: there is a 1.1.1 update due out real soon now and MOB has taken over administration of the mod and plans to release plenty of new maps. We really want to get the WWII BG42 gameplay out on BF:V and are close to beta testing stage. Even with BF:2 due out in June, we think we'll be able to get one solid release - maybe two and then see where things are going with BF:2. BTW: I found on EA's tech support board some excellent advice on getting FPS up in BF:V and it worked wonders on my system (1GB RAM, 2.6Ghz P4, 128mb GeForce4) which was seeing <25 fps before the tweaks. In your settings file, up your default.con Game.soundbuffersize to 8192 and in your videodefaults.con change renderer.allowallrefreshrates to 1. Also, quit any and all processes that don't have to be running and you'll probably be as surprised as I was with the performance of the engine. Hopefully BG42 on BF:V makes it all worthwhile! __________________ http://www.battlegroup42.com =\|Member BattleGroup42 Public Relations Team\|=

03-12-2005, 03:30 AM	#6 (permalink)
Strummer Private Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 6	The BG42:V team has posted another news update is over at the BG42 website! (http://www.battlegroup42.com). This post focuses on some of our BG42 WWII U.S. Armor for the upcoming release. Check it out __________________ http://www.battlegroup42.com =\|Member BattleGroup42 Public Relations Team\|=

03-12-2005, 02:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
TyphoonSupport Private 1st Class Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Everywhere Posts: 145	Its looking pretty sweet. __________________ E-Mail: sales@typhoonservers.com Website: www.typhoonservers.com