Battle field 1942

tinku 2003-03-22 13:25:27 UTC #1

Hi all,

I dont know if this belongs here but here goes,

I just bought this game and installed, when i click the icon to play i get a black screen for a few moments then back to workbench (windows) then nothing.

has anyone else had this problem and if so how did you fix it, i checked the speck of my pc to play and it meets all requirements.

i know E.A have a help line but i wanted to play it this year

thanks in advance

tinku.

Wannez 2003-03-22 14:17:21 UTC #2

Since you bought the original disc, you should be able to use the official patch, which handles bugs. It might work.

GhostBear 2003-03-23 01:44:38 UTC #3

EA and patching doesn't mean it will work... I have Bf 1942 and Also the Road to Rome expasion. My original BF18942 disk doesn't work at all after it's patched to Version 1.2. EA say it's drivers and I have all the latest for them so not sure what is wrong there so I just use RTR to play both the origal stuff and the new stuff

BadReligionPR 2003-03-23 17:33:39 UTC #4

I had this same problem when I first installed the game, and then it reappeared again when I updated to 1.31. I forget where I found the fix, but change this line in C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\videodefault.con

"renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 0" to
"renderer.allowAllRefreshRates 1"

Worked for me both times. It's caused so much trouble, you would think they would have it overwritten with the default 1 in a patch or something.......

tinku 2003-03-24 07:37:53 UTC #5

that solved the problem thanks, i also looked at the update 48 MEGS pwhaaa, no thanks not on my dial up. haha!!

many thanks.

tinku.

BadReligionPR 2003-03-24 08:44:37 UTC #6

If you want to play online you really have to update, and to be honest, the single player portion of Battlefield 1942 is not much to talk about. There's also a new map included in the 1.31 patch, and another free map at the EA website for online play.

cynicalbastard 2003-04-01 08:43:32 UTC #7

i only play this game in single player, and I like it a lot. Dialup is no good for online gaming.

toytoy 2003-04-02 11:05:29 UTC #8

It works, thanx a lot BRPR.

cloakdoa 2003-04-03 14:01:04 UTC #9

Isnt it strange that a company will push out a game and forget to turn on the rendering??? Such as the black screen.