What you need to play Battlefield 1918 (BF1942)?

[[AM]Fritz Kempf]

Hello.

Some people think to play Battlefield 1918, you only to install Battlefield 1942 and the modification BF1918 and it's done. That is not true. Battlefield 1942 has been more than seven years and have now put some updates that makes the installation more complicated. Below I try best to explain, because my english is bad.

How can I play Battlefield 1918?

In order to play Battlefield 1918, you must have Battlefield 1942 in order to play Battlefield 1918. Possible not the demo! Battlefield 1942 is also very inexpensive and also light, lighter than Medal of Honor: Allied Assault! The game has been available since 2002 and there are worldwide more than 1 billion copies sold. You may Battlefield 1942: World War 2 Anthology (This is a package consisting of the modifications and Battlefield 1942 Battlefield 1942: Road to Rome and Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII) to buy very cheap. In my country Belgium, around the € 15 in one store. You only need Battlefield 1942. Not the modifications Battlefield 1942: Road to Rome and Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII. Also not to play map Cassino. So you do not have the World War 2 Anthology to buy, if you just want to play Battlefield 1918. This is same for all mods like Forgotten Hope and Desert Combat. You may Battlefield 1942, no extension, buy. Buy Battlefield 1942 and install it. Make sure your system is adequate. These are the system requirements.

Minimum

• Windows® XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, (Windows NT and 95 are not supported)
  
• 500 MHz Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ processor
  
• Memory: 128 MB RAM
  
• 4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
  
• 1.2 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
  
• 32 MB video card which supports
• Transform & Lighting and with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver
  
• DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card
  
• Keyboard, Mouse, joystick
  

Maximum

• 800 MHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
  
• 256 MB or more RAM
  
• 16x or faster CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
  
• 1.2 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games
  
• 64 MB or greater video card which supports Transform & Lighting
  
• Environmental Audio™ capable sound card
  

Help! My Battlefield 1942 did not!!!

One of the most common phenomenon is that Battlefield will not work. Usually it crashes when the game loading an map. Here you follow the steps to play perfect the game. If these steps do not work, visit the Battlefield 1918 website or contact EA Games or place here your problem.

Battlefield 1942

De juiste versie!
As stated above, you must have Battlefield 1942. Make sure that Battlefield is updated to the latest version. The latest version is V.1.61. To check the version of Battlefield 1942, your visit Battlefield 1942 and look in Custom Games or just left bottom of your menu screen. Do you not have the latest version? Visit the following site and download everything you need. Install in order and only client (no server)! For example: Official BF1942 Client Patch 16 to 1.61b..

Het instellen van de Compabiliteitsmodus

Battlefield 1942 has a bug. The game crash immediately or after a while. This is not the fault of the creators of Battlefield 1942, but the fault of the Punkbuster makers. More information about Punkbuster, please click here. Punkbuster should be regularly updated (See text). This made many problems by only two ways you can fight. Either you find a server where Punkbuster is not running, which is hopeless, or do the following.

(Windows XP)

• Right click the shortcut of Battlefield 1942.
  
• Click on Properties and then go to compatibility.
  
• You would be able to set your Compabiliteitsmodus. Set in the Compabiliteitsmodus as Windows 2000 and ensure that jet have ticked the box. Do you have a Windows 98 or 2000, then you are advised to contact EA Games (if you have problems). I hate Vista and have no resolution dor Vista. Somebody?
  

80% chance that this is the solution. So ignore this rule already and definitely not!

Instal and update Punkbuster

First of all you read about Punkbuster, click here. Make sure that Punkbuster (Battlefield 1942 version) be installed on your computer. Normally you have the setup for Punkbuster with your Battlefield 1942 when you buy Battlefield 1942 legal. If you do not own the Punkbuster setup read the text on until you find the second link back.

Punkbuster have lot of updates. This means you most look each time for an update for your PunkBuster, if you want to play online on a Punkbuster server. The nexyt program is a program designed to ensure that everything is automatically updated correctly (of course you'll have to start the update). The program supports many games (click here) included Battlefield.... To have the program, just click here and you download the small file.

• Open the setup and click "I Agree".
  
• Go to "Add a Game" and select Battlefield 1942.
  
• When Battlefield 1942 is in the list, select Battlefield 1942. Click on "Check for Updates" and let the setup do its work. You will receive a message when the update is finished, or if no new version is possible. If PunkBuster is not on your computer, this rule would automatically install Punk Buster. With experience in the past when I forgot to install my Punkbuster.
  

So do not forget to check for PunkBuster updates. If you are updating your PunkBuster does not, your game may crash or get you out of a Punk Buster kicked server.

Kicked from the server and the message "RESTRICTION: service communication failure: PnkBstra.exe"

This report is the most common reported PunkBuster if you have had an update. What can you do? Download the setup and just let his work. If not resolved? Visit the website or contact Punkbuster.

Battlefield 1918
Download the latest version of Battlefield 1918.


Thus, it should succeed. If there are problems, you mail best Battlefield 1918 or EA games. Something not clear, place it here.

Ciao to the Battlefield!