Any yall play BF1942?

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
Just started playing. Cant figure out how to get out of the durn landing craft LOL

when in the drivers position, the up arrow key will lower the door, the down arrow will raise it.

I play my fav tactic is to hide near beaches and wait for a landing craft with a bunch of people in it to get close, i'll lob a grenade into it and watch them fly.

You can also lace the edge of the water with expacks as an engineer, hide nearby, and blast people to bits when the boats land. Very amusing. 😀

 

[Hoober]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
Just started playing. Cant figure out how to get out of the durn landing craft LOL

when in the drivers position, the up arrow key will lower the door, the down arrow will raise it.

I play my fav tactic is to hide near beaches and wait for a landing craft with a bunch of people in it to get close, i'll lob a grenade into it and watch them fly.

You can also lace the edge of the water with expacks as an engineer, hide nearby, and blast people to bits when the boats land. Very amusing. 😀

I'll have to give that one a try.

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
Just started playing. Cant figure out how to get out of the durn landing craft LOL

HAHAHA! I had the same problem at first. Everybody else would be off to the battle areas while I'm leaping around the landing craft like a damn fool. I was too impatient to read through all the key commands. I think the default key to lower the plank is to press and hold the up arrow (which you have to use in the driver's area). Or you can do like I did for the longest time and jump over the rail in the back half of the boat where it seems to be a little lower. 😉

I'm finally getting fairly decent with tanks, but I'm a horrible pilot (at least as far as doing any real bombing damage goes) and I don't have ANY experience with artillery. I know what I'm SUPPOSED to do, but I never get the chance to try it out on a server. I tried practicing on the single-player but the bots won't give me a target. Like I said above, my favorite combo is engineer/APC for defense and medic/jeep for offense. I also like to be an engineer and duck right behind a skilled tank driver (who knows I'm there.) With him wailing away at the enemy and me safely hidden behind him fixing his tank whenever he takes damage it can make for a lethal combo. No glory for the engineer when it comes to kills but still fun nonetheless.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Hoober

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
Just started playing. Cant figure out how to get out of the durn landing craft LOL

when in the drivers position, the up arrow key will lower the door, the down arrow will raise it.

I play my fav tactic is to hide near beaches and wait for a landing craft with a bunch of people in it to get close, i'll lob a grenade into it and watch them fly.

You can also lace the edge of the water with expacks as an engineer, hide nearby, and blast people to bits when the boats land. Very amusing. 😀

I'll have to give that one a try.

I like to use this when I grab one of the defguns on the tips of Wake as landing craft will usually try to grenade the gun with you in it. Just sprinkle expacks around (there's an ammo box nearby to reload) and jump in the gun with the detonator ready. If any landers make it to shore, hop out, blast them to a nice pick froth, reseed the beach, and hop back in the gun.

 

[Parrotheader]

These have been out awhile, but have any of you guys watched these BF1942 movies? A couple of them are hilarious.

Northern Brigade Movies

 

[kuk]

Originally posted by: Fausto1
Anyone grab the v1.3 patch yet? It's apparently out on Fileshack as of today.

I'm waiting in line ... 59 minutes left. 🙁

Anyone wants to mirror it?

 

I would like to put up a dedicated ATOT server. That's if there is a stable one that runs under Linux.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: dwell
I would like to put up a dedicated ATOT server. That's if there is a stable one that runs under Linux.

Check out the Server Admin forum here. You might get some answers.

 

[Slickone]

I tried the demo but damn it took me 10 tries to take an airplane off, then once up, my control of it is so bad I can't do anything. And I'm a freakin Flight Sim buff. I imagine it has to get easier?
This seems to be the only game where when doing goofy/funny, fun & dirty stuff, you're actually doing your job and don't get accused of anything.

 

[psianime]

I've been looking for a good deal on this game but it seems that its so popular retailers are charging an arm and a leg for the game. It's a really good game.. but my pings are unstable when I try to play (cable internet problem.. not on my side).

-psianime

 

[Doggiedog]

I'm on but lately I've been playing Simcity 4.

If I'm on, I'm usually as Private Parts or General Protectionfault depending on my mood. You'll usually see me in the top 3 when the game is over 😉

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Slickone
I tried the demo but damn it took me 10 tries to take an airplane off, then once up, my control of it is so bad I can't do anything. And I'm a freakin Flight Sim buff. I imagine it has to get easier?
This seems to be the only game where when doing goofy/funny, fun & dirty stuff, you're actually doing your job and don't get accused of anything.

Yeah, it gets easier with practice. A joystick is about the only way to go with planes (if you don't already have one). Mouse + keyboard or just keyboard is almost impossible. I can fly around that way, but I sure as hell can't hit anything (intentionally) on the ground.

And yeah, you can do all kinds of sneaky crap and it's A-OK. That's why I like playing engineer....offers the largest variety of ways to ruin someone's day. 😀

 

[CPA]

I play under the nic CPA, of course. Haven't played in about a month though do to moving and other stuff. I need to get back on. I love driving the jeeps and trying to run over the enemy, it makes a nice "THUD" sound.

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: Hayabusarider
Just started playing. Cant figure out how to get out of the durn landing craft LOL

HAHAHA! I had the same problem at first. Everybody else would be off to the battle areas while I'm leaping around the landing craft like a damn fool. I was too impatient to read through all the key commands. I think the default key to lower the plank is to press and hold the up arrow (which you have to use in the driver's area). Or you can do like I did for the longest time and jump over the rail in the back half of the boat where it seems to be a little lower. 😉

I'm finally getting fairly decent with tanks, but I'm a horrible pilot (at least as far as doing any real bombing damage goes) and I don't have ANY experience with artillery. I know what I'm SUPPOSED to do, but I never get the chance to try it out on a server. I tried practicing on the single-player but the bots won't give me a target. Like I said above, my favorite combo is engineer/APC for defense and medic/jeep for offense. I also like to be an engineer and duck right behind a skilled tank driver (who knows I'm there.) With him wailing away at the enemy and me safely hidden behind him fixing his tank whenever he takes damage it can make for a lethal combo. No glory for the engineer when it comes to kills but still fun nonetheless.

lol i still hop around like the energizer bunny on crack 😱 didn't know about the up/down thing.
as far as flying, its soo freaking hard just to keep my plane steady but once i do, i just start dropping bombs whenever it shows me over enemy territory on the map. I have yet to hit something but maybe someone can clue me in on how it works 🙂

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: psianime
I've been looking for a good deal on this game but it seems that its so popular retailers are charging an arm and a leg for the game. It's a really good game.. but my pings are unstable when I try to play (cable internet problem.. not on my side).

-psianime

Jewel case only (no manual) for $30.

That's about as cheap as you'll find it.

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

And yeah, you can do all kinds of sneaky crap and it's A-OK. That's why I like playing engineer....offers the largest variety of ways to ruin someone's day. 😀

Hehe. Amen. I'm still learning the fine art of the engineer in BF1942, but it's always been my preferred class going back to the TFC days. The only thing I don't like about the engineer in BF1942 is that your weapons are virtually worthless in a gun battle. Naturally I try to avoid those situations, but it still can be frustrating sometimes. Comes with the class though.

 

[SandLizard]

wish i could, but with a lack of bandwidth, have to settle for upping the AI all the way on the bots to have any challenge...which, by the way, they don't miss to often with snipers...the bastids...

i prefer assault guys myself...my current favorite thing to do is attempt to take out a tiger with a sherman (just us two, no one else fighting)...it doesn't work to often unless you have cover (maybe i'm just not that good though...heh)

-sandlizard
--aka sand 'bandwidth-challenged' lizard

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: Fausto1

And yeah, you can do all kinds of sneaky crap and it's A-OK. That's why I like playing engineer....offers the largest variety of ways to ruin someone's day. 😀

Hehe. Amen. I'm still learning the fine art of the engineer in BF1942, but it's always been my preferred class going back to the TFC days. The only thing I don't like about the engineer in BF1942 is that your weapons are virtually worthless in a gun battle. Naturally I try to avoid those situations, but it still can be frustrating sometimes. Comes with the class though.

Actually, the rifle is pretty spiffy since it always has the same level of accuracy whether you're running, jumping, prone, whatever. I'll usually take one shot with that as someone is running toward me and then whip out the pistol. You can also toss an expack as you're running backwards away from them and they'll run right at it most of the time. Really pisses people off when you kill them that way. 😉

The other thing I've been fiddling with lately is artillery. I found that you can hit everything on most maps from the artillery unit's spawn point. Very handy on maps like Battle of the Bulge where you can sit back out of harm's way and shell the crap out of any control points held by the enemy without them knowing where it's coming from. You can even hit the axis base from the allied base. 😎

 

[Parrotheader]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: Fausto1

And yeah, you can do all kinds of sneaky crap and it's A-OK. That's why I like playing engineer....offers the largest variety of ways to ruin someone's day. 😀

Hehe. Amen. I'm still learning the fine art of the engineer in BF1942, but it's always been my preferred class going back to the TFC days. The only thing I don't like about the engineer in BF1942 is that your weapons are virtually worthless in a gun battle. Naturally I try to avoid those situations, but it still can be frustrating sometimes. Comes with the class though.

Actually, the rifle is pretty spiffy since it always has the same level of accuracy whether you're running, jumping, prone, whatever. I'll usually take one shot with that as someone is running toward me and then whip out the pistol. You can also toss an expack as you're running backwards away from them and they'll run right at it most of the time. Really pisses people off when you kill them that way. 😉

The other thing I've been fiddling with lately is artillery. I found that you can hit everything on most maps from the artillery unit's spawn point. Very handy on maps like Battle of the Bulge where you can sit back out of harm's way and shell the crap out of any control points held by the enemy without them knowing where it's coming from. You can even hit the axis base from the allied base. 😎

I usually try the same technique with the rifle/pistol. The only problem is that by the time my first shot has missed and I'm switching to pistol the other guy is halfway through his clip and I'm picking my next respawn point. 😱 Not that I'm any good with my pistol either. My accuracy with the pistol is about like Owen Wilson's character in Shanghai Noon during the church gun battle. I'll have to try the run away detpack technique. I've used that with tanks all the time, never thought about using it with infantry.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: Parrotheader

Originally posted by: Fausto1

And yeah, you can do all kinds of sneaky crap and it's A-OK. That's why I like playing engineer....offers the largest variety of ways to ruin someone's day. 😀

Hehe. Amen. I'm still learning the fine art of the engineer in BF1942, but it's always been my preferred class going back to the TFC days. The only thing I don't like about the engineer in BF1942 is that your weapons are virtually worthless in a gun battle. Naturally I try to avoid those situations, but it still can be frustrating sometimes. Comes with the class though.

Actually, the rifle is pretty spiffy since it always has the same level of accuracy whether you're running, jumping, prone, whatever. I'll usually take one shot with that as someone is running toward me and then whip out the pistol. You can also toss an expack as you're running backwards away from them and they'll run right at it most of the time. Really pisses people off when you kill them that way. 😉

The other thing I've been fiddling with lately is artillery. I found that you can hit everything on most maps from the artillery unit's spawn point. Very handy on maps like Battle of the Bulge where you can sit back out of harm's way and shell the crap out of any control points held by the enemy without them knowing where it's coming from. You can even hit the axis base from the allied base. 😎

I usually try the same technique with the rifle/pistol. The only problem is that by the time my first shot has missed and I'm switching to pistol the other guy is halfway through his clip and I'm picking my next respawn point. 😱 Not that I'm any good with my pistol either. My accuracy with the pistol is about like Owen Wilson's character in Shanghai Noon during the church gun battle. I'll have to try the run away detpack technique. I've used that with tanks all the time, never thought about using it with infantry.

They'll pretty much just run in a straight line at you, so just run backwards away from them as you do this (strafe back and forth a bit to throw their aim off tho). It's especially satisfying when you nail them when they're right on top of the detpack, sending them flailing 30 feet in the air. 😀

 

[Tab]

You have have to use the arrow keys to open and close the front of the boat and the numbers to switch positions. Not many people know about this 😛 I saw we get up a DC AnAnd Tech Server, btw what does ATOT mean!!!

 

[dabuddha]

AnandTech Off Topic

 

[Daxxax]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
I play on the large servers like Monty and Yamamoto. Name is The Blue Pill.

I think I may of played with you. My handle is usually "DaxX" but I play as "The Rooster" from time to time.

I also play RTCW, but not as much anymore since I'm addicted to 1942 now.
🙂

 

[Fausto]

Anyone else think the 1.3 patch is a POS for the most part. I like the new animations, sounds and the TK controls but a built-in wallhack bug and all the other problems are just ridiculous. It's actually buggier now than v1.1.

 

[pulse8]

🙁

I haven't had a chance to play it yet. My friggin' Internet moves to a crawl at night now.