Battlegroup 42 Tuesday June 20, 2006

Just a heads up to anyone who hasnt seen this. If you are interested in playing and dont have the files yet make sure you start downloading early as they are big.

Click read more for the full posting from the -=NC=- forums or look here: Napalm Cowboyz BG Thread

Battlegroup42 Night on -=NC=-Bar & Grill
1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month – 9PM EST
209.130.203.110 : 14567

Anyone who has some free time on Tuesday nights should consider stopping by the Bar & Grill for some BG42 1.3. Were doing it the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Very Happy

Well have a fun lineup of maps in the rotation: a mix of NC infantry-only favorites, some tank battle maps and some new maps from 1.3. After a few runs through the maps well refine the map rotation to everyones liking.

Im coordinating with |GRB|Sarge to post the monthly BG42 schedule in the several different forums so we can all meet up and enjoy BG42 on a populated server, one that will give decent pings to us folks in North America.

Make sure you upgrade to the latest version which is 1.3. The 3 files you need are pretty big, but VERY worth it!!!

Battlegroup42 Night on -=NC=-Bar & Grill
1st & 3rd Tuesday of every month – 9PM EST
209.130.203.110 : 14567

Anyone who has some free time on Tuesday nights should consider stopping by the Bar & Grill for some BG42 1.3. Were doing it the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month. Very Happy

Well have a fun lineup of maps in the rotation: a mix of NC infantry-only favorites, some tank battle maps and some new maps from 1.3. After a few runs through the maps well refine the map rotation to everyones liking. Mr. Green

Im coordinating with |GRB|Sarge to post the monthly BG42 schedule in the several different forums so we can all meet up and enjoy BG42 on a populated server, one that will give decent pings to us folks in North America. Wink

Make sure you upgrade to the latest version which is 1.3. The 3 files you need are pretty big, but VERY worth it!!! Tons of new maps and toys! The files are on the NC FTP site.

DaCrapper of Battlegroup42 & Battlegroup Frontlines wrote:
Topic aktuelle News
The waiting is over! Finally the new and BIG Battlegroup42 1.3 Full Install Release has hit the mirrors. Expect the download links today on your favourite BF news site! We will also add the links here to this post when we become aware of them.

So here are the mirrors:

Filefront Battlegroup Files
http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/View.php?view=BF2Mods.Detail&id=127

They also have many new screenies!

Thanks to Fluestertuete from the german warumdarum.de community we can also offer you a Bittorrent link for downloading. There is no password needed!

http://80.190.246.101:6969/torrents/Battlegroup42_V_1.3_Full_Client.exe.torrent?2E70BE69D7AB2BF7AB843C27BCEBA405BFC39630

Battlegroup42 1.3 Installation Advice:
Please UNINSTALL or DELETE any previous BattleGroup42 mod version(s) BEFORE installing Version 1.3! This mod is intended for Battlefield 1942 version 1.61. Please update your game if your BattleField 1942 version is not 1.61!

The mod is packed into an installer package containing 3 files (an EXE and two data files, “.d01” and “.d02”). Make sure you have disabled your anti-virus software BEFORE installing! (Feel free to scan the EXEs for viruses before installing).

To install, simply start the EXE file and point the installer to your BattleField1942/Mods directory. If you chose the default installation of BF1942, this would be:
C:Program FilesEA GAMESBattlefield 1942Mods

If you get a warning stating that you are overwriting files, please UNINSTALL any previous version of BG42 before proceeding!!!

Battlegroup42 1.3 Change Log
New Maps:

4004-Narvik

4209-Bloody Ridge

4301-Velikye Luki

4309-Navarone

4312-Ortona

4408-Mont St. Michel

4409-Hells Highway

4409-Operation Stalemate

4411-Operation Infatuate

4412-Ghost Front

4412-Waldhambach

4502-Siegfried Line

Reworked Maps from previous releases:

4112-Kalinin Front (former “Karst”)

4208-Kaukasus (former “Operation Barbarossa”)

4212-Tigers at Tebourba (former “Tebourba”)

4212-Tebourba Breakthrough (former “Tebourba”)

4304-Final at Bizerte (new Statics)

In addition, new Co-Op mode and improvements in the AI Strategies were made in the following maps ( by CareyBear, one of our newest members!)

4004-Narvik

4408-Anguar

4409-Hells Highway

4410-Battle of Overloon

4502-Siegfried Line

4503-Paderborn

Liberation of Caen

The MOB Clan Map pack #2 is now an integral part of BG42. Many maps have new, highly detailed static models (special thanks to Geronimo|Ger!!!) or have been upgraded with new ambient sounds. Twenty four maps are either new to BG42 or have new Co-op modes. Many other maps were modified to include new units and/or features.

Hints:
We made use of smigs “controlled gates” on several maps. To operate them, just go into the guard house, press “E” or whatever you use to enter a vehicle. Now you can open or close the gates by using the “left” / “right” button (military fences) or the open/close buttons (e.g. for operating the ramp of the landing crafts).

On several maps we now have controlpoints which require two players for capture. Expect this on Waldhambach, Siegfried Line and Velikye Luki.

Special hint for Navarone: To eliminate the axis spawn point on the small island, you have to destroy the guns with explosives. The capture of the controlpoint will not stop them spawning!

Bot Support:
The AI has undergone many, many enhancements and tweaks for better Co-op games. This applies to map paths/strategies, hand weapons and vehicle AI code. Bots can now see as well as you can, but are limited by factors such as fog and visibilty on a map by map basis. Bot “senses” such as hearing have been enabled for all hand weapons. If you fire your weapon, expect Bots to respond! The knives are silent Bots now use self-propelled artillery, stationary artillery guns, stationary machine guns, binoculars and mines more effectively than before!

New Vehicles:

Sdkfz. 222

Sdkfz. 234/1

Sdkfz. 251/9 “Stummel”

M3 Grant

M3 GMC

Bren Carrier

M36 B1 Jackson

DUKW

Assault-DUKW

LVT2 Water Buffalo

LVT4 Alligator

Gaz 67

Flakpanzer IV “Wirbelwind”

Flakvierling 38

BMW R75 w/sidecar

Schwimmwagen

25-pdr howitzer

Matilda Frog

Flamm-Hetzer

Mitsubishi G4M Betty

The DUKW was donated by a noble soul to the BF1942 community a few years ago… We thank him, although his name is now lost to history! The BMW_R75, FlakPanzerIV turret, Schwimmwagen, and 25 Pounder are from the BF1942:Secret Weapons demo.

All vehicle guns now fire where you aim the crosshair. Its up to you to judge for distance! Most main guns use 1/2 real-life velocity. The exceptions are howitzers, which use a lower velocity to simulate real-life use.

Artillery batteries:
The player controls three guns at once, each of them firing with a slight delay. These new feature comes in several versions: Katyusha-, Nebelwerfer-, sig33-, 25pdr- and M2A1 howitzer batteries.

New weapons:
All player kits have been redesigned with uniformity in mind. Weapon loadout varies depending on kit and nationality. There are two new pick-up kits: MaschinenGewehr34 and M1919Browning machine guns. Note that jumping/moving greatly affects accuracy! The prone position is most effective for these weapons, although you can now fire from any position.

The Molotov, Incendiary Grenade, M14 Thermite Grenade are effective sabotage tools. The M18 Smoke Grenade and NbHgr39 smoke grenade have a small explosion radius and are effective defense weapons.

The Sikes Commando Knife is silent and deadly at close range! It can only be thrown.

BG42 V1.3 has also many new bullet, explosion, grenade, and ambient effects.

Battlegroup42 1.3 Bug Report and discussion:
Please report every issue you found during playing here at the forums. It would help us to make a better version 1.4. Of course you are as well invited to discuss the new Battlegroup42 1.3 with us and other fans.

Battlegroup42 1.3 Online Gaming
There is a BG42 online gaming event at the [MOB] BG1 server every Wednesday and Sunday from 8.00 pm GMT+1 on.

IP-Adress:: 81.169.151.27:14568

You are all welcome to join! If you set up a server as well please let us know and post it here at the forums!

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