Battleground 44 is inspired by and aims to be a modern HD reimagining of the 2002 classic PC game BF1942. The mod will feature more classes than the original game had, and will also aim to do away with unrealistic historically incorrect equipment. No longer will British use American weapons and vehicles. Japanese will also no longer be stuck to using German equipment and weapons. All factions will be using historically authentic equipment, weapons and vehicles.
In the name of weapon balance we will use for instance some prototype or low number of fielded weapons such as giving the Italians the Breda PG or the Russians the Federov Avtomat for the Assault class. We do this to make every faction as balanced as we possibly can and to feel like what a real retail version of 1942 remastered in HD might feel like with faction locked weapons to keep immersion.
The mod is trying to use updated remakes of the original games maps, but we are also open to using maps not found in the original game. Naval warfare will also be making a return as well.
This mod is part of the Black Sand Studios modding group, and as such will be using detailed high quality content from our sister mods such as Battlefield: Korea, Israeli Defense Force, Eve of Destruction 2, Project Reality:WW2 and Battlegroup Frontlines as well as it's sister mod Battlegroup42 from Battlefield 1942.
You can join our official Discord here. Discord.gg
If you would like to help us out by donating towards the purchase of new content for the mod from 3D model sites, paying talented modders to export player models, or very difficult and time consuming tracked vehicles such as tanks, you could help us out here. Any little bit helps!
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Of course this is not required and all of our mods will always be free for the community and not for profit!
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Today we are releasing a massive update to the mod addressing lots of quality of life improvements, bug fixes, tons of new content and all new native shader model 3 rendering.
First up we wanted to show off our new trailer for the mod created by Yossarian the Assyrian.
Thanks goes out to him for showing off exactly what this mod is all about!
Next I wanted to show off some of the new Shader Model 3 features which were done by the Project Reality developer papadanku.
Here are just some of the amazing new graphical enhancements this new shader update entails.
SM3 introduces more DirectX features that we can use for Battleground 44. Below is a truncated list on what SM3 brings to the table for Battlefield 2 mods.
- Derivative instructions
- Dynamic branching (useful for soft shadows and parallax mapping)
- High precision shading
- Higher register and instruction limits
- Special texture instructions (useful for sharper texture filtering)
- Vertex textures (useful for 3D water/terrain)
- Logarithmic depth buffer (useful for combating z-fighting)
- Better Vegetation rendering
To learn more about his amazing work with upgrading BF2 shaders please go here! He also said that PR mod is making the shaders fully permissible to use in other mods, so this will greatly benefit the entire BF2 modding community!
And finally here are some screenshots of the game running with these shaders, plus some additional graphical tweaks I use in Battleground 44 such as native Bloom and HDR.
We hope you guys enjoy this update. Many more things are planned in the upcoming months such as an all new custom launcher Dnamro has been working on for a while now. We will continue to improve the game when and where we can.
Join our official Discord for more up to date progress of the mod.
Download the mod files below.
Battleground 44 version 0.6 core files part 1
Battleground 44 version 0.6 objects files part 2
Battleground 44 has finally released after 4 years of development!
News 76 commentsThis week we have rebranded and fully released the mod after 4 long years of development and take a look at some of the amazing graphical features included...
Brand new modern HD widescreen HUD
News 26 commentsToday we just wanted to show off our final HUD and a few more other things before we gear up for our first ever release.
First video gameplay footage
News 17 commentsToday we just wanted to show off some work in progress gameplay of the mod, and give everybody an update on how far along in development we are.
Mega Vehicles Update!
News 34 commentsHello folks! A LONG overdue post just to show you guys we are still very busy! I will try to update you all better in the future, but for now, enjoy most...
Files
Battleground 44 version 0.6 core files part 1
Full Version 3 commentsClick read more for installation instructions. New full release that includes new factions such as 1939 Poland, British S.A.S. and lots of new quality...
Battleground 44 version 0.6 objects files part 2
Full Version 4 commentsClick read more for installation instructions. New full release that includes new factions such as 1939 Poland, British S.A.S. and lots of new quality...
Battleground 44 hotfix patch (Obsolete)
Patch 46 commentsHere is an emergency hotfix patch to address many of the issues affecting players. Please simply extract the folder in the archive to the EXACT SAME location...
Battleground 44 Core mod (Obsolete)
Full Version 18 commentsAfter 4 years of hard work we are ready to release the first ever build of Battleground 44! What started as a simple remake turned into so much more...
Battleground 44 levels folder (Obsolete)
Full Version 8 commentsAfter 4 years of hard work we are ready to release the first ever build of Battleground 44! What started as a simple remake turned into so much more...
Battleground 44 Objects archives folder (Obsolete)
Full Version 8 commentsAfter 4 years of hard work we are ready to release the first ever build of Battleground 44! What started as a simple remake turned into so much more...
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i wish i had a good pc to play this. it looks perfect!
Is there an estimated release date on the launcher for installing to a custom location? I'd love to play this mod, but there's not nearly enough space on my C Drive. :p
some maps are problematic When will it be fixed? example stalingrad_part2
It doesn't open, it crashes the game
The mod does not work for me. I installed to C drive and I believe I implemented the shader fix properly. However when I start a map it either crashes to desktop when I join the battle, or there is no list of kits to choose from and I cannot begin to play.
It's a shame, because it looks great. I have seen videos, so someone must be able to make this work.
OK. I found the problem. I had a double Objects folder. Make sure you take the Objects folder out of the Objects folder when you install part 2. Works fine now.
Still developing this? :)
Yes, for now there is just a break on working on the mod for now but we will continue to improve it for years to come.
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