Historically accurate equipment displays the benefits and failings of their real counterparts. Features such as multi-role APCs and improved infantry classes promote team play by making it easier and more beneficial for players to work together. A comprehensively revised damage system allows for a much greater depth of feel without being draconian, one-hit kills are the exception not the rule.

We have gone to great lengths to produce game play that is both balanced and enjoyable. Attention to detail has also become a key aspect of the mod with high quality textures, sounds and models all carefully researched and developed. The result is a mod with approximately 150 tanks, trucks and cars; more than 80 aircraft, over 80 small-arms and over 190 unique maps. These are increasing with each release and represent 13 nations: Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy (+ post armistice Italy (1943-45), Japan, The Netherlands, Russia, France (1940), Vichy France and Free French (1940-45), The United Kingdom and The United States.

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Changelog - first patch for RC4


  • vehicle fixes
    • fixed OT-34/85 missing engine sound
    • added missing right side road wheel on Kangaroo
    • fixed the misaligned suspension on Sturmpanzer II
    • fixed missing recoil on gunbarrel of Semovente 75/18
    • fixed faulty first person view on bow mg of M3 Light (all variants)
    • moved the gunner seat of the Wespe to a better position
    • fixed wrong soundscript for engine of ISU-152
    • fixed missing sound for rear machine guns on He-111 torpedo bomber
    • added improved tank track animation speed settings made by al13326
    • fixed missing tank tracks sound on early KV-1 tank
    • added missing crosshair on Sexton (Coop version)
    • resized SU-152's idler wheel to better fit the tank track
    • removed unused crosshair from Ha-Go rear turret machine gun
    • fixed offset railings on Hilfskreuzer hull mesh
    • fixed game crash when destroying the ZIS-3 gun (both stationary and mobile version)
    • removed crosshairs in BV-138 cockpit view
  • map fixes
    • added missing static object on 4006-dunkirk_perimeter
    • fixed faulty soldier spawns on 4208-jiangxi
    • changed the US soldier kits to US Marine kits on 4410-clash_on_surigao
    • added missing textures for some tree meshes
    • fixed wrong texture for Flak 36 on 4005-montherme
    • fixed wrong spawn of B-4 howitzer on 4108-uman_pocket
    • changed US Rifleman Springfield kit to M1 Garand kit on 4204-fall_of_bantaan
    • fixed floating fences on 4307-prokhorovka
    • switched Serbian Soldiers on 4405-raid_on_drvar to new Yugoslavian Partisans (thanks to Laufer for the content)
    • fixed typo in cullradius.con in 4406-fox_green
    • fixed typo in cullradius.con in 4411-operation_infatuate
    • fixed typo in map description of 4501-operation_matador
    • fixed typo in cullradius.con in 4504-pounding_the_rock
    • fixed typo in cullradius.con in 4504-royan_outskirts
    • added missing effect soundscript to 4504-royan_outskirts
  • various fixes and additions
    • changed the Italian Navy flag to the correct one
    • fixed soldier kits using the wrong "Assault" description (machine gunners for example)
    • fixed size of some soldier helmets (thanks to Laufer)
    • fixed damage of Breda 42 anti tank grenade
    • reworked Soviet "Pilotka" hat (thanks to Laufer)
    • added Valentine III and IX to Russian repair depot
    • started damage system overhaul. This was necessary due to some values being too low or too high.

moddb download link -> client patch

moddb download link -> server patch

We want to thank all of our team members and fans for their continued support of the mod, and hope that you'll have a lot of fun with the new version :-)

BattleGroup42 Final – RC 4 released

BattleGroup42 Final – RC 4 released

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It’s been more than two years now since our last release of BattleGroup42, which was Release Candidate 3 of our final version of the mod. Ever since...

BattleGroup42 Final RC2 release

BattleGroup42 Final RC2 release

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We've already announced it on our Facebook page, and now it's official! Release Candidate no. 2 is now available for download and has already been running...

Big BattleGroup42 model presentation - part four

Big BattleGroup42 model presentation - part four

News

With part four the BattleGroup42-team is continuing its extensive new models presentation. Most of these models were created by Gauranga and integrated...

Big BattleGroup42 model presentation - part three

Big BattleGroup42 model presentation - part three

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The BattleGroup42 team is greeting all players and fans with another part of our big model presentation. Once again it's about models made by Gauranga...

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BG42 Final - Client installer executable

BG42 Final - Client installer executable

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The BattleGroup42 mod installer consists of five parts. One executable file and four .bin files. Download all five parts into the same folder on your...

BG42 Final - Client installer 1a

BG42 Final - Client installer 1a

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The BattleGroup42 mod installer consists of five parts. One executable file and four .bin files. Download all five parts into the same folder on your...

BG42 Final - Client installer 1b

BG42 Final - Client installer 1b

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The BattleGroup42 mod installer consists of five parts. One executable file and four .bin files. Download all five parts into the same folder on your...

BG42 Final - Client installer 1c

BG42 Final - Client installer 1c

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The BattleGroup42 mod installer consists of five parts. One executable file and four .bin files. Download all five parts into the same folder on your...

BG42 Final - Client installer 2a

BG42 Final - Client installer 2a

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BG42 Final - Full Server

BG42 Final - Full Server

Server

The BattleGroup42 Final - Server installer. Only necessary if one intended to make a dedicated server.

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Danielnhk
Danielnhk - - 4 comments

I Really like this mod, but I got one question, why it won't let me change the number of tickets.No matter which number I set, it always have around 400 tickets. Is there a way to change that ?

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al13326
al13326 - - 198 comments

In Singleplay both Campaign and Instant Battle, there's nothing you can do as Battlefield 1942 limit the ticket percentage to 400%.

But in Coop found in Multiplay-Create Game menu, you can raise the number of tickets up to 1000%.

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Guest
Guest - - 698,425 comments

On instant battle. When decrease my ticket at around 150, it still give me 400 ticket, how can I fixed that?

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al13326
al13326 - - 198 comments

That depends on a map you played.

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al13326
al13326 - - 198 comments

BattleGroup42 Final RC3 - Patch 1 released!
Battlegroup42.de

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ohjays
ohjays - - 59 comments

Good luck downloading it from here, server sux , crap speed and stalls

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TheDesertFox
TheDesertFox - - 76 comments

I really wanted to be in the next release towered tanks T-28, the T-29, the T-35
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al13326
al13326 - - 198 comments

If you referring to T-28 medium tank the Red army uses, then I myself also want to see it as well. Unfortunately, there are no more additions to the mod as CMIIW there are no active 3D artists in mod team (there are still WIP models left that need to be finished though... :( ). Even if both BG42 and FHSW had content-trade agreement (check this link from The wayback machine: Web.archive.org), there's nothing to be traded to the latter.

In fact, the mod team will gonna release a "first" patch as soon as numerous bugs found in RC3 were fixed.

In addition, BattleGroup42 emphasize more on historical accuracy, so suggesting a prototype (like the T-29 you suggested) or those some projects that did not left on the drawing board will never included.

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al13326
al13326 - - 198 comments

BattleGroup42 Final Release Candidate 3 (RC3) now available!
Battlegroup42.de

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Barbarossa41
Barbarossa41 - - 107 comments

Bar none this is my all-time favorite WWII mod for ANY game.
More than enough fun and exciting maps to keep me entertained, plenty of cool weapons to play with, and an experience that rivals any other similar mod.

My only suggestion would be the addition of a Finnish faction as that's the only major faction not represented in this mod.

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al13326
al13326 - - 198 comments

Not to mention Poland, Romania and my country as well (sorry for being biased... =D ). But lack of manpower prevented from doing so, sorry.

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SKAND3RB3G
SKAND3RB3G - - 169 comments

Been playing this for 4 years straight and this is the best mod for BF1942, hands down.

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Rex_Imperator
Rex_Imperator - - 267 comments

Will this work with Coop or singleplayer?

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