BattleGroup42 mod for Battlefield 1942

BattleGroup42

Battlefield 1942 mod | Released 2003

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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More information can be found on our website, our forum, and Encyclopedia (wiki).
This is also the place to ask any further questions you may have about the mod.

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BattleGroup Final - RC4 patch 1 released

Mar 1 2019 News

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

Dec 29 2018 News 8 comments

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

Nov 3 2015 News 11 comments

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

Jul 17 2015 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

Jun 14 2015 News 4 comments

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...