Hello! I recently made an introduction/cry for help post in the General section and was told to bring it to IT! I just copy and pasted my issues so hopefully someone here can help me out:
As of Christmas I added some new specs to my hardware (gtx 970, I7 4790k, ssd, more ram, new motherboard etc.) but of course with a new drive I had to do a reinstall of all my games and programs. I'll try and give a detailed but brief list of the issues I've been having.
*All other games I've re installed have worked just fine.
*I run bf 1942 under windows xp service pack 3
First I installed the game with the expansion packs.
I then downloaded the 1.6 full patch and the 1.6b incremental.
I noticed I couldn't find a single server.. on some inquiring I downloaded the new master server thing and I can now see all the populated servers.
I found that moongamers (the only server I plan to really do any playing on) was of a different version patch.. I thought this strange so I uninstalled, reinstalled, downloaded the patches from THIS site and installed them.
Still Moongamers is "gray" and I can only seem to access a few other high ping servers in Europe and such.
I then thought I'd join one of the servers I DO have access to just for kicks.
When I loaded in the graphics were all fine, however my crosshair was black and I could not move with the w,a,s,d, keys. I could look around and enter/exit the carrier with e, but no moving on foot. (Yes I checked the controls and defaulted them)
I am truly at a loss. I understand its an old game on a new rig, but I thought it should still play fine.
Any insight or possible other programs I need to download or just general help would be very swell and appreciated!
Thank you very much for your time and a big thank you to the community for staying strong all these years and providing us with a fun, mature place to kick some butt!
Beer