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Battlefield 1942: Combat Tricks and Trivia Guide

(AKA Kaptain Zyklon's Dirty Tricks!)

Version 1.62

First created on: 3/11/03
Last update on: 29/9/04
By Epitropou Victor
vicet80@hotmail.com

VEpitropou on GameFAQs (R)

Copyright Victor Epitropou 2003-2004

This guide is best seen with a fixed-font editor/viewer,such as Notepad
or by using any fixed-size font,such as Courier,10 CPI.

This guide is mainly for the "Standard" BF1942 game but it also covers some
aspects of the "Secret Weapons" expansion and maybe others.

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Table of Contents
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[0] Before you read this.
[0.1] Quick Questions and Answers (go here if you REALLY are in a hurry)
[0.2] Other FAQs

[1]
[1.1] Introduction
[1.2] About the author
[1.3] So,what's this guide about?
[1.4] What makes it different/necessary?
[1.5] Version history
[1.6] Credits and acknowledgements

[2] vs Ships
[2.0] To be on not to be (a pirate?)
[2.1] Boarding enemy ships.
[2.2] Damaging enemy ships.
[2.3] Other annoying things to do on board of enemy ships.
[2.4] Other ship trivia and cheesy tricks.

[3] General and Special Tactics
[3.1] Defending
[3.2] Fighting and combat
[3.3] Exploits and tricks
[3.4] Bazooka Mania
[3.5] Being an Engineer
[3.6] Sniping tips: I wanna be a sniper!
[3.7] Individual Infantry Weapons

[4] Special map-related strategies.
[4.1] The Battle Of Britain map.

[5] Secret Weapons Of WWII: Where and How to use them?
[5.1] Jetpacks
[5.2] Sturmtiger
[5.3] Sherman T-34
[5.4] Wasserfall Missile
[5.5] FlakPanzer
[5.6] Natter

[6] Special Vehicle Trivia

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[0] Before you read this.
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This guide is provided "as is" carrying no implicit or explicit warranties
of any kind,about its contents.
The author assumes no responsability for any kind of damage or loss caused
directly or indirectly by the use of this guide,Point.
Battlefield 1942,Road To Rome and Secret Weapons Of WWII is a registered
trademark of Electronic Arts and Dice (Digital Illusions),and in any case,
of their respective owners.
Same goes for any trademarks and registered names mentioned here in this
guide. Point.
This guide is a freeware unofficial BF1942 product,and the author is not
affiliated in any way with EA games or Dice. Point.
The author reserves all rights and the copyright for this FAQ,and
appreciates being asked before using it in no-profit activities.
Commercial use of this guide is prohibited/discouraged. Point
This Guide and its updates are to be distributed ONLY by GameFAQs and
a few other SELECTED FAQ pages,such as www.cheats.de,dhl.net,ignfaqs and
a few others,ONLY after having asked me for permission. That's all,soldier!

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[0.1] Quick questions and answers
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These pop up more than once in a while...

q: Where are the jetpacks???
a: Read section [5.1] of this guide.

q: Where are the subs?
a: They're only in the "Guadalcanal" and "Battle Of Midway" maps in
multiplayer mode only.They are single spawn spots in the sea when not
in use,dive with up arrow and resurface with down arrow (by default).

q: How do I open my parachute?
a: Keep hitting the "9" key (default) continuously UNTIL it opens,not just
once.

q: How do I open the landing crafts door?
a: Simple,it opens with "up arrow" and closes with "down arrow"(by default).

q: How can I do the wall-hack trick with the Allied Hangar in El-Alamein?
a: Read the end of section [3.3] of this guide.

q: How do I deal with nasty n00bs,TKers,planecampers and the such?
a: If you feel like bringing justice in this rotten (BF1942) world,
then set up your own server,be an admin and kick and ban to your hearts
content. As a "humble" player,use the console commands:
"kick #NumberOfBastard" and "kt #NumberOfBastard",for example to kick
the player number 5 type "kick 5" or "kt 5".
You don't really kick him right away,you just start a vote poll,hoping
that anybody else knows how to vote...There's a console commands FAQ for
this job,look next section.
Update: v1.6 of the game adds a whole new voting and kicking system,GUI
based this time,and supposedly easier to use.

q: ...what is the console???
a: It's that DOS/command line looking thing that pops out each time you
press the ~ (tilde) key (that is,the key with a ` and a ~ on it,on U.S.
keyboards,and generally the one just above the TAB key).
It's used to type special commands in. It closes by pressing the same key
used for opening,in case you recalled it by mistake.

q: I hate the console! Did you say something about a more friendly voting
system?
a: Yes,from v1.6 and greater there is a graphical voting system.
It IS easier to use but not everybody knows that it exists or how to
use it!
To use it,you must bring on the "Spawn interface" by pressing the
"Enter" key, and then select the "Score" or "Boards" option (in
the
bottom right of the screen, along with "Resume" and "Quit") with your
MOUSE.
This will bring up a kind of scoreboard and on the lower part of the
screen there will be some options like "kick voting","team kick voting",
"map voting" etc.
Note: On some servers they will be unselectable, since kick or map voting
can be disabled by the admin.
BTW,the good old console is still functional in case you prefer the old
fashioned way :-).

q: I REALLY want to punish that bad TKish n00b,but I don't want to TK myself...
a: Ok,so if you're REALLY that desperate the only solution is to run bad
n00bs over with any vehicle,exiting moments before impact,so he will die
and you won't TK. Also,be sure to type "PTK" in the console each time
so he will surely get a long delay at respawn.

q: Why does my team always lose in the "Battle Of Britain" map?
a: Read section [4.1] of this guide.

q: Why my opponents get me easily all the time and I can't even hurt them from
close range?
a: Feeling like Rambo or Delta Force beating up foes and terrorists completely
unscathed, only by the contrary? Unless you really suck, chances are you are
playing on a server with too much ping (>100 or >200),which means that
"local" players and people with "clean" connections will mostly have a clear
advantage over you (they can see you and shoot you before you do).
There's not much you can do besides changing server,hardware and connection.
You can still play a good game by choosing a support role (engineer,ship
captain, tank pilot,APC driver or sniper) and playing carefully, but don't
expect to be good at close combat or at piloting planes.

q: Why did I get kicked from the server for no apparent reason???
a: Sometimes it is because there are un-ReAsOnAbLe admins that won't even
let you spit without their written permission: they usually put up their
own rules (don't cuss,don't switch teams,don't piss me off...) and punish
any "rebels" who,voluntarily or not,break them.
Sometimes it's just automatic because you TKed too much (even suicide
counts as a TK,remember!),you have too much lag or just because you..cussed!
That's right,on some servers there are AUTOMATIC language filters which
DON'T block "bad words" like the word "filter" may suggest,but rather
auto-kick the "dirty mouths" that wrote them in the chat!
It's a stupid system and can even kick you for writing words containing
"bad" ones, like mASSacre. People many times don't get why they get kicked
and keep on re-joining and keep getting kicked...I've seem teams DECIMATED
by those damn filters!

q: ...Oh I see..and what can I do about that?
a: Wash your mouth,if you want to use the chat,and you'd better avoid ambiguous
expressions,slang words and words known to be "intercepted", like mASSacre.
Or, you can confuse most filters by mispelling words,adding random periods,
commas etc. or by using substitute symbols. Some (pretty self explanatory)
examples include "Ghey", "@$$" , "f.k." etc. (tsk tsk what language
:-)
Or,if filters are nationalised, you could use foreign cuss words from German,
Italian or whatever...

q: How do I deal with ALL OTHER situations in the game?
a: Read this guide carefully,especially section [3]!

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[0.2] Other FAQs
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If you need more map-related strategy oriented and more generic FAQs,try out
Joe Momma's and Matthias99's BF1942 FAQs. If you need more info about
Road To Rome and Secret Weapons Of WWII then get Pierre "Masamune2" Maris's
specialised FAQs. And,regarding the mysterious console commands of BF1942,there
is a great FAQ by KenZoe.All of the above can be found at GameFAQs,by searching
for "battlefield 1942".

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[1.1] Introduction
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This is my first FAQ/Guide ever written for a "contemporary" and "recent"
game since I wrote my first guides and FAQs for "retro" arcade and
computer games.
The objective of this guide is to illustrate to BF1942 players of all
levels and skill some general combat techniques and notes,including what
could be defined as "cheap tricks" or "dirty combat" inside BF1942,by some
players.
Please bear in mind,this is not a cheat guide,it's just a kind of strategy
oriented guide giving a particular weight to non-orthodox combat techniques
and tricks,which CANNOT be considered cheats but rather exploits and taking
advantage of the game's physics and combat system's "weak points".
Besides,every BF1942 player did AT LEAST ONE of the "tricks" mentioned here!

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[1.2] About the author
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As I said before,this is my first piece of guide ever written for a
"modern" game.Personally,I'm an arcade game's fan and abuse regularly of
emulators and such :-).
I have written FAQs and guides mainly for TAITO games including The New
Zealand Story,Cadash and Liquid Kids. You can find all of them from GameFAQs.
Recently,I discovered the great fun of Battlefield 1942,and being a DOOM
and Quake veteran it caught on me very quickly :-). When I discovered the
Multiplayer side of the medal,I began playing frantically and started
discovering several funny/obscure points in this game,discoveries which
I felt like sharing with gamers all over the world and especially fellow
BF1942 players.
I can only play online once or maybe twice a week,and when I'm on,I
usually (well,actually,all the time) play with the nickname "Kaptain Zyklon".
Sometimes,you can see me online with my teammates "MAD
MAX","mision","loxias"
and "RAMBO".
Despite the name,no racial offense is intended and no "strange" political
preferences are implied,honest. I just find them cool and original to use,
that's all.It's better to put these things straight right from the
beginning,you never know.
Besides,I've seen much worse,scurrile,racially/politically explicit
and insulting nicknames around...I hope that they were used just for FUN,
like mine.
As for teams,well,I generally prefer playing as the axis but I DO care