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I don't know what its like as I don't own BF:1942 but there is a star wars mod for it that is supposed to be good, link is here

See here for the Web site.

From what I played recently and briefly, there weren't any vehicles except the one Death Star space map. Play Galactic Conquest mod for BF1942 if you want vehicles too.

I bought UT2004 recently on DVD because of Alien Swarm and Red Orchestra mods. I didn't care about its regular UT2004 game. The playable demo didn't impressed me except the pretty graphics. The mods were the big stars for me.

I bought BF1942 for its game mostly, but I was surprised to see mods coming out like Forgotten Hope, Battlefield Pirates, Desert Combat, Galactic Conquest, etc.

I hope the same is for DOOM 3 for mod support. I would love to see Aliens-type of game with DOOM 3 engine and with co-operative play. How about System Shock 2 type of game? I loved that game! It was scary.

I sold Quake 3 Arena a few days ago and uninstalled Half-Life a few months ago because it was time to leave their engines and their mods.

For a different deal, then go play Galactic Conquest http://www.galactic-conquest.net/

Its free (if you have a copy of BF1942) and Vader isn't in it.

And its got nothing to do with SOE

And Lucasarts know about it (and even offer it for download from their website).

Its not an MMORPG but then neither is SWG by all accounts.

I'm sorry to sounds like an advert but GC is fun and I really don't think that MMORPGs are anywhere near mature enough to successfully recreate something like the star wars universe.

IMHO if they don't move away from a business model that seems reliant upon elements of perpetual licensed product, headlines and technology for competitive advantage then the MMORPG providers are doomed to fail.

The existence of JTL as a licensed product (albeit one with a continuing subscription) just servces to confirm that SOE are not confident themselves in the long term viability of an MMORPG like galaxies, if they were then they're be looking to push it out at low/no cost in order to increase their potentially far more lucrative incremental (subscription) revenue stream.

I'm convinced that the only durable business model for the MMORPG is one based around a reliance on increamental revenue, requiring a mature and comprehensive level of content creation so storytelling, immersive gameplay and an enduring high quality gaming experience will be the differentiator that keeps the subscribers coming back each month.

Otherwise, these products will never truly reach out to the 'mass market' and the only viable customer base will a combination of :

a) Powergamers (those willing to play/subscribe for ever just so they can be game 'gods')

b) New players (I bet there is a terrible conversion rate at the moment from free trial players to paying subscribers, that won't get better unless the user experience becomes the development focus)

c) The traditional RPG community (for many avid ex-D&D players a well made MMORPG is the holy grail of development, they will persevere through imbalance and unreliable connections, they will contribute innovative and often workable ideas for game development and they will remain optimistic through all but the most adverse of circumstances).

But it is possible to upset even these types of players if they endure enough frustration, delay or lack of communication, Its at this point of core player degradation that the end of a game could probably be fairly reliably predicted.

(formula anyone ?)

I'd suggest that what we're witnessing is a key moment in the continuing development of the SWG gameworld and I'd hazard a guess that if SOE fail to respect the community over this issue and lose enough of the core playerbase then SWG will most likely fail within the next 12-24 months.

Download it from here. it will give you an idea on what the mod looks like. To me, this looks a lot better than 0.1 version which was ugly and not so great. I will be playing this mod this weekend. :)

Galactic Conquest is a Star Wars mod for Battlefield 1942.

How about this cool mod? Will it be allowed?