PC: Battlefield 1942 Cheats

Tip: Grenades make good starting signals. Have one of the players toss a grenade in front of the vehicles, and then punch the accelerator when it blows.

Battlefield 1942 Hint: Grenade Launch
Sure, it may sound a little suicidal (okay, a lot suicidal) but if you're lucky or playing on a friendly fire off server, you could be in for quite a ride. Just drop a grenade on the ground, scream "Grenade!" at the top of your lungs, and step right on top of the thing. If you don't die a horrifying death, you'll go launching high into the sky. Why in the hell is this useful? Well, I suppose it's not that useful, but it sure is fun and provides a couple of interesting opportunities. First off, if you do it right, you can fly up into the air, hit your parachute button, and float down on top of a building for a nice vantage point. Second off, wouldn't you be a little frightened if an enemy came flying down from the sky to land on your head? Third off, it's fun!

Battlefield 1942 Hint: Leave No One Behind!
If you grab a jeep, landing boat, or multi-person plane, don't leave on your own unless you're fairly certain that no one else will be there anytime soon. It's always better to have more than one person fighting along side you when you reach your destination. And it's certainly better to have someone man the guns that are attached to many of these vehicles to provide some extra support against ground forces. So take a moment to check around your area to make sure there aren't more friendlies to join you before you take off. If you can't see anyone on screen, just look at your map for the friendly arrows.

Battlefield 1942 Hint: The Healing Dead
If you're out in the field and hurting for ammo or health with no hope of reaching one of those handy dandy bunkers, just take a look around you. If there was a firefight recently, chances are some people recently died. And as you should know, players leave their equipment behind on the ground when they fade away. You should also be aware that you can pick up any of these packs for yourself. So if you notice a medic pack on the ground, switch out really quick and use the health packs. After that it's up to you whether you want to change back into your former gear. The same goes for running low on ammo. There's nothing worse than getting stuck with a pistol in the middle of a machine gun fight. So if you're out, find a dead guy and steal his stuff. If you're lucky, he'll have some ammo left on him and you'll be back in business.

Battlefield 1942 Hint: Grand Theft Naval
This one is pretty hard to pull off, but pretty damn funny if you get the chance. There's a couple of ways to get it done, but both are pretty hard to pull off. The first involves you grabbing a plane and flying out to the enemy destroyer or preferably the aircraft carrier. Jump out of the plane, open your parachute and land on the deck of either ship. If you manage this, you'll be able to run on board and take control of the thing. Then just take the sucker out for a joy ride turning it to evil purposes. You could even turn it out to sea and move it so far away from the objectives that it becomes totally useless to anyone. The other way I've seen the theft go down is someone parking the battleship to close to shore leaving it vulnerable to incursion. That's probably not going to happen all that often, so you may only be able to consider the first option as really viable unless you can get hold of a landing vessel and pull off a pirate type boarding.

Battlefield 1942 Hint: Explosive Jeeps
The Engineer's most powerful weapons are theExplosive Packs, but it's tough getting them close enough to thetarget to do any damage. Here's a useful trick: use a jeep todeliver the payload. Grab a jeep (the Axis jeeps work best, sincethey have a deep back seat and tall sides) and throw a couple ofexpacks in the back or passenger seat. If they're placed well,they'll stay in as you drive towards the target. When you see atarget, "ghost-drive" the jeep close to it -- i.e., point it inthe right direction, floor it, and then hop out with the E button,so the jeep coasts close to the target. If you time this right,you'll be out of range of the explosives and the jeep will beright next to the target. Then, hit the button and watch thefireworks. This is a great way to take out tanks, APCs, andclosely-packed groups of enemies. Try coasting exploding jeeps into the middle of enemy spawn bases to do serious damage.