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Weapon Menu freezes

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Hi all,
Weird glitch just started. When playing (doesn't matter if dying, playing, spawning, etc.) the weapon menu will get stuck. Usually it is on the PK on Red. I can't select any other weapon. Suicide, Select, and Continue buttons don't work either.

Any ideas?

System is Windows 7. No hacks.

Thanks,

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i got the same problem for years and dont know why
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Can't say I've ever seen it, nor remember anyone who described something like that.

If that started happening to me, my first assumption would be that something in my game installation got corrupted, since nothing about that menu is really "Windows-dependent" and is entirely game-driven logic. i.e. No reason for that specific menu to get stuck more or less than any other menu, if this were actually some kind of DirectX issue or "outside the game" problem.

So re-installing Battlefield 1942 and DesertCombat is what I would be trying first, for what it's worth.

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Hey Trench - for what it's worth, I've noticed this issue before and I'm not so sure it's an install issue. I've had it happen from time to time over the years and have later reinstalled (clean installs from scratch on different drives) a few times, hence my thought that it's not install related. I believe it's a game glitch. Not sure exactly what triggers it but you basically can't select another weapon until you restart the game. That's the only thing that seems to "fix" it. It's pretty infrequent though.
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It seems to be a game glitch, like Cheezums said.

I had the same glitch even when I used to play the Mac (Aspyr) version of Battlefield 1942. It happens randomly and infrequent, but when it does happen, the only thing you really can do is quit the game, and restart it.

One other glitch I've been noticing recently is specific to DC — when I'm playing with the shotgun kit, if I get hit by an rpg / smaw, the shotgun automatically goes into a perpetual reload cycle, which usually ends up with me being dead, because I can't return fire. It's bizarre, and to be honest, I can't even really say if DC has always done it, simply because me playing with the shotgun is kind of a recent thing.
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This glitch has annoyed me for a long time; I've been playing this mod since release and have yet to determine why it happens, or what causes it. I believe it only occurs in DC Final (most recently for me on Al Nasty), but I could be wrong. The simple fix is a disconnect/reconnect.

It reminds me of a similar glitch where you could switch kits anytime by [REMOVED: I realized this glitch was never fixed and still works... my bad for posting instructions]. Kind of the opposite of what we are suffering from.

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i figured out what causes glitch
so if u tk 4 or 5 times that happeden or if u dont die for 15 or more minutes in game
so u need to rejoin and everything will be ok
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