
The legendary modern-warfare total conversion that defined mod-era Battlefield 1942.
0 playing nowTurns Battlefield 1942 into a modern Gulf War conflict with new vehicles, weapons, maps and sounds.
Desert Combat reset Battlefield 1942 in the modern Gulf with helicopters, jets, tanks and infantry weapons of the 2000s. Its maps and vehicle design were so influential that the developer was hired to build Battlefield 2. Version 0.7 is the full installer, a single executable that sets up the mod beside your base game. It is also the required starting point for the Final update.
Install with the PlayBound Launcher
The launcher installs this into ./ for Battlefield 1942 Anthology. If the base game is missing, it will install that first.
Install Battlefield 1942 Anthology first if you have not already — Desert Combat 0.7 is an add-on and needs the base game.
The quickest route is the PlayBound Launcher: open Battlefield 1942 Anthology, find Desert Combat 0.7 in its mods list and press Install. The launcher downloads the official release and places it in the right folder for you.
To install it by hand, download the archive directly from https://archive.org/download/desert-combat-0.7-full-install/DesertCombat0.7FullInstall.exe.
Extract the archive into the "." folder inside your Battlefield 1942 Anthology installation directory.
Start Battlefield 1942 Anthology and enable Desert Combat 0.7 from the in-game mods or add-ons menu. The download is roughly 620 MB.
Yes. Desert Combat 0.7 is released under Freeware fan mod and costs nothing. Neither it nor Battlefield 1942 Anthology has any paid content.
Battlefield 1942 Anthology, which is itself free. Desert Combat 0.7 is an add-on and will not run standalone.
The PlayBound Launcher installs it in one click from Battlefield 1942 Anthology's mods list. You can also install it by hand — full steps are on this page.
Roughly 620 MB, on top of the base Battlefield 1942 Anthology installation.