mortarman

Using a vm would only be a solution for the original Battlefield 1942. Virtual machines are very limited in how much graphical power they can put to use most of them have a virtual gpu and have no access to the actual GPU. Battlefield 1942 unlike modern battlefields has modification support therefore it is so much better then anything new coming out. We the battlefield 1942 community managed to Push this game so far that it looks like a modern game. The best example I can give you is fhsw it has custom reload animations beautifully textured maps over a 1000 different vehicles and ships.

the issues with the drivers as far as I understand is from the start on the rx 5700 therefore you should just avoid this card altogether for now. because I do not have a solution for the problem, I have been trying to work out some Solutions but so far they haven't been very successful. Please spread this news across the internet I'm trying to do damage control here, it's the best I can do to keep people playing Battlefield 1942.

no there no way to fix it as far as i know.

For people buying a new computer last november 2019 came the first report that the new amd rx 5700 is having issues with battlefield 1942 having no crosshair visible. Please see link. http://team-simple.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=7614 About a few weeks later I noticed somebody having similar issues on reddit please see link. https://www.reddit.com/r/classicbattlefield/comments/eb8idh/bf1942_no_crosshairs_and_broken_menu_windows_10/ then this year on discord I noticed another person having the same issues, then I got told that another person is having the same issu