Trouble with my new widescreen

2007-02-17 20:25:52

#1

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

G'day,

I just bought a new 19" wide screen, and trying to get it working with BF2. I know about the command lines you have to put in, this is my command line:

Code:

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +widescreen 1 +szx 1440 +szy 900  +restart 1 +playerName -[Silver.Inc* +playerPassword ...

yet when I load into the game, it looks like a very stretched 1024x768.
Ive tried editing the video.con in my players profile:

Code:

VideoSettings.setResolution 1440x900@60Hz

But that just causes the game to crash when it opens.

Any help in achieving the reso of 1440x900 in Bf2 would be greatly appreciated . Thanks.

2007-02-17 21:00:13

#2

Neoburn_1035: Medic!!!!!!!; +27|7292|OP, KS

What vedio card fo you have/ does it support that resolution? It may not be powerful enough to run battlefield in that resolution.

2007-02-17 21:01:48

#3

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

8800GTS
2 gig DDR2667 ram
E6400

2007-02-17 21:06:03

#4

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7105|Deep In The South Of Texas

Adding "widescreen" as a switch does nothing, change it back to "fullscreen."

2007-02-17 21:20:01

#5

Inspect@hDeck: Member; +23|6889|Browntown

Yeah, I just tried that, and if you put in widescreen, it has no effect on the resolution so you see stretched stuff.

Keep it at full screen like this:

Code:

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050

2007-02-17 21:40:18

#6

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

Hmm, the menu looks weird when I open bf2 with +szx 1440 +szy 900 in it, it looks too big for the reso. In game everything looks in proportion :S. I'll take a screenshot.

here:

[img=http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/627/rezmenusi9.th.jpg]

[img=http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/3654/rezingameqb5.th.jpg]

Does that look like is 1440x900, or a stretched 1024x768?

Last edited by -[Silver.Inc* (2007-02-17 21:47:21)

2007-02-17 21:46:40

#7

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7087|Camp XRay

Modify your shortcut to:

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200

https://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l250/marlboroman82/Untitled-8.png

2007-02-17 21:52:25

#8

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

Marlboroman82 wrote:
Modify your shortcut to:

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200

That completly crashes my game. Guess my monitor doesn't support that reso.
Thanks for reading the posts up by the way .

2007-02-17 22:03:17

#9

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7105|Deep In The South Of Texas

-[Silver.Inc* wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
Modify your shortcut to:

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200
That completly crashes my game. Guess my monitor doesn't support that reso.
Thanks for reading the posts up by the way .

Use your monitor's native resolution. For your 19" it's likely 1440 x 900.

Last edited by The Stillhouse Kid (2007-02-17 22:03:35)

2007-02-17 22:07:11

#10

Marlboroman82: Personal philosophy: Clothing optional.; +1,022|7087|Camp XRay

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:
-[Silver.Inc* wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
Modify your shortcut to:

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200
That completly crashes my game. Guess my monitor doesn't support that reso.
Thanks for reading the posts up by the way .
Use your monitor's native resolution. For your 19" it's likely 1440 x 900.

figured you could use common sense and insert the right resolution, you need to delete your bf2 folder in the my documents folder. restart bf2 and it should work fine.

2007-02-17 22:26:45

#11

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

Marlboroman82 wrote:
The Stillhouse Kid wrote:
-[Silver.Inc* wrote:

That completly crashes my game. Guess my monitor doesn't support that reso.
Thanks for reading the posts up by the way .
Use your monitor's native resolution. For your 19" it's likely 1440 x 900.
figured you could use common sense and insert the right resolution, you need to delete your bf2 folder in the my documents folder. restart bf2 and it should work fine.

What, delete all of it, including my profiles and such? .

2007-02-17 22:32:41

#12

Fenix14: scout rush kekeke ^___^; +116|7020|Brisbane, Aus

-[Silver.Inc* wrote:
Marlboroman82 wrote:
The Stillhouse Kid wrote:

Use your monitor's native resolution. For your 19" it's likely 1440 x 900.
figured you could use common sense and insert the right resolution, you need to delete your bf2 folder in the my documents folder. restart bf2 and it should work fine.
What, delete all of it, including my profiles and such? .

deleting the folder was the fix to get your game to stop crashing on startup if you hadn't fixed that yet. i think that's what was meant to be said.

2007-02-17 22:36:44

#13

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

Ok, I deleted the folder, retrieved my account and it still looks like poo. It looks like its 800x600 stretched.

2007-02-17 22:49:51

#14

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7105|Deep In The South Of Texas

Anything 2D like menus, HUD, etc. will be stretched to fit. 3D elements of the game get the top and bottom cropped.

2007-02-17 22:50:17

#15

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|7130

Read this:
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=63578

2007-02-17 22:53:13

#16

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

The Stillhouse Kid wrote:
Anything 2D like menus, HUD, etc. will be stretched to fit. 3D elements of the game get the top and bottom cropped.

Thanks .

2007-02-17 22:56:35

#17

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|7130

-[Silver.Inc* wrote:
The Stillhouse Kid wrote:
Anything 2D like menus, HUD, etc. will be stretched to fit. 3D elements of the game get the top and bottom cropped.
Thanks .

Stole this. but WTH...

To fix your FOV for widescreen mode:

Go into your 'Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Settings\' directory.
Open 'VideoDefault.con' (if you're using the default profile)
If you created a new one, you'll have to choose the proper video.con file)
Look for the line that reads 'renderer.fieldOfView 1'
Change it to 'renderer.fieldOfView 1.1'

This will make everything else on-screen fit to a more accurate aspect ratio.

2007-02-17 23:01:29

#18

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

Yeah I did that.
On that stretching thing, is that probably why the menu looks stretched as well?

2007-02-18 01:04:12

#19

claor: Member; +39|6878|Australia

change the shorcut bit on all shortcuts.. "play bf2" and "playbf2 online" and if you have special forces do it on that to...

2007-02-18 12:11:44

#20

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7105|Deep In The South Of Texas

Ilocano wrote:
-[Silver.Inc* wrote:
The Stillhouse Kid wrote:
Anything 2D like menus, HUD, etc. will be stretched to fit. 3D elements of the game get the top and bottom cropped.
Thanks .
Stole this. but WTH...

To fix your FOV for widescreen mode:

Go into your 'Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Settings\' directory.
Open 'VideoDefault.con' (if you're using the default profile)
If you created a new one, you'll have to choose the proper video.con file)
Look for the line that reads 'renderer.fieldOfView 1'
Change it to 'renderer.fieldOfView 1.1'

This will make everything else on-screen fit to a more accurate aspect ratio.

Changing FOV settings has no effect.

FOV Default:

https://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5072/bf2fov1tw0.th.jpg

FOV 1.1:

Vertical and horizontal dimensions stay the same in the 3D portion, and HUD and menus still have the same amount of stretching. BF2 simply is not coded to run at anything other than a 4:3 FOV without stretching.

2007-02-19 22:00:21

#21

-[Silver.Inc*: BF2s AU Server Admin; +315|7044|Melbourne, Australia.

Is there any way to make the BF2 reso 1024x768 NOT stretched, just with the black lines on either side?

Last edited by -[Silver.Inc* (2007-02-19 22:00:45)

2007-02-19 22:19:37

#22

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7105|Deep In The South Of Texas

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wi … rboxing%29

2007-02-19 23:36:31

#23

PvtStPoK: paintball > bf2; +48|6978|montreal, quebec

i really dontunderstand his problem, i went from a 17" old fashion monitor to a Samsung 19" widescreen monitor and i never had to change anything in the .exe

2007-02-19 23:41:54

#24

Gillenator: Evils Bammed Sex Machine; +129|6858|Evilsville

I'm getting my 22" widescreen this week, hope I don't get in all this kind of trouble..

2007-02-20 08:08:20

#25

The Stillhouse Kid: Licensed Televulcanologist; +126|7105|Deep In The South Of Texas

So long as you get the resolution set correctly for your monitor(probably 1680 x 1050) and can stand a bit of stretching in the menus and HUD there'll be no problems.

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