BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

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  • OWNAGE TIME

    #1

    BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

    Well I saw a lot of people asking and this will just end all the question topics. Its very simple however most people don't know how to do it. The only downside to this is it will cut off a little bit off the top and bottom. However its so little you can't even tell and doesn't remove any of your GUI.

    So this is what you need to do:

    Right click on your Battlefield 2 icon on the desktop, click on properties on the part where it says target, add +szx 1920 +szy 1200 (Or whatever your resolution is). So it looks like this ...

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

    NOTE: Some may also need to do this however only do this if the first fails. In most cases this can be ignored but I have seen some that need this.


    Navigate to: "My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Default\Video.con"

    Find line: VideoSettings.setResolution 1600x1200@75Hz (Or whatever your resolution is at)

    You can either change this line to something like 800x600@60Hz, or just stick "rem " in front of the whole mess so that it is ignored by BF2. (You'll be overriding it with shortcut parameters anyway)

    Here are some screenshots for you all

    Normal 4x3


    4x3 stretched ... it's all soft and squashed ...


    1920x1200 ... looks great BUT the top and bottom are cut off a bit!


    I will be adding some screenshots. Enjoy, and if you have any problems you can always just revert back your changes. If you're really nervous make a backup file of your Video.com.

    ~Ownage
  • Blades

    #2
    Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

    19200, I would fix that typo.

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    • OWNAGE TIME

      #3
      Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

      Originally posted by Sir. Blades
      19200, I would fix that typo.
      Thanks lol don't want anyone running some insane resolution now would we.

      ~Ownage

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      • GRyDLOCK

        #4
        Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

        can we see some screenshots or something?

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        • imported_NuclearDruid

          #5
          Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

          Thank you!

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          • DoubleD

            #6
            Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

            yes, please show some screen shots.. im scepticle to see if this works or if it just streches things like the map and ammo count out.

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            • Agent86

              #7
              Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

              I run 1680 x 1050 and it's gorgeous (native res for my monitor, of course I have a X1900XTX :) and it's not stretched at all.

              If he doesn't post screenshots, I will when I get home.

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              • OWNAGE TIME

                #8
                Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

                Uploaded some screenshots.

                ~Ownage

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                • Agent86

                  #9
                  Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

                  Well since I went through the effort of re-installing BF2, here's a couple in 1680 X 1050 :)





                  Though I wish I could play multiplayer. I just re-installed my machine and I still get CTD when entering a server. I disabled zero wireless and that didn't help


                  EDIT: Made them links instead

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                  • OWNAGE TIME

                    #10
                    Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

                    Cool looks really good what did you run those at all high?

                    ~Ownage

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                    • signa
                      CS-Nation / TGN Staff
                      • Dec 2004
                      • 4191

                      #11
                      Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

                      Looks good, but there is still no true widescreen support. see how your mini-map is oval shaped, it should be a circle. you have some distortion there.
                      fyi: there is more discussion on it here:
                      "Crunch's First Officer"
                      twitter: @signaprime

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                      • Chalk.One
                        Battlefield Podcast Founder
                        • Jul 2005
                        • 383

                        #12
                        Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

                        Is it possible to force a 4x3 monitor to run in a widescreen res? Just like TVs do when watching 16:9 movies?

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                        • OWNAGE TIME

                          #13
                          Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

                          Originally posted by Chalk.One
                          Is it possible to force a 4x3 monitor to run in a widescreen res? Just like TVs do when watching 16:9 movies?
                          You can force just about anything to do anything you want :) but the outcome isn't always great. In answering your question yes you can however I don't know the quality of it since I never tried it but I know friends who have.

                          ~Ownage

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                          • SaladFork

                            #14
                            Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

                            Looking good.

                            ~Salad

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                            • whoster69

                              #15
                              Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

                              Nice! I've had my eye on a 24" LCD and was wondering if I could get BF2 to run wide!

                              Thanks a lot!

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