BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

[caseman]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

Hmm, this isn't working for me. Just moved to a widescreen LCD and I'm getting the splash screen, and then strait back to my desktop.

My Shortcut looks like:

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

And my Video.con file is set to 800x600@60hz. I tried remarking it out as well, but I got the same result. Am I missing something simple here?

*edit* Ignore me, I'm an idiot. I was editing my profile's video.con file, and not the default.

[Talus]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

hehe..thought so

[nethan]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

i followed this guide and i had success, except, i cannot start the game properly. i get to the stage where i can login and it doesnt log in at all. wats the deal with that? can i not play online anymore?

well at the time after i had done this i found out the servers were down. but when they came up i tried then. Still no joy, it starts signing in, my modem flashes like hell then it dumps me back to the desktop, so can someone please answer my original question

[caseman]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

if your getting dumped to your desktop it's a graphics issue..

I found I had to edit both my Profile's Vid.con and the default.con. Does it drop you right after the splash screen (default.con) or after you log in (profile.con).

[nethan]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

it dumps me after i click login yeah. at first i couldnt get to that screen

WOOT thanks mate i edited my profiles vid.com aswell and it worked. thanks for the solution, much appretiated

[Talus]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

Can you revert the changes you made and log in? (i.e. revert to normal resolution)

[Maj.Nugget]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

i did everything and nothing is working..I have a veritek 26 inch widescreen..

I did properties command line and default and profile is set to 800x600@60hz

any ideas?

[Talus]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

Did you edit the correct video.con file?

c:\documents and settings\your username\my documents\battlefield 2\profiles\your profile number\video.con

[caseman]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

you might need to edit both. I did.

[semiotic ghost]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

Hello all.

I registered to this forums specifically in the hope that someone can help me run BF2 at 1440x900 resolution.

I have tried pretty much everything in this thread, but whenever i try to run BF2 using the modded shortcut i get nothing more than a black screen. I open task manager to get back to the desktop and it doesnt show BF2 as running.

This is whats in the shortcut:

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1440 +szy 900

This is my profile's video.con:

VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 3
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 3
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 2
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 3
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 3
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 3
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 3
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 3
VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@60Hz
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing Off
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3

This is my default video.con:

VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 3
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 3
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 2
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 3
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 3
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 3
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 3
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 3
VideoSettings.setResolution 800x600@60Hz
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing Off
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3

I have also tried setting the resolution in both video.con to 1440x900@60Hz as well as one at a time, with and without the shortcut mod.

My video card is ATI x800Pro, my monitor is Hanns-G JW199D 19" 1440x900 Res.

Any suggestions at this point would be greatly appreciated.

[Talus]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

Have you tried updating the drivers for your monitor?

Have you tried deleting your entire My Documents\Battlefield 2 folder?

Oh, and welcome to the forums :hi:

[semiotic ghost]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

ok, I updated my drivers and deleted the bf2 folder in my documents. I can get into the game now and it seems to work, though i have one question: when i go into video settings in options is it supposed to say 800x600@60 even if I modded the shortcut to 1440x900? will it affect the resolution if i change the quality settings?

Thanks alot for the suggestions. I just got this monitor the other day and i should have figured i would need to update my drivers. thanks again.

[caseman]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

yeah, it should say 800x600. your bypassing all of that anyways with the shortcut line.

Leave it at 800x600 and change all the quality settings you want.

[Talus]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

No problem, and yes...it says 800x600 for all of us.

Just another reminder that the BF series does not have true widescreen support.

[Colonel_Klinck]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

Hey thx for the fix to get BF2 running at my native res of 1680x1050. I'm sure its woking at the res now, however it still looks soft to me. I have included some screen shots that i hope explain what i mean. Interface menus look nice but the game seems soft and not as clean and crisp as i was hoping. The screen working in Windows looks amazing. Colours are vivid and images/text are clean and sharp. Any ideas?
LCD is Belina 20.1" 10 20 35w connected over DVI
ATi X850 XT 256mb. XP Proffesional SP2. Latest ATI drivers
All video settings are on high except dynamic lighting and shadows which are on mid. AA is x2

Just had a thought that i haven't seen the "optimzing textures" window come up when i changed the resolution to 1680x1050? Shouldn't that have happened for each map once the res was changed??

here are screen shots

http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen100zs1.png

http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen099ql7.png

http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screen095mr6.png

oh final question. How can you get BF2 to use the native res if starting up using Xfire. I very often use it to join a m8 who is already playing.

Thx