BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

[imported_Mrt1989]

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Well i just hooked up my 32" LCD and tried to run BF2 @ 1360x768, all done as this thread said . I lauch BF2 and it takes me back to desktop after i have pressed the exe. Even deleted profiles but still same . Any suggsestions ?

[imported_cmall1113]

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i just got the 22' Viewsonic VX2245wm LCD display changed all the profiles or the .con files to 800x600 and it worked for me thanks everyone for help

[Chevy-SS]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

Well i just hooked up my 32" LCD and tried to run BF2 @ 1360x768, all done as this thread said . I lauch BF2 and it takes me back to desktop after i have pressed the exe. Even deleted profiles but still same . Any suggsestions ?

I'm using a new Dell 30" 3007 HC. I got my game to work. I deleted the entire "Profiles" folder, then revised the shortcut only.

The game plays and it seems to be OK, but how can I tell if it's 2560 x 1600 resolution?

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[Scort]

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I got mine running using the shortcut 'fix', but after 10-15 minutes of play the textures in-game start to disappear, and you end up with black everywhere - black jets, hills, jeeps and best of all, an entire black screen when trying to use iron sights!

Edit: Forgot to say, when I get the missing texture problem, pressing escape crashes the game back to desktop!

My res is set to 1360x768 on a 32" Samsung... err... something (has the 5000:1 ratio) :)

Just about to try adding "rem" to the resolution line in the video.con file...

Scort.

Update - adding the "rem" to the video.con file may have sorted my problem, just played a long(ish) game and had no issues.

[triten82]

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Didnt help me at all scort. I am using a 32" samsung and it brings me to desktop everytime I try to play. Any other suggestions?

[Scort]

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Well, mine seems to be running fine now, only the odd CTD.

What I did was to revert the video.con back to it's original values (you could probably do the same by deleting it), then in-game I set the res to 1024x768, all options to high, AA to 6 and view to 100%.

After closing BF2, I changed the target to use the sxy/sxz options, mentioned earlier in the thread, so that the shortcut was applying 1380x768, and the game starts and runs fine.
Note: if you set 1360x768 in the video.con fine, the game wont start (at least for me).

Like I said, my game still gives the odd CTD, but I don’t get the problem with missing textures, so to me, it’s better :)

Scort.

[Sir. Slug]

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Nice one :)

[sammytheman]

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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)

OK I change the video.con settings to 800X600 and on the desktop shortcut I added the szx and szy. When the game starts I see MAX resolution at 1280X1024. My monitor can handle 1680X1050. When I go back to check video.con I see 1280X1024!!!!!!!!! I thought I changed it to 800X600. Am I doing something wrong here? When you say destop shortcut, is it the multiplayer one or the singleplayer one caus I changed the multiplayer one.

Anybody??????????????????????????????????????????? ????

[sammytheman]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

up up up up up

[signa]

Re: BF2 in widescreen, Guide Here!

try making a copy of your "play battlefield 2" shortcut and put it on your desktop.

then edit the target line so it reads:

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

you should then startup bf2 using that shortcut, and then choose either single player or join a multiplayer game. it wont change any of the settings in your video menu, or video.con. if you do look at that menu or file, your regular settings will still be there.

there are also a few BF2 threads in this forum:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=31

[LuckySeven]

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I'm a little exited cause I'm gonna need this guide soon. I do know how to run widescreen, but just in case. I'm receiving my Sony GDM-FW900 soon!

[CheeZee73]

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I followed it and it worked just grand on my Asus MW201U - just had to add the REM in front of the line in the video.con in the default profile as well, but worked great after that thankfully :)

[Jakg]

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I still can't believe people still USE that crappy in-game browser...

what SHOULD i use then?

PS - i bought a Xerox 22" Widescreen and it ROCKS in BF2!

[xkirbymanx]

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umm i have a "?" how do u put it in a window

[hybridfury]

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Ok, i have did all this and I can get into the game and play, but I'm getting a ton of ghosting on alot of things such as jets or if i watch an arty cannon as it goes off. Just bought my 22" widescreen monitor yesterday and its supposed to be badass. Could this ghosting be because of the game being "stretched" to my 1680x1050 resolution or is it my monitor. Monitor is an LG L226W, 3000:1 contrast ratio, 2ms response. Pulled Vanguard up on it and it looks great, no ghosting.