1.5 Widescreen is a joke

[ghaib]

Apparently they didn't do anything to technically add proper widescreen support in 1.5, it's just a hack that we've been using since 2005 in BF2, simply adding: "+widescreen 1" to the shortcut.

Read the official EA guide here: http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg...?p_faqid=19661

It just stretches the screen, as it has always done. The "Widescreen" adding to 1.5 is bogus, it doesn't do anything.

If you have a widescreen monitor, try it out, I've seen absolutely no difference between 1.4 and 1.5, same, stretched out image as before.

Pathetic, EA.

[imported_Field]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

oh so widescreen doesnt perse give you a larger field of vision? it just stretches things? that would be a very nice perk wouldnt it

[=98=]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

If they enabled you to see more, it would give you an unfair advantage over other players. That is the reason why it just stretches stuff.

[Wizrdwarts]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

So does having a adjustable-DPI mouse in the railgun. You're not going to stop every hardware advantage. So why not support the most common?

[=98=]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

Cause when BF2 and 2142 came out, the majority of people had either a CRT or a 4:3 ratio flatscreen.

Widescreens have only really taken off in the last year or so.

[ghaib]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

If they enabled you to see more, it would give you an unfair advantage over other players. That is the reason why it just stretches stuff.

That is the same ******** argument that EA has been using ever since, apparently, BF2/2142 is the only game where you can get an "advantage".

Valve, and all other developers have figured it out a long time ago, while DICE is still refusing to acknowledge it.

As I said; pathetic.

But that's not my point anyway, point is, EA is lying about adding widescreen support.

[=98=]

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No, they are not lying. Anyway, it's fine for me, and it would take more programming to get true widescreen working.

And, since DICE are working on BF:BC, BF:H, probably BF3 and Mirrors Edge, they don't really want to spend more time working on old code that could simply create more bugs.

[TrooperJac]

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Just use widescreen fixer. I am using the latest version with no problems and I get true widescreen.

As for the unfair advantage line - I don't buy it. A guy running on a 9800 GX2 has an advantage over me. A guy who has turned his shadows off has an advantage over me. A guy with a dpi adjustable mouse gets an advantage.

[Fixxxer]

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It's always talk about "advantage".............well in real war the side with the most advanced technology wins............hypothetically speaking..........if I spend more money on my monitor so I can have a widescreen compared to the guy who's still using a CRT, shouldn't that give me the privledge of having an advantage?

[vanilla]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

It's always talk about "advantage".............well in real war the side with the most advanced technology wins............hypothetically speaking..........if I spend more money on my monitor so I can have a widescreen compared to the guy who's still using a CRT, shouldn't that give me the privledge of having an advantage?

Just because in real war they have F22 jets bombing radar installations without defense doesn't mean that this should be the same in a competitive game environment. The dude with aimbot also got an advantage as does the pilot with his HUD.

[imported_Field]

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i still think that it should be true widescreen support caus aside from hacking someone that has a nice PHast cpu and video card that allow them to get 120 constant frames per second and superior hit detection i feel that is a pretty big advantage. more so than widescreen support

[The 13th Raptor]

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You feel that way, others do not. There is no right or wrong in this case. As Dice will do what it does there is no other option than to accept it.

Don't let these facts stand in the way of constantly repeating your opinions though, perhaps by magic they will become fact if you do it long enough.

[UniSoL]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

So you put the +widescreen in the shortcut and log into the game and head into the video options and select a wide screen resolution. No stretching. How hard is that?

[FPS[SONIC]]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

In case there is a misunderstanding:

Adding "+widescreen 1" simply enables widescreen resolutions to display in Video > Options. From there you can select a widescreen resolution. :thumbsup:

[Minmaster]

Re: 1.5 Widescreen is a joke

it is a joke. they don't even natively support common resolutions like 1280x1024. other games support all the widescreen resolution without stretching and squishing things.