BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

[HootBHD]

i hooked my new rig up to a regular crt monitor and bf 2 worked fine but i am still unable to view it on my 50 inch screen other gmes work on it , Far Cry ,Half life 2 , if anyone has anyides as what to do with my resolutions and refreshrates plz let me know thank u

[neo265]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

I had a problem when trying out a LCD screen. I found that when it tried to load the EA games logo video it would remain black and that was it. In the end I just renamed all the game video file extensions to .old and logged straight into BF2, work fine then. Could be an issue with BF2 resolution switching. Its well known that the game is poorly coded....well poorly QA'd.

[mark128]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

I wish i had a problem like that. (50 INCH HDTV!!!!)

[HootBHD]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

i called EA about this one and they didnt even know figures. They said the would have the "Senior Tech Support " or somthing like that call me back, still sitting by the phone, really ticks u off when a $4000 screen cant play a $50 game. If any one has ideas id love to hear em, thanks

[imported_Claydough]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

lol dammmmmmnn 50 inch ddddaaaammmnn

well i can help u

give me tv and there the solution

besides i think it would be to big and screen stretched out

[AFEDslayer]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

I wouldent want to play like that all the time, but it would be fun from time to time. thats like playing playstation on a 60 inch, its cool but way to big.

[Gunny Highway]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

Have you tried settings the default settings in BF2 prior to connecting to the TV??
Is the TV the screen hooked up when you tried.

When CRT is hooked up set BF2 to lowest settings in video resolution and refresh rate, e.g. 800x600@60Hz and save the settings and exit the game.

You can also do this manually by editing video.con in notepad.
It is located in ..\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\000x where x > 1.

You can check you are editing the correct file by opening profile.con in same folder, if that has your login settings then it is the right folder.

Another way of doing it is going into: ..\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\ and deleting all of the folders in there, then start game and it will be with BF2 default audio, video, controls settings. You can then retrieve your account in Manage Accounts, at logon prompt. This approch is also used whn changing other hardware like audio or video card.

[Gunny Highway]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

I had a problem when trying out a LCD screen. I found that when it tried to load the EA games logo video it would remain black and that was it. In the end I just renamed all the game video file extensions to .old and logged straight into BF2, work fine then. Could be an issue with BF2 resolution switching. Its well known that the game is poorly coded....well poorly QA'd.

It states clearly in the readme.txt how to set default settings if you have problems with display mode, so your particular problem isn't an example of poor QA or support:

- CHANGING DISPLAY MODE
Occasionally on some video cards you may be allowed to set the
display mode to one not supported by your computer. This will result
in a black screen being shown. To remedy this use the Windows
Explorer to find and delete the directory:

\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\

This will reset your game to the default settings. You can
now start the game, retrieve or create a new profile, and re-adjust
the settings using the Menu as normal.

Many of the problems posted here in Client Support could be easily solved by looking in the readme.txt or at EA Tech Support site here:

http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=SlWfE4Uh&p_lva=8986&p_li=&p_new_search=1&p_srch=1&p_sort_by=&p_gridsort=&p_row_cnt=106&p_prods=7%2C1388%2C0&p_cats=0&p_pv=2.1388%3B3.u0&p_cv=&p_search_text=&p_search_type=answers.search_nl&p_nav=foot&p_page_head=5&p_page_foot=1

[HootBHD]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

I got a call back from EA's Senior tech support guy and he said that BF2 does not support these kick azz tv's, he said only CRTs and LCDs will work, really sux as Half life 2 and far cry work, guess i gotta go buy another monitor and move my rig outta the living room, can someone recomend a good monitor, Maybe they will address this in a future patch.

[HootBHD]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

lol dammmmmmnn 50 inch ddddaaaammmnn

well i can help u

give me tv and there the solution

besides i think it would be to big and screen stretched out

everything is in porportion, Its just big and you sit 6 feet way on the couch, Its actually great on games that support it. Half life 2 is amazing as well as flight sim.

[NoSoup4You]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

Just skip the intros. It should load then. Basically its running in 800x600 which probably isn't liking the HDTV too much.

[neo265]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

It states clearly in the readme.txt how to set default settings if you have problems with display mode, so your particular problem isn't an example of poor QA or support:



Many of the problems posted here in Client Support could be easily solved by looking in the readme.txt or at EA Tech Support site here:
http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg...&p_page_foot=1

Thanks "BRAINIAC" but I tried that to no avail.

[swedefransverige]

Re: BF2 wont play on 50inch HDTV

Have same problem.....your card supports monitor cloning.....run the crt as the primary, with your 50" as the cloned display via your dvi card output. Game sould work fine....but you'll be runing 2 monitors