View Distance/Fog

[DarKrO]

I find Battlefield 2 difficult to play because of the distance I can see. One of the more annoying examples is the Strike at Karkhad (don't quote me for spelling) where the map has thick fog, it really hurts my eyes, I have to squint to make anything out. I've played many hours of BF2, and just taking a glance of this screenshot amazes my eyes, at the distance you can make out any object compared to what I'm used to >http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3791/bf2screenshot8cu.jpg

I have no problem spotting tanks and vehicles at long range (I have geometry set on high) but by the time I launch a missile/drop bombs etc thats when the text comes up to distinguish whether or not they are allied, and then I get TK points..is there any way to increase the distance I can spot friendlies? Back on subject..
I have View Distance on 100%, but I still can't see as far as lets say, that screenshot.

I found on the mod section of these boards, a way to edit the fog out of that specific map I mentioned, but I only like to play online, and of course it would make multiplayer impossible.

[hollowpoint367]

Re: View Distance/Fog

I find Battlefield 2 difficult to play because of the distance I can see. One of the more annoying examples is the Strike at Karkhad (don't quote me for spelling) where the map has thick fog, it really hurts my eyes, I have to squint to make anything out. I've played many hours of BF2, and just taking a glance of this screenshot amazes my eyes, at the distance you can make out any object compared to what I'm used to >http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3791/bf2screenshot8cu.jpg

I have no problem spotting tanks and vehicles at long range (I have geometry set on high) but by the time I launch a missile/drop bombs etc thats when the text comes up to distinguish whether or not they are allied, and then I get TK points..is there any way to increase the distance I can spot friendlies? Back on subject..
I have View Distance on 100%, but I still can't see as far as lets say, that screenshot.

I found on the mod section of these boards, a way to edit the fog out of that specific map I mentioned, but I only like to play online, and of course it would make multiplayer impossible.

nope. EA likes to change teh viewdistance through console commands, much like the creator of this UFO Minimod for the original BF42 did.



EDIT: Hey that's by Why?!, the guy who made the AWESOME air combat mini-mod in the modding section of these forums :)

[evil.rusk]

Re: View Distance/Fog

Yeah EA pulled some naughty stuff when they took their videos/screens. The view distance is 10x better than you can get playing the game for real on a ranked server. Blatant misrepresentation of the goods, and their retarded triangular FOV is awful too (see further in perihperal vision than directly infront of you for instance).