Battlefield 2 Widescreen - Definitive Discussion Thread

fallguy · Post by **fallguy** » 11 Jun 2005, 17:19

What should my FOV be for 1920x1200?

Kazak4x4 · Post by **Kazak4x4** » 11 Jun 2005, 17:43

Shpankey, good find, but doesn't seem to work for me. Do you use a default profile or did you create a new one? I created a new one which created my profile in My Documents folder. I tried copying VideoDefault.con file into there and changing the values, but still no luck.

Advil · Post by **Advil** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:23

I can't even begin to say how disappointed I am that common widescreen TV resolutions aren't supported.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:24

Both the FOV and the rez hack worked for me ... Thanks guys ! ... :D

What a great game !!! ... :shock:

EDIT : Actually it didn't work please see my later posts with comparison screenshots ... on pages 2 and 4 ...

Kazak4x4 · Post by **Kazak4x4** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:25

Paddy, could you give us the steps you took to get FOV working?

Malic · Post by **Malic** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:30

Could any1 of you guys who run it on 1680x1050 and the correct FOV post a comparison screenshot? This would be awesome...

Im planning to buy a dell 2005fpw and if this works correctly im going to order it right away.. :D

Kazak4x4 · Post by **Kazak4x4** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:32

I am running that same monitor on 6800 card. So far I had no luck getting it to work. I did, however, had BF1942 running at 1680x1050

PS: You might want to wait for a deal from dell. I got two of my monitors for $384 shipped.

Or I just saw this deal:

20% on Dell 2405FPW (24Ã¢â‚¬Â

Malic · Post by **Malic** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:33

Im ordering from Germany and they have a 30% off + free shipping making it 530Ã¢â€šÂ¬ in total... thats ok i think...

Kazak4x4 · Post by **Kazak4x4** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:38

That's $648 US, that's very high for that monitor. I'd wait for a sale. Dell has them all the time. They just ended one 2 days ago which dropped the price of it to $420. But...do whatever you like :)

flashram · Post by **flashram** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:46

Works for me. Thanks.

chunkylover77 · Post by **chunkylover77** » 11 Jun 2005, 18:48

This worked for me also.But you also have to change the FOV (field of view) to a proper widscreen FOV (so it looks correct). So go into your 'Battlefield 2 Demomodsbf2Settings' directory and edit the 'VideoDefault.con'. Look for the line that reads 'renderer.fieldOfView 1' and change it to 'renderer.fieldOfView 1.1' and your FOV will be correct (higher the number = wider FOV, so you could even cheat a bit and make it 1.2 but it wouldn't be accurate, but would let you see a little more to the sides. The adverse affect of this is you will have a farther zoomed back regular view.

I do not see the settings folder in the mods folder. I only have a cache folder. Is there something I need to change in game in order to get the settings folder?

golem · Post by **golem** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:01

I do not see the settings folder in the mods folder. I only have a cache folder. Is there something I need to change in game in order to get the settings folder?

you have to change it where you installed the game, not in the my documents bf2 demo folder..

thanks for the solution!

Malic · Post by **Malic** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:04

plz post screenies @ 1680x1050....

I really hope its not stretched...

Schmurgen · Post by **Schmurgen** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:05

Sir_Baron,
Thanks for this fix. How did you figure that out?
I was up til 3am last night trying to get my custom rez to work with no luck. I've been waiting months for this game and was not going to buy it if I couldn't get my rez to work.
I thank you and EA Games should thank you :lol:

Kazak4x4 · Post by **Kazak4x4** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:09

I have been playing with the FOV setting and I don't see ANY difference, changing from 0.8 to 1.4. The map window (top right) is still stretch and all the models look like little midgets running around. Are you sure you guys getting the FOV working right? Could someone please post a screenie?

MagicD · Post by **MagicD** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:10

I just took a shot at 1680 x 1050 w/ 4x AA. Now I need somewhere to host my picture...

If anyone would like the jpg send me a private message and I'll email it.

It is not stretched. You can tell by looking at the round scope on my gun and the round headlights on the Hummer. The 2D HUD graphics don't seem to display in the correct ratio, but all the 3D stuff does.

Thanks for the info on getting this to work!

golem · Post by **golem** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:21

heres one i took

fallguy · Post by **fallguy** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:40

Here is a 1920x1200 I took.

http://home.comcast.net/~aquacomputer/BF2/1920x1200_NoAA.jpg

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:53

At first I thought the FOV trick worked but after taking another look I found that changing the FOV in the ... VideoDefault.con ... found here ... H:EA GAMESBattlefield 2 Demomodsbf2Setting
to this ... renderer.fieldOfView 1.2 ... didn't actually change the FOV ... :(

Because I did the hacks for the Res and the FOV at the same time I thought that the FOV had altered but it had not it was the resolution change that altered the FOV ...

Chopping the top and the bottom quite a bit and a little off the sides.

Here are 3 comparison shots ... click to enlarge ...
(I have scaled down the size of the screenshots ... so even when enlarged they are not at the true resolutions) ...
4:3

16:10

4:3 stretched to fit 16:10

:(

Kazak4x4 · Post by **Kazak4x4** » 11 Jun 2005, 19:55

That's exactly the comparison I was doing and couldn't see a difference :(

Back to the start with the FOV

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