Sorry to beat a dead horse...BF2 again,

marmaduke · Post by **marmaduke** » 30 Jan 2007, 13:37

Hi just signed up to these forums. Have a Dell 2407 monitor. Trying to start up in the "widescreen" world. Has anyone ever come up with a definite solution to getting BF2 working in widescreen? 1920x1200?
I have been searching the forums and have found at least 8 pages of discussion from 2005 up to 2007 regarding this situation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't.
Game worked with a Viewsonic 19" monitor at 1280x1020 resolution. I upgraded the monitor with the Dell and tried playing last night. All I got was a blank screen then got dumped to desktop at 1920x1200. Tried setting the resolution to 1280x1020. Got a blank screen. Read the readme file about deleting the "profiles" folder. deleted that and set the monitor for for 1280x1020. Worked at that resolution. Haven't tried anything else yet.

Anyone offer any help??

Thanks

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 30 Jan 2007, 13:46

Hi just signed up to these forums. Have a Dell 2407 monitor. Trying to start up in the "widescreen" world. Has anyone ever come up with a definite solution to getting BF2 working in widescreen?

Simple answer, no.

I don't know what your trying to do with 1280 x 1020 but that is not a widescreen resolution.
Have you tried running it at 1680 x 1050 or 1280 x 800 with this hack?
Those are normal widescreen resolution. The hack is only vert- though. :(

Oh, and welcome to the WSGF :wink:

Post by **squ1zzy** » 30 Jan 2007, 13:49

Isn't there anything i can do ? What's all the hassle about this game ? I'll look into it tonight !!

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 30 Jan 2007, 13:51

The problem is that you can get a normal hor+ res but you get kicked by punkbuster when you do so.

Edit: look here for the whole discussion about this: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1079

Post by **squ1zzy** » 30 Jan 2007, 13:59

[quote]The problem is that you can get a normal hor+ res but you get kicked by punkbuster when you do so.

Edit: look here for the whole discussion about this: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/5709]

Do you know how many pages that are :P

marmaduke · Post by **marmaduke** » 30 Jan 2007, 14:00

I don't know what your trying to do with 1280 x 1020 but that is not a widescreen resolution.

At the moment, just trying to get it to work.

The problem is that you can get a normal hor+ res but you get kicked by punkbuster when you do so.

Don't care about Punkbuster. Playing off line only. Single player mode.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 30 Jan 2007, 14:05

Do you know how many pages that are :P

Yes I do. :mrgreen:

marmaduke, can you try that hack i linked you to? That should get it working.

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 30 Jan 2007, 14:06

Hi squ1zzy ...
To cut a long story short ...

There is a simple addition to the shortcut for the game that enables widescreen resolutions in the game ....
The problem is this cuts the top and bottom off the view compared with 4:3 ... :( ... we want Hor+ ... i.e. more width FOV.

Racer_S did make a Hack/Tool that enabled alteration of the FOV ... I could even get the correct FOV for TripleHead ... BUT ... Punkbuster would kick you from an online game if you used the Hack/Tool ... :(
The Hack/Tool was never updated as new patches came out because of this Punkbuster issue.

So ... no true fix for the game has been found ... :(

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 30 Jan 2007, 14:13

Hence all the hatred towards EA here on the forum. :lol:

marmaduke · Post by **marmaduke** » 30 Jan 2007, 15:21

marmaduke, can you try that hack i linked you to? That should get it working.

I'll try it tonight when I get home from work. Thanks.

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 30 Jan 2007, 15:30

Use the

button on the top right of someones message to quote him.
Then it's more clear what and who you are quoting. :wink:
Just a tip. :)

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 30 Jan 2007, 15:36

I think he tried to but for some reason the

at the start of the line is missing ... (the quote bit is at the end of the line ... :wink: ) ... :P

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 30 Jan 2007, 15:39

:shock: I didn't even notice that. :lol: :lol:

Post by **Abram** » 30 Jan 2007, 16:24

Hi just signed up to these forums. Have a Dell 2407 monitor. Trying to start up in the "widescreen" world. Has anyone ever come up with a definite solution to getting BF2 working in widescreen? 1920x1200?
I have been searching the forums and have found at least 8 pages of discussion from 2005 up to 2007 regarding this situation. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't.
Game worked with a Viewsonic 19" monitor at 1280x1020 resolution. I upgraded the monitor with the Dell and tried playing last night. All I got was a blank screen then got dumped to desktop at 1920x1200. Tried setting the resolution to 1280x1020. Got a blank screen. Read the readme file about deleting the "profiles" folder. deleted that and set the monitor for for 1280x1020. Worked at that resolution. Haven't tried anything else yet.

Anyone offer any help??

Thanks

Neigh.

Get it?

Post by **Paddy the Wak** » 30 Jan 2007, 16:40

Game worked with a Viewsonic 19" monitor at 1280x1020 resolution. I upgraded the monitor with the Dell and tried playing last night. All I got was a blank screen then got dumped to desktop at 1920x1200. Tried setting the resolution to 1280x1020. Got a blank screen. Read the readme file about deleting the "profiles" folder. deleted that and set the monitor for for 1280x1020. Worked at that resolution. Haven't tried anything else yet.

Anyone offer any help??

This might be worth a read too ... http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8408

Post by **squ1zzy** » 30 Jan 2007, 19:55

Didn't have any problems:

http://www.squ1zzy.nl/BF2.jpg

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 30 Jan 2007, 20:12

Do you also have a 4:3 comparison shot to see if it's vert- ? :)

Post by **squ1zzy** » 30 Jan 2007, 20:54

Do you also have a 4:3 comparison shot to see if it's vert- ? :)

http://www.squ1zzy.nl/BF3.jpg

Doesn't look good in widescreen :|

Post by **ctrlsteef** » 30 Jan 2007, 21:13

You see that it cuts off a massive chunk on the top and the bottom.

marmaduke · Post by **marmaduke** » 31 Jan 2007, 10:07

marmaduke, can you try that hack i linked you to? That should get it working.

I'll try it tonight when I get home from work. Thanks.

I tried it. ??? I set it to 1920x1200 in the Target. BF2 started up and the video option only offered 1600x1200 resolution. Game plays but I really don't know what my resolution is or is supposed to be.

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