Widescreen Gaming Forum

Apologies for the delay in testing those CE maps General, was away for a few days. I'm happy to report however that the maps appear to have taken to the modifications made with no noticeable glitches :D Just to clarify however, was it just Argonath and Weathertop or were there others?

I also tested my CPU glitch. The game appears to run fine with a maximum of two processor cores enabled. I'll need more time to stress-test this, but in response to Paradigm Shifter's question, the OUTOFMEMORY bug normally appears within 15-30mins of play, though it depends on how much stress is being put on the system. For example, it'll last around an hour if I just sit there and do nothing, but in the basic tutorial map, the second I get to destroying the spider lairs and building the fortress it crashes at this point.

It would certainly seem that the developers did not have multi-core processors on their check list when it came to testing given that it was relatively new technology at the time of this game's release. And the added dimensions with regards to my system of 64 bit processing and Vista probably didn't help things either. Quad core processors tend to handle data a little differently in 64 bit compared to 32, hence as I alluded to in a previous post, maybe the system was doing a little too much than what the game was comfortable with.

Just to reiterate, as General has mentioned his AMD X2 CPU has no problems and my Q6600 at this point utilising any combination of 2 of its 4 cores appears to be stable also, so x4 looks to be out of the question, I'll keep anyone else who's interested posted if I come across anything.

And kudos to General once more for working those CE maps! :)

If I (ever) get my act together, I'll see what BfME2 does on XP64. Certainly seems like it's a 32-bit/64-bit issue, as it doesn't error for me. :?:

For CE owners, the 5 exclusive maps are :
Argonath
Forochel
Tournament Snow
Umbar
Weathertop

Quickly tested'em all @5040x1050, and the cam mod works ok ! (Except the old 'occasional upscreen shadow glitch'...)

Great job :)

Ok thanks, I saw that there was a download for the widescreen and tried to look on all the pages and it mentioned little tweaks here and there from people using it but nothing there was no download links.

I really appreciate the effort gone into these tweaks, i'm absolutely loving my RTS in triplescreen as it adds alot more depth and environment to the game, it's just a shame that big companies don't neccesarily cater for the more 'above average' gamer and make it so hard for us.

The first post has the link to the latest ws cam mod, what are you looking for exactly ? :?

(Except the old 'occasional upscreen shadow glitch'...)
Great job :)

Yeah, that has to be fixed in an .ini file and added to the distribution. Thanks for putting up the CE map list, scav.

i'm absolutely loving my RTS in triplescreen as it adds alot more depth and environment to the game

Glad you like it. You probably noticed this, but the fully expanded camera view only takes effect after the first time you zoom in/out. That activates the script I added and the camera will 'pop' out to max view distance for Triplehead.

It would be nice if more devs would support triplehead resolutions. BFME2's native support is basically good for counting roof shingles. :)

Font size for Triplehead menus has been fixed:

As requested, the Collector's Edition maps have been added to the mod release for BFME2. :)

Also, my first tests running the mod using the engine's -mod switch have been successful, so this will make it much easier to package, install, and use.

Lastly, a little tease of the 'modded' main menus:









For you triplehead users, how important is it for you to have a corrected Create-A-Hero menu? Everything in the menu works, but no matter what I try, the 3D window showing the heo model is stuck at a zoom distance where the only thing you can see is their abdomen. I can keep looking for a fix, or, if it's not a big deal, you can always switch to a 16:10 resolution for hero creation, then go back to triplehead for playing. What do you want?

One more thing, I will need some testers for both Widescreen and Triplehead mods in the near future. If you want to participate, post here. Testing notifications/instructions will be sent via PM.

The end is in sight!

Any screenie of the Create-a-Hero section in TripleHead ? If the menus are a pain in the butt to navigate at such resolutions, no need to fix the 3D character window imho, as switching to a normal res would be better anyway; but since you fixed the font size, well... feel free to look into this issue, too as time permits :)

Is there a way to keep the old (fixed) shellmap with the expansion installed ?

In any event, congrats again for the great job you've been doing on this one. Simply awesome.

Any screenie of the Create-a-Hero section in TripleHead ?

The selection screen (seen above) is the worst part. When creating a hero you can move the camera somewhat, so you can see most of the character model (except Ogres, which have much larger models). I've already put several hours into this problem with no hint of a solution, so I think I'm just going to leave it as-is and advise tripleheaders to switch to 16:10 for hero creation.

Is there a way to keep the old (fixed) shellmap with the expansion installed ?

It's possible, though convoluted (tweaks to a number of additional--and temperamental--game files), I don't think it's well-suited to include with the mods. I might be willing to create a separate solution for this once the camera mods are released.

In any event, congrats again for the great job you've been doing on this one. Simply awesome.

Thanks! I'm anxious to get this finished.

Your work on this is simply amazing.

Your work on this is simply amazing.

Thanks, Ibrin. :) (Been awhile since I've run into you in this thread.)

This mod has been quite a learning experience for me. It's satisfying and rewarding, but I'm a little anxious to get it complete now. Not sure I can squeeze this out in time to get an entry into the big contest, but I'm definitely going to try. ;)

I can't remember if you have these games or not. If so, do you want to test the triplehead version for me?

Also, my intention has been to promote the mod as "WSGF presented/sponsored", or something like that, in order to give the site some attention. You OK with me sticking a credit like that in the readme/installer graphics/demo video?

Fixed the horribly-stretched title graphic on the main menu:


Also decided that the super-stretched Witch King background was unacceptable, so how about this?


I can center the game title in the middle monitor if you want, though I think it looks nice on the darker background of Mordor's sky.

I'm getting a little jealous of you TH players who will actually be able to play this on 3 screens. The best I can do is faux-TH @ 1440x384. :(

All 3 pieces have very different looks and feels, it shocked me at first glance, but all in all it's clearly better than stupidly stretched material :) and yes, the title looks great like that, Mordor is such a killer background... so to speak...

Yeah, the 3 distinct images are a little jolting visually. I thought of blending the edges, but since the image borders will exactly match the monitor bezels, I thought it better to leave them as-is so each screen is distinct. Unless I stumble across some hi-res witch king artwork that would make a killer backdrop for TH, I'll just leave this as-is. Certainly is better than super-stretchy fatty Witch King. :P

That Mordor background is my favorite. The animated Mordor shellmap of BFME1 (which the still came from) looks so nice I love to sit and watch the roiling clouds and Sauron's electrified eye.

All 4 mods have been released. See first post for links.

All hail the new TripleHeader !!! :)
Congrats man, that's one heck of a mod and it's nice to see it finally done & nicely awarded !

As I'm struggling with Triplehead monitors, a brand new 30" panel, Ati/nvidia cards to test and my girlfriend's PC's sudden decision to die, I lack the time to play BFME2... but when I do rest assured I'll post screenies of your mod in action in all sizes/formats available to me :)

Congrats again - and many thanks !

Thanks, scav! I'm looking forward to joining the TH bandwagon.

I hope you can get your monitor issues sorted out and get back to the gaming. BTW, you got a credit in the mod's readme. ;) Thanks for all the help.

Yes sir, this mod works great for me, nothing like playing the Minas Tirith map the way it was meant to be played.

Yes sir, this mod works great for me, nothing like playing the Minas Tirith map the way it was meant to be played.

Or the way it wasn't ;)