Battlefield 3 Hud/Tips/Multiplayer icons missing

[Spyle311]

You can change it in that same file. It's right above the ScreenSafeAreas

[mr stroke]

You can change it in that same file. It's right above the ScreenSafeAreas

do I have to go into the Battlefield config file to change the native res? or can I force 4800x900 in game?

[vach]

Same issue here. I cannot determine of the guy in front of me 100meters away is a friend or foe.

This had happen in BETA and is still happening in RETAIL.

Looks like DICE did a really bad job on the QA.

[Hitmanthe3rd]

Any1 have a fix for the No Hud in 1 monitor mode? Idk if the newest drivers or not. But since i changed I cant play in 1 monitor without my options menu and the entire ESC menu dissapearing. Cant deploy or switch guns. Very annoying. I'd play on 1 monitor If I could. But I really would like to enjoy this game...

[sixshot]

Any1 have a fix for the No Hud in 1 monitor mode? Idk if the newest drivers or not. But since i changed I cant play in 1 monitor without my options menu and the entire ESC menu dissapearing. Cant deploy or switch guns. Very annoying. I'd play on 1 monitor If I could. But I really would like to enjoy this game...

Funny you mentioned that. I got the same exact issue when I tried to play in single monitor res. All the HUD, overlay, and menu elements are all gone. Yet when I alt-tab out and the game plays in the background, it shows up. It even shows up when I played in windowed mode. We'll see if their first update fixes this. If not, we can raise this issue.

[joemazz]

OK! Got a temporary fix for Nvidia guys.

You must install driver 285.38. 285.62 does not work for this.

Run at a resolution lower than your desktop, such as 4800x900. First thing you'll see is your hud is now nolonger centered.. No problem! Go into your DocumentsBattlefield 3settings folder and open PROF_SAVE_profile in notepad. Change the line "GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 0.800000" to "GstRender.ScreenSafeAreaWidth 0.300000" (30 worked for me)

The ingame screen area does not let you go this low, but you can mod the file and it works. So now I have centered hud and enemy/friendly indicators. A good trade off from native res.. for now.

changing that area width field fixed it for me in windowed mode with my 5850, my hud is now in the middle screen. So...good to go until they get the full screen fixed.

[Spyle311]

Any1 have a fix for the No Hud in 1 monitor mode? Idk if the newest drivers or not. But since i changed I cant play in 1 monitor without my options menu and the entire ESC menu dissapearing. Cant deploy or switch guns. Very annoying. I'd play on 1 monitor If I could. But I really would like to enjoy this game...

It seems your desktop resolution has an impact on the games interface even if they are different. Try changing your desktop to single screen first, disable eyefinity/surround.

[Downtown1]

Having the same exact issue, hud icons appear on left monitor only for me. With ATI 6970x2 and catalyst 11.10 preview 3

Using the "workaround" to have a smaller full screen resolution (4800x900) restores the HUD icons, thanks for the tip. Must be a bug of how they integrate the EyeFinity/Nvidia surround APIs.

[CV-SiN]

same issues here.. all the HUD info is on the left screen.. making me suck...

[MEAHT]

I'm having the same issue with icons missing above players' heads when playing on three monitors using 2X 5870 Radeon HDs. Unfortunately, I haven't found a fix either.

Same setup here with the same problem. The weird thing about it is that I could see the indicator and name tag before but when I launched it last night it didnt show up. Although the HUD is now centered. Very weird.

I dont know how many rounds I pumped into my teammates. To me it almost seems like there was a minor server side update the HUD sizes.

[joemazz]

Looks like some progress in getting the problem recognized. Johan Andersson has recognized the issue and is investigating. I'm thinking they come up with a fix soon...looks like there's quite a few people (including myself) pushing the issue around the net. Nice to see so many multi-monitor users out there...

http://getsatisfaction.com/battlefield3/topics/nvidia_surround_and_eyefinity_issues?utm_content=reply_link&utm_medium=email&utm_source=reply_notification#reply_7012552

[Flyingpenguin]

My problem is that everythings squashed into the middle screen and the menu is never visible (I'm guessing it's on another screen), does anyone know how to change BF3's resolution manually through a config file for example? I've looked in my documents/BF3 folder but can't find anything.

Edit: Seems that even if i try and play the game on one screen, the menu is not visible at all, i can only play the game at the moment by disabling eyefinity.

[mr stroke]

only way I can get the friendly names to appear in Eyefinity is playing in windowed mode.

Works for now at 5760x1200 but it takes a hit in FPS


need a patch ASAP Dice

[vach]

Considering that this bug was present during BETA, (I had to play with one monitor to have those icons come up), I find it incredible hard to phantom how this bug could have been missed during QA.

QA team fail much?

[sixshot]

Considering that this bug was present during BETA, (I had to play with one monitor to have those icons come up), I find it incredible hard to phantom how this bug could have been missed during QA.

QA team fail much?

*snicker* This is probably the same QA folks who did testing for BC2 when that whole Eyefinity/Surround CTD problem was around for 12+ months.

[MEAHT]

Looks like the HUD was reset yesterday, in eyefinity mode the map was on the left monitor and the health/ammo on the right. Friendly tags were fixed as well which is perfect.

As far as this being in the beta I never ran across this issue, alpha neither for that matter.

To improve things a bit I also downloaded the latest Catalyst profiles (CAP version 4) which were released on 10/26
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/pages/crossfirex-app-profiles.aspx

Anyone else see improvement in the HUD last night?

[Downtown1]

Hud was fixed? Post some screenshots?

[joemazz]

Just tested it in eyefinity running my native resolution. 4972x900 bezel compensated.

The HUD is in the middle monitor as it should be. But, I do not see friendly tags on anyone.

[MEAHT]

Just tested it in eyefinity running my native resolution. 4972x900 bezel compensated.

The HUD is in the middle monitor as it should be. But, I do not see friendly tags on anyone.

ATI or Nvidia?
Im running on 2x 5870 on 5780x1080.

If on ATI did you download the latest Profiles:
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/pages/crossfirex-app-profiles.aspx


I would love to know if this is what fixed it.


Sorry Downtown1 Im at work right now :(
At least its friday right?

[joemazz]

[quote]Just tested it in eyefinity running my native resolution. 4972x900 bezel compensated.

The HUD is in the middle monitor as it should be. But, I do not see friendly tags on anyone.

ATI or Nvidia?
Im running on 2x 5870 on 5780x1080.

If on ATI did you download the latest Profiles:
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloads/pages/crossfirex-app-profiles.aspx


I would love to know if this is what fixed it.


Sorry Downtown1 Im at work right now :(
At least its friday right?

ATI only running a single 5850. That said, I dont use crossfire...so not sure what that profiles applicaton will do for me...