Battlefield 2 Widescreen hack.

Scania · 4 Dec 2007 at 23:24

I have a mate who's forum shy it seems, he has an issue with BF2 and its apparent inability to run at say 1680x1050 iirc without what he describes as a slight blurring of the image on screen.

After a bit of googling, I've told him you have to do a little resolution hack -

Go to the BF2 shortcut and add +szx 1680 +szy 1050
e.g.
"X:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050

Is this correct? I ask as I don't personally have a widescreen to try it out on, still in the dark ages here!

Thanks.

Timdog · 5 Dec 2007 at 00:56

yea but theres a whole program out that can actually change your fov

http://imk.cx/pc/widescreenfixer/

Scania · 5 Dec 2007 at 03:42

timdog said:
yea but theres a whole program out that can actually change your fov

http://imk.cx/pc/widescreenfixer/

That won't get him into trouble on-line with the likes of Punkbuster will it? - He's got a nice rig, but a complete newbie.

TBirdUK · 5 Dec 2007 at 08:44

When I tried a widescreen hack a whiles back it did effect punkbuster - was a different on though. I now use the +szx 1680 +szy 1050

Datamonkey · 5 Dec 2007 at 10:22

just a heads up,

yeah thats correct, but there is also a widescreen fixer app out, which adjusts the ratio of the screen to the correct aspect. Not been pb banned yet for using it. And it does say on the site that pb have said its not a cheat or such.

At work so dont have a link sorry

Timdog · 5 Dec 2007 at 12:50

R124/LA420 said:
That won't get him into trouble on-line with the likes of Punkbuster will it? - He's got a nice rig, but a complete newbie.

he will be fine if he uses version 1.32, it has been approved

Datamonkey said:
just a heads up,

yeah thats correct, but there is also a widescreen fixer app out, which adjusts the ratio of the screen to the correct aspect. Not been pb banned yet for using it. And it does say on the site that pb have said its not a cheat or such.

At work so dont have a link sorry

timdog said:
yea but theres a whole program out that can actually change your fov

http://imk.cx/pc/widescreenfixer/

Datamonkey · 5 Dec 2007 at 15:38

lol sorry didnt see that hidden in there

but yep thats the one.

Have been using it when playing for the last couple of months now with no issues what so ever.

Scania · 5 Dec 2007 at 15:59

Thanks for the info guys, I've passed it onto him.

tomanders91 · 5 Dec 2007 at 17:29

just change the shortcut thing, a 6 year old mentally retarded person could do it.

Looks very good aswell imo.

Datamonkey · 5 Dec 2007 at 17:37

tom,

the shortcut does not correct the problem, it gets you running at the res you want, but its not widescreen (obviously you need a widescreen mon to see the problem)

The map in the top right is oblong instead of circular and so on.

Using the app above actually pans the camer back abit, so that you have the correct display aspect.

also you can substitute the +fullscreen for +widescreen, again this doesnt fully work though.

Scania · 5 Dec 2007 at 17:57

tomanders91 said:
just change the shortcut thing, a 6 year old mentally retarded person could do it.

Looks very good aswell imo.

You over estimate my friend..... - He'll slap me for that one!

Scania · 5 Dec 2007 at 17:58

Datamonkey said:
tom,

the shortcut does not correct the problem, it gets you running at the res you want, but its not widescreen (obviously you need a widescreen mon to see the problem)

The map in the top right is oblong instead of circular and so on.

Using the app above actually pans the camer back abit, so that you have the correct display aspect.

also you can substitute the +fullscreen for +widescreen, again this doesnt fully work though.

So this should cure the "Blur ing" he's seeing? - Not got a widescreen here either, my mate has a 24in Samsung TFT

Datamonkey · 5 Dec 2007 at 18:58

Should cure everything,
The bluring will be due to the res not being correct for his monitor.