BF2 Resolution?

[throdgrain]

I was thinking of playing BF2 again for a bit, but is there a way to change the resolution to wide screen, like 1600x1050 ?

 

[Lyon85]

Download 1.5

 

[reflux]

Yeah, see here:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1030

EDIT: Oh does 1.5 have ws support? Nvm.

 

[[TFU] Thegoon84]

I cant play any games in that res.... not cos my pc sucks, but because the crosshair and game just doesn't look right ya know..

1200x1050 ***!!!

 

[Mr. Anderson]

Yeah, make sure yo are patched to 1.41 first then apply patch 1.5. Full widescreen support!

1920*1080 is the best res!

 

[throdgrain]

Sorry, that's the resolution I meant When I installed the game and patched it I didnt see any option for wide screen ?

 

[Mr. Anderson]

well you did something wrong then

 

[QuagmireUK]

the widescreen is awful in the new patch, they have left the fov the same as it was, lazy beggers

 

[titaniumx3]

the widescreen is awful in the new patch, they have left the fov the same as it was, lazy beggers

You sure? FOV has definitely increased for me:

 

[inf|Nemean]

There is a fix on the EA forums to fix the FOV.

The example Titanium posted is an example that the distance has enlarged.. instead of making it wider. If you look at the 1.41 screenshot, you will see that the building are way more near the person, then in the 1.5 screenshot .

 

[Azagoth]

Where does one download this 1.5 patch, the only places I've found it are so slow that BF3 will be out by the time the patch has downloaded. Not to mention the fact that the official EA BF2 site only has links for the 1.41 patch.

 

[gibb]

ftp://download2.battle.no/bf2/patches/BF2_Patch_1.50.exe

I got mine from here, maxed out my puny 2mbit connection. Not tested the file yet btw...

 

[throdgrain]

This is where I went wrong I think, I only had 1.41

 

[titaniumx3]

There is a fix on the EA forums to fix the FOV.

The example Titanium posted is an example that the distance has enlarged.. instead of making it wider. If you look at the 1.41 screenshot, you will see that the building are way more near the person, then in the 1.5 screenshot .

But isn't this what it's meant to do?

In 1.41 (incorrect FOV):

Widescreen horizontal FOV = 4:3 screen horizontal FOV
Widscreen vertical FOV < 4:3 screen vertical FOV

In 1.5 (correct FOV):

Widescreen horizontal FOV > 4:3 screen horizontal FOV
Widescreen vertical FOV = 4:3 screen vertical FOV

Therefore:

1.5 WS horizontal FOV > 1.41 WS horizontal FOV
1.5 WS vertical FOV > 1.5 WS vertical FOV

The net effect of all this (going from 1.41 to 1.5 on widescreens) is that you'll be able to see more, but things will seem further away because although the FOV has increased (both horizontal and vertical) the screen resolution and screen size remain the same (1680x1050/22" in my case).
So how is it wrong?

 

[rjk]

gamershell had the fastest downloads for me [just a headsup]

 

[Goldfingers]

Do people still play BF2? Are there still any decent populated servers?

 

[titaniumx3]

Do people still play BF2? Are there still any decent populated servers?

You're welcome to join our servers at =50K= :

http://www.50klicks.com/index.php?page=game

A bit empty at the moment, but usually the Karkand server is packed during the evening, plus there's always admins about to kick troublemakers.

 

[inf|Nemean]

I know 50k btw, vital-gaming here

As far as I know the FOV and HUD are still not ok together.
Either the HUD is stretched and the FOV is ok.
Or the HUD is ok but the FOV is wrong.

That's the point I tried to tell you.

Also the great fix from the pc communtiy to resolve the Alt+tab crash is awesome. Something DICE couldn't fix.

http://forums.electronicarts.co.uk/...y-something-wrong-you-widescreen-support.html

 

[throdgrain]

How big is the 1.50 patch? 1.92GB ??