help bf2 widescreen

Massive Attack · 12 May 2007 at 12:01

hi guys ive applied the widescreen hack in the shortcut but it doesnt seem to be working i am using patch 1.41 i was wondering if they have fixed it or ive done somthing wrong this is whats in my shortcut

"C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +playNow 1 +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050

does this look right and how do i tell if the game is running in widescreen not stretched normal as my monitor scales the image

tomanders91 · 12 May 2007 at 12:05

that should be right, the hud stretchs a bit but it looks fine, does your monitor have a button or whatever where it shows what the current resoultion is? Thats how i knew mine worked.

t31os · 12 May 2007 at 13:26

It still gets stretched, the hack just makes it use the whole screen, BF doesnt have proper widescreen support, as is the same with most EA games, because EA fail to do what other game developers have been doing for years already.

Though fortunately C&C 3 supports widescreen properly and hopefully newer games will to.

Toothpick · 12 May 2007 at 14:21

Try pressing the menu button on your pcd panel,the resoultion may be shown.

PhillyDee · 12 May 2007 at 15:28

But widescreen gives you an UNFAIR advantage over 4:3 viewers . . .

Which is complete danglies in my opinion, as im now at a disadvantage as im not playing at my screen native resolution.

t31os · 12 May 2007 at 15:51

PhillyDee said:
But widescreen gives you an UNFAIR advantage over 4:3 viewers . . .

Which is complete danglies in my opinion, as im now at a disadvantage as im not playing at my screen native resolution.

Well you could say that people with gaming mice and graphics card that render at higher quality have a better advantage to then. Or that people rendering at higher resolutions can see things at distance better due to the increase in pixels, yet no one complains about that.

There's lots of things that can give people the edge, but if you've ever played a game in a stretched resolution you'd proberly appreciate the annoyance of it all.

I'm not interested in the extended side view widescreen would give me, it just looks goddamn rubbish stretched, you just have to get use to it.

Ok, but what about games like Need for Speed: Most Wanted or Carbon, driving...... why isnt it in both of those?....

snowdog · 12 May 2007 at 15:53

PhillyDee said:
But widescreen gives you an UNFAIR advantage over 4:3 viewers . . .

Thats the same as saying: a 19'' 4:3 crt @ 1600x1200 is unfair to people with a 4:3 15'' 1024x768 crt, thus rubbish imo, people should get bigger view fields dependant on monitor, widescreen or not, unfair or not...
They payed for the monitor and the game, and should enjoy it at the native settings, not hear the: thats unfair carp...

tomanders91 · 12 May 2007 at 15:53

agreed snowdog.

t31os · 12 May 2007 at 16:00

snowdog said:
Thats the same as saying: a 19'' 4:3 crt @ 1600x1200 is unfair to people with a 4:3 15'' 1024x768 crt, thus rubbish imo, people should get bigger view fields dependant on monitor, widescreen or not, unfair or not...
They payed for the monitor and the game, and should enjoy it at the native settings, not hear the: thats unfair carp...

Exactly, well said that man!...