Resolution

**Sir-Nerd** · 12-26-2007, 02:15 PM

I want to run this game at the native res of my screen. 1280*1024 with a refresh rate of 60. how do i do this.

Also since i just bought this game, do i have to dl ALL of the patchs before 1.4 or just 1.4

**Rali3gH** · 12-26-2007, 02:30 PM

You only need 1.4 and I beleive you should have no problem setting that screen resolution in the the in-game options menu.

**Sir-Nerd** · 12-26-2007, 02:34 PM

Thats one what about the resolution

**draeh** · 12-26-2007, 02:44 PM

If the resolution you want cannot be found in the video options, you'll have to modify the shortcut that starts 2142 by adding +szx 1280 +szy 1024 to the target line.

**Rali3gH** · 12-26-2007, 02:54 PM

Ahh right...thanks Draeh. Good catch indeed. Here's a little more about that subject.

**slugslinger** · 12-26-2007, 03:30 PM

[QUOTE=draeh;867936]If the resolution you want cannot be found in the video options, you'll have to modify the shortcut that starts 2142 by adding +szx 1280 +szy 1024 to the target line.[/QUOTE
will this work with wide screen res and above 1280 x 1024?

**draeh** · 12-26-2007, 03:37 PM

It works for my 1680 x 1050 resolution. As there is no true widescreen support in the BF series, the field of view is the same as the non-wide just a little scrunched. See this thread on widescreen support for discussion and link to an app that "corrects" the field of vision.

**slugslinger** · 12-26-2007, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by draeh

It works for my 1680 x 1050 resolution. As there is no true widescreen support in the BF series, the field of view is the same as the non-wide just a little scrunched. See this thread on widescreen support for discussion and link to an app that "corrects" the field of vision.

relly i was just trying this and i cant seem to get it to work yet
what does ur full command line look like?

**draeh** · 12-26-2007, 04:03 PM

Mine looks like this:

Code:

"C:\Games\Battlefield 2142\BF2142.exe" +playNow 1 +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050

If you go to the video options menu, it still won't show this resolution. If you take a screenshot with something like FRAPS, you'll see that the resulting screen resolution is what you set on the command line.

**slugslinger** · 12-26-2007, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by draeh

Mine looks like this:

Code:

"C:\Games\Battlefield 2142\BF2142.exe" +playNow 1 +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050

If you go to the video options menu, it still won't show this resolution. If you take a screenshot with something like FRAPS, you'll see that the resulting screen resolution is what you set on the command line.

thanks i got it to work now
ur awsome man
i cant seem to remember how to rep ppl
one more thing how do you enable 8x aa?

**draeh** · 12-26-2007, 04:36 PM

The 8xAA is a mystery to me. I have never figured out why I can't set it.

**Rali3gH** · 12-26-2007, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by slugslinger

...i cant seem to remember how to rep ppl...

The red "Check Mark" at the lower left corner of each post is for positive and negative rep... +rep'ed Draeh for the great help...cheers mate!

**SuperDudeBT** · 12-28-2007, 02:03 PM

Yesterday, I changed my game resolution from 1280 x 768 to 1440 x 900. I honestly couldn't tell the difference. Is that small a jump not worth the extra strain on the graphics card? I have a 1680 x 1024 monitor, but I just don't think my graphics card could do it. It's a MacBook Pro with a 2.2 GHz processor and a GeForce 8600M GT 128 MB graphics card, running Vista through Bootcamp. I have an external, 22" monitor, by the way.

**draeh** · 12-28-2007, 02:54 PM

I personally feel there is a difference, but to each their own. Just try it and see how you feel about it.

**HBrutusH** · 12-28-2007, 11:14 PM

Here's a strange one: Since I started using the 'Widescreen fixer' I've been getting this odd bug during titan mode.

Basically, EVERYTHING is black, ie. you can see nothing. Except your HUD and your arms+weapons.

It's not just the titan turning black, everything is black, as if my screen is off.

Do you think it's the fixer or something else?