First Strike Forums — will there be widescreen support? PLS

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2008-02-21T17:28:23Z

HagenSaubauch wrote:

well, the ws-fixer never got updated for 1.4, and i doubt it will ever be...

It works fine for 1.4, 1.4 Beta 3 is 1.4, I use it every day.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2008-02-21T17:19:26Z

well, the ws-fixer never got updated for 1.4, and i doubt it will ever be...

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2008-02-21T16:57:54Z

DexExday wrote:

I think people who've done well enough to afford a nice widescreen TFT deserve an advantage

wut. Gaming is not about buying skill. This does not apply to GPU and CPU as the graphics level can be changed and not effect game play. But being able to see more then other players just because you can afford a wide-screen monitor is far too much of an advantage then say a gaming mouse.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2008-02-21T16:16:47Z

Try not to revive old topics, but if you change +fullscreen 1 to +widescreen 1 your HUD will not be distorted. Also if you use the tool posted above your FOV will reflect your viewing aspect ratio properly.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2008-02-21T14:58:29Z

I think people who've done well enough to afford a nice widescreen TFT deserve an advantage

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-10-03T09:04:10Z

My shortcut reads like this if it helps anyone

"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Battlefield 2142\BF2142.exe" +modPath mods/FirstStrike +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050 +eaAccountName youraccountname +eaAccountPassword yourpassword +soldierName yoursoldiername

If you move the movies to a backup folder then you are straight into the main menu.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-09-05T20:00:12Z

my widescreen works fine and i do not see any extra bars at the top or bottom (REAL widescreen)

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-09-03T17:48:53Z

Good news folks.

There is a "hack" to free FOV parameter in bf2 / bf2142 games.

Take a look:

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

I did a question to EVEN BALANCE (PUNKBUSTER) about this "hack". You can see here:

http://www.pbbans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31400

Reply is clear from an PUNKBUSTER FORUM ADMIN:

I sent it to EB and got this reply:

At this time, we are not considering them to be malicious and they are not breaking anything that would trigger a violation, so go ahead and allow it for the time being. If this changes, we'll make the appropriate announcements.

Regards.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-08-15T16:21:18Z

Actually FS (and BF2142) look quite nice at 1900x1200 on my 24" WS monitor. The refresh rate is plenty fast enough to prevent blurring with any high speed action and the little I loose off the top and bottom of the screen are made up by the ability to see things a lot sooner. This of course is a kludge in the BF series but there are other games out there that support it natively which are real good.

One day someone will be saying the have a 4:3 monitor and the majority will be commenting on where they got the antique.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-08-15T13:08:28Z

Actuly the whole reason DICE made the choice to not include widscreen is because in their early player test IE pre alpha stuff here. They found that players with widscreen monitors have a major advantage over those without IE people like me who can't yet afford a Widscreen monitor.................

That and most of the cheap WS monitors suck because they blur so badly when you swiing your view in FPS games to look around. IE they are not made for fast pase action. You have to check the speed at witch the monitor supports. IE the refresh rates. If it's only say 300 RFs a second your going to get major bluring when anything moves with any digree of speed in your games. This was the second reason why DICE chose to not include widscreen support. IE we all know how fast pase BF games are and can you say you would be able to play it on your monitor? I mean if it's not one of the good ones IE 6,000 RFs per second your toast in an online action game like BF.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-08-15T11:46:17Z

FSDev| Dutch_Razor wrote:

Ah you're right TJ, I don't think we can do much about it then.

It's a pity because people who play in widescreen TFT's are just in disadvantage. Too many bf2142 gamers have got ws monitors and they dont know nothing about that.

The same as BF2 and mods. So, BF2142 and mods too. ---> Reason: DICE Rules. :(

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-08-15T10:32:42Z

Ah you're right TJ, I don't think we can do much about it then.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-08-15T09:11:56Z

FSDev| rybot wrote:

Dice thought that widescreen would put some people at an advantage by seeing more area than regular monitors do.

And I beat the same DICE designer that made the choice some time afterwards slapped his forehead and said:

"DOH! People with higher RESOLUTIONS got an advantage! We forgot to limit everyone to 640x480!!!"

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-08-15T08:38:22Z

It's true, there is no REAL widescreen support. The only thing you can do is what was mentioned above, which cuts off the top and bottom of your screen. Dice thought that widescreen would put some people at an advantage by seeing more area than regular monitors do.

Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

2007-08-15T08:14:48Z

FSDev| Dutch_Razor wrote:

Uhm it's in standard, look up the command for the shortcut, it's something like +xys or something.

Are you sure ??

Commands for the shortcut doesnt support widescreen. Take a look:

4:3 Native support to bf2142 Res: 1024x768

16:10 No native support to bf2142 Res: 1680x1050 widescreen

16:9 No native support to bf2142 Res: 1920x1080 widescreen

If widescreen support is native in FS, no zoom in vertical axis has to do.
Obviously, widescreen resolution are disavantage respect 4:3 resolution as you can see.

Regards.