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Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

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!!!"

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Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

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

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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. sad:(

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Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

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.

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Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

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. smile

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Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

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.

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Re: will there be widescreen support? PLS

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

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