wide screen monitor problem

[daveraver22]

Hi got a wide screen monitor but when I play BF2142 I don't get a widescreen picture. Do you know of anyway to get it working in widescreen?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Muppethunter]

Punkbuster and EA decided not to include Widescreen, as they felt it gave an unfair advantage.

There is a way, this is from Widescreengaming's website;

Battlefield 2142 does not have native widescreen support. To force a custom resolution, edit your game shortcut so it looks like the following:

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2142\BF2142.exe" +widescreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050

Edit the numbers after '+szx' and '+szy' to match your desired resolution. '+sxy' is horizontal and '+szy' is vertical. In this example, the game would launch in 1680x1050

Hope that helps

[daveraver22]

Thanks for that muppethunter. Just one thing though, would punkbuster or EA kick me for having modified game?

[f1rest@rter]

strange.
i got a 22" widescreen and it ran from the beginning without problems.

[Muppethunter]

Thanks for that muppethunter. Just one thing though, would punkbuster or EA kick me for having modified game?

I believe it cuts the top and bottom off a bigger resolution, so you can't see as much but the resolution is correct.

[Ashoof]

muppethunter it works fine for me as i am doing 2560 x1600 but the problem is when i print screen it dos not show in the pain program when i paste it thier

[opozzum]

I think this site is not that far to get help for ALL games you want, but for BF2142 it does too
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Master_Games_List_-_B
The same that Muppethunter said, when you click CMD Line for BF2142 WideScreen you will see the command =)

I got a 22" WideScreen too and I already did that with the game.exe and EA said nothing, so its not illegal or something else, since you can do that in many online games... look Counter-Strike to get a console.. just the same way

[daveraver22]

Thanks for all the help guys. I'll give it a go when I'm free of my children and the wifes in bed.:20:

[WarHead]

Hey fellas, don't mean to gravedig an old thread, but I encountered this issue awhile ago and found the perfect solution. I'm running a 30" at 2560x1600. If you own a WS display and do nothing, you'll simply see the game full screen in a normal aspect ratio. If you edit the shortcut it will widen the FOV, but shorten it top and bottom as mentioned. There are a few hacks that eliminate this, but they warp the HUD and minimap and are PB sensitive.

This guy: http://imk.cx/pc/widescreenfixer/ is a friggin' God!

I've been running this for a year now, without black bars, warping, framerate impact, or inflaming PB. Enjoy!