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rukus

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wide screen help

I tried the widescreen mod from here and this is what I got.. I saved the original  .exe so no big deal…. but am I doing something wrong?

ziba128

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Re: wide screen help

Lol
Is it this widescreen patch? http://team-simple.org/download/bf1942- … en-fix.zip
Also, what resolution you set in video options?
Edit: probably you installed this one http://www.wsgfmedia.com/jackfuste/BF19 … 48_10_9.7z ?

Last edited by ziba128 (2014-07-26 05:42:02)

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

lol i used this one///    http://team-simple.org/download/bf1942- … atched.zip
I tried all resolutions doesn't matter..

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Re: wide screen help

What video card do you have? i used the same patch and no problems

Last edited by Syndrum² (2014-07-26 06:28:00)

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

Nvidia 550TI.. AMD 8350 8 core.. ASROCK 990fx Extreme 4 .. 4 gigs ram.. 3 SSD drives 1 with XP 1 with win7 and one with win 8
This is when I change the video.con file to  1920/1080 
 

   
 

Arkos

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Re: wide screen help

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With the patch you have nothing to change in the video.con and videodefault.con, as far i know.

Make inGame a new profile and choose standard settings. But remember if you once modified all video(*.*).cons, you have to overwrite them with originals.

It's easy... someone could look with TotalCommmander over Teamviewer for discrepances between his and your configfiles.

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Last edited by Arkos (2014-07-26 09:21:03)

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

I have a back up of everything .. i can just replace it with the original. I will give it a try .. thx

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Re: wide screen help

Nvidia 550TI.. AMD 8350 8 core.. ASROCK 990fx Extreme 4 .. 4 gigs ram.. 3 SSD drives 1 with XP 1 with win7 and one with win 8
This is when I change the video.con file to  1920/1080 
  http://i.imgur.com/1mOosLX.jpg

   http://i.imgur.com/h2asPCv.jpg
  http://i.imgur.com/1mOosLX.jpg

That looks like the eyefinity patch, its supposed to keep the hud overlay on the middle screen and the rest of the game on the two extra monitors

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

its coming from the BF.exe because this is the same game folder with no modded .con files. just the BF.exe modded

This is same game folder and the original BF1942.exe from my back up  and no modded .con files

tuia

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Re: wide screen help

You used the eyefinity widescreen patch, as bud wrote. Download BF1942 executable patched, which includes widescreen fixes, from http://team-simple.org/download page.

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

Never heard of it but I’ll take your word for it.. so download the  battlefield 1942 v1.61 retail patched ?

one thing too I  haven’t install BF for years just move the folder over to new comp/formatted hardrives and use the CD key changer then play from the folder..
THX

tuia

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Re: wide screen help

You can move the Battlefield 1942 folder to any place, if you use that Battlefield 1942 executable patched. However, it's recommended you install the game, because it will create all necessary Windows registry entries for BF1942, like language, version, CD-key, and a few others.

Arkos

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Re: wide screen help

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Or just import the regdats to the registry.

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rukus

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Re: wide screen help

Ok i installed the game then just replaced the new folder with the old one... game is working fine.. no wide screen if I try and change the display mode to whatever It just goes back to 1024 x 768 as soon as I hit save..

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

This is what I get at  1280 x 720
 
At  1360  x 760
   
And at  1920 x 1080
 

tuia

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Re: wide screen help

Why did you replace the new folder with the old one? If you want to keep your game settings, just replace <BF1942 DIR>\Mods\bf1942\Settings folder. I would recommend you install BF1942 fresh and run Battlefield 1942 GameSpy patch v1.61. Then, you can pick any widescreen resolution from in-game Video menu.

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

yesI did the full install all 4 disks and the 1.6 update then< I did replace the old folder with the new and I got widescreen working but I have to mod my video.con file to the resolution I want, then it works, doesn't seem to work while using the in game setting,  but doesn't  matter it works.
I'm not using it because it a bit too grainy..thanks for you help...

Last edited by rukus (2014-08-03 07:30:25)

Arkos

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Re: wide screen help

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If it's grainy, then i guess, the real resolution is low.

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Last edited by Arkos (2014-08-03 11:47:33)

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Re: wide screen help

EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\Profiles\Custom\VideoCustom.con
EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\Profiles\Custom\Video.con
EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\Profiles\Default\VideoCustom.con
EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\Profiles\Default\Video.con
EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\Profiles\"Mein_Profil"\VideoCustom.con
EA GAMES\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\Profiles\"Mein_Profil"\Video.con

replace the values in the files to your resolution

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

does anything know or think changing the min CPU  MHz  would make a difference with performance in game?
I doubt it would..

tuia

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Re: wide screen help

ruckus, that line is a comment. Every lines in .con files preceded by rem command are ignored by BF1942 engine.
To change some settings which may improve performance, read this Battlefield 1942 Tweak Guide - Advanced Tweaking.

rukus

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Re: wide screen help

Ok thats right i remember that now..
so If I say (rem.you suck ) that means I don't meant it too right..
thanks for help  no rem.