Widescreen Gaming Forum

I just recently purchased a Sun MS Hi-Def 24" widescreen monitor and this forum has been really handy! So, here's my question... is it possible at all to enable 1920 x 1200 viewing mode for Battlefield 1942?

If there is a way to get it to work, please tell me. I have tried editing the video.con files and it just goes back to 640 x 480 mode when i start the game. I have an ATI Radeon 9700 PRO video card with the latest Catalyst drivers (4.12).

It would be nice if somebody replied. :(

I don't have Battlefield 1942, so I can't be a lot of help. Sorry.

We had a few old threads vanish a while ago, I guess the BF1942 one was one of the casualties.

Also, not everyone checks the forum every day, so there might be some more help in a while...

Okay, thanks for the info.

c:Battlefield 1942 - Secret Weapons DemoModsbf1942SettingsProfiles**Your Profile Name or Custom**Video.con

Open that in notepad. Change "game.setGameDisplayMode 800 600 32" to what ever res you want and save it. now right click on video.con and click properties. Under attributes click the Read-only box and click ok. That should do it. The menus are still 4:3 but the game should be widescreen.

Neisius' technique has worked for me and I get 1920x1200 on my 24".

c:Battlefield 1942 - Secret Weapons DemoModsbf1942SettingsProfiles**Your Profile Name or Custom**Video.con

Open that in notepad. Change "game.setGameDisplayMode 800 600 32" to what ever res you want and save it. now right click on video.con and click properties. Under attributes click the Read-only box and click ok. That should do it. The menus are still 4:3 but the game should be widescreen.

First post guys.

This isn't working for me 16 x 12 is still the highest I can select.
I'd like 1920 x 1200. I just re-installed BF1942 getting ready for the BF2 release.

Going to try to change all the other video files to see if that works...

MethylONE: Are you able to get 1920 x 1200 as a regular windows desktop? If your monitor is not correctly recognized by Windows as being capable of handling the specified resolution/refresh rate you cannot get it. You can override this, but at the risk of monitor hardware damage.

MethylONE: Are you able to get 1920 x 1200 as a regular windows desktop? If your monitor is not correctly recognized by Windows as being capable of handling the specified resolution/refresh rate you cannot get it. You can override this, but at the risk of monitor hardware damage.

Yes, I am always in 1920 x 1200. It works fine in all ways except in BF where I start at 800 x 600 and cannot switch any higher than 1600 x 1200 which ends up being stretched horizontally to fit the screen.

Somone out there must know.

c:Battlefield 1942 - Secret Weapons DemoModsbf1942SettingsProfiles**Your Profile Name or Custom**Video.con

Open that in notepad. Change "game.setGameDisplayMode 800 600 32" to what ever res you want and save it. now right click on video.con and click properties. Under attributes click the Read-only box and click ok. That should do it. The menus are still 4:3 but the game should be widescreen.

hi nesius,

thank you very much for this tip !!
i just got one of the dell 2405 screens, and 1920x1200 looks great !!