Widescreen Gaming Forum

OK, I think I may have done a little good to tweaking this game..

I did a search in the "Battlefield Vietnam" Program Files directory for "video.con, videoDefault.con, videoCustom.con". Then opened all files and set res to "1680 1050 32 0" in all applicable files. Then I added the line "renderer.fieldOfView 1" to the bottom of the videoDefault.con file. YMMV on the FOV tweak, but for laughs you outta try it at like 100 once!! :)

The interesting thing is, the 2D overlay stuff like the map and the text look stretched, but the in game 3D character models and environments look normal. I could proly use a little more RAM, but at least this is tolerable for now...

I just wish these game developers were on board with 16:9!!!

EDIT: For some funny results try "renderer.fieldOfView 5"[/i]

For anyone interested, I was able to squeeze an extra 16 FPS (from 31 to 47) by adding the following to my videoDefault.con file:



So now my videoDefault.con looks like this:



This might be old hat, but I also found http://www.planetbattlefield.com to be a decent reference for some of these elements explained...

To get widescreen in BF1942 even with the newest patch, do this:

Replace the line:
game.setGameDisplayMode 800 600 32 0
With:
game.setGameDisplayMode 1680 1050 32 60
In the Following Files:
C:Program FilesEA GAMESBattlefield 1942Modsbf1942SettingsProfilesDefaultVideoCustom.con
C:Program FilesEA GAMESBattlefield 1942Modsbf1942SettingsProfilesDefaultVideo.con
C:Program FilesEA GAMESBattlefield 1942Modsbf1942SettingsProfilesCustomVideoCustom.con
C:Program FilesEA GAMESBattlefield 1942Modsbf1942SettingsProfilesCustomVideo.con

Add the line:
renderer.fieldOfView 1.1
To the Following File:
C:Program FilesEA GAMESBattlefield 1942Modsbf1942SettingsVideoDefault.con

Then set both of those sets of files to read-only.

The game interface isn't widescreen, but once you get into the game it pops out to 1680x1050 goodness, with the UI stretched to match the screen size.

@ Matt ... does that FOV change actually work ... ?
Please could we have some pictures from the same spot before and after the FOV fix ... ?

Hmm, last post over a year ago. I doubt he'll respond. :lol:

@ dripgoss

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Hmm, last post over a year ago. I doubt he'll respond. :lol:

LOL ... don't notice that ... ah well ... :lol: