[bf1942] OT: Odd screen resolutions

[Lee Latham]

Thanks for the tip.  Interestingly, however, your screenshot looks just 
fine on my CRT here at work.

That will be a nuisance...honestly I was looking forward to getting some 
extra view angle out of the deal as well.  In all FPS's the default view 
angle is like 90 degrees--far from realistic.  So I figured I'd get a 
landscape monitor, add some pixels in the X direction, then bump up the 
field of view a bit.  The goal, by the way, is increased realism, not 
unfair advantage...that's just a pleasant side effect ;-)

Is it possible to alter the field of view in only the X direction in bf1942?

Lee

At 02:47 PM 12/1/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>Edit the Video.con and Videodefault.con files, change the values to 1280 
>1024 manually (or whatever value you want), then make the files read only.
>
>However, I've tried this, and there is a problem. The in-game fonts are 
>designed for a 4:3 ratio, not 5:4, so assuming your native resolution is 
>1280x1024 (or something that is a 5:4 ratio instead of 4:3), the fonts 
>become almost unreadably bad.
>
>Here's an example:
>
>http://fez.cracksmokingmonkeys.net/ScreenShot24.jpg
>
>Personally, I find that my LCD scales to native resolution well enough 
>that I can run at 800x600 or whatever and it looks fine (and the fonts 
>look normal too).
>
>Cheers,
>
>James
>
>
>Lee Latham wrote:
>
>>I know this is a little off topic but it doesn't seem like it 'cause I 
>>reckon it's an 3l33t user question.  Any idea how to set an odd screen 
>>resolution reliably?  I've got a new landscape flatscreen monitor and of 
>>course I'd like to run BF in the native resolution, or at least a 
>>landscape-shaped one.  None of the Landscape resolutions show up in 
>>BF...any input would be greatly appreciated.
>>Regards,
>>Lee
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Lee M. Latham
Vice Field Marshall Admiral Imperator Generalissimo of Sales and Support 
(muy importante)
+1 (713) 977-4177 x.103
lee at cgmlarson.com
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