Battlefield 2

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Battlefield 2

Developer(s)	Digital Illusions CE
Publisher(s)	Electronic Arts
Release date	June 21, 2005 June 24, 2005
Genre(s)	First-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

1 Game Information
2 Widescreen Support
3 Supported Resolutions
4 Screenshots
5 External links

[edit] Game Information

The award-winning Battlefield franchise invades the high tech frontlines of modern warfare in the new sequel, Battlefield 2™. The game brings the intensity and excitement of Battlefield 1942™ into the modern era with enhanced team play and the latest, most technologically advanced vehicles and weapons systems available to man.

In Battlefield 2, players will choose to fight for one of three military superpowers: the United States, the Chinese, or the newly formed Middle East Coalition. Armed with the latest modern weaponry, players can take control of any of the game’s 30+ vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over 64 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC. Additionally, persistent character growth allows players to rise through the ranks and attain the ultimate rank of General.

An all-new game engine and physics system brings the modern battlefield to life like never before. The new material penetration feature measures weapons’ ability to fire through barriers based on their composition and players will need to know the difference between concealment and cover in order to survive.

Battlefield 2 features immense, richly detailed, destructible environments, from city streets to remote forests, in some of the most notorious hot spots around the world. Each map in Battlefield 2 adjusts in scale to support the number of players in the world, providing the ideal vehicle- to-player ratio and an optimized gameplay experience.

Enhanced team play features allow players to enter the action on the front lines as part of a formal squad, or work behind the scenes in Commander Mode to direct the strategic assaults of their teammates.

Soldier kits now affect vehicles that players utilize on the battlefield. For instance, the medic kit can transform a vehicle into a mobile aid station and the support kit can make helicopters into flying ammo dumps.

[edit] Widescreen Support

Widescreen support was added with patch 1.5 released on September 1st 2009.

Battlefield 2 versions older than version 1.5 do 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 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1.15 +widescreen 1 +szx 1440 +szy 900
-or-
"C:\Games\BF2\BF2.exe" +widescreen 1 +szx 2560 +szy 1600

Edit the numbers after '+szx' and '+szy' to match your desired resolution. '+szx' is horizontal and '+szy' is vertical. In the first example, the game would launch in 1440x900 (16:10). In the second example, the game would launch in 2560x1600 (16:10).

Please note: This does not change the default FOV and there is no way to change it at this time. Vertical view is also lost, have a look at the screenshots below to see the difference.

This above explanation fails to tell you that if you have previously setup your BF2 game at a certain resolution you must change a few of the video settings inside of the BF2 folder. I will explain -

In your "C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles" folder is a Default folder as well as 2 files Global and BattleCommoDefaultUserSettings. When you create a profile on BF2 such as your "Playername" and log-in - BF2 creates folders "0001, 0002, 0003, etc." for each profile logged in.

Inside these folders will be a file named Video.con. If you open up Video.con with your notebook - you will see clearly the resolution default for your player profile. You MUST CHANGE the resolution to match the current resolution of your screen inside this text file for each profile including the "Default" profile.

VideoSettings.setTerrainQuality 3
VideoSettings.setGeometryQuality 3
VideoSettings.setLightingQuality 3
VideoSettings.setDynamicLightingQuality 3
VideoSettings.setDynamicShadowsQuality 3
VideoSettings.setEffectsQuality 3
VideoSettings.setTextureQuality 3
VideoSettings.setTextureFilteringQuality 3
VideoSettings.setResolution 1600x900@60Hz     <-------------
VideoSettings.setAntialiasing Off
VideoSettings.setViewDistanceScale 1
VideoSettings.setVideoOptionScheme 3

Save these changes you've made and run the game - let me know if you need any help joeyalbergo@yahoo.com

[edit] Supported Resolutions

Resolution	Supported
1280 x 800 (16:10)	N
1440 x 900 (16:10)	N
1600 x 900 (Check)	N
1680 x 1050 (16:10)	N
1920 x 1200 (16:10)	N
2560 x 1600 (16:10)	-
1024 x 576 (16:9)	-
1366 x 768 (16:9)	N
1920 x 1080 (16:9)	N
2560 x 1021 (?)	N