2005fpw users

[Betauser]

what resolution do u guys use to play games? i cant seem to change the res on CoD (call of duty and united offensive)

the highest i can go is 1280x2024

sorry if this has been asked so many times, but i dont really feel like going through all the 40+ pages on 2005fpw topic

 

[J4M3S0N79]

Native.
It's funny, I get 80+ fps in CS:S with a p4c @ 3.4 and a 9800Pro. It's nice.

P.S. this is at 1680*1050 and higest settings (No AF or AA)

 

[Betauser]

i guess CoD dont have the option to use native res

 

[steviep]

Even if you're running on a VGA 75hz connection with this screen, unless you turn off V-sync (which is REALLY bad for image tearing), you won't get over 75FPS on this screen.

 

[Trematode]

for COD you'll have to use r_customwidth 1680, r_customwidth 1050, and then r_mode -1 to use the LCD's native res.

 

[UnknownSouljer]

Yeah 1680x1050.
Anything that doesn't "support" it, I just usually hack a cfg file. It's not that hard, and there are tons of sites online that tell all on how to do it.

 

[Betauser]

Yeah 1680x1050.
Anything that doesn't "support" it, I just usually hack a cfg file. It's not that hard, and there are tons of sites online that tell all on how to do it.

do mind giving us a link? i tried using google, but no avail.

 

[UnknownSouljer]

I can't give you a link because honestly after I do it once, I don't book mark it. However I will give you my custom cfg file for doom3, and also tell how it's done for q3a (it's very similar). Those are the only 2 games I have done it personally on, but I've heard other games can also do it like serious sam etc, and every other game I play already supports widescreen (like hl2, farcry, etc)

UnknownSouljer's Doom3 custom autoexec.cfg
set com_allowConsole "1"
set com_showFPS "1"

image_usecache "1"
image_cachemegs "256"
image_cacheminK "3072"

r_mode "-1"
r_customheight "1050"
r_customwidth "1680"
r_aspectratio "2"



I didn't stick in a lot of settings as you notice here, I'll go over the items that are specifically for widescreen which is the bottom four settings. note: ALL OF THEM ARE NECESSARY. First things first, the r_mode "-1" is what enables a non-standard resolution.... the custom height and width are pretty obvious, change them to your prefered ws resolution. The final settings is for the aspect ratio of course. Putting in "0" gives a 4:3 ratio, "1" gives a 16:9 ratio, and "2" gives me the desired 16:10 ratio.



Quake 3 q3config.cfg
seta r_customwidth "1680"
seta r_customheight "1050"
seta r_customaspect "1"
seta r_mode "-1



If you read through my custom doom3 autoexec.cfg this is even easier. Just make sure that the r_mode is set to "-1" if not the other settings will not work. I think everything else is self explanitory.

 

[steviep]

www.widescreengamingforum.com

 

[Betauser]

thanks for the info and tips guys.. much appreciated!

 

[UnknownSouljer]

Pm replied, next time feel free to just post the question on the board though.

 

[Ocean]

someone should make a program that does all the individual hacking, i bet it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[UnknownSouljer]

someone should make a program that does all the individual hacking, i bet it would be greatly appreciated.

There actually is a java based one that I ran into online, but really it's not worth the time to code. Anyone can make an autoexec.cfg really quick, I made mine entirely by cutting and pasting directly from a webpage showing all the editable commands, and then simply changing them to suit my system.

Then I simply made a copy of the cfg file, and keep it with my patches so during the next format I'll be all set to go.