Why Can't I play FEAR in widescreen?

[SpeedZealot369]

I tried chaning the .ini file, but when I go into the game it just reverts to 640x480 automatically.

Anybody else have this problem/know how to fix it?

Thanks guys

 

[Cloud28]

Do you have to the latest game updates?

 

[duragezic]

IIRC you can use widescreen with the .ini but you just can't go back to the display/resolution screen. Because it replaces the resolution with 640x480 and you click ok/apply, then it reverts you. So stay out of there, check your monitor OSD to ensure its at the proper resolution ingame. You can go to the visual details screen though.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

it reverts even before I get to the main menu... and whats OSD? And could I don't have the update.. but those don't fix resolution problems do they?

 

[nullpointerus]

Make sure you can set your desktop to that resolution. Also double check that you've saved the .ini file with the correct settings.

1.0 should be able to run widescreen. I added a custom widescreen resolution on my 4:3 to test it out, and it worked perfectly.

 

[Navid]

Not every game runs widescreen automatically. Even some new games, like F.E.A.R., need some tweaking to enable it.

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1779

 

[Looney]

FEAR definitely runs in widescreen, at least it does for me.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Navid
Not every game runs widescreen automatically. Even some new games, like F.E.A.R., need some tweaking to enable it.

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1779

Tried that before I posted

 

[Navid]

What did you exactly do?
Your post says you changed .ini not .cfg. What exactly did you do?
What is the native resolution of your monitor?
Is your desktop set to that resolution?

 

[SpeedZealot369]

ok I found out that the game doesn't support resolutions that I can't set my desktop to. Can I make my desktop support more resolutions? I've got a 7600gt.

 

[Sonikku]

This is absurd. The 360 supports widescreen for every single game. There is no excuse for having to jump through hoops to get widescreen enabled on modern PC games.

 

[akugami]

FEAR's widescreen execution had me scratching my head as well. Totally bizarr.

 

[letdown427]

That's odd. My FEAR only offers 1280x 968 (Which I presume is widescreen of some thought?) and I had to edit the config file to get 1280x1024.

Go to Documents and settings > all users > documents > monolith productions > fear and then edit the settings .cfg to do whatever reolution you fancy.

In case you can't guess, "ScreenWidth" "xxxx" is the screen width and "ScreenHeight" "xxxx" is the screen height

 

[SpeedZealot369]

That's what I did, in the end what the problem appears to be is that the game doesn't support any resolution your desktop doesn't.

Question: Is there a way to enable your desktop to support more resolutions?

 

[1Dark1Sharigan1]

Originally posted by: letdown427
That's odd. My FEAR only offers 1280x 968 (Which I presume is widescreen of some thought?) and I had to edit the config file to get 1280x1024.

I think you mean 1280x960 which is standard 4:3 ratio. 1280x1024 is 5:4 ratio. F.E.A.R. only natively supports 4:3 ratio which is why 1280x1024 and widescreen is not supported. It left me wondering too as since it is possible to enable in the .ini there's no real reason why they should have left it out or patched it so it can be enabled in-game.

 

[jaythespacehound]

You can usually get it to display all the modes by
right clicking on the desktop,
properties,
Setings tab,
Advanced,
Monitor tab,
and unticking the box labeled "Hide display modes this monitor can not display"

Note this can screw up your ability to see the screen, just remember if you do, do not hit any buttons, just wait 30 secs and it will reset to your previous resolution.
G'luck
Jay

 

[nitromullet]

Can you be a bit more specific on what you are trying to do...? Like what resolutions on what type/size monitor... Is it possible that you are trying to play FEAR at a resolution that your monitor simply won't support?

 

[SpeedZealot369]

I'm using a fw900, tried every 16x10 rez, the problem apparatnly is that the game won't support anything my desktop won't..

 

[nullpointerus]

You can go into the ATI or nVidia driver control panel and add a custom resolution for your monitor. After that, just re-edit your F.E.A.R settings.cfg file to use your resolution. (You have to re-edit it because the game has likely changed it back to 640x480 when it failed to load at your widescreen resolution earlier.)

 

[Sonikku]

I have a FW900 as well, but I can't get 1280x800 to work for the life of me through CCC. (Why the hell do all widescreen monitors have to be 16x10?) I was only ever to get that resolution through power strip. It's not an option with force resolutions in CCC.

 

[duragezic]

Adding custom resolutions is easy. As you found out, the WS resolution you attempt to use in games needs to be a resolution that you can set your desktop to.

If you have a Nvidia card, just go to the settings for the card (either through Display-> Advanced->Your Card Model, or if its enabled just right-click the desktop and click your monitor name or whatever.

If you have an ATI, unless things have changed since I upgraded my 9800 Pro, you'll need a 3rd party program to add custom resolutions. Powerstrip is one of them. Just load it up and look for custom resolutions, and add the resolution.

Make sure its a valid 4:3, 16:10, etc resolution. Some games only have support for 16:9 resolutions for whatever reason (there's pretty much no PC monitors that are 16:9, and a very small % of people use a LCD TV as a computer display) but I'll take a slightly stretched 16:9 vs. no WS or a stretched 4:3. If you have an LCD keep it safe and set it to 60 Hz refresh rate.

 

[nullpointerus]

My bad, I thought ATI CCC would allow you to add custom resolutions.