[Wine] Battlefield 2 & Battlefield 2142 : startup resolution issue

[Bob Wya]

Hi

I am trying to get Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 to launch under Kubuntu 10.04 & Wine 1.3.6. I'm using an Nvidia 8800 GTX 768Mb GPU with Nvidia blob driver 260.19.12.

Anyway launching BF2142 (retail copy, patched to v1.5) gives me the following error (2x) in the console output streams:

Code:

...
err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 800x600x32 @85! (XRandR)
...



The game runs fine in a Virtual Desktop 800x600 (I only tried Singleplayer mode but all the rendering appeared glitch free).

I've tried manually adding entries to my xrandr output but they just end up being ignored:

Code:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 175, current 1600 x 1200, maximum 1600 x 1200
default connected 1600x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1600x1200      50.0* 
   800x600        51.0     91.0     92.0     93.0     94.0     95.0     96.0     97.0     98.0     99.0    100.0  
   1600x1024      52.0  
   1440x900       53.0  
   1400x1050      54.0     55.0     56.0  
   1360x768       57.0     58.0  
   1280x1024      59.0     60.0     61.0  
   1280x960       62.0     63.0  
   1152x864       64.0     65.0     66.0     67.0     68.0     69.0     70.0  
   1024x768       71.0     72.0     73.0     74.0     75.0     76.0  
   960x720        77.0     78.0  
   960x600        79.0  
   960x540        80.0  
   928x696        81.0     82.0  
   896x672        83.0     84.0  
   840x525        85.0     86.0     87.0     88.0     89.0  
   832x624        90.0  
   800x512       101.0  
   720x450       102.0  
   720x400       103.0  
   700x525       104.0    105.0    106.0    107.0  
   680x384       108.0    109.0  
   640x512       110.0    111.0    112.0  
   640x480       113.0    114.0    115.0    116.0    117.0    118.0    119.0    120.0  
   640x400       121.0  
   640x350       122.0  
   576x432       123.0    124.0    125.0    126.0    127.0    128.0    129.0  
   512x384       130.0    131.0    132.0    133.0    134.0  
   416x312       135.0  
   400x300       136.0    137.0    138.0    139.0    140.0  
   360x200       141.0  
   320x240       142.0    143.0    144.0    145.0  
   320x200       146.0  
   320x175       147.0  
   800x600_85.00   83.8  



Yes that's my new mode at the bottom!!

My xorg.conf:

Code:

# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings:  version 260.19.12  (buildd at fermium)  Sat Oct 16 01:06:10 UTC 2010

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 260.19.12  (buildmeister at builder101)  Fri Oct  8 11:47:04 PDT 2010

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    Option         "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Idek Iiyama AU5131"
    HorizSync       24.0 - 80.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 85.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName      "GeForce 8800 GTX"
EndSection

Section "Screen"

# Removed Option "metamodes" "1600x1200 +0+0"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1600x1200 +0+0; 800x600_85 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection



My TFT panel can support 800x600 @85Hz (native is 1600x1200). I tried setting the screen resolution to 800x600 @85Hz in the Nvidia control panel. However the game still crashes out with the previously mentioned error (xrandr).

I've tried all the fixes for Profile files listed on AppDB. However it appears the game forces a resolution change at launch time (even if all the intro movies are deleted) - that cannot be avoided.

This bug effects Battlefield 2142 (1.5) and Battlefield 2 (1.5). Both retail and Steam versions are affected.

Any thoughts?
Bob