Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hi Guy's ...
I have been able to configure the game for the Matrox Parhelia and three screens wide ... I'm sure if you follow the basics you could well get this demo to work in widescreen too....

Here is what I did for Surround gaming ...
Run the game once ...

Find the newconfig.cfg file ... mine was in ... C:Documents and SettingsPaddywakMy DocumentsEA GamesMedal of Honor Pacific Assault(tm) Demo

Edit the resolution lines to read 1920x480 ..... I can't get it to work any higher on the Parhelia ... may be you can.
For widescreen just input the resolutions to suit your widescreen.
At the bottom of the cfg file add the lines ...

seta ui_console "1"
seta developer "1"

Save
Run the game ... bring down the console `
type ...
fov 134
for the 3 screens wide Parhelia or a FOV to suit your widescreen view.

Thats it.... the HUD is all ok.... 8)

When you get "Shell Shock" ... which is only really when you get a grenade that goes off near to you ... it resets the FOV to default and the fov will need to be re-entered at the console.

:shock: 534MB :shock: Demo here ... http://www.3dgamers.com/games/medalofhonor2/

Here is some screens ... :D

coolness 8)

how about some photos of your setup running the game, too?

To be honest ... it's a right pain in the butt to get the digital camera out and take some more shots upload etc ... so here's some shots of my rig ... please could you try to imagine MOH-PA across the screens .... :lol:

NFS-Underground


Celestia ... I use this 3D space simulator as a screensaver ... it animates ... flying from planet to planet occasionally orbiting them for a while.


My desktop with animated Matrix code running transparently over a still from Celestia

*drools at that widescreen setup...*

:D

@ paddy : what is your graphic card ??? :shock: :shock:

edit : didn't seen the matrox :D

is it playable ??

I am so in awe

I don't want to think how much that little setup cost... :D

Hi guys ...
Glad you like the setup ... My machine is a P4 ... 1GB Ram and a Matrox Parhelia 128 - 8x AGP ... 3 x 19 TFT's
Most games that run in Surround can be played just fine ...
If you are a frames per second freak you may disagree.
The thing is it is so immersive compared to one screen ... once you have tried it ... you are then prepared to sacrifice some FPS or lower the resolution. Its like having your own :shock: IMAX :shock: theatre .... :lol:

Most games play best at 2400x600 .... quite a few play well at 3072x768 ... some play great at 3840x1024 ... but a few you have to go down to 1920x480
The Parhelia has great FAA-16x which really helps if you have to drop the resolution down.
As you know (not all) but many games need some sort of file editing or hack to get them going in wider resolutions ... and sometimes the HUD gets stretched ... but ... Hey Ho ... sometimes you can't have everything ... :)

Here's the down side ... :cry:
Although Matrox have put out some beta DX9 drivers they say that they are FINAL and are not going to develop FULL DX9 drivers for the Parhelia ... :? ... and so many future games will not work at all on the Parhelia... :cry: ... A real shame ... and so although I will be keeping this setup because games in Surround are awesome... I am currently looking into the best setup for Widescreen gaming for those games I can't get working with the Parhelia.
I hope Nvidia or ATI come up with a card that is capable of 3 screen gaming ... once you have been immersed in three screens you want it for every game .... :roll:

A list of games that I have tried in Surround and most I found very playable.

Aliens vs. Predator 2 ... 1920x480 only
Aliens vs. PredatorT 2: Primal Hunt ... 1920x480 only
BANDITS - Phoenix Rising ... 3840x1024
Ballistics ... 3840x1024
Beambreakers ... 3072x768 ... looks great but I can't win the first race ! ... :( :oops: :(
Bloodrayne ... 3072x768
Call Of Duty ... 1920x480
Chaser ... 3072x768
Colin McRae Rally 4 ... 3072x768
Corvette ... 3840x1024
Dead Man’s Hand ... 3072x768
Deadly Dozen: Pacific Theater ... 1920x480 only .... but awesome !
Desert Thunder ... 3072x768
Deus Ex ... 1920x480 only
Doom 3 ... 2400x600 ... a bit stretched ... needs height FOV adjustment
Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project I can't remember but I think 2400x600...
Enclave ... 3840x1024 ... awesome ! ... :shock:
Firestarter ... 2400x600
FarCry ... 2400x600 ... a little slow may need to run at 1920x480.
Freedom Fighters ... 2400x600
Gangland ... 3840x1024
Gore: Ultimate Soldier ... 2400x600
Gorky Zero ... 3072x768
Grand Prix 4 ... 2400x600
Grand Prix Legends ... 1920x480 only
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City ... 3840x1024 ... awesome ! ... :shock:
Grand Theft Auto III ... 2400x600 ... a little slow may need to run at 1920x480.
GTR demo ... 3072x768
Hitman: Contracts ... 3072x768
Hover Ace ... 3840x1024 ... great !
Hot Wheels ... 1920x480
IGI 2: Covert Strike ... 2400x600
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles ... 3072x768
Imperium Galactica III ... 2400x600 ... I have only tried the demo
Jedi Academy ... 3072x768
Knights Of The Temple ... 3072x768
KUMAWAR ... 3072x768
Lego Drome Racers ... 3840x1024
Line of Sight: Vietnam ... 3072x768
Mafia ... 3072x768
Manhunt ... 3072x768
Medal Of Honor ... 3072x768 ... all of em.
Medal Of Honor: Breakthrough
Medal Of Honor: Spearhead
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 ... 2400x600
Midnight Club II ... 3072x768
Mobile Forces ... 3072x768
Motocross Madness 2 ... 3072x768
Moto GPTM 2 ... 3072x768
NASCAR Racing 2002 Season ... 2400x600
NASCAR Racing 2003 Season ... 2400x600
Need For Speed: Underground ... 3072x768
Neverwinter Nights ... 2400x600
Nitro Family ... 2400x600
Painkiller ... 3072x768
Postal 2 ... 3840x1024
Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time ... 2400x600
Pro Race Driver ... 3072x768
Quake 3 Arena ... 3072x768
Quake 3 Team Arena ... 3072x768
Rainbow Six: Raven Shield ... 3072x768
Return to Castle Wolfenstein ... 3072x768
Saturday Night Speedway ... 3072x768
Serious Sam: Second Encounter ... 3072x768
Soldner: Secret Wars ... 2400x600
Spider-Man 2 2400x600 ... a really disappointing game
Splinter Cell ... 2400x600
Silent Hill 3 ... 1920x480 ... to get playable FPS
Star TrekTM Voyager: Elite Force ... 3072x768
Star Wars® Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast ... 3072x768
Tactical Ops: Assault On Terror ... 3072x768
Terminator 3: War Of The Machines ... 3072x768
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind ... 2400x600 ... all of em
The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal
The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon
Tomb Raider - The Angel of Darkness ... 2400x600 ... a really disappointing game
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon ... 3072x768 ... all of em ... and they are Awesome ! ... :shock: 8) :shock:
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Desert Siege
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Island Thunder
Trackmania ... 3072x768
Unreal II: The Awakening ... 3072x768
Unreal Tournament 2003 ... 3072x768
Unreal Tournament 2004 ... 3072x768 one of the best ... :shock: 8) :shock:
Unreal Tournament ... 3072x768
Vietcong ... 2400x600
World Racing ... 3072x768 ... one of the best ... looks spectacular... :shock: 8) :shock:
X2: The Threat ... 2400x600 ... looks great ... :shock:
Yager ... 3072x768 .... Truly Awesome ! ... :shock: ... take a look at these screens ...








And lots of other shots of Surround games here ...
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/twobadgers/


I am a lucky boy .... :lol:

On the Yager front... while it's graphically quite impressive, I could never really get into the game.

Guess I was expecting something along the lines of FreeSpace 2... ;)

I loved it ... but each to their own ... :D
My nephew plays it against me over my LAN and we really have great fun.

Never tried FreeSpace 2 ... but may be I ought to !