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Unimatrix08's avatar
Unimatrix08
Rising Traveler
4 years ago

Re: Resolution resets on launch Battlefield 2042

@Gulpee_Rex  @EA_Leeuw 


I had the same problem with the game starting up in the lowest resolution.

I went into the PROFSAVE_profile and edited the resolution to my specifications.

Go to the folder on your computer:
> Documents > Battlefield 2042 > settings > PROFSAVE_profile

Open it with notepad and search for these below in the config file

GstRender.ResolutionHeight
GstRender.ResolutionWidth

Both of those were set at -1 as values in my config file.
I changed the values on both to my resolution values (2560x1440)

GstRender.ResolutionHeight 1440
GstRender.ResolutionWidth 2560

Saved the config file and fired up the game.

Everytime (tried it at least 4-5 times) I started up the game it was at the resolution I edited them too.

If you are worried that your synced settings will overwrite those in your settings folder. Turn off your cloud saves.


Hope this works for you guys.

23 Replies

  • Unimatrix08's avatar
    Unimatrix08
    Rising Traveler
    4 years ago

    Today I had the problem again after starting up BF2042.

    Appareantly after a few days it reset the width and height back to -1 in the PROFSAVE_profile config.

    So it didn't help by manually editing it.

    Checking and editing the config before you start the game is the only solution for me atm.

    Why does it keep changing these settings to -1 ??



  • Unimatrix08's avatar
    Unimatrix08
    Rising Traveler
    4 years ago

    Hi @EA_Leeuw 

    Yes, it's only the resolution that keeps changing.
    So far everything else is still the same.

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago

    Hey @Unimatrix08 @Gulpee_Rex @Gincules @RaijinFenrir8080 thanks for getting back to me. 

    QQ; are you all maybe using some kind of in-game overlay? So either Origin, Steam, Epic, Discord or Nvidia Overlay etc.? And when you try to disable this, does it happen as well?
    Another thing I would like to know is if it's only the resolution that resets itself, or also the in-game refresh rate (monitor Hz etc.).

  • Unimatrix08's avatar
    Unimatrix08
    Rising Traveler
    4 years ago

    @EA_Leeuw 

    Origin overlay and Nvidia overlay are both disabled.

    So won't be any of those.

    The in-game refresh rate also reset itself to the lowest setting.

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago
    @Unimatrix08, thanks for the info! I will pass it on to the team. I am afraid that there doesn't seem to be a workaround at the moment that fixes this pretty odd issue, but playing in Borderless mode doesn't seem to cause these issues. Maybe that is something you can try for now?
  • Gulpee_Rex's avatar
    Gulpee_Rex
    Rising Scout
    4 years ago
    @EA_Leeuw Same what Unimatrix08 said on Wednesday, except in-game refresh rate for me. I played on 60Hz in fullscreen mode (60 = lowest?) and it's still 60Hz in Borderless.

    I'm playing with Borderless mode for now, still no problems so far 🙂

    Thnx for helping and... alvast fijne feestdagen! :P
  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago
    Hey @Gulpee_Rex,

    Great! Yeah if you switch to fullscreen mode > apply the Hz etc. and then switch to Borderless, the Hz doesn't get affected it seems. Sweet. 🙂

    Happy Holidays! 😉
  • BOOMBABY-jd's avatar
    BOOMBABY-jd
    New Traveler
    4 years ago

    @EA_LeeuwIts the steam overlay that most likely change those settings.
    If i start recording with shadowplay and activate the overlay i can record with my ingame resolution.
    But once i activate steam overlay and then back to the game and try to record using shadowplay again.
    i can see the video is on 480p instead of the 4K resolution i have activated.
    So the culprit is most likely the steam overlay.
    i dont have origin overlay or discord overlay activated only nvidia which doesnt cause any issue and steam.
    Since nvidia doesnt cause this issue while recording its most likely the steam overlay.

    update

    after playing couple of rounds and restarting the game couple of times i havent experienced any resolution reset.

    i advise anyone to turn off any overlay wether its steam origin or discord.

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago
    @BOOMBABY-jd, that's an excellent update! Thanks a lot! I'll mark your post as a solution to the topic in the hopes that it helps others as well. 🙂

    Happy Holidays!
  • Kyosji's avatar
    Kyosji
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    Why is this still an issue?  I have to change my resolution every time I launch the game.  It's annoying, and considering how long the game has been out and how many people complain about this, it should be a basic fix done a month ago.

  • swyck's avatar
    swyck
    Rising Novice
    4 years ago
    @Kyosji Same with me. Not using any overlays, but every time I start the game I have to reset the resolution. It is totally unplayable at the res it starts with, so I have to reset it.
  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
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    4 years ago
    Hey @swyck,

    On which platform are you playing? Is that PC Origin/EA App or Steam?
  • Unimatrix08's avatar
    Unimatrix08
    Rising Traveler
    4 years ago
    Been playing for a month in borderless mode now and it doesn't reset my resolution anymore when I start up BF2042.

    So far this fix has worked for me.
  • ATFGunr's avatar
    ATFGunr
    Legend
    4 years ago
    @Unimatrix08 PC user here, been a while since I had to manually save a profile. Can you help a brother out and remind me how to do that? I’ve saved it but it keeps saving it as a txt file. I can’t figure out what to Google to get me where I’m going. It’s noobish but I’d rather admit and get the answer 😉
  • Unimatrix08's avatar
    Unimatrix08
    Rising Traveler
    4 years ago
     

    @ATFGunr 

    Problem is that it will keep on resetting even if you keep editing the resolution in the PROFSAVE_profile file.

    What you can do is play in Borderless mode.

    Since playing Borderless mode it hasn't changed anymore for me.

    Start up the game and go to options and your video settings

    - First set to full screen mode

    - then change your resolution and mhz to your desired specifications

    - then change the screen mode back to borderless

    - it will now stay in that resolution that you've set it too everytime you start up BF2042

    It won't reset to the lowest settings anymore.

    This fix helped me to avoid editing the resolution in the file everytime before starting up BF2042.

    On your question how to save your profile after opening and editing it with Notepad.
    Just save it as a .txt.

    Then delete the .txt name extension and it will revert back to a FILE type instead of a TXT type.

    If you can't see the name extension in your settings folder

    Go to the VIEW tab  and somewhere on the right side of the ribbon you should see a empty box with "File name extensions" next to it.

    Tag it and now you should be able to see all name extensions.

    Hope this helps.

  • Rokebo73's avatar
    Rokebo73
    Seasoned Ace
    4 years ago

    Set the CFG as a READ ONLY file, maybe this will help.
    Or change the BF2042 folder to READ ONLY and the files in it also 😉

  • Unimatrix08's avatar
    Unimatrix08
    Rising Traveler
    4 years ago
     

    @BroHood-KeBaB

    I'm not sure if you can put the resolution commands in your auto_exec.
    I haven't tried it yet.

    Maybe with the user.cfg it might work.

    What you can try is this:
    Make a New Text Document.txt in your Battlefield 2042 gamefolder.

    Rename it to user.cfg (the extension needs to be cfg instead of txt)

    Open it with notepad.

    Add these two commands: (edit to your preferred resolution of course)

    GstRender.ResolutionHeight 1440
    GstRender.ResolutionWidth 2560

    Close the file and click on save.

    You can also add other commands like:

    perfoverlay.drawfps 1
    perfoverlay.fpsdisplayscale 1

    Every time you start the game, you'll see the FPS on your screen.

    Try it out and let us know if the resolution settings in the user.cfg work.

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