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Gulpee_Rex
4 years ago
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Resolution resets on launch Battlefield 2042

Product: Battlefield 2042
Platform:PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
AMD or Nvidia Model Number RX 6900 XT
Enter RAM memory size in GB 32
Are you using any software with an overlay? No
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Multiplayer
Which part of the mode? Conquest
Please select your region Europe
On which server did this happen? /
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) /
Summarize your bug General problem, not in specific part of the game or mode. I play Battlefield 2042 on 3840x2160. I use ALT + TAB sometimes to check Discord etc. When I launch Battlefield 2042 the next time, the resolution has been reset sometimes to the lowest available resolution. I have to change this in the option menu to 3840x2160 again.
How often does the bug occur? Occasionally (10% - 49%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? 1. Play Battlefield 2042 on 3840x2160. 2. Try to ALT + TAB sometimes (I don't know if this triggers this bug). 3. Close Battlefield 2042. 4. Launch Battlefield 2042. 5. The resolution has been changed to the lowest available (sometimes).
What happens when the bug occurs? The resolution has been changed (by Battlefield 2042 itself) to the lowest available resolution.
What should be happening instead? No resolution reset, use the saved resolution (3840x2160 in my case)

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General problem, not in specific part of the game or mode.

I play Battlefield 2042 on 3840x2160. I use ALT + TAB sometimes to check Discord etc. When I launch Battlefield 2042 the next time, the resolution has been reset sometimes to the lowest available resolution. I have to change this in the option menu to 3840x2160 again.

Reproduce:

1. Play Battlefield 2042 on 3840x2160 (or on your monitor resolution).
2. Try to ALT + TAB sometimes (I don't know if this triggers this bug).
3. Close Battlefield 2042.
4. Launch Battlefield 2042.
5. The resolution has been changed to the lowest available (sometimes).

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  • BOOMBABY-jd's avatar
    BOOMBABY-jd
    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.

54 Replies

  • loveubf's avatar
    loveubf
    Seasoned Veteran
    4 years ago

    My game resolution set to 1080P(1920*1080)  fullscreen, but after restart game it changes to 1024*768 almost everytime. I had this same issue when playing beta.

  • HansWinkIe's avatar
    HansWinkIe
    4 years ago

    After starting the game my resolution dropped from 1920x1080 on 1280x1024. This happened twice now.

  • EA_Kent's avatar
    EA_Kent
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    4 years ago

    Hey @HansWinkIe, 


    It's definitely weird that it would change randomly like that. Do you have any overlays running or anything like that? If so, can you try disabling them to test and see if that helps? 

  • Hurrican3E's avatar
    Hurrican3E
    4 years ago

    I have the same problem. Refresh rate goes back to 60hz and resolution to 1024+768. Why?

  • EA_Leeuw's avatar
    EA_Leeuw
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    4 years ago

    Hey @RaijinFenrir8080 @Gulpee_Rex, cheers for the report!

    A few questions:

    • Do you make use of custom Windows (software) resolutions?
    • Are you playing the game on Fullscreen mode?
    • Do you have the same issue if you switch to Borderless or any other mode?
    • When alt-tabbing, do you do this mid-match or in the main menu of the game?
    • When doing it mid-match or in the main menu, does it behave the same?
  • Gulpee_Rex's avatar
    Gulpee_Rex
    4 years ago
    @EA_Leeuw
    - I don't use custom Windows (software) resolutions.
    - I play on full screen mode.
    - Haven't tried it, I will do this in the coming days.
    - I ALT TAB in the main menu and mid-match.
    - It feels like it's at random. But I'm going to check this in the coming days.
  • Unimatrix08's avatar
    Unimatrix08
    Rising Traveler
    4 years ago

    @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.

  • Gincules's avatar
    Gincules
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 years ago

    Same issue on Windows 11 PRO (NVIDIA RTX 2080) - Launching over Steam-Icon on the right Taskbar. Game often starts on 1024x768 (60Hz Fullscreen) instead of 1920x1080 (120Hz Fullscreen). At least no other graphic settings were resettet.

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