Return to Castle Wolfenstein

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1 Game Information
2 Widescreen Support
- 2.1 Method
- 2.2 Screen change
3 Surround Gaming support
- 3.1 Method
4 Known Issues
5 Condensed detailed report
6 WSGF links
7 External links

Game Information

By: Gray Matter Studios, Nerve Software Activision
Genre: Historical Fantasy FPS
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Players: 1-64
Version: Retail

Return To Castle Wolfenstein has you doing just that - returning to one of the grand-daddys of the FPS genre. This game features both a single player campaign, and a multiplayer option.

Widescreen Support

Method

Install Q3 based game.
Run once, and quit, to generate the .cfg file.
Navigate to 'GameDirectory\Base\' directory. (where GameDirectory is where you installed the game)
Right click the 'whatever.cfg' file. (for example: jk2config.cfg in JK2, q3config.cfg in Quake 3, myconfig.cfg in SOF2 etc...)
Select 'Open With' or 'Open' in the right click menu and then choose 'Wordpad' in the scroll list. Do NOT choose 'search on the net'. It's a waste of time.
You can either have the .cfg files associated with Wordpad or not from then on.
Use find (Ctrl-F) to find the string 'seta r_customwidth' and change the value in the quotes to read either 1680 or 1920, whichever res you have
The string 'seta r_customheight' should be below it, if it isn't, find it, ad change it to whatever value you want. E.g: 1050 or 1200.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Change the line 'seta r_mode' to '-1'. Otherwise it will ignore the settings and do its own thing.
Find the line 'seta cg_fov' and change the value to '115' or whatever you want. You can even set it to 360, but it looks like a fisheye lens. The exact Field of Vision is a matter of taste, so fiddle and find which setting you like the most!
Once these changes have been made, save them and start the game. Do NOT change the resolution in the settings panel, or you will have to edit the .cfg file again.

NB: Some games will not display the videos at the beginning when these settings are active. Do not fear, just hit a button. If it happens on loading screens, just watch the processor light to see progress.

Here is an example:

seta r_customheight "1050"
seta r_customwidth "1680"
seta r_mode "-1"
seta cg_fov "117"

In addition, there is some discussion about the solution, and an alternate console method here - http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15

Screen change

Hor +

File:(4:3 screenshot name)
4:3 Resolution

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16:10 Resolution

Surround Gaming support

Method

Surround is supported through the Matrox SGU

Known Issues

There are no known issues. But, as this is an incomplete entry, there may be undiscovered issues.

Condensed detailed report

MGL Classification	Hor +
Widescreen method	.ini
Resolution support	Unknown
Singleplayer anomalies	Unknown
Multiplayer support	Unknown
Aspect ratio support	Unknown
HUD stretch	Unknown
Cut-scenes	Unknown
FMV correction	Unknown
Rendered cut-scene correction	Unknown
Calculated grade	Ungraded