Battlefield 2

What works

installation works perfectly

What does not

starting the game... screen just gets black for a short moment

Workarounds

What was not tested

the game itself

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

1. Ensure you are using a 32-bit Wineprefix on a 64-bit OS (see Wine FAQ if unsure how to do this).
2. Open a Terminal and launch the battlefield2demo.exe setup executable. e.g.

   wine ~/Downloads/battlefield2demo.exe

These notes were last updated: 04 September 2019

Follow these guidelines to avoid embarrassment when your Test Submission is immediately rejected!!

• Ensure the version of Wine you have installed is update-to-date and supported (hint: if it isn't - then it won't be in the drop-down list).
• Put your PC specifications in the Extra Comments section e.g. like your CPU and system memory.¹
• When adding test results please specify video card and driver version you are using.²
• It's also useful to mention what Desktop Environment you are using (e.g. KDE/Plasma, Gnome, Xfce, Budgie, Mate, Cinnamon, ...)
• Specify if you installed the Battlefield 2 into a fresh Wineprefix (or not), and what other programs and games you have installed (for existing Wineprefix's).
• Specify what version of the Windows compatibility you use for your Wineprefix (e.g. Windows XP, Windows 7). Specify if you override this for the Steam client executable.
• Specify whether you installed into a 32-bit or a 64-bit Wineprefix.
• Add detailed comments about what is not working for you.
• Please check known issues - like terrian texture settings - which may vary by graphics card vendor / driver version.
• Please indicate if you've applied additional patches to the version of Wine you are using.
• Please, don't submit test results like "Everything is working" or "Everything isn't working".

These guidelines ensure your submitted test results are actually relevant to other users of Wine and WineHQ.

¹ The console version of the lshw utility is your friend. This command will dump your System hardware specification in a clean format. Post command and output in the Extra Comments section:

sudo lshw -short | egrep -v '(volume|disk|bus)'

² glxinfo can be used to display your OpenGL and graphics driver versions. Post the command and output in the Extra Comments section:

glxinfo -B

cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/Program Files/EA GAMES/Battlefield 2 Demo/"
wine BF2.exe

err:x11settings:X11DRV_ChangeDisplaySettingsEx No matching mode found 800x600x32 @85! (XRandR 1.2)

1. Run winecfg utility for current Wineprefix.
2. Under Graphics tab enable Emulate a virtual desktop. Set the Desktop size to your desired resolution <x-resolution> x <y-resolution>

Also ensure that your Battlefield 2 Video.con profile file has the correct resolution set in it (command updates all profiles):

export resolution="<x-resolution>x<y-resolution>@<frequency>Hz"
find "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/users/${USER}/My Documents/Battlefield 2/Profiles" -type f -name "Video.con" -printf "'%p'\n" | xargs sed -i -e 's/setResolution [1-9][0-9]*x[1-9][0-9]*@[1-9][0-9]*Hz/setResolution '${resolution}'/g'

... replace <x-resolution> , <y-resolution> & <frequency> with your native screen resolution and frequency (respectively).

cd "${WINEPREFIX}/drive_c/Program Files/EA GAMES/Battlefield 2 Demo/"
wine BF2.exe +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx <x-resolution> +szy <y-resolution>

Note: for older AMD (<5xxx)/Nvidia GPU's (<8xxx) and Intel GPU's it is recommended to set:

• LIGHTING Low
• DYNAMIC SHADOWS Off
  
• DYNAMIC LIGHT Off
  

• Setting TERRAIN quality to Medium or High may lead to black hexagonal texture glitching in ground textures - this bug appears to mainly affect Nvidia GPUs.
  It has been reported that issue does not affect newer AMD radeon drivers. So setting the TERRAIN quality to High is worth testing on AMD cards.
• ANTI-ALIASING set to 2x ... 16x (on). Will simply be ignored in-game.

The currently supported maximum in-game Video Settings (without the Shader mesh fix - detailed on this page) are:

Last updated 26.11.2018 Wine-Staging 3.21, Nvidia Geforce GTX 970M, Nvidia Driver 396.54.09 (Gentoo GNU/Linux)

BF2 Commandline Options

Refer to Battlefield 2 Tweak Guide: Command Line Options for a comprehensive list of command line switches to use when launching the Battlefield 2 executable.

• For example you can also set you client to automatically login to Revive account:

  wine start 'BF2.exe' ... +playerName "name" +password "⚫⚫⚫⚫"

• Specify a custom resolution to launch the BF2 client with, e.g. for running the game on a full HD monitor:

  wine start 'BF2.exe' ... +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1080

• Specify a BF2 Mod to launch, with the BF2 client, e.g. for running the BF2 SPX Singleplayer Mod:

  wine start 'BF2.exe' ... +modPath mods/BF2_SPX +ignoreAsserts 1

How you append these options will depend on whether you are using the Steam Client or if you have used a retail (DVD) copy of Battlefield 2.