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Share your settings tricks - aka the ultimate Nas setup :)

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So in completing my transition (to windows 10 silly) I remembered I had a bunch of custom DC settings, some from mali, some of my own, and I'm curious what other people use for custom settings. I'm especially wanting to resolve the wonkiness of Windows 10 DC, which sometimes seems to need me to alt+tab it into waking up, especially when I first spawn at the start of a new map. Also, the alt+tab behavior is nowhere near as smooth as it was on Windows 7, but I was afraid it might be way worse. Anyways, here's my setup:

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (will probably switch to 1440p when new monitor arrives in a few days)
Graphics settings: Low (I can run it high, but it seems a bit smoother and just simpler at low)

Field of View and FPS:
(done through editing C:\Program Files (x86)\EA Games\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Settings\VideoDefault.con in Notepad):
renderer.fieldOfView 1.50 -- I use mali's setting to go from a 1.0 frame of view to a 1.5. 1.0 feels claustrophobic now
renderer.lockFPS 80 -- Dunno if that is even perceptible since I have a 60 Hz monitor...? New one will be 75 maybe I'll get more out of that? When I had this unlocked my game seemed to move waaay too fast.

Increase in-game font size:
(replaced C:\Program Files (x86)\EA Games\Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Archives\Font.rfa)
Custom Font file to make text (player names, chat, and console text) legible at 1080p. Got it from this Russian DC forum: https://team-simple.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=881

Mouse sensitivity: 1600 dpi

Custom key binds:

--Infantry--
Inverted mouse
Q: Main weapon
F: weapon slot 5 I believe (the m203 launcher)
Alt: grenade/C4
Z: prone (or is that default?)
Mouse 3: pistol (might change this to knife, just bound this and almost never use it)
Mouse 4: bring up map (this is facking sweet, I just bound this one and I love it)
B: inside camera
T: chase front (look behind me)
C: toggle camera

I moved the keys for the rear camera and normal camera, because that way I can quickly look behind me and switch back without searching around on the keyboard. This applies for in vehicles and planes too, of course.

--In air--
Inverted mouse
Click scroll wheel: parachute
Spacebar: pull up (I got this from Simon on the -TmP- server. I fly with mouse and keyboard, and this makes it so I can just hold down on spacebar to pull some deep G's --- right before Tona turns me into debris. Hey, that rhymes.)

As far as extraneous programs, I used to use Borderless Gaming on Windows 7, and ran BF/DC in Windowed mode, and that helped me get both the game and the menu all at the right resolution and taking up my full screen. So far, I haven't had that need in Win10, although maybe if I try it it'll clear up the alt+tab wonkiness.

Besides my chair (Steelcase Gesture, used: https://www.steelcase.com/products/offi ... s/gesture/) I've been really enjoying my new 75% keyboard: Logitech MX Mini (https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products ... -mini.html). I'm super used to Logitech's scissor switches (100+ wpm as you may have noticed) and the last logitech keyboard was just always pushing my mouse too far to the right. This one has much better tactile feedback, is a great size, and is backlit too. If you get it, I'd recommend forgoing the bluetooth and buying their Bolt dongle, which is hard to find but uses a faster proprietary wireless tech. The whole point of upgrading to Windows 10 was literally so I could use this keyboard.

I like to move around and change positions a lot, something this new chair helps me with since it is highly adjustable in almost every way. To that end, I also use my monitor on a monitor arm, so I can adjust the height and handle of my monitor on the fly. If I sit in a more upright position, or sit cross legged, I move the monitor up. If I am reclining more, I move it down. Otherwise I find myself looking up and that really facks up my neck.

I used to always play with headphones, but now that I have my speakers and subwoofer setup in my man shed I've been using those a lot of the time.

Can't think of anything else. Oh! And I close PornHub before loading game, usually.
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Just found this site, wealth of settings info: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Battlefield_1942

Also, I seemed to have fixed the clunky Win10 alt+tabbing while in game by simply turning off compatibility mode. Now it's smooth as Win7.

Still unsure about in-game choppiness. Seems there's some Win10 network bloat that I can't seem to turn off in msconfig, or maybe the un-compatibilizing fixed it.
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Adding Jolly's tip here for stopping Win10 update pushes:

https://lifehacker.com/pause-windows-10 ... 1786614642
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Okay...after initially deciding to go back to my Windows 7 computer, I'm clearing up almost all the problems one by one:

1. On map change, screen goes black and I need to press escape twice or alt+tab twice to get it to come back.
Solution: Replace BF1942.exe with modded one. (I used Nuke's install, and apparently this isn't a problem with Team Simple install or CD-based installs)
Link: https://bfmods.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=47957

2. Alt tab behavior not as nice as in Windows:
Solution: Haven't got it quite fixed yet. But it's getting somewhat better...not sure what I did to improve this one. The above helps a bit, I think, because when I go back in-game it doesn't have to jump between resolutions.

3. Screen ghosting with new monitor - glowing edges around vehicles, or, alternatively, blur when moving fast
Solution: Set my monitor to the "fast" response time setting. Too slow response time results in screen blur, and using the monitor's fastest setting somehow results in weird glowing edges around certain things in game.

I'm also experimenting with an app called DxWnd that simulates an old direct x https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/ but I'm not sure if it's even catching BF and changing it or not...
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I will reply to this in depth sometime tomorrow most likely.

I recommend simples install, just because it has worked on XP, Vista, 7, and 10 for me. It’s reliable and free. 😄
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Yeah, at this point I don't think I'm having any problems due to the install. I mean of course I could install Simple's copy parralel and compare. I think it's just graphical wonkiness from different card + drivers, and also whatever the fuck is still running in the background on Windows 10 (that I haven't shut down manually) that ping spikes me.

Every time I think I've "got it" with Windows 10, I go and try on Windows 7 and the experience is just so much more buttery smooth. I'll keep fucking around with it, who knows.
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