screen resolution issue

[Hemi Kidd]

I just installed Call of Duty via Steam...when I select play to launch (not multiplayer) my left screen changes its resolution from 1920 x 1080 to something smaller 1020? x ?? . I have dual identical monitors... When the game launches besides change the reolution on the left monitor, its also stretching the play screen over to my second monitor...it covers only about 1/4 of the right monitor, but the resolution on the right monitor is still 1920 x 1080 and the game looks great. On the left monitor the game looks poor. Any ideas how to correct this? thanks Don

[Ж | wildcard.NS]

Because the game launches fullscreen, windows is forced to match the in-game resolution to all displays. This is why your second monitor gets re-scaled. To fix this you need to set your in-game resolution to match your Windows resolution (which should also be set to your displays' native resolution).

It's also worth pointing out that your settings for Campaign and Multiplayer are stored in different files, so you need to set things for both of them.

To set a custom resolution you need to enter the following commands in sequence from console (~):
r_customheight "1080"
r_customwidth "1920"
r_mode "-1"
vid_restart

I also recommend grabbing Q3E minimizer for CoD1 and 2. It has a better method for handling resolution mismatches with modern Windows. (ignore what game this is listed for, CoD is also built on Quake 3 Engine):
https://www.gamefront.com/games/elite-force/file/q3e-minimizer-5

[zabealgorta]

I've also been struggling with resolution issues. I've just found an excellent way to fix things, just in case you're still looking for a proper solution, here it goes:

1. Find the config.cfg file within Steam\steamapps\common\Call of Duty\Main
2. Open it on notepad and make the following changes:

seta cg_fov "xxx" - Change xxx to 90 for 16:10 and 95 for 16:9 resolutions
seta r_customheight "xxx" - Change xxx to the desired resolution
seta r_customwidth "xxx" - Change xxx to the desired resolution
seta r_mode "xxx" - Change xxx to -1

If you want to make the same changes to the multiplayer mode, look for the config_mp.cfg file in the same directory and make the same changes.

This worked great for me, now playing at 2560x1440. I'd also suggest turning on all the driver features (on Nvidia, I forced FXAA, transparency AA, 16x Anisotropic filter, etc. and it looks a lot better).

[melonbeton]

seta cg_fov "xxx" - Change xxx to 90 for 16:10 and 95 for 16:9 resolutions


...nonexistent anymore.