Summary of all steps to run stable on Win10 + High Res + Custom FPS

As I had to invest quite some time searching various topics and guides to get all the informations together to get the Steam version running till the end, I am now creating a summary of all steps that seems to be required to get it run on modern windows machines in case you don't want to download additonal files to convert the game:

First go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Return to Castle Wolfenstein\Main and open wolfconfig.cfg to change following values for a full HD display:

seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_customwidth "(1920)"
seta r_customheight "(1080)"
seta r_customaspect "2"

If you got multiple displays and the game screen is cut off, use this instead:

seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_customwidth "1280"
seta r_customheight "720"
seta r_customaspect "2"

You might also want to right click on the game in steam, go to properties and add the command line " +set sv_cheats 1" without the asteriks. In the game you can open up the console with ^ and use /seta com_maxfps XXX with XXX standing of your max refresh rate of your monitor to get the most fps out of it while setting the same fps as a limit in your graphic card setting.

If you encounter a crash after loading a new level, try to run it with ALT+Enter in windowed mode just for the level load. If that does not help, back up your custom made wolfconfig.cfg, let Steam verify your installation files to get the standard wolfconfig.cfg file again, run it in windowed mode, let it load the new level, make a save file, exit the game and then copy your previous custom wolfconfig.cfg file into the main folder overwriting it again. At next start loading your savestate the level will be loaded. Tedious I know, but its a workaround on modern machines.

Stable on Win10 + High Res + Custom FPS

As I had to invest quite some time searching various topics and guides to get all the informations together to get the Steam version running till the end, I am now creating a summary of all steps that seems to be required to get it run on modern windows machines in case you don't want to download additonal files to convert the game:

First go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Return to Castle Wolfenstein\Main and open wolfconfig.cfg to change following values for a full HD display:

seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_customwidth "(1920)"
seta r_customheight "(1080)"
seta r_customaspect "2"

If you got multiple displays and the game screen is cut off, use this instead:

seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_fullscreen "1"
seta r_customwidth "1280"
seta r_customheight "720"
seta r_customaspect "2"

You might also want to right click on the game in steam, go to properties and add the command line " +set sv_cheats 1" without the asteriks. In the game you can open up the console with ^ and use /seta com_maxfps XXX with XXX standing of your max refresh rate of your monitor to get the most fps out of it while setting the same fps as a limit in your graphic card setting.

If you encounter a crash after loading a new level, try to run it with ALT+Enter in windowed mode just for the level load. If that does not help, back up your custom made wolfconfig.cfg, let Steam verify your installation files to get the standard wolfconfig.cfg file again, run it in windowed mode, let it load the new level, make a save file, exit the game and then copy your previous custom wolfconfig.cfg file into the main folder overwriting it again. At next start loading your savestate the level will be loaded. Tedious I know, but its a workaround on modern machines.