[Question] Changing Font Size

[maxhax1337]

Hi everyone out there

do you know a way how to change the font size in bf2?
im play with 1920*1200 but with this resolution the font is way to big (for me)

if you know how to do i'll +rep you :-P

to show you what i mean:

[Blubsi]

you just could inject a hook which has an own font,so the games font will change to ur font,as much as i know bf2 is d3d9,you could look up the d3d programming section for any further...
...Black

[Gellin]

Originally Posted by Blubsi

you just could inject a hook which has an own font,so the games font will change to ur font,as much as i know bf2 is d3d9,you could look up the d3d programming section for any further...
...Black

terrible idea tbh, way to much work.

[ultimate-tester]

Im not sure if PB is scanning the menu_client.zip. Just go ahead and try it. There are all fonts inside .. Just some copying and replacing.. Hope it works !

Battlefield 2 folder/mods/bf2/menu_client.zip

[maxhax1337]

Originally Posted by ultimate-tester

Im not sure if PB is scanning the menu_client.zip. Just go ahead and try it. There are all fonts inside .. Just some copying and replacing.. Hope it works !

Battlefield 2 folder/mods/bf2/menu_client.zip

are you sure its menu_client and not fonts_client?

[Blubsi]

Originally Posted by Gellin

terrible idea tbh, way to much work.

wut?to much work to create or just get any d3d9 base and create a font in it.k. xD

[ultimate-tester]

Blubsi.. That indeed is way too much work. You will need to hook endscene UD, and then read from game what text it needs to print...

are you sure its menu_client and not fonts_client?

Yeah sorry.. Was in Austria when I wrote it

[maxhax1337]

Originally Posted by ultimate-tester

Yeah sorry.. Was in Austria when I wrote it

ot: i live in austria so thats no reason to make mistakes

btt:

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anyone knows what value to change?^^

[ultimate-tester]

Nono.. Where did u get that log?

There are FONT FILES.. DDS files if Im not mistaking.. Are there ANY fonts that show up as the size U want? Like menu font, or HUD font or anything? Then U just take your DDS file of that specific font, and replace it with the "too big" font.

[maxhax1337]

Originally Posted by ultimate-tester

Nono.. Where did u get that log?

There are FONT FILES.. DDS files if Im not mistaking.. Are there ANY fonts that show up as the size U want? Like menu font, or HUD font or anything? Then U just take your DDS file of that specific font, and replace it with the "too big" font.

there are maaaaannnyyyy .dds files and in the subfolder of my ingame language, there are even more

do you know what file i'd have to change?

[Burnout13]

I have the solution for you (i think)

Rightclick your BF2 shortcut and add this after the line in the Target field

Add this after your BF2 shortcut
+menu 1.15 +widescreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200

Then your shortcut should look something like this

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1.15 +widescreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200

Regards
-Burnout

[ultimate-tester]

What does the +menu thing do? I thought it was a bool!

+menu Description: Unknown at the moment. This is used by Battlefield 2's default shortcut as +menu 1.
Usage: +menu <bool>

[maxhax1337]

Originally Posted by Burnout13

I have the solution for you (i think)

Rightclick your BF2 shortcut and add this after the line in the Target field

Add this after your BF2 shortcut
+menu 1.15 +widescreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200

Then your shortcut should look something like this

"C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1.15 +widescreen 1 +szx 1920 +szy 1200

Regards
-Burnout

this just changes the resolution to 1920*1200

[ultimate-tester]

Please read before posting! The szx and szy parameters change the resolution.
The widescreen parameter makes the FOV correct (otherwise it's stretched out) but wtf does that menu and why is it 1.15? It's a BOOL! It can only be 1 or 0.

Also please answer if that's a/the solution for you, so I can stop looking what font to replace!

[Burnout13]

Originally Posted by ultimate-tester

Please read before posting! The szx and szy parameters change the resolution.
The widescreen parameter makes the FOV correct (otherwise it's stretched out) but wtf does that menu and why is it 1.15? It's a BOOL! It can only be 1 or 0.

Also please answer if that's a/the solution for you, so I can stop looking what font to replace!

Hello sir!

I did read the thread before posting.

But by looking at the screenshot he posted i thought it looked like he was playing the game in like 800*600 sorry.

Regards
-Burnout

[ultimate-tester]

I didn't tell it to you, but to the guy who replied above me.
Anyways..

WORKAROUND:
It's actually very easy to change the font to a smaller one!
I tested this very quickly. Not on Punkbuster servers, but it should be fine. You only get corrupted file/memory IF punkbuster scans the zip which I don't think.

Here's how to get the smaller font (almost everything becomes smaller)

Download this package: UC-Downloads - Multiplayer Game Hacking and Cheat Downloads - BF2 Small Fonts
Extract them to a temp directory (folder)

Goto C:\Program Files\EA Games\Battlefield 2\mods\bf2\Fonts_client.zip and make a backup which is OUTSIDE the bf2 folder (VERY IMPORTANT!)

Open up the zip once you made a backup (the one still in the bf2 folder) you have to copy the files from my package to a few folders:

Fonts_clients.zip/
Fonts_clients.zip/800
Fonts_clients.zip/<your localization> (in my case it was "Dutch")
Fonts_clients.zip/English
Fonts_clients.zip/<your localization>/800 (in my case it was "Dutch")
Fonts_clients.zip/English/800

Just move all files from my package inside these directories and overwrite if it asks for. That should be it! Now I deserve that +REP from you?

PS: You need to copy the files INSIDE the "New Fonts" folder of my package, not the folder itself!!

[maxhax1337]

you are my hero....

OFC +rep