FOV and gaming?
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70-75 is fine for me, don't like it ott.
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It can be changed using a hex editor.
The retail version will alos allow you to change it via the options screen.
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This lol
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If the game has a slider in the options I always set it to highest.
Differs with different games if you have to alter the cfg, some games will look like a fishbowl with 100 whereas others it looks completely normal.
Differs with different games if you have to alter the cfg, some games will look like a fishbowl with 100 whereas others it looks completely normal.
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90 where possible. When i started playing Deus Ex HR I thought I was going to have a claustrophobia attack
BFBC2 is so much better at 90 too
BFBC2 is so much better at 90 too
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It's because your average console player is playing on a TV a good distance away, not hunched over a monitor like us lot
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No, it's best to change it to what suits you. High FOV at a distance will somewhat reduce the size of enemies on screen for example, making aiming harder while reducing your peripheral vision
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agreed claustrophobia here too,BF3 is doing my head in right now,feel sick playing.
I remember you mentioning this in the BF3 thread.
Give this a try and see if it helps.
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Me either.
+1, I don't normally mess around with FOV, but Borderlands needed it.
For those discussing FOV, it's important to realise there are two different FOV scales.
Some games measure FOV horizontally, where 90-110 seems about right, and others measure vertically, where 65-85 is probably more reasonable.
Here's a page where you can convert from hFOV to vFOC.
http://rjdown.co.uk/projects/bfbc2/fovcalculator.php
BC2 and presumably BF3 use vertical FOV.
Nothing to do with rendering.
I could've sworn i posted a fov fix for battlefield 3 and it was a reply to Frenchtart..
No matter, there's two threads going about the same thing
No matter, there's two threads going about the same thing
I highly doubt there is any significant difference fps-wise when FoV is reduced. There might be some if you use extreme values but there shouldn't be large if it's just a fix to adjust the view to your monitor and distance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blZUao2jTGA
This is a great video explaining why console games use fixed FoV of 55-60 and why PC gamers need higher FoV to avoid motion sickness and get the most out of their monitors.
There is no one fixed horizontal FoV value you should use, it entirely depends on how large your screen is, distance between you and the display, the aspect ratio and, in some circumstance, on the game. Of course adjusting FoV can have more benefits if you're a professional gamer but that's a matter of taste IMO.