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Those who despaired because of the poor field of view can now relax a bit

Without camera mod:


With camera mod:


This should make the game more playable.

Simply install this mod: http://www.curse-gaming.com/en/wow/addons-2478-1-improvedcamera.html

Then open the settings menu and choose the Interface customization options.
Go to extended options and set the maximum viewing distance to the max (see picture).


Sadly it still doesn't give you the full zoom capabilities of the 4:3 standard resolution but it's better than nothing.

And no, I didn't make that mod this time.

Enjoy!

--- Edit from 10.14.06 ---
Kinda obsolete now but see http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/node/6657#comment-140304 for another workaround.

The camera mod shows as "out of date", still I have loaded it. But changing the "Max camera distance" (I think this is it) does not change the FOV in my game. Maybe it hasn't loaded correctly?

the mod simply lets you zoom out farther than usual, provided the enviroment lets you.

Since the latest patch efficiently eliminated the mod we need a a small workaround:

Open the file %path%World of WarcraftWTFConfig.wtf

Find the line
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "2"
an change it to
SET cameraDistanceMaxFactor "5".

Now you got your maximum possible zoom back.

Many thanks Arotto, that worked. It's not the perfect solution as you say but it's nice to have the option to zoom out some more.

the mod simply lets you zoom out farther than usual, provided the enviroment lets you.

So all it does is the same as the menu option called "max camera distance"?

My problem with WoW is that the widescreen modes cut parts of the picture vertically, in stead of expanding horizontally. This can not be fixed by zooming out, as you will see less at the top and bottom anyway (less ground/sky).

So what we need is a fix that makes the widescreen modes show more horizontally when using a widescreen resolution compared to 4:3.

I'm asking again, because I would really like to know this.

Is there no fix for the real problem, which is that Blizzard cuts the image vertically, instead of expaning horizontally when using widescreen?

Zooming out is not a solution, as even if you zoom all the way out, you will still have less vertical image information than in 4:3. And your character will become very small too...

If this can't be fixed by a mod, someone should put pressure on Blizzard.

There is no fix. I got used to it somehow, but it's really annoying and sometimes can cause your death or your group's wipe specially in caverns, dungeons, towers...

Another reason zooming out is not the solution, is that the camera will not zoom out if there is a wall, tree, house, whatever. So indoors, you can't zoom out, and outdoors, a sinlge branch of a tree can make you zoom in and out like crazy and it's annoying.

Seriously now after I've been playing loooots of WoW in Widescreen I really dont understand what you are annoyed with. I didn't notice anything annoying at all when I started playing WoW with my new screen, only the beautiful and sharp colors with my lubly 205BW :D .

No problems in instances either! The FOV is perfect without changing anything, and to zoom out like you do is just scary, you want to see your char close. :s

This problem that they are talking about is not so bad when using a widescreen ... it is far more exaggerated when using three screens ... which is what they are talking about "Surround Gaming " ... :wink:

Seriously now after I've been playing loooots of WoW in Widescreen I really dont understand what you are annoyed with. I didn't notice anything annoying at all when I started playing WoW with my new screen, only the beautiful and sharp colors with my lubly 205BW :D .

No problems in instances either! The FOV is perfect without changing anything, and to zoom out like you do is just scary, you want to see your char close. :s

I'm sure you mean it well, but you are not helping at all by just shrugging of the very real problem here.

I don't like repeating myself, but there are undebatable facts here, and those are that indeed the image is cut off vertically, the more the wider resolutions you use, and that there is no solution for the cutaway than to run a 4:3 resolution. If it doesn't bother you, I really don't care. We have proven in this thread that the problem is real and that many are indeed bothered by it.

Enjoy a REALLY far out zoom:

open the config.wtf file located in the WTF folder.

Find the entries for cameraDistance and replace them with


Now start the game, enter the options menu and edit the hotkeys.
Somewhere are the entries for recalling predefined camera settings.
Assign them the keys you can easily reach and try them out.