Darkest of Days Demo FOV is pants

Destroy · Post by **Destroy** » 12 Aug 2009, 02:43

Typical zoomed in console FOV look to this game, like set to 60 or so.

Looked through the cfg files saw nothing that suggests its changeable.

Anyone have a solution to adjust or set the FOV?

Post by **Abram** » 12 Aug 2009, 02:56

Se, i don;t get hwo "Pants" can be a bad thing. WHat's the genesis of that term? I LOVE pants. They're fantastic.

Oh and i've no suggestions for your issue.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 12 Aug 2009, 10:31

Perhaps pants are lesser forms of clothing than shirts... they're lower... uhhh... yeah, I got nothing either.

And yeah, the FOV is a bit close, but the majority seem to prefer it that way for whatever reason. I would rather it be different, but I don't find it so horrible as some people do.

Destroy · Post by **Destroy** » 12 Aug 2009, 14:36

r.

And yeah, the FOV is a bit close, but the majority seem to prefer it that way for whatever reason. I would rather it be different, but I don't find it so horrible as some people do.

I don't believe that most prefer this zoomed in FOV, it's just that they aren't bothered by it or know any different or better.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 12 Aug 2009, 17:24

[quote]r.

And yeah, the FOV is a bit close, but the majority seem to prefer it that way for whatever reason. I would rather it be different, but I don't find it so horrible as some people do.

I don't believe that most prefer this zoomed in FOV, it's just that they aren't bothered by it or know any different or better.

At some point you kind of have to recognize that there is a small sect of people who like a high FOV, but most don't care or like it smaller.

Destroy · Post by **Destroy** » 12 Aug 2009, 18:03

At some point you kind of have to recognize that there is a small sect of people who like a high FOV, but most don't care or like it smaller.

Please show me a study/poll or whatever it is where you got your info from that most people like a low FOV setting. I call BS.

If you put 2 computers next to each other with the same game, one running at 60 FOV and the other at say 90, I would bet most would pick 90.

Post by **MobsterOO7** » 12 Aug 2009, 18:16

I'm actually doing my capstone project on this. Comparing immersion and enjoyment between standard 5:4 to triplehead 15:4. We'll see what happens 'eh?

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 12 Aug 2009, 19:07

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At some point you kind of have to recognize that there is a small sect of people who like a high FOV, but most don't care or like it smaller.

Please show me a study/poll or whatever it is where you got your info from that most people like a low FOV setting. I call BS.

If you put 2 computers next to each other with the same game, one running at 60 FOV and the other at say 90, I would bet most would pick 90.

Well, if you can make broad claims by pulling facts from nowhere, why can't I?

Are there technical causes for low FOV? If not, why would they choose an unpopular FOV?

Destroy · Post by **Destroy** » 12 Aug 2009, 19:38

Well, if you can make broad claims by pulling facts from nowhere, why can't I?

Are there technical causes for low FOV? If not, why would they choose an unpopular FOV?

Working on some info now, however accurate it may be.

I think we should go to 40 for FOV. It has no real tech issues and should be most popular yet. ;)

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 13 Aug 2009, 12:05

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Well, if you can make broad claims by pulling facts from nowhere, why can't I?

Are there technical causes for low FOV? If not, why would they choose an unpopular FOV?

Working on some info now, however accurate it may be.

I think we should go to 40 for FOV. It has no real tech issues and should be most popular yet. ;)

I think it's fairly obvious that hardcore PC gamers like a larger FOV... at least the ones who would bother clicking into that thread.

My question is more about mainstream gamers... do they care? I have read impression threads on Darkest of Days since yesterday morning and only two or three people have mentioned the FOV, out of probably hundreds of posters.

I myself prefer a larger FOV, and hack it when the awesome WSGF supplies a method, but I don't let a low FOV ruin a game for me, and more importantly I think it's a small margin that care at all. I assume this based on the rarity of complaints about it on other forums, and also because if developers got a ton of mail and complaints about FOV, we would be seeing them increasing it.

basilis20 · Post by **basilis20** » 13 Aug 2009, 13:15

I don't care about the value of the FOV i.e 50,60,70,100...etc.I start caring when FOV interferes negatively to my experience.And i'm talking about motion sickness.I suffer with every game with a relatively low FOV.Halo 2,Turok,Stranglehold,Call of Juarez are some of them.As long as i can find a fix i'm ok.But if i can't find one then it's not possible,for me at least,to even play the game.So i care about the FOV only when it causes problems to me.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 13 Aug 2009, 21:39

I don't care about the value of the FOV i.e 50,60,70,100...etc.I start caring when FOV interferes negatively to my experience.And i'm talking about motion sickness.I suffer with every game with a relatively low FOV.Halo 2,Turok,Stranglehold,Call of Juarez are some of them.As long as i can find a fix i'm ok.But if i can't find one then it's not possible,for me at least,to even play the game.So i care about the FOV only when it causes problems to me.

That's unfortunate... The only game that has ever given me stomach problems was Marathon on Xbox Live Arcade (and it was a common complaint for that title). I don't know why that FPS bothered me and literally not a single other has, but it did.

PapaLes · Post by **PapaLes** » 13 Aug 2009, 23:42

I would still like to know what pants has to do with this.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 14 Aug 2009, 01:17

I would still like to know what pants has to do with this.

Pants have an FOV of like 45.

Post by **Abram** » 14 Aug 2009, 02:26

Okay, that makes sense.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 15 Aug 2009, 09:31

So I just played this myself and the FOV felt pretty good actually... am I insane?

It was nothing like Turok or pre-patch Bioshock.

Oh, and I thought the game was surprisingly great as well.

rockymaru · Post by **rockymaru** » 22 Aug 2009, 06:20

It's sh!t for me, too. Besides the poor graphics (looks like it's running on XBox 1), the garbage FOV is the first thing I noticed...much like another poorly "optimized" console-to-PC port: Call of Whorez: Bound in Mediocrity.

Also crashes at the end of the first level when the guy from the future gets shot in the head (but still manages to speak to you.....). Can't get back into the game ever since. Shame, from the trailer, this game seemed to have some great potential.....Oh yeah, a dev at 8monkey Lab confirmed that the final retail game will be SP only.

Post by **dopefish** » 01 Sep 2009, 01:23

Widescreen Fixer v1.50.0 Released.

* I have not had EB test this version. Use at your own risk.
* Added support for Darkest of Days Demo
* Readded UT3 1.1 to the menu; it was accidentally bumped off in the last release

http://imk.cx/pc/widescreenfixer/

Donations appreciated.

StingingVelvet · Post by **StingingVelvet** » 11 Sep 2009, 11:26

It's sh!t for me, too. Besides the poor graphics (looks like it's running on XBox 1), the garbage FOV is the first thing I noticed...much like another poorly "optimized" console-to-PC port: Call of Whorez: Bound in Mediocrity.

It was developed for the PC, actually, and the Xbox port is shite judging from the reviews.

I finished this game tonight, bought it on Tuesday... it was very fun, and the graphics were actually quite good. PC Gamer gave it an 8 and I would roughly agree with that score. It is a bit of a hog, so if you like to max your games keep that in mind.

Glad I got it.

Oh, and the FOV never bothered me through the whole game. Looked great.

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