Far Cry FOV setting for widescreen monitors

[sundev]

What's the best FOV setting for widescreen monitors in Far Cry? I have a Dell 2005FPW (20" widescreen). I'm sure some of you out there are also running widescreen monitors with Far Cry.

Also, is there any way to make the FOV setting you select as the default FOV? It's annoying having to change it every time you load a savegame, etc.

 

[MX2]

I just have it set in the settings at 1680x1050. Looks fine the way it is to me.

 

[HN]

i thought it widescreen natively already so you didn't have to fumble with FOV?

 

[sundev]

Actually, I remember reading an article where Far Cry actually decreases overall viewing area when widescreen is enabled. I think basically what Far Cry does to make it widescreen is decrease the vertical viewing area.

So if you picture a regular screen at 1600x1200, what Far Cry does to make it 1680x1050 is chop off the top 150 pixels.

EDIT: This guy noticed the same thing over at Widescreen Gaming Forums.

 

[HN]

?

 

[sundev]

It worked.. thanks HN!!

In case people are too lazy to follow the link, this is what you do:

1. Go to: E:\Far Cry\FCData\ (obviously change the "E:\Far Cry" to wherever you installed the game to).
2. Open Scripts.pak with WinRAR or similar program.
3. Go to \Scripts\Default\Hud\ (this is still in the Scripts.pak file).
4. Extract ZoomView.lua to wherever, remove the read-only property of the file.
5. Edit ZoomView.lua and change the line "NoZoom = 90 * 3.1415926 / 180" to "NoZoom = 112 * 3.1415926 / 180" (the 112 is the FOV you want. You can make this any value up to 180).
6. Go back to your Far Cry directory ("E:\Far Cry" for me), and create Scripts\Default\Hud
7. Copy the edited ZoomView.lua file into the directory E:\Far Cry\Scripts\Default\Hud
8. Start Far Cry. The FOV will change after you zoom with a gun and then unzoom.

Not bad!

 

[Stretchman]

I think FOV is simply a matter of taste, though some would argue that stretching it too far gives you the fish-eye effect. I havne't played Far Cry, but For Brothers in Arms I prefer FOV 90, while for Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault I go a little wider with FOV 100.

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: sundevb
It worked.. thanks HN!!

In case people are too lazy to follow the link, this is what you do:

1. Go to: E:\Far Cry\FCData\ (obviously change the "E:\Far Cry" to wherever you installed the game to).
2. Open Scripts.pak with WinRAR or similar program.
3. Go to \Scripts\Default\Hud\ (this is still in the Scripts.pak file).
4. Extract ZoomView.lua to wherever, remove the read-only property of the file.
5. Edit ZoomView.lua and change the line "NoZoom = 90 * 3.1415926 / 180" to "NoZoom = 112 * 3.1415926 / 180" (the 112 is the FOV you want. You can make this any value up to 180).
6. Go back to your Far Cry directory ("E:\Far Cry" for me), and create Scripts\Default\Hud
7. Copy the edited ZoomView.lua file into the directory E:\Far Cry\Scripts\Default\Hud
8. Start Far Cry. The FOV will change after you zoom with a gun and then unzoom.

Not bad!

:thumbsup:
glad it worked. i'll give it a try as well (guess you don't know what's wrong until you see what might be right).