Can't change FOV

[Las Alma]

I've checked a lot of guides, and they all say the same: "Open Video.scr in Notepad and type ForcedHorzFov(95) at the bottom". While I found Video.scr, I can't open it at all. I tried right-clicking on it, but no option to open in Notepad. I need some help here.
I have windows 8.1 64bit, by the way.

[Ocean Guy]

Make a shortcut to Notepad on your desktop, and drag the Video.scr file onto that shortcut.

[Las Alma]

Originally posted by The_Dude:

Make a shortcut to Notepad on your desktop, and drag the Video.scr file onto that shortcut.

It worked, thanks. I also disabled that ugly black frame. But now I have another problem: There are black bars at the top and bottom of the screen like it's set to the wrong aspect ratio. Any ideas?
My monitor is 16:9

[№₷℮₭ 👃]

In the same file you can use RenderViewportProportion macro to remove letterbox and force fullscreen, e.g.
RenderViewportProportion(-1, -1)
or
RenderViewportProportion(16, 9)
which should be equivalent in your case.

Sorry for the black bars, it was our idea to give an "old movie" feel to it. Turns out it doesn't work this way on people nowadays :). Funny enough, developers fall into this trap from time to time, e.g. The Evil Within also initially featured movie-like letterbox, only to allow disabling it after players protests.

[Ocean Guy]

Originally posted by kanosek:

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Seeing as you're responding here, I might as well ask.

The first thing I did when I got the game was spend a good 30 minutes finding out how to remove the black bars and set the FOV to a higher value. And as can be seen, I am not the only one (you added the options to begin with due to protests, if I am not mistaken?).

So I wonder, why not add these options to the options menu?
If it turns out that it's hard to implement due to changes having to be made to the menu, why not give users clear directions on how to change them? Right now, the file that has to be changed is burried in a hidden folder, and the instructions within it are not exactly clear.

Personally, I would atleast suggest a sticky post on the matter, so that people can easily find how to change these settings.

Anyway, after that critisism, let me just say that I love the game. The gunplay is great.

[№₷℮₭ 👃]

Yeah, your point about a sticky post is definitely valid. Pinned myself a task to create such a thread :)

For the FOV, the game assets and animation system weren't unfortunately prepared up-front with variable FOV in mind. Thus changing the FOV might result in certain visual glitches. By then, we didn't feel good about legitimizing glitches by having an in-game setting that would lead to them. Convoluted, yes, but I hope it's understandable :)

Also for both FOV and the other values it was problematic to apply such settings with the game running. While not unfeasible, It was far from easy on that tech.

Note that the next version of the engine had these things improved (following Gunslinger's experiences and your feedback, dear Gunslinger players) and lo and behold, you can actually use FOV slider in Dying Light today.

[Ocean Guy]

Ah, ok. That explains a lot.
I have been experiencing shadows disappearing when on the edges of the screen when playing with a FOV of 110, so I understand what sort of visual glitches you are speaking of.

Thanks for the quick response, I appreciate it!

[Uboatfreak]

Where can i find Video.cr?

Also, to the Techland developer, This game and Dying Light are some of my favorite games