Please Unscrew FOV

[zzzzz]

Anyone that plays with increased FOV like me is screwed when we try to take long range engagements.

Most of us play with Increased FOV because default is way too ♥♥♥♥♥ zoomed in and or were used to increased FOV from other games.

I dont understand why you cant add in the ability for default/decreased FOV when ADS like almost every other FPS offers. The way it is now makes marksman and guns with optics useless with increased FOV.

Im constantly going into settings back and forth myself changing FOV back n forth from 120 to 90 and 90 to 120 over and over to manually fix the issue which is just stupid there should be a feature that does this for you.

Orrrrrr Increase the default FOV and lock it so that is the only FOV for everyone.

EDIT: (I Unsubbed from Discussion wont see anything)

120 FOV - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2233092711

90 FOV - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2233092986

[Stockwerk 13]

Originally posted by Josh:

Orrrrrr Increase the default FOV and lock it

No.

[Maki Nishikino]

I personally can't stand a 90 FOV, I increase it a bit.

EDIT: Just checked and I always play with a 105 FOV, seems to work fine universally.

[Almost]

Yeah, higher FOV feels better, but you lose all the zoom from the optics, it's mad.

[zzzzz]

I just took Two Screenshots on Jensens range to show how stupid it is currently.

120 FOV - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2233092711

90 FOV - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2233092986

I've owned Squad since its initial release, but this is the only thing that I cant let go till this day.

It is just so annoying that it cant be considered a "balance" feature because you can change your FOV mid match anyways.

Its really just a huge annoyance.

[Phoenix]

I agree. It's the most annoying feature and it's maddening it hasn't been fixed during all this time.

[Stockwerk 13]

i found a fix for this
https://imgur.com/a/MV4zan6

[zzzzz]

I wish there was a way to get Devs attention to this, but I honestly dont think they care about this in particular.

[zzzzz]

Originally posted by StrangerStonedTV:

i found a fix for this
https://imgur.com/a/MV4zan6

Yeah thats basically how I play as of rn haha

[Timmeh]

I generally prefer high FOV because you can see more of whats going on around you, but you've got a point there.

A seperate setting for aiming down sights FOV would be a simple fix for this issue.

[zzzzz]

I really wish they would change this, but there is a part of me that knows its existed this long in the game I doubt they care about it.

[Petroleum]

They could fix this by implementing actual zoom mechanics for the optics rather than just literally zooming in the camera from the character POV. That technique literally dates back to the era of Goldeneye and Halo: Combat Evolved. There are better ways to do it, and performance really wouldn't be that much worse if they optimize the game properly.

[sandman]

one of the points why i dont play the game anymore

[North_Dumpling]

I dont like fov higher than 85-90 due to dimensions being super stretched and it takes away immersion as well as makes sights even more zoomed out when its over 90.

[EM3ʸᵉᵉᵗ]

wait so you sacrifice long range for close range? That sounds like a HORRIBLY fair tradeoff

[zzzzz]

Originally posted by EM3ʸᵉᵉᵗ:

wait so you sacrifice long range for close range? That sounds like a HORRIBLY fair tradeoff

Its not a "fair" trade-off as lots of people will say low FOV gives them motion sickness because its so zoomed in its not natural. Also very high FOV would not be natural either so a middle ground would be good yeah? Truth is there never is a middle ground. Most games wont lock the FOV for everyone because people will freak out.

The two best things to do imo would be to Increase the FOV to around 100 and scale the optics accordingly and lock that for everyone, or do what I asked for which other games offer which is to make the optics zoom in properly even with increased FOV.

In a game with lots of long range engagements you can hardly call it "Fair" that people who increase their FOV for comfort should be punished in engagements because of that. I hate standard FOV in about 100% of the games I play. I feel like my face is in my chest and have zero peripheral.