Thoughts on this collection?

[Quasar]

Hey, I have a collection called Realistic Left 4 Dead 2 Pack. The collection is designed to be the most realistic L4D2 experience possible (excluding 4k mods, as I don't have a 4k monitor). I've curated mods from various Realism L4D2 collections.

I would like players thoughts on it. Inside of that collection, it includes my collections: Realistic Left 4 Dead 2 - Test, and Solo Liminal Exploration.

I would like thoughts on those two collections. How I could optimize them, and make them better, Thanks!

I also have notes included in the descriptions of each, for players to follow, to get the most out of their experience.

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Post the collection link tho

[Quasar]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3312445239

[Dryspace]

What the butt is a "4K mod"?

[Quasar]

Originally posted by Dryspace:

What the butt is a "4K mod"?

It’s an HD mod that upscales textures to 4k Resolution.

[Dryspace]

You know there is no such thing as "4K textures", right? That the resolution of textures has nothing to do with the resolution of a display?

You don't have to listen to me, just do your own research.

[Dryspace]

Can you tell me more about "Solo Liminal Exploration"? It sounds intriguing.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just found the Workshop page.

If you are into maximizing immersion, you should be playing on a High FoV Gaming setup. Let me know if you'd like more info.

[Quasar]

Originally posted by Dryspace:

Can you tell me more about "Solo Liminal Exploration"? It sounds intriguing.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just found the Workshop page.

If you are into maximizing immersion, you should be playing on a High FoV Gaming setup. Let me know if you'd like more info.

That'd would be great, thanks. What FoV should I be playing on for max immersion?

I'm using a gaming laptop, these are my specs: MSI GF65 Thin 10UE Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10500H CPU @ 2.50GHz 2.50 GHz 16GB RAM x64 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU

[Dryspace]

[PART 1]

Originally posted by Dedo Dewalker:

That'd would be great, thanks. What FoV should I be playing on for max immersion?

To answer your question first: One of the keys of High FoV Gaming is that the In-Game FoV must match your Display FoV.

The other key is to maximize your Display FoV. Just like VR, the goal is to make a game fill up your entire view. But just like VR, that's not possible yet for most people due to technical and financial limitations. So we must do the best we can.

The final key is that your display resolution must be high enough so that the pixels aren't too large. This basically means 4K.

One other thing: If you really want the most immersion, a laptop screen is almost the last thing you want to use. The only thing worse would be a Steam Deck display or a cellphone display.

[Dryspace]

[PART 2]

HIGH FOV GAMING

There are actually two FoVs: In-Game FoV and Display FoV.

Display FoV is how much of your own eye's view that your screen takes up. It is a combination of the size of your screen and the distance from the screen to your eyes. So a larger screen gives you a higher Display FoV, and getting closer to the screen also gives you a higher Display FoV.

This basically means getting a large, high-resolution display and sitting very, very close to it. For this reason a High FoV Gaming setup requires a desk.

But that's only the first step. If this is all you do, you will have a very bad experience --- the game will take up a lot of your view, but it will be horribly zoomed-in. This is because you greatly increased your Display FoV, but you didn't increase the In-Game FoV to match.

All you have to do is find your Display FoV. You can do this yourself, or use an online calculator.** My eyes are 18" away from a 55" screen, giving me a Display FoV of ~106°. So I simply set the game's FoV to 106° and I'm good to go.

Unfortunately, not all games allow the FoV to be raised high enough for High FoV Gaming. Most games will allow the FoV to be raised via the settings, or a config file, or via a third-party utility. But some have a locked-down FoV, or don't allow the FoV to be raised high enough for High FoV Gaming. Remember, the further away the display is, the lower the Display FoV. So if I play a game that only has an FoV of 90°, I just push my display back until the Display FoV is 90° (or until it doesn't looked zoomed-in anymore).

I encourage everyone to experiment with View Distance and In-Game FoV in order to learn about the relationship between In-Game FoV and Display FoV. It doesn't cost anything, and most people will be astonished at how the distortion from a high In-Game FoV goes away simply by getting closer to the display.

If you or anyone else has any questions, feel free to message me on my Profile Page.


** Divide your Screen Width by 2. Divide the result by your View Distance. Find the arctangent of that number and then multiply that result by 2.

E.g. I have a 55" 4K OLED, which is a great High FoV Gaming display. My screen width is 48" and my View Distance is 18", so I take 24 / 18 = 1.33. The arctangent of 1.33 = 53.13. I multiply this by 2 to get a Display FoV of 106.26°.