How to change your FoV

[Jenan]

Go to \(My) Documents\BFBC2 and open up settings.ini and it is at the very bottom. You can also change a lot more settings that don't show up as in-game options from here.

I have found 75 to work quite well for 16:10 (1920x1200). Setting it too high will give a fisheye effect since it doesn't move your perspective back.

[Gimmie2]

i remember one time i was screwin with console commands in cod4 in a private server and setting it above 360 causes some fun effects

[Jenan]

A little more info: BC2 uses vertical FoV setting in the .ini and adjusts the horizontal FoV based on your input value and screen aspect ratio. You can use this nifty tool to find out what number you need to put in the settings to get the HFoV you want:

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 FOV Calculator

[Dead...Again]

this should be stickied...

[Zantheus]

this should be stickied...

Done

[Pumpkin_Jack]

i remember one time i was screwin with console commands in cod4 in a private server and setting it above 360 causes some fun effects

lol cod4 i had F10 set to what i call sniper mode it would zoom in my screen like 10 fold, totaly legal in competition, and then zoom out with F11

[Grisu]

What's good with 1920x1080 (16:9)?

[Jenan]

What's good with 1920x1080 (16:9)?

Test out some numbers and play around a bit; FoV is mostly a personal preference . I do remember my friend is using 70 for his 16:9. Perhaps start from there and adjust?

[K PhaNTOM]

Here is something some people might find helpful. Not everyone will have a FOV=55 field in their settings.ini. If you do not see a field at the bottom you can add it. Simple as that.

fov=90

[Jenan]

Here is a great post from K PhaNTOM on FoV:

This a picture of how FOV really changes gameplay.

[Cain]

Just changed mine from 55 to 65 .. WOW!!

[Duke{CLR}]

After reading Cains post I looked at mine and discovered it was at 90, I never notice any fish eye at a resolution of 2048 x 1152.

IS there anything else I could change guys?

[WindowSettings]
Width=2048
Height=1152
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=59.909
VSync=false
[Sound]
Quality=high
VoipEnable=true
SpeakerCount=0
[Graphics]
Effects=high
Soldiers=high
Vehicles=high
Overgrowth=high
Undergrowth=high
StaticObjects=high
Terrain=high
Shadows=high
Bloom=true
HSAO=true
MSAA=3
Water=high
MainQuality=custom
Texture=high
DxVersion=10
Aniso=4
Detail=high
RenderAheadLimit=2
Fov=90

[Cain]

With 90 guys will look farther away, I would think....

I'm 65 a lot of folks like 75

[Duke{CLR}]

With 90 guys will look farther away, I would think....

I'm 65 a lot of folks like 75

Ill hop in take a ss compare.

[Brian is Huh?!{CLR}]

this might help a bit..

A little more help on the FOV situation:

- In the settings.ini file you will see the Fov value, depending on your resolution and personal taste change this in accordance with the following information.

4:3 (1024x76
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FOV90 (Recommended) = 74
FOV100 = 84
FOV110 = 94
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5:4 (1280x1024)
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FOV90 (recommended) = 78
FOV100 = 88
FOV110 = 98

16:9 (1280x720, 1920x1080)
-----
FOV90 = 59
FOV100 = 68
FOV110 (Recommended) = 78
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16:10 (1280x768, 1280?800, 1440?900, 1680?1050, 1920?1200, 2560?1600)
-----
FOV90 = 65
FOV100 (Recommended) = 74
FOV110 = 84