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    Borderlands FOV driving me nuts

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by aboineg, Aug 30, 2011.

  1. aboineg

    aboineg Notebook Guru

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    Basically, the FOV in this game is so small that slight movements give headaches. So far I've done a few tweaks and the FOV change is assigned to a key, as it resets every time I enter a vehicle. Despite this, another "feature" in Borderlands is still giving me problems. Whenever I sprint, the screen zooms out, and with the FOV already larger, I get the fish eye vision every time I sprint. Also, guns have a pre-defined FOV for their zoom so when I zoom in on 110 as the FOV, I get crazy super zoom
     
    aboineg, Aug 30, 2011
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  2. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    yep no fix for it other than the elusive "flawless widescreen" program that has vanished.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 30, 2011
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  3. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    I been playing the whole time at default fov. xd
    Just recently changed the fov to 90 when i play at 1920x1080.

    HUGE IMPROVEMENT. :)
     
    DEagleson, Aug 30, 2011
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    They patched the game so you can't use custom FOV easily anymore. Whenever you sprint etc, resets the FOV to default again. I searched for days for a solution, but never found one.
     
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    bind the fov to all your walk keys (and sprint key) works except with scoping with a weapon. Can try the right click as FOV bind also never tried that.

    Flawless Widescreen was a 100% perfect fix even fixed multi monitor however it causes massive lag spikes for me :/
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 30, 2011
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah I have several versions of it, but everybody I know gets some kind of horrible lag when using it.

    Rumor Nvidia not effected but not confirmed.

    It works 100% though other than the lag issue, even fixes stuff the FOV bind doesnt like proper weapon zoom and position.

    P.S. You probably should have noticed I started that thread you linked :D
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 30, 2011
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    I did ;) But it was still a link to at least one version of the program. I'll see if it works for me later tonight. Eyefinity FTW.
     
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  9. naticus

    naticus Notebook Deity

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    I used to use the utility listed in the first post here :

    Borderlands Advanced Settings Tool - Steam Users' Forums

    ... and it worked perfectly to bind the FOV and do a number of tweaks, etc. Not sure if it is still being updated or if it works with Borderlands now though, worth a shot though.

    * also make sure you turn off mouse smoothing -- makes the game feel so much smoother.
     
    naticus, Aug 30, 2011
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  10. alexUW

    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    Push monitor back, and use external keyboard if necessary.
     
    alexUW, Aug 30, 2011
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  11. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    Thats the program im using atm, works great. :D
     
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  12. Porter

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    I have never had a problem using the default FOV. If it wasn't for seeing other people complain about it I wouldn't even know there was a problem :D

    One of my favorite games ever, hope they don't screw it up in Borderlands 2.
     
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    Borderlands was a risk, so there wasn't a ton of money pumped into it. The fact that it was such a big hit took everyone by surprise. I'm pretty sure they'll make sure Borderlands 2 is pretty good.
     
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  14. aboineg

    aboineg Notebook Guru

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    Uh, has anyone found a solution to the changing FOV while sprinting? The fish eye while sprinting is driving me nuts! And whats a good FOV for 1366x768? Maybe I'm just using a bad FOV.
     
    aboineg, Aug 31, 2011
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