Comments on: Competitive TF2, Part Ten: Visually Speaking

By: Brainmaster

Brainmaster — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:26:25 +0000

how can you get your tf2 in cinema aspect

By: The Soldier

The Soldier — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:17:13 +0000

Can someone please tell what the last pictures FoV, viewmodel, Aspect Ratio and resolution is and the console commands to get them above 90 FoV…

By: Disengage

Disengage — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:57:00 +0000

@chipbuster

you are not mistaken

By: chipbuster

chipbuster — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:07:36 +0000

I think there’s a slider under Options>Video>Advanced (this is in TF2) to set the FOV

I could be mistaken, of course

By: RhusRadicans

RhusRadicans — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:48:40 +0000

When I was scrolling past this article on the front page really fast the rocket launcher pictures actually blended together to create a brief animation of the soldier swinging his launcher to the side.

By: possom

possom — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:11:40 +0000

Turn off view models and have your weapon switching change target reticule color. Now you can increase your FOV, not even see your models, and fire at will.

Havent used view models in a long time.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:25:28 +0000

I personally use 120 viewmodel fov.
I know many people will think that it’s kinda weird, but I personally like seeing the whole weapon.
However, I also bound a key to switch to 70 viewmodel fov, in case I need to; playing heavy with 120 viewmodel fov is actually surprisingly difficult because the muzzle flash obstructs your view.

By: gelugon2105

gelugon2105 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:21:53 +0000

You may want to mention that this may not be viable for certain monitors. Also increasing the FOV also ends up with your weapon hogging more of the screen. (At least not proportionately, of course)

By: Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:14:48 +0000

O Great Clubber of Seals, I wish to throw out an idea for another Competitive column:

Configs/FPS packs.

While I know there are some preset packs out there (and some of them do indeed help), some of us would like to know how to change the configurations ourselves in case we find part of those packs unnecessary.

Perhaps finish it off with a list of several highly recommended packs?

By: Helelos

Helelos — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:24:10 +0000

With an auto-config or console commands

By: Aftershock

Aftershock — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:14:07 +0000

How do you get 90+ fov?

By: TEH UBERMENSCH

TEH UBERMENSCH — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:29:55 +0000

So how do I edit this setting? With the ingame options or command console or what?

By: n00bie51

n00bie51 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:09:47 +0000

Holy crap, qeex.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:32:40 +0000

Wish I could have it 90, seems like a real advantage, but for some odd reason it gives me serious motion sickness.

By: Badger

Badger — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:49:00 +0000

@Zanpa
I’ve been using the standard 75 PoV since always. Mostly because I didn’t know any better.

I’m now trying out the 90, and hopefully this will help me be less terribadger.

By: randombaddie

randombaddie — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:49:04 +0000

My launch options include

-w 1280 -h 720 -window

It’s like playing in a widescreen monitor, even though mine is 4:3

I’ve heard that playing with an excessively wide FOV can seriously screw up your aim, and very few (in games like Quake Live, where I believe FOV is capped in the vicinity of 130) are willing to go above 115-ish. And many players use a lower FOV while doing high-precision tasks like sniping. What do you think the scope does? It zooms a little, and it lowers your FOV a lot.

By: Oranjoose

Oranjoose — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:41:10 +0000

How do you set that aspect ratio ?

By: clubtheseals

clubtheseals — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:56:42 +0000

@Matt while it may be distracting to some people, I never notice it. I was merely showing what I play at.

By: qeex

qeex — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:17:14 +0000

Noobie-51, I see your 3 monitors and raise you 24.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqB01Cp_wPM&feature=related

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:34:41 +0000

It’s all well and good to say max your fov to see more, but those last few screenshots just look freaky, and the fish-eye effect is really distracting and disconcerting.