

gif again you can see that as the FOV increases the center of the screen seems to get further away. Of course there is a tradeoff to having a wider FOV. As well know the zombie AI is a little bit wild at the moment and a wider FOV can help you when you have multiple zed beating the crap out of you. This lets you spin around and get your shots off while he is still turning and looking for you. Having a wider FOV can let you turn around and re-acquire your target much faster. Sometimes during CQB you might actually run past your adversary. Don't forget that you can get a temporary FOV boost by either holding numpad - or by going into 3rd person view (numpad - works on there too).Īnother situation that a wider FOV can help is in very close quarters battle, or CQB. As you run by and pass him, he thinks you can't see him anymore, but you can. This can be a life saver because often times a player has already seen you and has the drop on you. If you look on the left and right (the outside) of the two trees in the middle you can see that as the FOV increases, you can see more of the hill on the edge of the screen. One reason why we might want to increase our FOV from the default is because you get more peripheral vision. gif for Battlefield Bad Company 2 which uses the same system as ArmA 2 to set the FOV:

There is also a massive tactical advantage to seeing the right amount, and the right parts of the screen. Did you know that playing with the FOV settings wrong can actually make you sick? Plenty of people get headaches from straining to see a screen that is not set up correctly. I am going to guess that most of you have not customized your FOV, and some may have no idea what it is or why you might want to change it. Click here to go to the original FOV Guideįield of view or FOV is a very important aspect (pun intended) of DayZ.
