Superior Solution To Improve Vertical And Horizontal FOV Depending On Aspect Ratio

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After having had a look at the other thread I must say that I think of this issue as being a rather esoteric one.
You’ll see what the devs have to say, but I wouldn’t count on them tinkering with the engine to implement changes that would likely only affect a few people - of which probably, again, only a few people would even regard those changes as important.

As said - I went from 4:3 to 16:9 and didn’t even notice anything weird about the FOV. Perhaps that’s because I often rotate the camera anyway to maximize my FOV in the direction that my character is walking or that I expect enemies to come from; I dunno.
I feel though that this issue is so minuscule that it might not warrant any significant developer-resources to be spent.

But what do I know, perhaps this is really easy to solve on the dev’s end?

They don’t have to play with the engine.
Just set some standard values for vertical and horizontal FOV depending on 4 big aspect ratios. So that the game looks good on all 4 not get benefit on 16:9 horizontally and cut the corners on 16:10 without adding some vertical FOV to respect the aspect ratio.

16:9 has a massive advantage over 4:3 in this game.
Try to go back to 4:3 and check how much horizontal you lose and you gain nothing vertically.

Let the developers talk don’t attack my idea just because you can, especially if you are not a programmer or game designer.