Setting the FOV - Field of View

[Herr Prop-Wasche 7]

All I can say is that running at 1680 X 1050 for my regular applications (not for OFF) gives me less eye strain and headaches than does the native resolution. I generally don't like to increase the size of fonts because: 1) it messes up some games, 2) it messes up the display of certain webpages I visit.

 

Now, my Nvidia control panel does allow me to create custom resolutions. What do you suggest for a 21.5 inch (20 inches viewable horizontally, 11 inches viewable vertically) monitor? I guess that works out to approximately a 16.364 X 9 aspect ratio?

 

Weird that Dell does it like that.

[+Lothar of the Hill People 6]

All I can say is that running at 1680 X 1050 for my regular applications (not for OFF) gives me less eye strain and headaches than does the native resolution. I generally don't like to increase the size of fonts because: 1) it messes up some games, 2) it messes up the display of certain webpages I visit.

You have 1920 pixels across and 1080 high. Use it. Anything else has to distort or crop the image to fit into those 1920x1080 little squares. You've got Windows rendering a desktop that's a completely different shape than your actual display. This will also mess up the FOV settings in the next version of OFFice.

 

For eye strain and headaches, there are two issues I'd examine. 1. Stuff just may be too small. But what you're afraid of is old XP-style DPI scaling--changing the size of fonts and causing those problems you mentioned. That's exactly what you don't what to use in Vista/7/8 which treat your desktop as a 3D texture and can scale that without affecting how any applications themselves are rendered, designed for LCD screens. Make sure you're using the right method and give it a try.

 

2. Color temperature. I suggest using this program to correct the lighting your LCD screen gives off for the ambient lighting given your location and time of day. Makes a big difference especially with "LED"-enhanced LCDs like yours.

 

Now, my Nvidia control panel does allow me to create custom resolutions. What do you suggest for a 21.5 inch (20 inches viewable horizontally, 11 inches viewable vertically) monitor? I guess that works out to approximately a 16.364 X 9 aspect ratio?

 

Okay, 3. Don't get all out of whack with Nvidia control panel. Could be something there messing things up at your native resolution. Make sure you're using the correct Refresh Rate as well.

 

1600×900 is the next smallest 16:9 resolution. But how do you think your monitor stretches a 900 pixel tall image onto a 1080 pixel tall screen? Not prettily, at least compared to displaying an image the right size to begin with.

 

And a true 23" diagonal and16:9 aspect ratio is 20.046" wide by 11.276" tall.

 

Weird that Dell does it like that.

Haha man, you're the only one doing anything weird!

Edited December 13, 2012 by Lothar of the Hill People

[Herr Prop-Wasche 7]

HEY! I'm not weird, I'm just a little different--and Barmy!

 

I remeasured my screen, and its closer to 20 inches by 11.25 inches, which does work out to 16:9.

 

For eye strain and headaches, there are two issues I'd examine. 1. Stuff just may be too small. But what you're afraid of is old XP-style DPI scaling--changing the size of fonts and causing those problems you mentioned. That's exactly what you don't what to use in Vista/7/8 which treat your desktop as a 3D texture and can scale that without affecting how any applications themselves are rendered, designed for LCD screens. Make sure you're using the right method and give it a try.

 

And what method is that?

 

I've downloaded flux, but won't it make the colors in OFF seem, well "off"?

[+Lothar of the Hill People 6]

I remeasured my screen, and its closer to 20 inches by 11.25 inches, which does work out to 16:9.

Haha my guess was 20.046" by 11.276", do I win a prize?

 

And what method is that?

Open the Control Panel and paste this into the location bar at top to go right there:

Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display

Try the Medium and Larger settings, but first click the DPI settings on the left and make sure the XP style scaling is off or set to 100%.

 

I've downloaded flux, but won't it make the colors in OFF seem, well "off"?

I find it's well-balanced by the ENhanced Brightness ENB mod!

[Herr Prop-Wasche 7]

 

Open the Control Panel and paste this into the location bar at top to go right there:

Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Display

Try the Medium and Larger settings, but first click the DPI settings on the left and make sure the XP style scaling is off or set to 100%.

Been there, done that (many, many times). But, I'll try it again as you said, with the increased text size.

 

One thing about the Dell that I've noticed and also seen commented on on the web: the Ultrasharp is a very bright monitor. I've had to turn the brightness settings down to 15% or so or it is almost blinding--even in the middle of the day! Perhaps I need to turn down the brightness even more?

[+Lothar of the Hill People 6]

My new FOV calculator joins the OFFice suite of programs. OFFfov, the Field-of-view Optical Vanguard for OFF, projects a 3D model of your screen into the gameworld to calculate and explore aspect-ratio-correct FOV settings for a range of viewing positions--boiled down to a pair of simple, easy-to-use sliders that position the virtual camera.

 

Furthermore, your optimized FOVs are applied automatically all aircraft flown from OFFbase, triggering .bdp rebuilds only where necessary for faster launching of missions and also limiting CFS3 crashes while waiting. Seamlessly integrates optimal FOVs into OFFice-supported Damage Mods, which by themselves can distort perspective without a manual reset in the OFF Workshops after activation.

 

Now it's possible to truly fly OFF as a visual simulation! And you'll never have to 'Set FOVs' again.

 

 

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