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felker_s
9 years ago
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FOV on consoles

I guess the title pretty much sums it up. Why is there no option to change the field of view in the console version, while it is possible on PC? It's not that bad, as it was in ME2/3, the shoulder sw...
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    EA_David
    9 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback.

    I'm not sure why this isn't available, but I've seen claims in the past that FoV restrictions on console may be related to getting a consistent performance. I don't know for sure that this is what's happening here and the discussion was referring to other games, but perhaps it's relevant. 

    I'd like to see it added as an option later, but I can't make any promises. If anything like this does get added we'll  be sure to include it in the patch notes. 

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EA_David
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9 years ago

Thanks for the feedback.

I'm not sure why this isn't available, but I've seen claims in the past that FoV restrictions on console may be related to getting a consistent performance. I don't know for sure that this is what's happening here and the discussion was referring to other games, but perhaps it's relevant. 

I'd like to see it added as an option later, but I can't make any promises. If anything like this does get added we'll  be sure to include it in the patch notes. 

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SofaJockeyUK
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9 years ago

I can't find the dev tweet, but this had been answered by a dev,

and yes it's the performance hit on console that makes this 'PC only'.

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