This is really starting to drive me nutty. I am fine with the normal FOV. I don't want to change it through the console, I don't care that much. The problem is: even the normal FOV is randomly lowered sometimes to below normal. I don't want to open the console 10 times a game session just to put my FOV back at default. Why is it doing this? I can see the game returning to default if you raise it, but that's not the case here. It lowers on its own to BELOW DEFAULT.

I have tried putting a default FOV in the ini folder and it does nothing to stop it.

Anyone got any tips?

I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean, but I've been having a problem that sounds similar.

I wanted to change the FOV to a higher value using the console as recommended by most and it worked, but didn't stick. So I've since given up on that idea, but I've noticed something strange.

Typing Fov without a number should reset it to default right? Well, if I type only Fov into my console - it raises it to a higher value, of 75 I think. So what Fov is the gaming using regularly - 60?

I can live with this, but it is definitely a bother.

70 or 75 (can't remember which) is the default FOV.

the default fov is 65.

Thanks for the info, everyone seems to have a different idea on the default FOV lol. I have it @ 75 and it seems fine, but I have to use the console to get it to that number - it's using something else as default, perhaps 60.

It doesn't always stick, but it seems to atleast stay the same for each play-session which is cool : P I hope we get a FOV slider with this new patch.

I'll go check the default FOV now. Hold on.

Edit: Hah, seems to be reduced from Oblivion/F3. It's 65.

It is 65, iirc.

So if you modify the ini even once through the console it seems to cause a glitch in your save where it fluctuates forever. That's a shame.

Here's how I finally got my FOV to stay where I wanted it. I'm using 90 on a 16:10 1920x1200 in this case but obviously you all can set it to whatever you want.





In preferences.ini (both the Steam one and My Games folder) I put these in under [Display]:



In the .ini file in the My Games folder I did these, note bold and underlined:


Once those were locked down, I loaded up a recent save, got in, hit the console, hit FOV 90 there, saw it take, gave it a new save, exited the game, reloaded and I have been on my merry way ever since.

I'll try that Q, thanks.