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How to change the FOV - ME1/2/3

By chiccy

How to edit FOV in MELE

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Guide Index

Overview

Intro

Flawless Widescreen

Regular FOV

Weapon Zoom FOV

Coalesced Editing

Comparison Images

Issues

Comments

Intro

Please note that the cheat table solution below needs to be updated each time ME:LE has a new patch. I am no longer actively playing the game so if you need it to be updated then let me know in a comment below.

Flawless Widescreen

Flawless Widescreen[www.flawlesswidescreen.org] has been updated to support FOV of up to 90.

For an even higher FOV and weapon FOV zoom adjustment you'll need to use the methods below

Regular FOV

Mass Effect 1

Backup "Coalesced_INT.bin" located in "Mass Effect Legendary Edition\Game\ME1\BioGame\CookedPCConsole"
Replace the file with the one below:

"Mass Effect 1 Coalesced_INT.bin"[drive.google.com]

Mass Effect 2

Backup "Coalesced_INT.bin" located in "Mass Effect Legendary Edition\Game\ME2\BioGame\CookedPCConsole"
Replace the file with the one below:

"Mass Effect 2 Coalesced_INT.bin"[drive.google.com]

Mass Effect 3

Backup "Coalesced.bin" located in "Mass Effect Legendary Edition\Game\ME3\BioGame\CookedPCConsole"
Replace the file with the one below:

"Mass Effect 3 Coalesced.bin"[drive.google.com]

Usage

The number pad now changes FOV:

0 = 30
1 = 40
2 = 50
3 = 60
4 = 70
5 = 80
6 = 90
7 = 100
8 = 110
9 = 120

Note: This does not change the right click weapon zoom FOV. To do so please follow the section below.

Weapon Zoom FOV

Download Cheat Engine[www.cheatengine.org]
Download the relevant Cheat Table below

"Mass Effect 1 Cheat Table"[drive.google.com]

"Mass Effect 2 Cheat Table"[drive.google.com]

"Mass Effect 3 Cheat Table"[drive.google.com]
Launch the game
Open Cheat Engine
Select the Mass Effect Process
Open the Cheat Table
Click to make the setting active. Double click on Value and change the value.
This needs to be used in conjunction with a low "Regular FOV" otherwise it'll go all fish-eyed. The numbers used will also differ for different resolutions and how much zoom you actually like. Here are my preferences below:

1920x1080 - Number Pad 3 (FOV 60) with Cheat Engine value at 0.0135
3440x1440 - Number Pad 2 (FOV 50) with Cheat Engine value at 0.0120
Please note that this Cheat table also changes the cutscene and dialogue FOV. You should use Flawless Widescreen and lower the "Cinematics FOV Fine adjustment" to fix this:

Coalesced Editing

If you wish to edit and compile your own "Coalesced_INT.bin", you should use this Coalesced Tool[github.com] and Powershell for Mass Effect 1 and 2.

For Mass Effect 3 you can use Wench Coalesced editor[www.nexusmods.com]

Comparison Images

Default Combat and Zoom FOV

FOV 90 with no Weapon Zoom modded

FOV 50 with Cheat Table 0.0125

Issues

This mod cannot be used in conjunction with other Coalesced.bin mods as you will be overwriting the file.

This can break the galaxy map by making it upside down and more of an issue if you use the weapon zoom FOV fix. This can be alleviated by lowering the value when going into the galaxy map or just learning how to navigate it upside down.
The weapon zoom fix affects the FOV when in cover in ME2, and can cause extreme fish eye. The recommended settings worked fine in ME1, but you'll need to play around with different numbers in the cheat table for your own comfort. I would personally recommend just using Flawless Widescreen for ME2, but continue to use the weapon zoom fix for ME1 and ME3.
The weapon zoom fix does not have the same issue as above in ME3. However, abilities which alter the FOV momentarily can have odd effects when using the fix. For example, using the Vanguards Biotic Charge ability, the FOV can cause the screen to warp upside down when charging at the enemy. If playing Vanguard I wouldn't recommend using the fix. It is fine for the other classes though however.

34 Comments

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Croissant Expert 22 Oct, 2024 @ 10:01pm

Thanks, the base FOV is unbearable, this works great

bojsi1 7 Aug, 2024 @ 5:40am

Can you please tell me which value influences the FOV in the ini files of the decomplied Coalesced_INT.ini?
Don't need the exact name, but maybe the which of the BIO files? I've tried editing several values to no effect.
I've found the setting for the keybinds in the uploads, but they set the FOV through a command, I'm interested in the raw setting in the files itself, just for science at this point, since I've been searching for it for awhile with no success.

Kweeb 7 Feb, 2024 @ 9:20pm

3 = 33.33

Kweeb 7 Feb, 2024 @ 9:18pm

you can edit Flawless Widescreen's fov min/max sliders.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Flawless Widescreen\PluginCache\FWS_Plugins\Modules\MassEffectLE\Dependencies\Scripts\MassEffectLE.lua" open in notepad, search for "fAdditionalFOV = Sender:GetScaledFloat(4)" change 4 to 2.

4 = 20
3 = Not Sure
2 = 50
1 = 100

bizarre 20 May, 2023 @ 2:14am

damn i forgot how annoying the fov zoom is in this game.

JaLuX 14 May, 2023 @ 5:44am

is there any current way to change fov in ME1?

Ðurzo 17 Mar, 2022 @ 8:00am

The Coalesced Tool is deprecated. Use ME3Tweaks. See this quick 3min video on how to go about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKpLq0DR0I0

chiccy [author] 14 Jul, 2021 @ 4:46am

Hi Sneezes,I just updated the Cheat Tables but they are no different to the updated ones from the June 7th patch. Could you try redownloading them and trying again?

Ron 13 Jul, 2021 @ 1:06pm

this doesnt seem to work anymore

BAWB BAGET 28 Jun, 2021 @ 7:57pm

Flawless widescreen is the way

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