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How to change your FOV

By Len

Step by step instructions on how to modifiy your fov in game.

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Len
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Category: Modding or Configuration, Walkthroughs

Languages: English

Posted

31 May, 2016 @ 4:31pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Introduction/Requirements

Guide Steps

Conclusion

Comments

Introduction/Requirements

First of all to do this you will need either WinRAR or 7zip. I am going to be using WinRAR for this tutorial

7zip: http://www.7-zip.org/download.html

WinRAR: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Once you have either of these installed, we can start.

Guide Steps

Step 1: Navigate to your steam libary and find Dead Island Definitive Edition.

Once you're there, right click on the name of the game and left click on properties.

Now left click on the local files tab and left click on the "Browse Local Files" option.

Step 2: Now once you have your file explorer window open navigating through the Dead Island directory, go into the folder called "DI". In this folder we need to go into the "Data 0" folder. This is when we need WinRAR and 7Zip.

Open up the "Data 0" folder. Open the data folder inside. Now you'll encounter a lot of folders in this file. We need to look for the "skills" folder. Once you've found it, open it up.

Step 3: Now that we're in the skills folder, we need to edit an XML file called "default_levels". Since I am on WinRAR, I have to drag the file onto my desktop before editing. However if you're using 7Zip this shouldn't be an issue.

Drag the file onto your desktop. Right click on the file and select the option open with and select "Note Pad". If you don't initially have this option like I do, navigate to browse applications and select it through there.

Step 4: Once you're in Note Pad, press Ctrl and F at the same time to show the search window. Type in "Camera" and hit search. The Highlighted section of code is what we need to edit.

Now in this line of code we need to edit the number. Here is an example.

<prop n="CameraDefaultFOV" v="85"/>

Once you're happy, hit save and exit note pad. Now just drag the edited verison of the file and drag it back into the "Data 0" folder. Select yes for any messages that ask you to replace the file.

Conclusion

Now you're ready to play! Thank you for reading through my review.

Here is an in-game screenshot with my FOV on 95.

If you have any issues at all, comment on the guide and I will respond to you ASAP.

49 Comments

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Patriot03 14 Jun, 2024 @ 5:11am

Works like a charm!, thank you for the guide!

PS: As others have said, the game uses Vertical FOV units, so be careful setting it too high since 65 Vertical FOV = 95 Horizontal.

If you set it to 90 or 100+ you're getting absurd horizontal FOV (100 vertical = 130 Horizontal). There are online calculators for this.

$0.99 AriZona Green Tea 2 May, 2024 @ 8:24am

btw this is vertical fov scale so 95 is 125 and

Dalek:. 17 Apr, 2024 @ 7:41pm

Guide worked for me, thank you.

spoiledmilk 27 Mar, 2024 @ 2:30pm

it doesn't work. i can't replace the old file with the new one with higher fov

F3_LX 15 Feb, 2024 @ 11:28am

how do you get ur steam ui like that?

popiplaytime 30 Nov, 2023 @ 5:19pm

It works very well for me but it often crashes the game. Is there another solution for this problem or do I have to reinstall the game to make it work?

Len [author] 10 Mar, 2023 @ 4:18am

Presume you've tried multiple variables, you two. Only tried 95 & did experience this, yes. From experience, going a bit lower but above the games base set point, can remove this.

Nefirê 6 Mar, 2023 @ 8:52pm

Many singleplayer shooter games are programmed in a way that you miss your first shot for some reason I don't remember right now (except 1 shot weapons like snipers, revolvers, shotguns etc.)

Q 3 Mar, 2023 @ 6:06pm

Funny thing about the FOV in this game like someone said in the comment section. The FOV causes all firearms miss the first shot 100% for no reason like you're playing turn based games lol. I don't know if it's due to poor programming in this game or the devs or publishers don't even bother thinking putting an actual FOV slider in the game so people enjoy the game the way is meant to be play.

20Bytes 24 Jun, 2022 @ 9:13pm

btw, this messes with recoil in game unless you aim down sight, like if you shot a gun without aiming the camera goes crazy.

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