Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter

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How to change the FOV
By MuscularMelvin
This guide will show you how to fix the FOV in Serious Sam HD, which is set too narrow by default.
   
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FOV Adjustment
FOV too low? Serious Sam HD has a very narrow default Field of Vision that was likely meant for 4:3 monitors. Open the SeriousSamHD.ini file located in Steam/userdata/(userid)/41000/local and add the following command that corresponds to your monitor's aspect ratio:
Command
Value
Aspect
plr_fFOVOverride =
106.270273206;
16:9
plr_fFOVOverride =
100.39487232;
16:10
For instance, if you have a 1920x1080 monitor, then you would add the line:
plr_fFOVOverride = 106.270273206;
Make sure you set the .ini file to Read-Only, or else it will revert back to default the next time you boot up the game!


As you can clearly see, the effect is quite noticeable and will make a huge difference in the middle of an enemy horde. You will no longer feel quite as nauseous or claustrophobic.

Thanks for reading my guide. I'd like to give credit to WSGF for the FOV scaling values which I found in their helpful "Half-Life (Non-Steam)" guide.
10 Comments
Bogda 8 Oct, 2023 @ 8:12am 
it has some cons tho: sound settings wont be saved after you close the game. and for me fov changes only in singleplayer
Bogda 8 Apr, 2023 @ 11:24am 
Achievements work just fine if anyone is still interested
anon 27 Mar, 2023 @ 10:24pm 
v did you not read the guide? it tells you what folder it's in and to set a file to read only you right click on it and choose properties
Surt 24 Jun, 2022 @ 6:48pm 
How do you set your .ini file to read only, which folder is it in?
kaz 4 Oct, 2020 @ 4:49pm 
v no
Ryu 10 Jul, 2020 @ 5:41pm 
Will this disable achievements?
kelvinfriedchicken 29 Jun, 2020 @ 1:57am 
Thanks a lot, I was thinking the FoV in this game was a bit narrow.
ganash974 19 Jun, 2018 @ 10:21am 
thanks dude, now i can play ;)
General G. Wolfe 18 Jun, 2018 @ 6:20am 
Is there a way to change the weapon fov?
Francisè von Spitroast 2 Aug, 2017 @ 1:34am 
Thank you very much