Bethesda’s space RPG Starfield does not offer you a way to change the field of view in the graphics options. A clever gamer has found a way for you to still see more environmental details in the game. We will show you how it works.
The role-playing games by Bethesda often tell exciting stories and look fantastic while doing so. Not least thanks to an active modding scene, the titles still shine years after their release in a graphical splendor that other developers can only dream of.
With Starfield, we now have another graphical eye-catcher that takes us on a journey into space and onto foreign planets.
What decision by Bethesda angered the fans? Some players have upgraded their computers specifically for Starfield or even invested in a new gaming PC to push all graphics details to the maximum. Yet many gamers are already disturbed by a certain issue. Bethesda has failed to include a FoV slider, that is, a slider for adjusting the field of view in the options.
How you can still enjoy more environmental details, we explain here.
Player takes the problem into their own hands
What settings does the game offer? Starfield offers you a switch between first-person perspective and third-person view as standard. In the latter, you can zoom in or out slightly using the mouse wheel and thereby change the field of view size to a very limited extent. But not every player wants to play permanently in the external view of their character.
How can the field of view still be changed? Since unfortunately no appropriate option can be found in the game’s settings menu, you will have to make the field of view adjustment outside of the Bethesda title.
In a post on Reddit, a friendly user shared his tip with others.
Follow these simple steps to adjust the field of view:
- Navigate to the “Documents” folder in Explorer
- In “Documents”, select the subfolder “My Games”
- There, open the folder “Starfield”
The displayed path at the top of Explorer should now look like this for you: “C:UsersYourUsernameDocumentsMy Games” – depending on how your user files are arranged.
- In the “Starfield” folder, create a new text document via right-click → New → Text Document
- Rename the text document to “StarfieldCustom.ini”
- Open the text document and add the following lines:
fFPWorldFOV=100.0000
fTPWorldFOV=100.0000
- Close the document and save your settings at the same time
What do the entries stand for? With the value “fFPWorldFOV” you change the field of view for the first-person perspective. The entry “fTPWorldFOV” stands for the adjustment in the third-person view. By using a larger number, you widen the field of view and have more environmental details on the screen. By using a smaller number, you reduce the field of view again. This way, everyone can make an ideal choice for themselves.
How does it behave for console players? Unfortunately, players on Xbox Series X/S are excluded from this option. It is of course not to be ruled out that Bethesda will eventually provide a corresponding solution within the game options for the PC platform and hopefully also for the Microsoft consoles.
