As it is now, our mercs have roughly 45 degrees of vision to each side.

A regular human is able to have 60 degrees to the side, 50 to the top, and 70 towards the bottom.

With our current helmets, that field of view may be either A) Enhanced (the Gallente Scout has or had a description stating it enhanced it), or B) Hindered.

So, my question is: is it possible to get those degrees into the game via a patch? It pains me when I'm trying to knife someone and they move 46 degrees to my left, and become completely invisible to me (besides my HUD, but who uses that in >5m CQC?).

Another bonus question: is it possible to give different suits (individually) and/or roles (as a group) different fields of view? As in, logistics can keep their enhanced passive radar, but the Scouts get more field of view, etc?

Am I asking for too much out of a game on life-support, that's on a lesser console?

I don't think it can be done through a patch.

It's just a change to the player camera, honestly. That's basic stuff for any engine. Technically the only thing you need to do is just change the DefaultFOV value but that comes with a whole host of other issues.

Primarily framerate, as the client would have to render more things with 90-110 degrees FoV versus 45. Which, PC gamers will often tell you that this changes the way your gun/arms look.

Then there's the aspect of Pincushion Distortion which is a problem in many games. The higher the FoV the more likely you'll see this. This is when things on the outer edges of the screen become stretched or distorted compared to the center of focus. In the short term it looks kinda funky but in the long term it can disrupt the player's sense of depth, induce nausea/motion sickness, and display unnatural movements.

There is an effort to counter this with a bit of programming wizardy though. It is something I've brought up with CCP previously. You can read more about that here: http://www.decarpentier.nl/lens-distortion

It's just a change to the player camera, honestly. That's basic stuff for any engine. Technically the only thing you need to do is just change the DefaultFOV value but that comes with a whole host of other issues.

Primarily framerate, as the client would have to render more things with 90-110 degrees FoV versus 45. Which, PC gamers will often tell you that this changes the way your gun/arms look.

Then there's the aspect of Pincushion Distortion which is a problem in many games. The higher the FoV the more likely you'll see this. This is when things on the outer edges of the screen become stretched or distorted compared to the center of focus. In the short term it looks kinda funky but in the long term it can disrupt the player's sense of depth, induce nausea/motion sickness, and display unnatural movements.

There is an effort to counter this with a bit of programming wizardy though. It is something I've brought up with CCP previously. You can read more about that here: http://www.decarpentier.nl/lens-distortion

Huzzah! This is what I wanted to hear... Or read, rather.

You brought it up, but what did CCP reply with?

"Not at this time?" "It's not possible?" "It would break the game?"

I made a thread saying that the field of view should be wider some time ago...

They rejected it, saying it would lower the "already low" framerate.

I MAXED OUT MY FIELD OF VIEW IN WORLD OF TANKS ON MY CRAPPY LAPTOP WITH THE LOWEST SETTINGS ON IT AND IT DIDN'T DROP A SINGLE FRAME, WHAT ARE YOU FOOLS ON ABOUT?!?!?

They said: "That's -NDA-"

the ps3 must just be that weak or ccps coding that ****** take ur pick

The ps3 is not weak. Uncharted 3, voted best graphics in-game of 20something year (and it really looks amazing) runs at what looks like 60fps.

Just sayin', the only problem with Dust is that it's graphics are not optimized to run on the PS3.