[CommanderDJ]

Hello,
Could someone explain to me what the set-fov SEXP does? I'm looking for a way to set the player's fov to 0.4 for a particular mission regardless of whether or not they have it set in the launcher, but the set-fov SEXP doesn't seem to be doing this. Unless I'm doing it wrong (likely). So could someone give me a quick explanation of the SEXP and/or a way to set the player's FOV while they're actually using a fighter?

[Kinman]

Hello,
I don't know how set-fov behaves in the "fighter view" but when you use it in cutscenes it works fine. Just enter the field of view you wish in degrees. I don't know, what's the standard fov. I used a value about 70 to get a slight wide angle view. So 0.4 maybe will not work or you'll get an extreme zoom.

Greetings
Kinman

(Yes I know, it's a very long time ago since the thread was created)

[Nuclear1]

The reason 0.4 isn't working for you is because FRED doesn't like having decimals in its SEXPs.

set-fov, if you use it right with variables and such, can create a zoom effect.  That's mostly what it's useful for.

[Luis Dias]

The reason 0.4 isn't working for you is because FRED doesn't like having decimals in its SEXPs.

Extreme zoom is thus impossible...!

[General Battuta]

The reason 0.4 isn't working for you is because FRED doesn't like having decimals in its SEXPs.

set-fov, if you use it right with variables and such, can create a zoom effect.  That's mostly what it's useful for.

You can use the zoom script, should handle it.