First/Third Person and FOV

[N-Sunderland]

Question 1: Do you use first or third person, and why?
Question 2: What field of view setting do you use?

I always go first person myself. It's much better for engineering. It's easier to judge distances to components, easier to make jumps around the ship, etc. Third person seems like it would be useful for piloting, but I just can't break a habit.

As for FOV, after it became scalable I decided to stick with the minimum. Part of it is just that I'm used to it, but the other thing is how it scales onto guns. When I played around with maximum FOV when it was released, I found that because the guns were designed alongside the original FOV, going maximum would distort distances to enemy ships and make it harder to judge range when off the gun. So I decided to stick with the minimum.

What about you guys?

[PzychoDude]

^this and max FOV, i like to see all the things around me.

as for guns, i didn't notice any difference but as soon as the slider got there i turned it max so i'm used to it i guess.

[-Muse- Cullen]

I sit at full FoV cos I like being able to see as much as I can and being able to react as quick as possible. Also helps me combat tunnel vision.

Y...you can go into third person?!

[PzychoDude]

really? a ca? really? (try pressing "p")

[N-Sunderland]

Y...you can go into third person?!

*shakes head in disappointment*

You can toggle first and third person by pressing P.

really? a ca? really? (try pressing "p")

To be fair to Cul, he's the least experienced CA we have. He got the position more for how motivated he was (and is) to help the community.

[RearAdmiralZill]

Fov maxed and first person all day.

[Shinkurex]

I use third person for piloting... this helps me for when I need to see everything. First person is for gunning... (People don't like it when I engy )

[-Muse- Cullen]

Y...you can go into third person?!

*shakes head in disappointment*

really? a ca? really?

To be fair to Cul, he's the least experienced CA we have. He got the position more for how motivated he was (and is) to help the community.

>>

To defend myself: the option to go into Third Person isn't in the manual, nor does anyone talk about it(until now, anyway). It might be a good thing to include- I thought it was simply a cinematography option during trailers of the game.

Learn something new every day, huh?

[Queso]

I always go first person with standard POV. I was playing since fairly early in the beta (back when it was only open on certain weekends) and that's just the FOV I got used to judging distances with. As for the first person, well, I've always been an FPS player at heart.

[N-Sunderland]

I always go first person with standard POV. I was playing since fairly early in the beta (back when it was only open on certain weekends) and that's just the FOV I got used to judging distances with. As for the first person, well, I've always been an FPS player at heart.

*high five for default FOV*

[Lord Dick Tim]

I've never fiddled with any of the settings, I use a 52" screen for my pc, so I try to narrow the vision field as much as I can.

[AWildGodzilla]

i use 80 Fov and First person because i like feeling in the shoes of the player. I Also hail from xbox 360 Where i mostly play shooters so to me this is second nature c:

[JaceBoojah]

My favorite view is a 3rd choice (real). Spectator ship view WHILE FLYING.  There is a glitch if you spectate a match then become a captain you will view yourself from far away but only until your ship dies.  It is hard to get to the helm but a helm symbol pops up when you are looking at it.  I had my crew direct me to the helm the first time this happened.  You have a 360 view around your ship without obstructions and you can see around corners.  I have a screen shot but I'm afk.

[AWildGodzilla]

sounds derpy but diffrent

[Queso]

Could you document methods and send a bug report to feedback@musegames.com