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Wider Field of View
"The game's slider stops at 100. Go up to 140."
How do I install Wider Field of View?
Download the free ProjectMods desktop app, then install Wider Field of View for PAYDAY 2 in one click.
</>What does Wider Field of View do?
PAYDAY 2 has a Field of View slider in its video options, and it runs from 65 to 100. If 100 still feels like looking through a letterbox, Wider Field of View picks up where that slider stops. Choose any angle from 100 to 140, on the same scale the game's slider uses, and your first-person view opens up to match. The change shows the moment you move the number, in a heist or while the game is paused, so you can try a few values and keep the one that feels right. Aiming down sights follows the rule the game already uses for its own slider: the zoomed view gets half of the extra width, so scopes still zoom in. Nothing in your settings is rewritten. The game's slider keeps the value you gave it, and switching the mod off puts your view straight back to that value. While you drive a vehicle the game uses the vehicle's own camera angle, and that stays as it is. The mod only changes how wide your own camera sees. It works solo, as host and in someone else's lobby, and the other players' views stay the way they set them.
</>What is Wider Field of View?
Turn on the Wider Field of View Enabled switch, then set Field of View to any number from 100 to 140. The game's own slider in the video options runs from 65 to 100 on the same scale, so this number simply continues it. For an angle below 100, keep using the game's slider. The view changes as soon as you move the number, also while the game is paused. Switch it off and your view returns to the value on the game's slider.
</>Common questions about Wider Field of View
What does Wider Field of View add over PAYDAY 2's own FOV slider?
The game's Field of View slider in the video options runs from 65 to 100 and stops there. This mod continues on the same scale from 100 up to 140. It does not replace the slider or change its setting. For anything from 65 to 100, keep using the slider in the game's own options. For anything wider, switch the mod on and pick your number.
How do I set a wider field of view in PAYDAY 2?
Start PAYDAY 2 with the mod active in ProjectMods and load into a heist. Turn on the Wider Field of View Enabled switch, then set Field of View to a number from 100 to 140. The number uses the same scale as the Field of View slider in the game's video options, so 100 matches the slider at its highest setting and every step above it is wider. The view changes as soon as you move the number, including while the game is paused, so you can stand in one spot, try several values and keep the one that feels best. Around 110 to 120 is a gentle step up, and 140 is the widest the mod goes.
Does it change the view when I aim down sights?
A little. The game already has a rule for its own slider: when you aim, the zoomed view takes only half of the widening. The mod follows the same rule, so sights still zoom in clearly, and the view returns to the full angle you picked when you stop aiming.
Can I use it when I join someone else's heist?
Yes. It only changes how wide your own first-person camera sees, and nothing about it is sent to the other players. It does not touch enemies, loot, timers or anything else the host runs, so it works the same solo, as host and as a guest.
What happens to my settings when I switch it off?
Your view goes straight back to the value on the game's own Field of View slider. The mod never writes to the game's settings, so the slider keeps whatever value you gave it, and that value is what the game uses again after you switch the mod off or start the game without it. There is nothing to undo by hand.
Does it widen the view while I drive a vehicle?
In the driver's seat, no. While you drive, the game uses a camera angle that belongs to the vehicle, and it ignores its own Field of View slider there too. The mod leaves that angle alone. On foot, and in vehicle seats where you can shoot, your view follows the angle you picked, up to a ceiling of 150.
What options does Wider Field of View include?
Wider Field of View Enabled
Master switch. On: your view uses the angle set in Field of View below. Off: your view goes back to the Field of View slider in the game's own video options.
Field of View
Your view angle from 100 to 140, on the same scale as the game's own slider, which runs from 65 to 100. Aiming down sights gets half of the extra width, the same rule the game uses for its own slider.
Wider Field of View is a ProjectMods mod for PAYDAY 2 that widens your first-person view beyond the game's own slider, which stops at 100. You pick an angle from 100 to 140 and the view changes at once.
System Requirements
What features does Wider Field of View include?
- Field of view from 100 to 140, starting where the game's own slider stops.
- Uses the same scale as the slider in the game's video options, so 100 here looks like 100 there.
- The view changes the moment you move the number, in a heist or while paused.
- Scopes and iron sights still zoom in properly when you aim.
- The game's slider setting is left untouched, and switching off returns your view to it.
- Changes only your own camera, so it works solo, as host and in someone else's lobby.
Best For
- You play on an ultrawide monitor and 100 still feels narrow, so set 120 or more and fill the sides of the screen.
- Guards keep walking up beside you in stealth, so widen the view and spot them at the edge of the screen sooner.
- A narrow view makes you queasy in long sessions, so open it up until moving through rooms feels comfortable.
- You hold a doorway during an assault, so a wider angle lets you watch both sides of the room at once.
- You want to compare angles quickly, so pause the game, change the number and see each one straight away.
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