Re: reasonable field of view?

[Keith W. <kw...@cs...>]

Frank C wrote:

> Quesa's fov always affects the smallest aspect of the viewport, so 
> "normal circumstances" in this case means if your 3D window is wider 
> than it is tall (usually the case for games), the fov is the maximum 
> view angle of the vertical aspect.
>
> In Quake, if you have a fov of 90 and your screen has a 3:4 aspect 
> ratio, the vertical fov is actually 3/4*90 (67.5) which is why 70 
> degrees looks just about right for a Quesa view with the same aspect, 
> since it gives you a horizontal fov of 4/3*70 - about 93 degrees.

Yep.  Thanks.

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