[HL2] Wrong camera zoom/placement for menu backgrounds

[Sergeanur]

Menu background maps are having trouble with camera zoom (or placement). And skyboxes seem to be broken too.
background03:


background04:

[BenLubar]

Do you have a custom FOV?

[Tea23]

I know I don't have a custom FOV, but I do know I'm having the same issue. With Portal as well, actually, come to think of it.

[alfred-valve]

Can you post your OS details, the resolution you are running the game at and the value of fov_desired please.

[Sergeanur]

OS: Win7 x64
Res.: 1280x720
fov_desired = 90

[alfred-valve]

fov_desired = 90

that is your problem, 75 is the default (and expected).

If you flip to 75 does it fix the issue?

[Sergeanur]

Yes, it did, but I still suggest this needs to be fixed, because what was the reason of putting FOV option in the settings menu if it wasn't even expected to work properly?

[alfred-valve]

The ability to change FOV is a recent feature, one aimed at the multiplayer products. Fixing it would be nice but the time investment may not be worth the payoff here.

[ghost]

The solution is easy - just add an env_zoom entity to each map that locks the FOV to 75 on level start, and then just patch it in with LMP files. I have already fixed it for myself and it really doesn't take too long.

[alfred-valve]

Post the patched lmp's here please :)

[ghost]

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71526662/steamcontent/sourcebg.zip
(I'm not exactly sure how you would have wanted me to upload this - I hope dropbox is okay)
-locked FOV to 75 on all background maps from HL2, EP1, EP2, LC, and PORTAL
-included fixed skyboxes; skies will no longer appear stretched
-fixed wrong startup texture displaying on widescreen for ep2_background02a
-patched intro.bsp to work correctly as a menu background

Games that use copies of hl2_misc and hl2_textures indepedent of HL2 (PORTAL, TF2, DODS, CSS, HL2DM) will need to have fixed skyboxes installed there as well as HL2's own VPKs.

[Plagman]

That's awesome! Weren't people complaining about stretched skyboxes in regular maps as well? Is it the same root cause?

[alfred-valve]

Looks great @pepper314 , we will update this with the next beta.