Hipfire zoom

Change your FOV with the click of a button.

Preparation

In this guide you will have to edit a config file, otherwise known as .cfg file. Please be aware that you will need to create an autoexec.cfgfile in Origin Games\Titanfall2\r2\cfg\ if you do not have one. Navigate to your folder and find your autoexec.cfg file:

Origin Games\Titanfall2\r2\cfg\

Or:

Steam\steamapps\common\Titanfall2\r2\cfg\

Open it in your text editor of choice.

You can use a different name for your config file, but you will need to use a command to execute it.

Introduction

Source Engine games handle magnification when aiming down sights by changing the FOV to a smaller number, which creates the effect of magnification. This guide will teach you how to apply this effect to your hipfire view. We can achieve this by binding a key to cycle between multiple FOVs.

Editing

Open your autoexec.cfg in your text editor and type in the following lines.

bind "MOUSE4" fovtoggle
	alias fovtoggle "fov1"
		alias "fov1" "cl_fovScale 1.0; alias fovtoggle fov2"
		alias "fov2" "cl_fovScale 1.6875; alias fovtoggle fov1"

Note that cl_fovScale values below 1.0 will default to 1.0.

I bound my FOV toggle to "MOUSE4", you can bind it to any button you'd like. This will toggle betweencl_fovScale 1.6875 (118.125 FOV)and cl_fovScale 1.0 (70 FOV). However you will not have sensitivity scaling so when zooming in your mouse movement, much like your image, will be magnified. To have your sensitivity scale properly with your zoom you will need to divide your sensitivity value by the amount that you are zooming in (in my case that value is 1.6875 / 1.0 = 1.6875), in this case the zoomed in sensitivity is 3.848 / 1.6875 = 2.2802962963. Now add the proper sensitivity values to "fov1" and "fov2"

bind "MOUSE4" fovtoggle
	alias fovtoggle "fov1"
		alias "fov1" "cl_fovScale 1.0; alias fovtoggle fov2; m_sensitivity 2.2802962963"
		alias "fov2" "cl_fovScale 1.6875; alias fovtoggle fov1; m_sensitivity 3.848"

This will ensure that the mouse movement is not magnified and feels the same as it would when zoomed out.