RedTop's Config Armory - Explanation of the RTCW zoom script

Config Armory - Zoom script

Woohoo! The zoom script is perhaps the most powerful of all! It allows you to toggle between two zoom settings. This is very useful as it helps greatly in either long-distance firefights or close-range combat. This script was made by [RFI]Scorpion.

The two most important strings in this script are:

set fov_toggle_90 "set fov_toggle vstr fov_toggle_110;set cg_fov 90 ; set sensitivity 0.6 ; echo ^1FOV^7 set to ^190".
set fov_toggle_110 "set fov_toggle vstr fov_toggle_90;set cg_fov 110 ; set sensitivity 1.2 ; echo ^1FOV^7 set to ^1110".

The first one contains settings for the zoomed-in position. The second for the zoomed-out position. Important settings in these strings you might want to change are cg_fov, sensitivity and echo. The explanations for these settings can be found further down the page.

Picture - Screenshot from the game Return to Castle Wolfenstein

index
autoexec.cfg
client.cfg
memory.cfg
graphics.cfg
adapter.cfg
basicserver.cfg
personal.cfg
superteam.cfg
demo.cfg
screenshot.cfg
fovtoggle.cfg
volume.cfg
osp.cfg
changelog

cg_fov	This setting adjusts the amount of zoom. Lower settings increase zoom, higher settings decrease zoom. "90" is the minimum value allowed by Punkbuster. "140" is the maximum.
sensitivity	By now it should be clear what sensitivity does. It's a good idea to decrease sensitivity for the zoomed-in position as it will give you better accuracy.
echo	Everything after this command is what will be displayed on screen. In this script it is used as feedback to let players know what zoom position they are using.

Author.	Richard van Kooten, a.k.a. RedTop.
Latest update.	August 26th, 2004.
Changes to script.	Decreased normal view field of vision from "120" to "110".
Changes to text.	Removed link to weapontoggle script page. Decreased normal view field of vision from "120" to "110".