What does the new Field of View option do?

It is how large part of the map is visible on the screen

Best use is prolly if you have a monitor with high resolution...
like with 1920×1200 resolution you can adjust it so you see twice as much of the map on screen as a 1024x768 monitor, while keeping the same detail on the units and tiles...

Or can zoom out all the way to take empire wide screenshots or zoom all the way in for detailed city or unit screenshots (like make one tile fill entire screen)

Just figured this out, but you have to both uncheck the 'use default' box AND check the 'HOF graphics' box. D'oh! :crazyeye:

Now I get an awesome widescreen view of the world (check out the tiny settlers and scouts on the left hand side of the screenshot)...

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