An Unusual Way to Fix This Common Problem in FPS Games

Wishlist on Steam: Support on Patreon: Go and subscribe to @garbaj! Do you know of any games that use this technique? I first learnt about it from the Unite LA talk about the then-new FPS sample. Apparently the new Doom games use it, but I haven’t been able to find a definite answer. The way they would allow for interacting with the environment and enemies could be that the projected viewmodel arms leave the screen briefly, then re-enter the frame with a normal shader that doesn’t have any FOV magic on it. Then swap back once the animation/cutscene is complete. It’s a possibility! One that I may end up implementing. A Unity implementation can be found in the FPS sample project, released a few years ago: Link to the Unity LA talk that includes details about this method: