[GUIDE] Finding the Mathematically Correct FOV & Multimon Settings For ANY Monitor Setup

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@j0k3r - First of all, apologies for the late response, I didn't get notified for some reason.

You must have been following that youtube tutorial by Trauma Team Racing. For some reason, he tells you to change the multimon mode to 2 after using my calculator, which means all the values you entered are ignored. It must be set to 4 in order to use the calculated values.

Some people brought it up in the comments, but he told them they were wrong instead. I also recently left a comment about it, but it doesn't show up, it seems to have been deleted.

So yeah, just follow the written guide here for now. I've been working on some video guides about FOV, but I got busy and sidetracked IRL. There are 3D animations, so it's been taking a while. Hopefully it'll be ready soonish.

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Major Update: New Simple Calculator added, replacing the previous Basic Calculator. Using this should be much more streamlined, only requiring 4-7 inputs depending on your setup. It does lose the capability to handle mismatched monitors, but the Hybrid Calculator is still available and more suited for the job anyways.

A major improvement is the new Multimon Config File Output, available for both Simple Calculator and Hybrid Calculator. It provides a full multimon file for you to copy paste, no need to copy individual values anymore. The raw output and helper values are now grouped and hidden by default in Simple Calculator, leaving a clean view of just the essentials.

New QOL features have also been added. You can now switch the side angle measurement to a diagonal distance measurement instead, allowing you to conveniently get the angle between monitors without a protractor. As well, choosing Midpoint for the FOV Adjustment Method will auto calculate the eye distance where all monitors will face you straight on.

There's also a shortcut button available that copies your current settings in Simple Calculator over to Hybrid Calculator, saving you time when switching calculators. It's written in Apps Script, and requires special permission to run, so it's not enabled by default. Instructions to enable it are in the calculator.

Notes were also added to cell labels, describing what each value means directly in the calculator. You shouldn't need to do as much flipping between pages to refer to the guide. The guide has been further streamlined because of this.

And that FOV guide video I talked about months ago is finally finished. Hopefully it helps answer peoples' common questions about mathematically correct FOV in a nice visual way. It is linked at the top of the guide and on the landing page of the calculator.

I'm still looking to make a video guide on using my calculator, basically a visual version of this written guide. It'll have 3D animations showing what each measurement is referring to and stuff. Who knows when that might happen though.

Anyways, enough rambling. If you have any issues with these new changes, please let me know. Have fun!