Once you have “settings.ini” open you’ll want to scroll down to what should be the last line and change the following line to your liking. I personally prefer a setting of 70, however change it to your liking! As always, before you change any settings always back up!

FOV=55

Below are a couple of screen shots showing a FOV of 55 on the left and 75 on the right.

Update 3-5-10
BFBC2’s FOV setting is the vertical field of view.  Normally when referring to FOV in gaming we are referring to the horizontal field of view.  So to get the correct FOV setting use this nifty BFBC2 FOV Calculator.  Enter your resolution and your desired horizontal FOV and it will give you the correct FOV to enter into your settings.ini.

[WindowSettings]
Width=1680
Height=1050
Fullscreen=true
RefreshRate=59.882999
VSync=false
[Sound]
Quality=low
VoipEnable=true
[Graphics]
Effects=low
Soldiers=low
Vehicles=low
Overgrowth=low
Undergrowth=low
StaticObjects=low
Terrain=low
Shadows=low
Bloom=false
HSAO=false
MSAA=0
Water=low
MainQuality=custom
Texture=low
DxVersion=9
Aniso=0
Detail=low
RenderAheadLimit=0
Fov=55

It’s not going to give you all the nice eye candy that is possible from this game, but it will be nice and playable. Finally add +fullproc to the end of your shortcut or add it to your Steam launch options. The fullproc command will give full processor priority to BFBC2.  Hopefully we see a bit more performance tweaks in the final version, however this game appears to be a BEAST on the specs.

UPDATE 3-3-10
Alot of these settings are/were carried over from the beta, however they still work, all of the settings should be pretty self explanitory. It seems the retail product runs A TON better then the beta did. I’ll post more tweaks on this blog as I find more! Most importantly, update your video card drivers to the most recent release!!!

Poured from the bottle into a pint glass following the Hefeweizen serving procedure. Poured a nice light gold color, murky as pond water with a nice two finger pillowy head that slowly subsided to a half finger head leaving behind sticky, soap like lacing. Tons of sediment left at the bottom of the bottle, even after swirling, you’d have to shake or scrape the rest off. Ripe Bananas and spice, notably cloves, stand out at the forefront. Wheat, yeast, hops are definitely present but Bananas and Cloves are the star of this show.

Upon taste you’re first welcomed by citrus which is quickly followed up by bananas and vanilla and finishes off dry and slightly clovey. A creamy beer, yet not to heavy, with a nice effervescent finish. The sub 5% ABV, refreshing flavor, and good drinkability make this American Hefeweizen a superbly drinkable summer brew.

Appearance: A
Smell: B
Taste: A
Drinkability: A+

Overall Grade: A

Samuel Adam’s Summer Ale is an American Wheat that pitchess it’s brewing with grains of paradise and lemon zest as it’s selling point.  The beer pours an awesome orange straw color with a thick, creamy head.  As the brew is consumed a very nice white lacing is left behind.  Aroma in this beer is light, a hint of wheat, citrus and a bit of pepper.  Tasting the beer you’ll notice a substantial amount of sweet wheat, followed by a bit malt that finishes with a slightly spicy(grains of paradise?) citrus note.  A little less sweetness would help this beer balance out better.    Feel in the mouth is what you’d expect from a wheat and well carbonated, making it a good drinking beer in the heat.

For me, this is a good beer to enjoy on summer days, however others might seek a more balanced beer.  If you’re looking for a refreshing wheat beer to check out during the months of summer, give this one a look.

Appearance: B+
Smell: C
Taste: A-
Drinkability: B

Overall Grade: B

Photo courtesey of John McNally

What we have here is the raw ingredients for our Cherry Apfelwein Recipe.

• 4 Gallons of Unpreserved Apple Juice (Pasteurized and Abscorbic Acid is OK)
• 1 Gallon Pasteurized Black Cherry Juice
• 1 lbs. Dextrose (Corn Sugar, raises ABV in five gallon batches by 1%)
• 3 tsp. Wine Nutrient (Diammonium Phosphate)
• 1 11.5g Pack of Safale S-04
• Original Gravity of 1.060, guessing on a Final Gravity in the .995-1.00 range for an ABV of around 6.3-6.7%

The plan is to ferment this in the low 60’s untill the gravity is steady, at which point I will rack the apfelwein to a secondary to clear and bulk condition.  Should have an interesting color when completed, especially compared to normal apfelwein.  Pic of the must after the jump.

Pint of Apfelwein! Yes Yes?

Go straight to the full episode here: http://fora.tv/2009/06/15/The_Science_of_a_Good_Beer

I believe it was Rick Santelli from CNBC that got this whole business started, give credit where credit is due. These protests were going before the miserable pundits over at Fox News even knew what was going on. The only difference between Fox News’ coverage of the tea parties, and the rest of the media’s coverage of the tea parties is that Fox News has seen a glimpse of the truth and can no longer help themselves. The same belligerent retards that have belittled Libertarian ideals for so long now champion many of our views, how ironic.