FOV zoomed in / warped on Ubuntu

[jedynygucio]

The FOV feels really zoomed in / distorted when run on Ubunutu (high end machine) - no settings seem to fix this - is this a known issue at all?

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13 minutes ago, jedynygucio said:

The FOV feels really zoomed in / distorted when run on Ubunutu (high end machine) - no settings seem to fix this - is this a known issue at all?

I think there's something not quite right with your screenshot. It looks completely transparent, it's much too small for a 4K PNG and file(1) says that it's a 1bit colormapped image.

[jedynygucio]

Rats, the screenshot got messed up. Ok I think this one worked.

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Damn you weren't kidding. First time I've personally seen anything like that.

I'd start off disabling all mods and creating a new world just to test. If that works, I'd suspect one of your mods. If it doesn't, next I'd try backing up and deleting your clientsettings.json from your VintagestoryData folder and letting the game create a fresh one.

[Evilel]

drunk.. your totally drunk.. i would love to say mod issues.. though in other ways i want to say resolution or graphics card..  do to the size of your hot bars and menu tab..

[jedynygucio]

Hi guys I don't have a single mod installed this is a first time install and launch.

[jedynygucio]

Oh, it's a 4K monitor and the card is an RTX 5090. The game runs fine on the same hardware but on my Windows install, so it's Ubuntu related for sure. I'm guessing this is not a familiar issue?

[jedynygucio]

Could a dev weigh in at all?

[Evilel]

You might want to post under the Vintarian support form. https://www.vintagestory.at/forums/forum/15-vintarian-support/ 
with google searching " Vintage story having graphics issue with Ubuntu" i got this from the AI.. I'm not familiar with Ubuntu.

To fix Vintage Story graphics issues on Ubuntu, first

update your graphics drivers and ensure you are running the game with native Mono support, not Wine. If you have a dedicated and integrated GPU, you may need to force the game to use the dedicated one by editing the run.sh script or launching with DRI_PRIME=1. Finally, try lowering in-game graphics settings, especially View Distance and Shadows, or test with a new clientsettings.json file. 

[jedynygucio]

Thank you I will repost there

[Flexbyte]

Does the FOV setting itself change anything at all?

Maybe it's something related to windowed mode vs fullscreen, I mean, maybe one of those modes makes the game think you have the wrong resolution or so, did you try different modes like that?

I don't have the issue in Archlinux with Nvidia graphics drivers, so at least it's possible to render ok, not sure what Ubuntu might be doing different, something related to the window manager / desktop seems likely, or the graphics drivers

Edited November 24, 2025 by Flexbyte

[jedynygucio]

Hi Flexbyte I tried changing lots of visual settings, from absolute minimum to absolute maximum, from windowed to full screen, and the issue remains...