Call the original weapon view Default.

The menu labeled that choice SAME. A chosen angle already sets that field of view.

port/assets/menus/ce/main_menu.settings_select.player_setup.player_profile_edit.video_settings.fov_viewmodels.xml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 	</widget>
 	<widget name="main_menu/settings_select/player_setup/player_profile_edit/video_settings/fov_viewmodels/viewmodel_fov_label" type="text" controller="1" width="300" height="22" string_list="main_menu/settings_select/player_setup/player_profile_edit/video_settings/fov_viewmodels/labels" string_index="1" font="ui\large_ui" color="#FF2896FF" text_x="13" text_y="4">
 	</widget>
-	<widget name="main_menu/settings_select/player_setup/player_profile_edit/video_settings/fov_viewmodels/viewmodel_fov_spinner" type="spinner" left="3" top="2" width="147" height="20" flags="pass_unhandled_to_focused_child left_right_tabs_items" strings="SAME|80|85|90|95|100|105|110|115|120|125|130|135|140|145|150" setting="display.viewmodel_fov" values="0|80|85|90|95|100|105|110|115|120|125|130|135|140|145|150" font="ui\large_ui" color="#FF2896FF" align="center" text_y="1" header_bitmap="bitmaps/arrow_sm_left" footer_bitmap="bitmaps/arrow_sm_right" header_bounds="7 -6 19 0" footer_bounds="7 150 19 156">
+	<widget name="main_menu/settings_select/player_setup/player_profile_edit/video_settings/fov_viewmodels/viewmodel_fov_spinner" type="spinner" left="3" top="2" width="147" height="20" flags="pass_unhandled_to_focused_child left_right_tabs_items" strings="DEFAULT|80|85|90|95|100|105|110|115|120|125|130|135|140|145|150" setting="display.viewmodel_fov" values="0|80|85|90|95|100|105|110|115|120|125|130|135|140|145|150" font="ui\large_ui" color="#FF2896FF" align="center" text_y="1" header_bitmap="bitmaps/arrow_sm_left" footer_bitmap="bitmaps/arrow_sm_right" header_bounds="7 -6 19 0" footer_bounds="7 150 19 156">
 		<on event="created" run="port setting load"/>
 	</widget>
 	<widget name="main_menu/settings_select/player_setup/player_profile_edit/video_settings/fov_viewmodels/op_viewmodel_visible" width="512" height="28" flags="pass_unhandled_to_focused_child" bitmap="bitmaps/option_bkds" color="#FF2896FF">
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	<strings name="main_menu/settings_select/player_setup/player_profile_edit/video_settings/fov_viewmodels/help_strings">
 		<string text=""/>
 		<string text="On-foot horizontal FOV at 16:9, in degrees.\nDefault keeps the authored view and scopes."/>
-		<string text="Weapon and hands horizontal FOV at 16:9, in degrees.\nSame keeps the original weapon view."/>
+		<string text="Weapon and hands horizontal FOV at 16:9, in degrees.\nA number sets that FOV. Default keeps the original weapon view."/>
 		<string text="Draw first-person weapons, hands and attached\nvisuals. Gameplay and sound continue when off."/>
 	</strings>
 </menus>

port/linux/README.md

@@ -316,10 +316,11 @@ the setting for one start of the game. It has priority over the file.
 
 Video Setup's **FOV AND VIEWMODELS** category offers optional world and
 weapon field of view settings and first person visibility. **DEFAULT** keeps
-the authored world projection. **SAME** keeps the original weapon view, and
-viewmodels start **ON**. OK saves and applies changes. Cancel discards them.
-The menu offers 80 to 150 degrees in steps of five. The config file accepts
-20 to 150 degrees, including fractional values, or zero for Default and Same.
+the authored world projection. **DEFAULT** for the weapon keeps its original
+view, and viewmodels start **ON**. A chosen weapon angle is that FOV. OK
+saves and applies changes. Cancel discards them. The menu offers 80 to 150
+degrees in steps of five. The config file accepts 20 to 150 degrees,
+including fractional values, or zero for Default.
 Angles are horizontal at 16:9; other aspect ratios retain the same vertical
 view. World FOV applies to on-foot first-person views, preserving authored
 vehicle, death and cinematic cameras. Completed scopes keep their native
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ only their display; firing, animation, sound and world lights continue.
 | `display.interpolation` | `true` | `HALO_INTERPOLATION` | `true`: one frame for each refresh of the display. `false`: 30 frames each second, as on the Xbox. Refer to "Frame rate". |
 | `display.direct_camera` | `true` | `HALO_DIRECT_CAMERA` | `true`: in first person, on foot, the view points where the player aims in each frame, not where the last tick left it. Refer to "Frame rate". |
 | `display.fov` | `0.0` | `HALO_FOV` | On-foot first-person horizontal FOV at 16:9, from 20 to 150 degrees. `0` keeps the authored view. Video Setup's FOV and Viewmodels screen sets it. |
-| `display.viewmodel_fov` | `0.0` | `HALO_VIEWMODEL_FOV` | Independent weapon and hands horizontal FOV at 16:9, 20 to 150 degrees. `0` keeps the original weapon view. |
+| `display.viewmodel_fov` | `0.0` | `HALO_VIEWMODEL_FOV` | Weapon and hands horizontal FOV at 16:9, 20 to 150 degrees. `0` is Default and keeps the original weapon view. A chosen angle is that FOV. |
 | `display.viewmodel_visible` | `true` | `HALO_VIEWMODEL_VIS` | Show first-person weapons, hands and attached visuals. This does not change gameplay or other players' models. |
 | `display.high_res_hud` | `true` | `HALO_HIGH_RES_HUD` | `true`: the HUD (meters, counters, panels and their outlines, the motion sensor, reticles, waypoints, scopes) is drawn from the high-res assets in `port/assets/hud`, 8x the size of the maps' bitmaps. The bitmaps with English text keep the maps' own. `false`: the maps' own bitmaps. |
 | `display.high_res_text` | `true` | `HALO_HIGH_RES_TEXT` | `true`: the menus' and HUD's text is drawn with the fonts in `port/assets/fonts` (Overpass, in place of the maps' Interstate) at the resolution the game draws at, laid out as before, and the menus' titles are drawn from the high-res pictures in `port/assets/titles`. `false`: the maps' bitmap fonts and titles. |

port/linux/game/viewmodel_fov.c

@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ void viewmodel_projection_begin(void)
 	if (projection_depth++ != 0) return;
 	projection_applied = FALSE;
 	angle = viewmodel_vertical();
-	/* SAME keeps the weapon at this frame's own angle. A wide world view
-	stretches arms and a gun that sit against the camera. */
+	/* Default keeps the weapon at this frame's own angle. A chosen angle
+	is that FOV and is left as it is. A wide world view stretches arms
+	and a gun that sit against the camera, so Default does not follow it. */
 	if (!angle)
 		angle = render_fov_authored_vertical(render.local_player_index);
 	if (!angle || render.local_player_index < 0 || render.local_player_index >= MAXIMUM_LOCAL_PLAYERS ||

port/linux/src/port_config.c

@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ static const struct config_setting config_settings[] =
 		"0 keeps the authored view. Other cameras keep their own FOV." },
 	{ "display.viewmodel_fov", _config_real, "0.0", "HALO_VIEWMODEL_FOV", _environment_value, _platform_all,
 		"Weapon and hands horizontal FOV at 16:9, in degrees (20 to 150);\n"
-		"0 keeps the original weapon view. Attached visuals use the same projection." },
+		"0 is Default and keeps the original weapon view. A chosen angle is\n"
+		"that FOV. Attached visuals use the same projection." },
 	{ "display.viewmodel_visible", _config_boolean, "true", "HALO_VIEWMODEL_VIS", _environment_value, _platform_all,
 		"Draw the first-person weapon, hands and attached visuals. Turning\n"
 		"this off does not change firing, animation, sound or world lights." },

tools/port_settings.py

@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ SCREENS["video_settings/fov_viewmodels"] = {
     "rows": [
         ("FOV:", "display.fov", [("DEFAULT", "0")] + [(str(n), str(n)) for n in range(80, 151, 5)],
          "On-foot horizontal FOV at 16:9, in degrees.\nDefault keeps the authored view and scopes.", None),
-        ("VIEWMODEL FOV:", "display.viewmodel_fov", [("SAME", "0")] + [(str(n), str(n)) for n in range(80, 151, 5)],
-         "Weapon and hands horizontal FOV at 16:9, in degrees.\nSame keeps the original weapon view.", None),
+        ("VIEWMODEL FOV:", "display.viewmodel_fov", [("DEFAULT", "0")] + [(str(n), str(n)) for n in range(80, 151, 5)],
+         "Weapon and hands horizontal FOV at 16:9, in degrees.\nA number sets that FOV. Default keeps the original weapon view.", None),
         ("VIEWMODELS:", "display.viewmodel_visible", ON_OFF,
          "Draw first-person weapons, hands and attached\nvisuals. Gameplay and sound continue when off.", None),
     ],