CS2 FOV and Viewmodel Commands

The best viewmodel settings vary from person to person, but the general consensus is that the more "out of the way" your viewmodel is the better. This is because the viewmodel will obstruct your view less, allowing for better visibility.

To set optimal, most out-of-the-way, viewmodel settings, copy and paste the below command into your developer console:

We have outlined what each of these commands does below.

Your viewmodel is your character's hands, the gun that you're holding, and anything else fixed in-front of the camera when in first-person mode. There are four commands commands that change the position of your viewmodel. We've outlined what they do below.

Move Gun Right or Left

The command to move your gun to the right or left is:

This command would put your gun as far left as possible:

This command would put your gun as far right as possible:

Move Gun Closer to Character

This command changes the distance of the gun from your character:

This command would put your gun as close as possible:

This command would put your gun as far away as possible:

Move Gun Up or Down

This command moves the gun up and down:

This command would move the gun as low as possible:

This command would move the gun as high as possible:

Change FOV

This command changes your viewmodel's field of view:

The highest FOV value you can have is 68. This command would set that:

The lowest FOV value you can have is 54. This command would set that:

To change your field of view to something other than our recommended settings outlined above, simply replace the number at the end of the command with a number between the command's "Min/Max" from the table.

How to Move Viewmodel to Left or Right (cl_righthand)

In CS2, the cl_righthand console command was removed. This means it is no longer possible to move your viewmodel to the left or right

In CS:GO, it was possible to move the gun to the left hand side of your screen with the cl_righthand 0 and back to the right with cl_righthand 1.

There are two types of field of view: your viewmodel's FOV, which changes the position of your viewmodel (your hands and gun in first person mode) and your camera's FOV, which changes how zoomed in and out your camera is. Only your viewmodel's FOV can be changed in servers without cheats (matchmaking, etc). To change your camera's FOV, you need to be in a server with sv_cheats 1.

How to Change Viewmodel FOV

Your viewmodel's field of view in CS:GO can be set to a value between 54 and 68. To set it to 68, its maximum value, type the following command into the developer console:

To set your viewmodel's field of view to 54, which is its lowest possible value, use the following command:

Change 54 or 68 to your desired FOV (must be between 54 and 68), it might take some playing around with to get your most preferable field of view.

How to Change Camera FOV (sv_cheats)

Changing the field of view your camera has can only be done on a server with sv_cheats enabled. You can enable sv_cheats by typing the following command into the console:

After enabling sv_cheats, you can change your field of view by replacing NUMBER in the below command with the FOV you wish to set (default is 90):

Since the default FOV for CS2 is 90, the below command would make your field of view larger by setting it to 120 (meaning you can see more in your camera):

And this command would make your FOV smaller by setting it to 50 (meaning you'd be able to see less than usually: