determines how closely you zoom into an NPC's face during conversation? i played with that distance doubled on a previous computer, and it was a huge improvement.

but now i can't find it anywhere >.> i've ctrl+f'ed my .ini file for distance, npc, conversation, and interaction. i've googled for over an hour. can't find which setting it is

Do you remember where you had found the info first?

nope, it was one of the probably hundreds of oblivion modding/tweaking websites I went through

Your answer is here: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/924363-/59457836

oh god... perfect. tripled the distance and it's worlds better. thanks, man.

I did that, looked much better.

Combine the new ini setting with http://www.tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=14669 (which mentions the setting) and you're getting somewhere. I prefer a higher distance setting than that recommended by Talk... , but then my avatar is a Nord. Shorter races might well be satisfied with the default recommendation.

-Decrepit-

I am so going to have this...

This was the very first change I made to Oblivion, on March 20, 2006. I hated dialog zoom in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, so I was prepared to change it the instant I saw a pre-release video showing it in action. I have mine set to 11.0000. I play in 3rd-person so this number, I have found, is the least jarring for me.

I agree, increasing that distance from its default of 2.1 is simple and better. I'm running at about 8 and happy with it.