here is how I think it should be implimented, either via the inventory since you access the inventory without leaving the game, can squeeze it in somewhere as a drop down list that is not in the way. or when getting into a vehicle will give you the option in the scroll menu, select an option for view distance and confirm. That way I can get into a helicopter, and set view distance from 2200 to 6000 almost instantly with a scroll of my mouse and without leaving the game. and then getting out of the vehicle should revert back to default.
(note that these should be customizable, since different people have different rigs, examples below are just based on my preference)
- Default = Your current settings you manually set up
- near = 1800m with very high object/terrain quality (for CQB purposes)
- normal = 2200m with very high object/terrain quality (general infantry gameplay)
- far = 3000m with high object/terrain quality (vehicles and heli)
- very far = 3800m with high object/terrain quality (vehicles and heli)
- extreme = 6000m with normal object/terrain quality (jets and helicopters)
- ultimate = 12000m
and lastly, this should only be an OPTION for those with lesser hardware, others who may have the ultimate hardware and dont need something like this, shouldnt be bothered to have the option get in the way, so enable or disable it.