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Title: Can I Zoom Out?
Post by: DeepForestGreen on 12 July 2011, 18:58:10

I'm enjoying the game, but I feel like I'm zoomed in very closely and can't see much of the map.  Can this be adjusted?

Title: Re: Can I Zoom Out?
Post by: ElimiNator on 12 July 2011, 20:26:03

Yes, in MG if you press "F" then scroll out with your mouse button.
Also if you press "F8" it will go int PhotoMode.
You may need to set a value in glestuser.ini

Title: Re: Can I Zoom Out?
Post by: DeepForestGreen on 13 July 2011, 05:52:10

No good - I can't zoom in or out by scrolling after changing the camera mode. 

Title: Re: Can I Zoom Out?
Post by: Omega on 13 July 2011, 06:34:43

Note that you can't do this in regular Glest (I think, haven't used Glest in forever and don't care to ever go back to it). In GAE (https://docs.megaglest.org/GAE), you can choose Photomode from the options menu, which removes all camera constraints. Alternatively, you can allow yourself to zoom out at any time (photomode or not) by changing the lines RenderDistanceMax=64.00 and CameraMaxDistance=64.00 to a larger numbers, such as 256 or 1024 (note that a larger render distance will mean that you may experience lag when you rotate the camera to the side, because you have to render a looong distance. Naturally, since there's more rendered when you zoom out, the further you zoom out, the lower your frame rate will be (more apparent on larger maps).

You can download GAE here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/glestae

Title: Re: Can I Zoom Out?
Post by: ultifd on 13 July 2011, 08:12:55

Yeah, you must be using Vanilla Glest.
You can zoom out in MG and GAE. In MG it's more limited during multiplayer for safety reasons.
http://megaglest.org
http://sourceforge.net/projects/glestae