How can I zoom out further?

sincera · Post by **sincera** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:11 am

The camera is very close to ground.

Pistol_Pete · Post by **Pistol_Pete** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:56 am

Since I don't know you, and you only have 4 posts here, I'll take the jump and make the overly obvious comment.

If you press v - the default key for zooming out - you can widen your view. If you are making a map, you can lower the height of a map - someone who actually uses editing tools could help you there - to have a more God's eye view of the action.

A-Red · Post by **A-Red** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:33 am

You can use "V" to zoom out in Loathing too. No need to mess with mesh height.

A-Red

Unkfolt · Post by **Unkfolt** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:33 pm

But lowering the mesh height can give you an even farther distance from the ground than just hitting [v]. I've done it on a few maps. I'd rather not see the individual pixels on each unit.

sincera · Post by **sincera** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 7:16 am

thanks a lot!!
I think press "V" key still not far enough from ground.

Pistol_Pete · Post by **Pistol_Pete** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 8:04 pm

Try holding down v. Be thankful for the zoom feature, since back in the 1.0 days of TFL, you couldn't zoom out at all.

*shudders*

TopGunZ · Post by **TopGunZ** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:12 pm

LoL, plus when your all close to the ground MYth units look very ugly.

Eddaweaver · Post by **Eddaweaver** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 10:34 pm

I think it was nicer playing Grave on 1.0 in a way

lerabu · Post by **lerabu** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 2:57 am

There was more element of a surprise then

igmo · Post by **igmo** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:50 pm

sincera wrote:thanks a lot!!
I think press "V" key still not far enough from ground.

there is a set maximum zoom - consider it a ceiling above the terrain that your observer cannot go through. some maps (as ppl have indicated) have elements nearer to that ceiling, which can feel too close.

you can adjust a number of aspects of the speed of your observer by opening fear and accessing the "observer constraints" file. none of these will make you able to zoom out any *further*, but you can do it much *faster*.

sincera · Post by **sincera** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:58 am

Please see this topic
http://projectmagma.net/cgi-bin....hl=zoom

:) Da Cid (: McCl · Post by **:) Da Cid (: McCl** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 7:51 pm

No zooooom!?? Aiiigh! I'm glad I came around in the days of TFL 1.3.

Was it just in multiplayer or something, because I remember playing a demo of TFL when I was 7-8, and I remember zooming. But eh, I dunno.

William Wallet · Post by **William Wallet** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:01 am

Cid : by 'zoom' they're talking about the extra big zoom you get in Myth 2. You know - it zooms out halfway at one angle, then once you zoom further it pans down a bit?

:) Da Cid (: McCl · Post by **:) Da Cid (: McCl** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:11 am

Oh yeah, jeeze I remember that.

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How can I zoom out further?