Is it possible to limit the zoom in? » Forum Post by GhislainBlais

In the Interface tab under options there are 9 sliders that set zoom levels for different objects to switch between graphical display and icons. Might try playing with those.

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Hello,

I have try.

Those options make certain objects invisible, depending of the level of the zoom, this is not what I want.

I would like the objects to always stay as icon and never fall into the more fancy graphic mode when I zoom in.

PS. Sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker.

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edit MapSizeDefs.xml and change MinCameraZoom. Increase it for each map size to limit how far you can zoom in. I had to do this to prevent crashes on a computer with V old graphics card

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edit MapSizeDefs.xml and change MinCameraZoom. Increase it for each map size to limit how far you can zoom in. I had to do this to prevent crashes on a computer with V old graphics card

Those damn nebula is the GPU killer. I don't know why particle effect in GC3 is so severe to render.

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Quoting FreedomFighterEx,

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Those damn nebula is the GPU killer

YUP . But they sure look nice

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The original wat to do it was :

File: MapSizeDefs.xml

Change: <MinCameraZoom>100.0</MinCameraZoom> to <MinCameraZoom>2900.0</MinCameraZoom>

But, I used it and it didn't work. Is there somethinig different to do now?

Thank you.

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Sorry, but as I didn't find an anwser yet, I take the chance to ask again. Is anyone know how to limit the zoom in?

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You cant edit core game files anymore, you mave to copy paste them into a mod folder.

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Ha, ok...

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I'd like to toss in a request for this as well. I don't have resource/playability issues on most of my computers, but I just prefer to play the game in its entirety using the zoomed out iconography. I have nothing against the pretty stuff, but the game is more playable for me when I can see more stuff onscreen with clearly delineated borders. Maybe just add a checkbox to entirely disable the pretty graphics or add a slider to change the render distance.

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I'd like to toss in a request for this as well. I don't have resource/playability issues on most of my computers, but I just prefer to play the game in its entirety using the zoomed out iconography. I have nothing against the pretty stuff, but the game is more playable for me when I can see more stuff onscreen with clearly delineated borders. Maybe just add a checkbox to entirely disable the pretty graphics or add a slider to change the render distance.

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Quoting a0152570,

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edit MapSizeDefs.xml and change MinCameraZoom. Increase it for each map size to limit how far you can zoom in. I had to do this to prevent crashes on a computer with V old graphics card

as said above, this works but it has to be a MOD for crusade, edit the file and save it in your crusade mod directory

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Quoting a0152570,

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edit MapSizeDefs.xml and change MinCameraZoom. Increase it for each map size to limit how far you can zoom in. I had to do this to prevent crashes on a computer with V old graphics card

as said above, this works but it has to be a MOD for crusade, edit the file and save it in your crusade mod directory

Yeah, I saw that and I appreciate the suggestion. I'll try it tonight. I was just thinking that might be a good thing to add to the base game without need of making a mod.

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