"Zoom" Key [Tab] Use .....

[Goat]

In the F5 view, pushing my Zoom [Tab] key zooms *IN*... great. How the heck do you use that key to Zoom *OUT* ???

I sure can't 'find' it .....

[Zero Niner]

If your mouse has a wheel, use it to zoom in/out. Or else use the toolbar at the top of the map.

[Goat]

Naaa...'Tab' Key is easier... for me... But I can only ZOOM **IN**.... I have to use your choices to Zoom *out*.... rats......

[theluckyone17]

Try Shift-Tab, as a guess. I'm booted to Linux right now, otherwise I'd fire up SH3 and see for myself.

[Goat]

Nope......... Shift + Tab was my first try. Control + does nothing, and of course Alt+ minimizes the game screen...

Maddening... In the community manual it says "Zoom In / Out" ... so I thought for sure it was possible... **OUT**, I mean

[Sawdust]

Here is how to set Shift-Tab to zoom out:

In your Silent Hunter III/data/cfg folder is a file called commands_en.cfg. You can open it with a word processor (like WordPad or Notepad).
Inside it are all of the keyboard commands and they can be customized.
The only command associated with "Tab" seems to be [Cmd72], Cam_zoom_cycle. You can see that the command Cam_zoom_out [Cmd71] does not have a key assigned to it.
[Cmd71]
Name=Cam_zoom_out
Ctxt=1

[Cmd72]
Name=Cam_zoom_cycle
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x09,,"Tab"

After making a backup copy of commands_en.cfg for safety (name it "commands_en (old).cfg" or something similar), add the following line to the code for [Cmd71]: Key0=0x09,s,"Tab" The "s" between the commas means Shift in addition to Tab (you can also use a "c" instead of an "s" for Ctrl-Tab to be the zoom out).
The final code should look like:
[Cmd71]
Name=Cam_zoom_out
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x09,s,"Tab"

[Cmd72]
Name=Cam_zoom_cycle
Ctxt=1
Key0=0x09,,"Tab"
Save the file and the next time SHIII starts, Shift-Tab will zoom out on the F5 map screen (as well as on the F6 TDC screen).

[Goat]

Ohhh.... 'How Sweet It Is...' ! That oughta be 'standard'... Thanks a lot for the tip, and how to do it. I don't mind messing around in programs, but I usually don't know WHAT to mess with...



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