real stupid question needing smart answer.

Psyon · 04-20-07, 03:37 PM

how does one zoom out on the regular and attack map?

"TAB" works for zooming in but i am unable to figure out how to back out.

any help will be, well, helpfull:rotfl:

Quillan · 04-20-07, 03:40 PM

Mouse wheel. Scroll in/out to zoom in/out.

Bort · 04-20-07, 03:42 PM

If you have a mouse wheel on your mouse, simply roll it backwards toward you and it will zoom out. If you don't, I don't know what to say, sorry.

Psyon · 04-20-07, 03:47 PM

thanks everyone, finger trackball here. guess i will look around in them files and try to map a key to it *shrugs*

Monica Lewinsky · 04-20-07, 06:33 PM

No, ask again. I was going to try to find an existing Noob post and ask the VERY SAME question.

I do NOT want to use the mouse wheel because it is so HYPER fast and sensative on my PC. I waste too much time trying to get the view I want by trying to recover from zooming out to far. I knew about the TAB key in the NAV [F3] map from my SH-3 days would zoom in, I could swear I figured out the keyboard key to unzoom but I cannot remember it. Tried Shift-TAB, Ctrl-TAB, ... nuthin. Anyone know the keyboard key to unzoom one level in the NAV map?

Cpl Carrot · 04-20-07, 10:52 PM

On the reqular map, right click on the magnifing glass to zoom out.

Elder-Pirate · 04-21-07, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

No, ask again. I was going to try to find an existing Noob post and ask the VERY SAME question.

I do NOT want to use the mouse wheel because it is so HYPER fast and sensative on my PC. I waste too much time trying to get the view I want by trying to recover from zooming out to far. I knew about the TAB key in the NAV [F3] map from my SH-3 days would zoom in, I could swear I figured out the keyboard key to unzoom but I cannot remember it. Tried Shift-TAB, Ctrl-TAB, ... nuthin. Anyone know the keyboard key to unzoom one level in the NAV map?

Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/mouse...........useally you can find such a setting as this one below. your mouse may be different than mine but it should have a wheel speed control. Better than useing the keyboard for zooming in/out, or that dumb mag glass in left map corner.

Good luck.

Elder-Pirate · 04-21-07, 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psyon

thanks everyone, finger trackball here. guess i will look around in them files and try to map a key to it *shrugs*

Trackball ? I thought those went out with the Model T.

cunnutazzo · 04-21-07, 06:38 AM

trackball here too, no way to zoom on the attack map using the keyboard??

DirtyHarry3033 · 04-21-07, 07:48 AM

To zoom in/out using keyboard, edit Commands.cfg and replace these lines:

[Cmd70]
Name=Cam_zoom_in
Ctxt=1,11

[Cmd71]
Name=Cam_zoom_out
Ctxt=1,11

with:

[Cmd70]
Name=Cam_zoom_in
Ctxt=1,11
Key0=0x58,s,"SHIFT X"

[Cmd71]
Name=Cam_zoom_out
Ctxt=1,11
Key0=0x5A,s,"SHIFT Z"

This will allow you to zoom in with Shift-X and zoom out with Shift-Z. Just tested it and it works great, doesn't conflict with any default commands. Don't know if any mods out there have assigned those keys to other functions!

DH

cunnutazzo · 04-21-07, 08:29 AM

it works great! thank you

Psyon · 04-21-07, 10:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elder-Pirate

Quote:

Originally Posted by Psyon

thanks everyone, finger trackball here. guess i will look around in them files and try to map a key to it *shrugs*

Trackball ? I thought those went out with the Model T.

heh. i have been dated! does anyone remember "points and condensers" in their distributors for their engines??

personaly, i like the trackball and mine has that niffty super high tech gold plated optical stuff jammed inside of it:rotfl:

someone posted right clicking on the mag-glass. better than nothing. will save me a whole bunch of time instead of zooming in till i get the whole map again...thanks!

EDIT: oh!! didnt read Dirty Harrys post, very nice, very nice..thank you Dirty!
*runs towards command.cfg!!!*

DirtyHarry3033 · 04-21-07, 10:55 AM

No prob guys, just glad I had an answer. All kinds of useful commands in that .cfg that aren't mapped to any keys, it's easy enough to create key bindings.

Psyon, yep I remember points, condensers, carburetors and all that old-fashioned obsolete stuff. And I also remember my first computer experience as a young guy, writing code on a card-punch machine, running the card deck thru the card-reader, then waiting 3 or 4 hours for the results to come back on the printer. Hard to believe how old I'm getting :hmm:

Elder-Pirate · 04-21-07, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyHarry3033

No prob guys, just glad I had an answer. All kinds of useful commands in that .cfg that aren't mapped to any keys, it's easy enough to create key bindings.

Psyon, yep I remember points, condensers, carburetors and all that old-fashioned obsolete stuff. And I also remember my first computer experience as a young guy, writing code on a card-punch machine, running the card deck thru the card-reader, then waiting 3 or 4 hours for the results to come back on the printer. Hard to believe how old I'm getting :hmm:

Yeah you guys are getting old all right.

Glad I'm not in that crowd just because I remember 9 cent per gallon gasoline at the pumps ( standard price too ) and 4-8-8-4 Big Boy steam engines rolling down the UP tracks.

Don't know how you stand it. :rotfl:

DirtyHarry3033 · 04-21-07, 02:32 PM

Elder, you've actually been in the presence of a UP Big Boy hauling a load down the tracks? I'm jealous

Not that I'm anxious to be old enough to have seen one (too old already...) but gawd-almighty I love steam locomotives and if the Big Boy wasn't at the top of the food chain I don't know what locomotive was! Sadly they went out of service about 3 months before I was born

DH

(sorry to get OT here

)

04-20-07, 03:37 PM	#1
Psyon A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 76 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	real stupid question needing smart answer. how does one zoom out on the regular and attack map? "TAB" works for zooming in but i am unable to figure out how to back out. any help will be, well, helpfull:rotfl: __________________ USS Silversides [SS-236] USS Blackfin [SS-322] Well Done Pops

04-20-07, 03:40 PM	#2
Quillan Samurai Navy Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 579 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Mouse wheel. Scroll in/out to zoom in/out. __________________ We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, that we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

04-20-07, 03:42 PM	#3
Bort Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Studying in Atlanta Posts: 919 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	If you have a mouse wheel on your mouse, simply roll it backwards toward you and it will zoom out. If you don't, I don't know what to say, sorry. __________________ GT Aerospace

04-20-07, 03:47 PM	#4
Psyon A-ganger Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Washington Posts: 76 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	thanks everyone, finger trackball here. guess i will look around in them files and try to map a key to it shrugs __________________ USS Silversides [SS-236] USS Blackfin [SS-322] Well Done Pops

04-20-07, 06:33 PM	#5
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	No, ask again. I was going to try to find an existing Noob post and ask the VERY SAME question. I do NOT want to use the mouse wheel because it is so HYPER fast and sensative on my PC. I waste too much time trying to get the view I want by trying to recover from zooming out to far. I knew about the TAB key in the NAV [F3] map from my SH-3 days would zoom in, I could swear I figured out the keyboard key to unzoom but I cannot remember it. Tried Shift-TAB, Ctrl-TAB, ... nuthin. Anyone know the keyboard key to unzoom one level in the NAV map? __________________ Sink them all!

04-20-07, 10:52 PM	#6
Cpl Carrot Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	On the reqular map, right click on the magnifing glass to zoom out.

04-21-07, 06:38 AM	#9
cunnutazzo Soundman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pisa, Italy Posts: 142 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	trackball here too, no way to zoom on the attack map using the keyboard??

04-21-07, 07:48 AM	#10
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To zoom in/out using keyboard, edit Commands.cfg and replace these lines: [Cmd70] Name=Cam_zoom_in Ctxt=1,11 [Cmd71] Name=Cam_zoom_out Ctxt=1,11 with: [Cmd70] Name=Cam_zoom_in Ctxt=1,11 Key0=0x58,s,"SHIFT X" [Cmd71] Name=Cam_zoom_out Ctxt=1,11 Key0=0x5A,s,"SHIFT Z" This will allow you to zoom in with Shift-X and zoom out with Shift-Z. Just tested it and it works great, doesn't conflict with any default commands. Don't know if any mods out there have assigned those keys to other functions! DH

04-21-07, 08:29 AM	#11
cunnutazzo Soundman Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pisa, Italy Posts: 142 Downloads: 27 Uploads: 0	it works great! thank you

04-21-07, 10:55 AM	#13
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	No prob guys, just glad I had an answer. All kinds of useful commands in that .cfg that aren't mapped to any keys, it's easy enough to create key bindings. Psyon, yep I remember points, condensers, carburetors and all that old-fashioned obsolete stuff. And I also remember my first computer experience as a young guy, writing code on a card-punch machine, running the card deck thru the card-reader, then waiting 3 or 4 hours for the results to come back on the printer. Hard to believe how old I'm getting :hmm:

04-21-07, 02:32 PM	#15
DirtyHarry3033 Weps Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 351 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Elder, you've actually been in the presence of a UP Big Boy hauling a load down the tracks? I'm jealous Not that I'm anxious to be old enough to have seen one (too old already...) but gawd-almighty I love steam locomotives and if the Big Boy wasn't at the top of the food chain I don't know what locomotive was! Sadly they went out of service about 3 months before I was born DH (sorry to get OT here )