Zooming and scrolling in blueprint dialog

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Zooming and scrolling in blueprint dialog

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It would be good if the blueprint dialog would allow zooming and scrolling so details on large blueprint are visible.
What ?
I suggest that zooming and scrolling are allowed in the blueprint dialog the same way they work in the game otherwise. The controls at the top of the blueprint should probably stay static and only the middle should zoom and scroll, similar to how the train view can be zoomed.

Secondly I suggest adding a "zoom to fit" button as it might be hard to get back to the right zoom level to fit everything.
Why ?
The blueprint dialog scales the contents to fit on screen. When creating a blueprint of a large area this means that it is zoomed out far and everything is rather small. This makes it hard to see and hard to remove unwanted items from the blueprint. Dragging the mouse along a belt will frequently skip tiles or one drifts sideways off the belt while moving. Zoomed in it is easier to follow a belt and the game can better keep up with the slower change between tiles. Unwanted power poles or underground pipes are easier to see and hit.

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I agree. Even medium-sized blueprints tends to have so small entities that is it hard to read it. If blueprint is big and you trying to find and remove e.g. some additional electric poles which belongs to neighboring structuctures, then good luck, you'll need it.
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+1

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This.
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Was just working on a large blueprint wondering if there was any way to zoom in. Need this!!!!

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Post by canisin »

Great suggestion, I would also like to second this. Just like velox, I feel the need for such a feature whenever I am working with a large blueprint.

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Yes, yes blueprint editing needs some love.
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