[MOD 0.13] Zoom - a wider zoom

[binbinhfr]

Infos

• Type: Mod
• Name: Zoom
• Description: Just 2 buttons to zoom extra wide or close, further than actual gui limits ! And a ALT-Z hotkey to direct zoom out.
• Tested-With-Factorio-Version: 0.13.0
• Multiplayer compatible: tested on a headless server...
• Locale: none
• Tags: gui, zoom
• License: You are free to use and distribute this mod and also to modify it for personal use, but not to release a modified version without permission (unless visibly not maintained anymore).
• Portal download : https://mods.factorio.com/mods/binbinhfr/Zoom

Just 2 buttons to zoom extra wide or close, further than actual gui limits ! And a ALT-Z hotkey to direct zoom out.

Note :
- beware that extreme wide zoom can be CPU consuming...
- if you zoom extra wide, you will probably see strange parts of the map that are not already generated. It is not a bug.
- when you switch from mousewheel-zooming to buttons-zooming, you will notice that the zoom is making a "jump". Even if it looks like a bug, it is not : this problem is due to a limitation of factorio API which allows us to write the zoom value but not to read it (for potential desync reasons see here : viewtopic.php?f=25&t=20820&start=10#p131551). So when you click on the zoom-buttons, the mod uses the last zoom value that it knows, and not the true zoom value probably modified by mousewheel...

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[binbinhfr]

Added a ALT-Z hotkey for direct zoom out.

[Otterbear]

Me likey! Thanks! *All of your mods seem very useful. Thanks for making them.

[binbinhfr]

Me likey! Thanks! *All of your mods seem very useful. Thanks for making them.

Thx for the appreciation !

[abordoli]

I like the mod, but untoggled it due to a CTD when I must have accidentally "over-zoomed" out too much. I do see your warning here in this thread, but didn't at first as all the info I had was from the mod portal.

I actually want to use it for an effect where I go from outer-space to whole planet and seamlessly zoom into the game-playing area for a project (Animated Factorio Fan-Fic Comic) that I'm working on. It is actually going to be a view from a "viewing window" inside the escape capsule as it heads towards the rotating planet surface.

I like the extra zoom in, but I wish it had pan controls at that level so that all I wasn't seeing was my character's shoes. Yes, I could use the invisible character mod, but I actually wanted the character in the shot.
Best Regards,
~B

[Grand.Formage]

are there any plans to update this mod for 0.16?

[binbinhfr]

are there any plans to update this mod for 0.16?

updated on portal

[zOldBulldog]

I would suggest adding a third button, to bring up the last zoom value set by the mod.

Why? Because once we have the right level of zoom chosen with -/+ if we go back to manual scrolling and return we end up jumping to a different level of zoom than the last one we used... which is what is normally wanted.

[Qon]

Binbinfr is not playing the game any longer and is unlikely to implement any new features.

Sorry pal. We all miss him greatly. <3