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TL;DR

Please allow changing which layers are part of the default zoomed-out Map View.

What?

In zoomed-out Map View/chart mode, Alt switches between two states: the default Map View layers and the custom layer selection.

I would like a way to change the default layer set. In my case, I want Recipe icons and Worker robots to be part of the default view, so they stay visible while I use Alt to switch to my custom view for temporary checks.

This does not need extra toggles in the map UI. A simple advanced setting, or an exposed config.ini list/string for the default Map View layers, would be enough.

This is about the zoomed-out Map View/chart mode, not the normal entity Alt mode.

Why?

Recipe icons and Worker robots are useful permanent context when navigating a large factory from the map. I still want to use the custom Map View state for other temporary layers, without losing those two overlays from the default view.

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