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camera focus zoon...?

February 13, 2008 12:28:15 AM from Sins of a Solar Empire ForumsSins of a Solar Empire Forums
is there any way to change the scroll/zoom so it is just like in supreme commander? Currently if i zoom in on one of my planets, it will auto track and i will auto follow some unit in the center of the screen.

Like to turn off this auto focus/track.

Thanks.
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Kreyson
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Reply #1 February 14, 2008 10:00:59 AM
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Anyone know?

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Reply #2 February 14, 2008 10:05:58 AM
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There is an option in the User Interface to turn on/off Zoom to Cursor.

I have Zoom to Cursor turned On. I have to double-click on a ship to make the camera 'follow' it. If I left-click on empty space, the camera will stop or not follow it.

Hope this helps.
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Reply #3 February 14, 2008 10:35:31 AM
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I know the button, its in the upper left hand corner.. picture of the camera.

Guess what i am saying, is when i "Zoom" in, it will "Auto Follow" the nearest ship that i zoomed in on with out me clicking it in any way.

LIke to know is there a way to make the camera follow "Only" if i click on it.
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Reply #4 February 14, 2008 10:48:33 AM
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The zoom-to-cursor function auto-tracks the nearest object to the cursor, because otherwise you'd end up zooming past the plane, or not being able to zoom in close enough, since the altitude of planets varies.
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Reply #5 February 14, 2008 12:09:05 PM
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Gets a little frustrating in combat, deselecting auto follow on a unit.

how about zoom to the nearest unit like you suggested, but not camera/follow auto track? Picks the nearest unit to the cursor as the plane not to exceed.

We are having to "reset" or disable auto track virtually every time i zoom in on a fleet. Gets crazy when i zoom in on my fleet when some ships are warping out and some are staying. Or for fast moving ships. Suddenly i find myself flying down a phase line when i need my view/focus to be back in combat in the system i just left.

If this could be a toggle feature in the options menu, this would help out immensly. Several friends whom i have played with has commented about this.
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Reply #6 February 14, 2008 1:18:24 PM
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There is a function called 'Focus on Selection' in the Camera section of Key Bindings. But it does not have any key bound to it. I don't know exactly what it does, but it might be worth a try binding it to key and see if it helps?

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