Terra Nil

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MATEJZAO Jan 1, 2023 @ 3:25pm
Zoom in and out needs different buttons
My mouse scroll wheel is broken and I can not zoom in and out. If possible, can you add option to zoom with Q and E?
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rdbury Jan 1, 2023 @ 8:46pm 
Zoom should probably be configurable, as should most of the other controls, but pre-release demos sometimes don't make everything configurable. Finalize what the controls are actually going to be, then set up configuration screens etc. For Q and E to rotate the screen, keep in mind that this game uses isometric graphics, not full 3-D graphics. Isometric graphics are kind of tradition with RTS games, and they have several advantages over full 3-D graphics, for example better performance. Some popular recent games such as They are Billions use isometric graphics. But with isometric graphics you can only see the playing area from a limited number of angles, sometimes, as with TaB, only one. I've played RTS games that allow you to rotate the camera and to me there are both benefits and drawbacks. Yes you can get a better look at what is behind a mountain or tall building. But it's very easy to get disoriented and lose track of the relative positions of things. It doesn't seem to be a big problem with first person or OTS games, but RTS are almost always bird's eye view which is a different story. In my experience it's better for an RTS game to just not make adjustable camera angles necessary.
MATEJZAO Jan 2, 2023 @ 4:27am 
I understand isometric graphics, AoE thought me that. I just think that Q, E might be good alternative for roll-up and roll-down. Since it has no rotation otherwise.
And I see why you think that. I used wrong word "rotate". It is supposed to be "zoom".
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Date Posted: Jan 1, 2023 @ 3:25pm
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