Steam Deck

Steam Deck

deafhobbit Jun 13, 2022 @ 6:23pm
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Magnifier feedback
I just discovered the Magnifier. It's already a great feature, but i think it could be much better with a few improvements

1) Right now, it always magnifies the same amount. Allowing the magnification amount to be adjusted in the settings for the feature would be very helpful.

2) When you zoom in, the mouse cursor gets hidden, and mouse input is used to pan the screen around. This is great if you just want to zoom in to read some text, but it means you can't Magnify on a small button or menu to make it easier to operate.

For example, Battletech 2018 runs well on the Deck, and i already had a controller setup i liked for it, but refitting mechs is a nightmare. That menu has a lot of small buttons that are difficult to click on with the touch pad mouse, and I can't just zoom in with the Magnifier to make clicking them easier.

I'm sure there are tons of other strategy and tactics games that'd have the same issue, especially since they usually only have KBM controls. The Magnifier works pretty well with game controller style controls, but it needs some more improvements to work well when the Deck's controls are mapped to KBM inputs.

3) Finally, this is a truly incredible accessibility feature, and you should make sure everyone is aware of it.
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There's other applications for changing zoom level too, like MegaMan X4's cutscenes in the MMXLC-- they're 16:9 but since the game is 4:3 we just get letterboxing inside a border, which is kinda dumb, but Magnifier could fix this if it was scaled correctly
Danibus May 9, 2023 @ 11:17am 
It will be great to choose zoom. I just didn't use right now as too much magnification, also use trackpad sometimes it's not useful, it depends of the game, but sometimes moves too fast. So at the end of the day I don't use zoom but I can't read hahaha

Maybe a different zoom, just crap borders, and make a small magnification will be useful.
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Date Posted: Jun 13, 2022 @ 6:23pm
Posts: 2