where the hell is the zoom

[SLDGHRAM 1er]

i spent 5 minutes looking at keyborad mapping and not a trace of the zoom ... i mean seriously , a FPS with no zoom ? it can t be, this option must be hidden somewhere ....

[deathlight]

I have been wondering the same thing. The original Doom 3 featured the ability to zoom but I think they might have taken it out of this version. It was never really necessary but I would have liked for it to have returned as well.

[SLDGHRAM 1er]

Not necessary but quite hady, when enemies are hidden and far away for exemple .... well too bad

[NOTINUSE]

This is a classic, modern shooter, lol. There was never an ability to ADS. A little after it's time, fellas.

[Dekonega]

I've been wondering the samething. Original Doom 3 has the zoom. BFG edition just seems inferior in everyway possible.

[DogMeat]

Originally posted by Spiral Down:

This is a classic, modern shooter, lol. There was never an ability to ADS. A little after it's time, fellas.

We're talking a zoom effect not ADS, kind of like Half Life 2 but not as long range. Doom 3 definitely had a zoom and BFG edition definitely removed it. Not a big deal in my opinion but its removal is noticable to anyone who played Doom 3 as the zoom button defaulted to right mouse button. The thing that bothers me most about BFG edition is how much more ammo you get.

[Fwufikins]

I find the idea of a zoom feature is not really needed in a game consisting almost entirely of CQB situations where your primary weapons are a shotgun and a chainsaw, but each to his own.

[Murderlol]

There's really no need for a zoom in this game, it isn't CoD or battlefield. This game is 90% cqb, the longest range you get is usually far enough away to not blow yourself up with a rocket launcher. Yes the original had a zoom but I don't remember actually using it ever. In fact I think I unbound it at some point because it was useless.

[d7602002]

I must admit that I have "jumped" several times, not because the game is scary (I mean I am just getting past the point of where the DEMO stopped) but because I use RIGHT MOUSE to ZOOM in on the attackers and my guy jumps. I might have to rebind the RMB to do nothing when I click it.

[SteppenWolf]

I actually noticed this right away since you can no longer read the text that the guy who checks you in at the beginnig is typing. Kinda makes you wonder why they took it out.

[UnKn0wN]

hy folks, zoom is still there, you just have to edit the default.cfg in the main folder like this

bind MOUSE2 _zoom

done!

don't know why they left this out of the mapping menu but alas...

found other tweaks here

http://www.doom3world.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=26&p=246116

some of them are not valid anymore because that thread was made before the latest patch wich changed some lights stuff but the zoom tweak still works!

[UnKn0wN]

don't activate the console if you care for achievements though, once you activate the console achievements get screwed... but the zoom tweak is safe.

[SLDGHRAM 1er]

Ihave a little problem here, the config file isn't in the main folder but in Steam\SteamApps\common\DOOM 3 BFG Edition\base .... editing it doesn't put the zoom back as i saw.

[UnKn0wN]

well it worked for me... this is how it looks at the end of my default.cfg


//
// MOUSE BUTTONS
//

bind MOUSE1 _attack
bind MOUSE2 _zoom

seta com_skipintrovideos "1"


maybe you need to start a new game for it to work I dunno... I am not an expert but following that thread I linked before I managed to get it working...

[TheIllestVillian]

This isn't a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ genernic fps, just because the game has better graphics (The models of all the npcs suck ass anyways. Like the imp and betruger)

[Punished John]

"Created in 2004" = "suck sh#t"

Very enlightened mindset.