Zoom out optics

[Deadpool]

Ive been trying to get back to playing Dayz but im having an issue where i cant seem to zoom out with optics no matter what button i change it to.
I know the controls are very different to when i first started playing and it took me a while to get close to how i like my keys to be set up.
I use my scroll wheel to use "zoom in optics" and i would like to use the same scroll wheel for "zoom out optics" but that doesnt do anything.

"eye focus" does switch back and forth from ADS and (looking over your weapon) but going back using the scroll wheel isnt possible, if i then use eye focus to go back from ADS to normal it wants to go to ADS first and so you stay in ADS mode.

I just want to use my scroll wheel to zoom in and zoom out like i always had i with any Arma based game.
This "eye focus" options really doesnt worrk well if you also use zoom in optics.

And im also having an issue to map my zeroing, ive always used Left shift + scoll wheel to change the zeroing but if i map those keys it works in reverse meaning if i hold down shift and use my scroll wheel it does nothing and when i let go of shift and use scroll wheel it does.
Using any other key for instead of left shift gives the same results, it always reversed??

[ast]

sry I can't exactly pinpoint your problem, zooming in with mw up and zooming out with mw down is working perfectly fine for me.
I have eye focus set to a thumb mouse button and it's quite comfortable to use.

all in all I can just say that DayZ sadly is way less configurable than the ArmA series, especially the controls.
it may be that some keys interfere with each other if you change too many controls, though, especially the mouse buttons shouldn't be reconfigured.
best advice is to leave controls on default, change only the absolute necessary and test after each change if everything else is still working

[Deadpool]

Originally posted by ast:

all in all I can just say that DayZ sadly is way less configurable than the ArmA series, especially the controls.

Yeah, the old system had so much flexibility but i admit it had a lot of bindings.
Guess i'll just experiment some more and try to adapt.

The other issue with the zeroing being reversed while bindings multiple keys must be a bug?, surely i'm not the only one wanting to do this?

[ast]

afaik the binding of keys for one selected function doesn't work, they' ll just perform their separate functions simultaneously.
I guess the game can only differentiate between click and hold (like the stance key) but I dunno if that goes for every key.

as you said, in the end it's a matter of trial and error.

[Deadpool]

Well it sort of works because if i hold shift and use scroll wheel the zeroing stops working and when i release shift it zero's the gun with the scroll wheel without touching anything else so it does register the Shift + scrollwheel part, its just reversed and it somehow thinks im holding down shift when im not and vice versa.
But nvm, i cannot seem to map other keys to my liking and its just impossible for me to adapt after 25 years of playing FPS games haha.

For instance it seems RMB is hard coded to perform 2 actions, one for holding and one for clicking and these cannot be seperated which makes it very confusing.
With this i could be aiming down sight while holding RMB and clicking once on the button mapped to "eye focus", But if i just click RMB once im also aiming down sight without holding my RMB.

Im used to mapping a thumb button to lower and raise my weapon, Holding RMB would zoom in without ADS, Clicking RMB once would ADS and holding RBM while ADS would also zoom in.

I now need 4 buttons what i previously could do with 2 and this is going to get me killed every time.
I'm probably the only one complaining about this so i'll just move on.

Thnxs anyways

[ThunderStorm]

Dubbel Check,,, do you have a controller or joystick, steerwheel plugin if you play whit key binds.

[ast]

Originally posted by Deadpool:

For instance it seems RMB is hard coded to perform 2 actions, one for holding and one for clicking and these cannot be seperated which makes it very confusing.
With this i could be aiming down sight while holding RMB and clicking once on the button mapped to "eye focus", But if i just click RMB once im also aiming down sight without holding my RMB.

as I said, never ever touch (reconfigure) the mouse buttons, especially not the RMB
I know, it's tempting for us Arma players who are used to ADS with RMB but better just forget abut that, it'll mess up your whole control set.

leave the mouse buttons on default and anything else you reconfigure should work.

and don't forget, it's just a matter of getting used to in the end ;)

[Deadpool]

Originally posted by mokum 2021:

Dubbel Check,,, do you have a controller or joystick, steerwheel plugin if you play whit key binds.

No, just my keyboard and mouse.

[Deadpool]

Ive never played any game without holding RMB for ADS so i cant change this anymore, its hardcoded in me haha.
I dont understand why they did it this way but it is what it is.

Maybe i'll install arma 2/3 again and see if i can copy over parts of the userconfig to get it to work but seeing i just wanted to try Dayz again i dont think im going to bother with that.