Increase zoom distance?

[Grisu]

Hi everyone,

I'm playing on 4K widescreen and would like to increase the zoom distance of the camera.
Is this possible?

I thought the issue had been fixed. Returning to the game, it doesn't look like it. :(

Grisu

[The_Driver]

Official word from not even a week ago:

Will we ever be able to zoom out farther?

The short answer is "No, because the game isn't designed for this". The long answer is that the farther your view distance is, the more stuff you have to render (it's a quadratic relationship). In addition, there are specific distances that the server sends you objects at, and if you can see more terrain, you won't necessarily be able to see the objects on that terrain. There are a few places in the 3.0.0 expansion where the view is pulled back slightly, but we control those carefully and you'll see what I mean when you play it.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1866578

[Drake]

Already answered a billion times by the devs, this is not an issue and it's never gonna change. It's not an arbitrary distance, it's tied to several parameters like mob apparition. Even if you unlock the zoom distance you still wouldn't see mobs, effects, chests etc. They just can't do it because of server and client performance.

[Grisu]

Will we ever be able to zoom out farther?

The short answer is "No, because the game isn't designed for this". The long answer is that the farther your view distance is, the more stuff you have to render (it's a quadratic relationship). In addition, there are specific distances that the server sends you objects at, and if you can see more terrain, you won't necessarily be able to see the objects on that terrain. There are a few places in the 3.0.0 expansion where the view is pulled back slightly, but we control those carefully and you'll see what I mean when you play it.

Thanks for the link! I doubt the issue will be fixed any time soon from the answer. :(

[Otragedy]

Originally posted by Grisu:

Will we ever be able to zoom out farther?

The short answer is "No, because the game isn't designed for this". The long answer is that the farther your view distance is, the more stuff you have to render (it's a quadratic relationship). In addition, there are specific distances that the server sends you objects at, and if you can see more terrain, you won't necessarily be able to see the objects on that terrain. There are a few places in the 3.0.0 expansion where the view is pulled back slightly, but we control those carefully and you'll see what I mean when you play it.

Thanks for the link! I doubt the issue will be fixed any time soon from the answer. :(

This answer is bu-ll-sh-it. They just DO NOT want to work on it.

[acirb]

Originally posted by Otragedy:

Originally posted by Grisu:

Will we ever be able to zoom out farther?

The short answer is "No, because the game isn't designed for this". The long answer is that the farther your view distance is, the more stuff you have to render (it's a quadratic relationship). In addition, there are specific distances that the server sends you objects at, and if you can see more terrain, you won't necessarily be able to see the objects on that terrain. There are a few places in the 3.0.0 expansion where the view is pulled back slightly, but we control those carefully and you'll see what I mean when you play it.

Thanks for the link! I doubt the issue will be fixed any time soon from the answer. :(

This answer is bu-ll-sh-it. They just DO NOT want to work on it.

Nice necro from 7 years ago.

But yes, you repeated GGG's own argument. "The game isn't designed for this" means "it's not the direction we are going in" means "not likely to change" means "do not want to touch it".

It's not the only game where you are limited this way, and it won't be (RPG's, real-time strategy games, sidescrollers, etc.)

EDIT: Damn, what year is it?