Zoom Out mod

[raceoplasma]

In game and out of game I heard constant talk about this zoom about mod and how much easier it makes the game. Why allow certain players benefits over others? The zoom out mod from what ive heard is avalible to overal the normal game mode,but isnt mentioned anywhere on the forms? Im very confused whether this is against the rules, or where to download it.

[Smeester]

This game is open source. Which means anyone can download the code, and mod it.

The zoom-out mod was maintained for a long time, not sure it is any more. Jason has said he doesn't really like it, but that is the nature of the game and code he's produced.

The only official mod that I'm aware of is a reluctantly-made nudity-removal mod Jason made for those who need it for Youtube or other censorship issues. But he really doesn't like that, so it's not an ingame option to just switch on.

[Aisar]

In my opinion the game is unplayable without the mod, I honest to god can't see how anyone plays with the default zoom level. It's bad enough that you can't see anything with the default zoom but it makes trying to move around a nightmare. Not to mention milkweed is often so hard to find. Even zoomed out to the max I often spend minutes just looking for a couple milkweed plants for thread or rope. The disconnect between this developer and the game he's made is shocking. smh.

The mod also has hotkeys for expressions which is awesome and some other quality of life features. Mainly though it's for the reasonable zoom level and the facial expressions. Also you don't need to hit enter to start typing if that's a thing that you would want.

https://github.com/Awbz/OneLife

[Coconutsales]

The zoom out mod is the only way to play. Unless ya like zigzagging for half your life trying to find something....

Only thing I don't like is the automatic naming system. I compulsively capitalize letters and it ends up wiping my phrase and replacing it with "You Are _randomName_"

[Jeck]

Yeah, you need the zoom to play, otherwise lag snakes will inevitably get you sooner or later.

[raceoplasma]

After much struggle I finally got the mod working thanks to Aisar aswell as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1u8lD0F0-I&t=64s&list=LLk7El-JwTgAQ7YcAyOgFAXQ&index=20 This video showing how to install the mod, and in the link of the video is where I download my current version of game every update. Thank you for help all

[Lexyvil]

I always played without using any mod, and never had problems.

Personally I find the zoom-out mod to be an unfair advantage over players who don't use it, knowing it's not part of the official game. In real life, it would impossible to know what's on the ground at a great distance before being closer to it.

[No gf]

You zoom out you dies to mosquito. It's a fair game.

[ShufflePlay]

I used to play without the mod for many months, until Jason cut down ground ore in a weird nerf. To counter that, I got the mod, and never looked back. If people want to waste their time to running into directions, hoping to find items and right biomes, go right ahead. To me, this game has too much RNG to waste my time to moving around like a near-sighted ant. The mod makes me more effecient which in turn helps everyone. I have even fetched tools griefers tried to hide, while nobody even noticed.
I played a life with the zoomed in level as a test how it feels now; it made me dizzy. It's too zoomed in in the vanilla game.

Originally posted by No gf:

You zoom out you dies to mosquito. It's a fair game.

One can edit the mosquito sprite and replace it with something more visible... Which is fair imo, we can see and hear mosquitos irl easy. In-game, they are silent until they hit you.

[DestinyCall]

I don't know, I think it is pretty common to be bitten by a mosquito without realizing it IRL too.

[Tarr]

Originally posted by No gf:

You zoom out you dies to mosquito. It's a fair game.

As stated before we've started just replacing the mosquito sprites with other visible sprites instead. I'm actually more surprised no one thought of this earlier but with Jason forgetting to put the snowball emote in for two weeks I went in and started mucking around with sprites.

If anything you can look on the official forums for the sprite swap thread and add your own sprites if you don't like ms paint mosquitoes rofl.

[LunyTerror]

thx

[ChadGPT]

just got it and it made the game a lot more user friendly- nice to see how old I am, family members, etc. Zooming out is helpful to travel long distances. I wish it was incorporated into a master patch in the future.