Magnifier NO MOD, PC gamepad controller //UI Scale Alternative

Don't you see small font? Zoom_in the screen!

This is not mod, it is DIY kind of mod.

For Standard edition and WOTC.

last edit: 4 May 2020.

For whom:

Gamepad players
unabled to read small font properly.

What you need:

JoyToKey software.

What it does:

Keep "back" button down to zoom_in the screen + navigate with right stick.
Press "back" button again to zoom_out the screen.

How to configure that:

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JoyToKey set:

• Stick 2 > , Stick 2 < , Stick 2 /\ , Stick 2 \/ :
  Go 'Mouse tab', check properly direction. Set speed as you wish, mine is 100.
  
  
• Button 7:
  Go 'keyboard multi' tab, fill textboxes with:
  Input 1 - Lwin, Numpad+ , Alt
  Input 2 - Lwin, Numpad-
  
  
• POV \/ :
  Go 'Keyboard tab', set 1st texbox as ALT.
  
  SAVE!

Xcom2 / WOTC cfg:

Go to Documents directory, find:

-Standard eidition: Xcom2\XcomGame\Config\XcomInput.cfg
-WOTC DLC: XCOM2 War of the Chosen\XcomGame\Config\XcomInput.cfg

Open with notepad.

• [Engine.PlayerInput], [XComGame.XComTacticalInput], [XComGame.XComHeadquartersInput],[Engine.DebugCameraInput] and for standard edition [XComGame.XComShellInput]
  
  as 2 last lines in each section, add:
  
  Bindings=(Name="XboxTypeS_RightX",Command="",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=True,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False,bPrimaryBinding=False,bSecondaryBinding=False)
  
  Bindings=(Name="XboxTypeS_RightY",Command="",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=True,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False,bPrimaryBinding=False,bSecondaryBinding=False)
  
  
  
• Find all lines:
  
  Bindings=(Name="XboxTypeS_Back", Command="Back_Button_Press | onrelease Back_Button_Release | CANCELMATINEE 1")
  
  replace with
  
  Bindings=(Name="XboxTypeS_Back",Command="")

• At section [XComGame.XComTacticalInput] add last line:
  
  Bindings=(Name="XboxTypeS_B",Command="Back_Button_Press | onrelease Back_Button_Release | CANCELMATINEE 1",Alt=True)
  
  
  

  Windows magnifier:

  • Go start, type "magnifier" without quotes, go options.
    
    Set zoom as you wish, mine is 100%.
    Check Smooth edges of images and text.
    Choose Magnifier view to Full screen.
    Tracking: follow mouse cursor.
    Keep mouse cursor: Withing the edges of the screen.
  
  
  

  Xcom2 steam settings:

  • Library - Xcom2 - properties - Steam Input - Force Off.
  
  
  

  Xcom2 ingame settings:

  • Interface - device: Controller

How it works:

• Opened and minimized Magnifier app avoids to keep magnifier app as first layer on screen.
  
  
• JoyToKey software remaps "back button" with windows shortcut for triggering magnifier (win + numpad).
  
  
• Modified CFG disables back button ingame and disables stick2 button ingame while alt key is pressed down, that is why win+num+alt is used in JTK app for triggering magnifier app. Because "back button" is disabled in game, now keeping "D-pad south" pressed down with B button skips the turn.

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