Changing zoom-in & zoom-out in Pillars of Eternity.

How to edit zoom-in & zoom-out values in Pillars of Eternity.

Introduction

Hello!

This is a short guide on how to modify the zoom-in/zoom-out values in Pillars of Eternity for us players who want to be able to zoom-in more or zoom-out more!

Step by step

• Activate the console (in options -> controls, scroll down to find the console keybind and bind it to a key of your choice, § for example)
  
• Now while in-game press the console key that you picked and then press "enter" (a text message should be visible in the top left corner of the screen).
  
• Now you have to type "setzoomrange" and the two values you want to use. The default values are 0.75 (for zoom-in) and 1.5 (for zoom-out). For example I'm using "setzoomrange 0.5 1.5" for more zoom-in since I was happy with the default zoom-out. Remember to remove the brackets!

Finale

Also worth to note, this command does NOT count as a cheat and will NOT deactivate your achievements. Here's the the dev source confirming it for anyone interested: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/72151-how-to-zoom-in-close/page-2#entry1603916

Happy adventuring!

[Reyser Zaeta]

thanks!! me sirvio

[pyxxel]

Very helpful, thanks a mill!

[thegladdestthing]

Thanks! I was wondering how to do that, but I was leery of just poking blindly at the settings and seeing if they jumped the way I wanted them to. This is a big help.

[Cosmic Cat]

It should save if I remember correctly! :)

[Harag]

Does this save between load/save sessions, or do I have to set it each time? I note on the guide would be good - thanks for sharing this anyway!

[mamert]

Good. Limited resources or no, some effort HAS gone into the models and, since they can't be viewed in the bestiary, this is a must-have.

[Snake]

Great stuff! I got used to Baldur Enhanced with a more zoomed out camera and Pillars could use with a couple extra steps of zoom out.

[Cosmic Cat]

I'm happy it helped!

[thebigj_a]

Helpful for those of us who downsample, since that pulled the camera further back (both min and max) the higher the res you downsampled from.