Starbound

Starbound

Extra Zoom Levels
235 Comments
Velocity Jun 26 @ 1:31am 
thank you dev for your contributions, have some pancakes :os_pancakes:
Solzucht May 6 @ 12:42pm 
while oSB allready includes a zoom option, i still have to thank you dear dev for all the years i were able to use this mod :)
Lake Pizza Mar 10 @ 4:47am 
finally i got description that explains and confirms that you can't mod zoom to floats and there is indeed hotkey problem for everything that is why you have to click around like madman everywhere.

Perhaps someone know, is string search also an engine problem in FU research tree? I'm kinda that tired of that category clicking to the point that i'd like to add string search there myself
element303 Dec 21, 2024 @ 5:30am 
Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you
SteelNorthman Apr 4, 2024 @ 3:05pm 
@Survivor_Squad If you want more zoomed out when at 1x Zoom, change you game resolution to the higher level. Using a smaller resolution cause 1x Zoom to be closer in due to the way Starbound scales based on Pixel amount.
Survivor_Squad Jan 14, 2024 @ 8:37pm 
I understand you cant use decimals, so you cant make it zoom out any farther than it already is can you?
Aethis Sep 23, 2023 @ 9:46pm 
4th page of comments says clientside :D time to enjoy near full zoom, or atleast enough to still read chat boxes
Spectreblitz Aug 19, 2023 @ 11:48am 
@Patchumz Yeah you make a fair point.
Patchumz  [author] Aug 18, 2023 @ 9:20pm 
@Spectreblitz the only questions that actually get asked and ignored are specifically addressed in the mod description and then asked and responded to a number of times in the comments. No point reiterating the same thing.
Spectreblitz Aug 15, 2023 @ 2:15pm 
I didnt mean dead mod, I meant you dont answer questions lol
Madalovin Aug 12, 2023 @ 7:57am 
Oh, the game engine itself doesn't support decimal zoom?
van Grunz Aug 12, 2023 @ 12:48am 
Which one exactly?
Boltte man Aug 11, 2023 @ 9:35pm 
They should bring back some of th stuff they cut out during alpha phase....
van Grunz Aug 11, 2023 @ 8:47am 
+1
Patchumz  [author] Aug 10, 2023 @ 7:55pm 
It's not about it being dead, just that there's nothing that can be done to it unless a big engine change goes through, and the game is basically out of that kind of development now. We'd all like if they modified the engine to support hotkeys and bring back decimal support, but the game is basically in maintenance mode now.
Spectreblitz Aug 10, 2023 @ 3:43pm 
guys, last updated in 2017, stop bothering to ask for things on a dead item
van Grunz Jun 9, 2023 @ 4:01pm 
Not possible due to hardcoded zoom levels. They're a multiple of a whole, so 1x, 2x, 3x...
Madalovin Jun 9, 2023 @ 1:11pm 
Could you add in integer sizes, such as 1.5 and 2.5 please?
van Grunz Mar 19, 2023 @ 3:37am 
Only integers are possible, so everything below 1 is unfeasible. Yes, that's an engine limitation and nothing a mod can circumvent AFAIK.
anari Mar 18, 2023 @ 10:08pm 
@Hyperspec

Not sure that x0.01 is possible due to engine limitations :Cherrytop:
Spece Feb 16, 2023 @ 5:59am 
Finaly! ive been looking for this for a while
also it will be funny once you add x0.01 Its a single pixel
Pixel Marker Nov 2, 2022 @ 5:45am 
great for seeing your build as a whole
Aoi Blue Oct 29, 2022 @ 10:07pm 
It is a shame you can't have hotkeys to change the zoom level. That would have been so nice.

Technical limitations.
van Grunz Jul 22, 2022 @ 9:16am 
Never due to hard-coded gameplay.
Aethis Jul 20, 2022 @ 8:23am 
x0.5 when?
ShampooEater Jul 14, 2022 @ 3:22am 
is it possible to go even further than x1?
Duck(bro) Apr 7, 2022 @ 8:13pm 
Very easy to use
Lexi Lunarpaw Mar 13, 2022 @ 11:25pm 
Why did steam unsubscribe me from this?
monktk Nov 30, 2021 @ 5:42pm 
Aw, I was looking for a mod that allows me to zoom via hotkey so I don't have to use the menu every time I get into or out of a mech. But I see now that the reason none of these exist is that you can't do it. Silly that the option doesn't already exist in the game but oh well. Glad to have at least found this answer.

Also wouldn't mind a 2.5 zoom as a compromise instead of switching, but it appears you can't do that anymore either. That's disappointing, and it's totally not your fault. Good mod, shame about the limitations from the game itself.
van Grunz Nov 29, 2021 @ 7:05am 
Due to the fact we can't use intermediate zoom levels, the next one below 1 would be 0 of what I think this won't work.
Diarmad Nov 29, 2021 @ 12:46am 
It would be nice, if you can add more level, so we can zoom OUT even more.

Let's say I have a very-very large build, the 1x zoom level is just not enough, the building, ship, whatever is just don't fit into one screen. We need to take several screenshots.

Of course, we can combine it into one big image, but that requires an external software.
When you have several giant builds, that took just too much time to do it. And there are people out there who doesn't even know how to do it...
GarglingGlass Nov 28, 2021 @ 9:44am 
Real sad about there being no 1.5. Oh well, thanks anyway
van Grunz Nov 24, 2021 @ 11:38pm 
Intermediate values are no longer possible due to a Starbound update itself long ago.
Madalovin Nov 24, 2021 @ 8:39pm 
Would anyone know of a Zoom mod that goes in increments of halfs as well?
2.5 is my prefered playable interface as 2 or 3 feels to large / small.
I believe this mod had done this before but was changed years ago?
PhoenixKarma Nov 16, 2021 @ 5:22pm 
If anything Im really just gonna use this for screenshots. Useful mod tho
MrSimonProd Nov 16, 2021 @ 1:54pm 
I assumed it was this mod. It happened right after I installed it. No doubt, a coincidence. I was just showing off my ship to friends. It's so big it still took 3 screens at 1x zoom. Thanks for actually paying attention to your comment section.
Patchumz  [author] Nov 16, 2021 @ 10:43am 
Nearly impossible for this mod to affect your game in any way, good or bad. It's merely unlocking a limit in the settings. Thus your problem stems from somewhere else.
MrSimonProd Nov 16, 2021 @ 6:31am 
I couldn't replicate the issue, but I recommend returning zoom to 2 or more before exiting the game just in case.
MrSimonProd Nov 16, 2021 @ 6:24am 
I had an issue with this. I tried closing my game with the zoom at 1, and my PC froze up. I had to initiate a shutdown to force it to close the Starbound game. I couldn't even get the task manager to come up to shut it down. Gonna see if it does it again.
Timtee [CVHN] Nov 2, 2021 @ 7:16am 
I'm honestly curious where the 20 level version of this went.
Patchumz  [author] Sep 16, 2021 @ 8:58am 
@Gay Furry Sparrow Watts Yes, it is.
The Squire Sep 16, 2021 @ 6:59am 
Is this client side?
ralseiyyiiyi Sep 10, 2021 @ 8:53pm 
useful, since i enabled hi-dpi override and the zoom is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ killing my laptop
Bullet Aug 7, 2021 @ 1:06pm 
essential.
van Grunz Feb 15, 2021 @ 9:44am 
Not possible because of the game itself, unfortunately.
mechasonic9000 Feb 15, 2021 @ 8:45am 
i would love to have 1.5x zoom as 1 is too far out 2 is too far in.
Patchumz  [author] Oct 6, 2020 @ 5:19pm 
Yes, the engine was changed years ago to prevent this and mods can't touch that stuff. The original version of this mod had fractional zoom levels, but it was removed when the game was updated.
Kate Yagi Oct 6, 2020 @ 3:53pm 
So it's engine limitations that prevent fractional zoom? What files are related to the engine?
Patchumz  [author] Jul 14, 2020 @ 10:31am 
@goldbrains No, it's not possible to lower the zoom below 1, which is as far out as it lets you. Hardcoded unfortunately.