Slower (not instant) map focus

Zojj · Post by **Zojj** » 28 May 2007 00:47

What if the game took 1/2 sec to focus on a target instead of instantly viewing it?

This idea stems from finding subsidies. When you click an industry, you zoom there instantly, and again on the 2nd click. This makes it hard to orient yourself to build a route. A slower pan to would eliminate the need to hunt around on the minimap. And it would be cooler. =)

I'll try to write something if this interests yall.

XeryusTC · Post by **XeryusTC** » 28 May 2007 08:19

That would be very useful, I always forget where towns are in the beginning of a game and it takes me some game years to get to know their positions. I think that slowly moving would help remeber (relative) locations better than instant jumping.

kaan · Post by **kaan** » 28 May 2007 12:12

That would be sweet, you got my vote

Zephyris · Post by **Zephyris** » 28 May 2007 14:53

Great idea! Simple yet effective...

knedle · Post by **knedle** » 28 May 2007 15:43

However you would need to turn off some grfs while scrolling. I imagine it would be hard to scroll half of 1024x1024 map in 2 seconds with a lot of trees.

XeryusTC · Post by **XeryusTC** » 28 May 2007 17:33

This feature is in trunk since r9962, you need to enable smooth scrolling to use it.

Zojj · Post by **Zojj** » 28 May 2007 19:17

Sweet! This feature got added the day after I suggested it. Coincidence?

Thanks Peter1138!

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