Zooming

[jake13jake]

You know Alt+8, Alt+9... how they let you zoom in and out?

Is there anyway to calculate the percentage of the zoom? I want to make my setfocus scripts compatible with it, that's all.

[Dach]

other than checking keydowns (not very reliable) nope

[Thallen]

Messing with zooming isn't neccessary, when I zoom in, my computer tends to lag, a lot.

[jake13jake]

Originally posted by Thallen
Messing with zooming isn't neccessary, when I zoom in, my computer tends to lag, a lot.

yea, I know it isn't necessary, but just for the people that would want to do it, I'd want to have my setfocus scripts (which sets a focus restriction to the level you're in), to be compatable with the zoom for the people who actually want to zoom.

[ZeLpH_MyStiK]

I don't get your question. Your default focus is the player, and that's the center. Once you zoom in, the player is still your center. Thus if you do setfocus you're just changing the center coordinates, it shouldn't have anything to do with the zooms.

[GoZelda]

Perhaps he wants to zoom in on a bug fight somewhere in the level???

[jake13jake]

Originally posted by ZeLpH_MyStiK
I don't get your question. Your default focus is the player, and that's the center. Once you zoom in, the player is still your center. Thus if you do setfocus you're just changing the center coordinates, it shouldn't have anything to do with the zooms.

I programmed a view script that, at regular zoom, will restrict the player's focus to within a single level. The problem is that I would have to multiply my perplex equations that I don't know how I made by the zoom percentage if I want it to be compatible with the zoom feature.

I originally made the view script about a year ago... but wasn't really experimenting more with it until recently when I found that it wasn't compatible with the zoom option.

[haunter]

Just disable the zoom option all together... It's not that useful... The only thing I've ever used it for is to get rid of light effects in dark dungeons and things...

[jake13jake]

I actually think it's not a bad thing if you want to take close up screenshots or something.

[ZeLpH_MyStiK]

I know! Do this:

NPC Code:

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say2 Don't Use Zoom!;

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lol it's really lame, but it gets to be point. Or you can do what haunter said, disable it, I don't find the zoom useful at all. The only times I've used it is when I got bored. =/

[jake13jake]

DOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND?!?!??! that I want my script to be compatible, and I want the player to be able to use zoom?

[Python523]

Originally posted by jake13jake
DOES ANYBODY UNDERSTAND?!?!??! that I want my script to be compatible, and I want the player to be able to use zoom?

• Don't loose your temper
• You can't have everything you want

[haunter]

Originally posted by Python523

• You can't have everything you want

Yeah... This is G-script we're talking about... not G'sus-script. :O I made a funny.... Or a not-so-funny...

[ZeLpH_MyStiK]

I still don't see how where the player looks at will have any effect on how their zoom is x.x Maybe its just me... -.-

[jake13jake]

Originally posted by Python523

• Don't loose your temper
• You can't have everything you want

Sorry... My temper carried over from the devil snowflakes thread... Could somebody move this thread into the future improvements forum?