Mission editor zoom problem

[Milli]

Hi there.

 

I'm having (and have always had) problems zooming in and out with the mission editor. It takes forever to zoom in after scrolling the mouse wheel. Sometimes it doesn't even zoom at all. I don't have any fine control of it at all. Sometimes it zooms in or out to its maximum with no in between. Its all rather hit or miss. I've tired two mice, same problem.

 

I've tried using my wacom bamboo aswell, using the scroll touch pad. Same thing happens. I've never been able to use the mission editor because of this.

 

Can't we just have two keys to zoom in and out?

Edited May 22, 2016 by Milli

[Milli]

I've figured out a way of doing it with my bamboo tablet. Using left click to pan and scroll I just have to flick my pen up or down to zoom. I've given up with my mouse scroll wheel. Would love to see key presses to zoom in and out though.

[sthompson]

Hi there.

 

I'm having (and have always had) problems zooming in and out with the mission editor. It takes forever to zoom in after scrolling the mouse wheel. Sometimes it doesn't even zoom at all. I don't have any fine control of it at all. Sometimes it zooms in or out to its maximum with no in between. Its all rather hit or miss. I've tired two mice, same problem.

 

I've tried using my wacom bamboo aswell, using the scroll touch pad. Same thing happens. I've never been able to use the mission editor because of this.

 

Can't we just have two keys to zoom in and out?

 

I'm hoping to bump this issue. I too cannot reliably zoom the map view using the mouse wheel in Mission Editor in 1.5.5. If it zooms at all it only does so with a very long lag (most of a minute, if not more, definitely not just a few seconds). And since there is no immediate feedback as to how far I have zoomed I frequently find myself zoomed all the way in or out and can't do anything useful in either case. Definitely a bug. Mouse drag and clicks work without any problems. Mouse zoom worked fine pre 1.5, if I recall correctly.

 

Hoping 2.5 has configurable keybindings for the mission editor, but I can live with mouse zoom only if this problem gets fixed.

[cichlidfan]

I have seen this issue in the past. If you have extra mice laying around then try one of those. The problem seems to be hardware specific.

[sthompson]

I have seen this issue in the past. If you have extra mice laying around then try one of those. The problem seems to be hardware specific.

 

I'll try that, but I still consider it a bug. Using the mouse to zoom works just fine in other parts of the game. Sitting in the cockpit, for instance. It's only a problem when viewing the map, either in the ME or in the F10 view. And its frustrating that there does not seem to be any other option for adjusting the zoom level on the map.