Map UI

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I just recently started playing again after a year or so. My question is there any way to change the UI map scaling. I am using 2560x 1440 monitor and the map just looks huge, the ship icons are huge the map zoom feels restricted. I couldn't find a setting for that  maybe i didn't look hard enough. I kind of feel I am playing on an old 1280 x 1060 resolution screen. The UI scales well with the small ui option but the map needs help.

 

Thanks

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

In "...\Game\MapDefs.xml" there's a pair of lines for each map size <MinCameraZoom> and MaxCameraZoom>. It's an inelegand fix for you, but I'm not seeing a way to scale the camera zoom through the size of the UI. 

While this would seem to be an oversight, it actually makes sense that they wouldn't (or couldn't) do this. The map and environment is modeled with all its constraints - including the bounds of the camera. The UI is just an overlay that goes on the camera. Changing the MaxCameraZoom would require reloading the entire map if that variable isn't baked in to the map on game start (which I think it is).

Hope this helps, even if it's not the answer you were hoping for.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Thanks   I was mainly thinking of the icons  I know there are slider s on where they will no appear anymore but damn they are just huge as are the ship 3d models but thats not too bad as you are really zoomed in at that point

 

thanks again

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