Anyone else find the game unplayable without zoom mod?

boggers · 2018-09-08 16:15:28

I've been using the 1440 version of zoom mod since the first day I played, can't play without it now.

PeaGirl · 2018-09-08 16:51:59

If you can't zoom out, try to scout instead. Zoom out has made so many players like you lazy.

hmrka · 2018-09-08 17:15:59

Yeah same, I hope it will be updated soon. But like the person above said, I just scout instead.

Dodge · 2018-09-08 18:28:52

Maybe some kind of watch tower or/and guard tower that would make a big zoom out when your in it, so you can see where all the items are and what everyone is doing, also it could increase the range of the bow to shoot the griefers or vice versa, and the guard towers would look dope in a castle

SomeRandomPerson · 2018-09-08 18:38:06

To me it feels a bit like cheating, Seeing more then others is a definite advantage. Tried it once, Nice for seeing stuff but It felt like it made me move alot slower.

Was useful for navigation, was easier to locate stuff in towns and the wild. But I can see griefers using it to ambush people and plan out killing sprees.

Could also be used for good to see murders when they would otherwise be offscreen. Can forsee when a griefer is headed your way or nearby animals.

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Lotus · 2018-09-08 22:03:36

Yeah, seems like a cheat to me too. Even so, there isn’t a version for the computer I play on (MacBook) so I wouldn’t be able to use it in the first place.

Also, the food/temp bar on the bottom looks messed up and that physically hurts me...

golmock · 2018-09-08 22:49:59

I am also waiting for the mod. The original version has too little visibility and everything is unnecessarily large. I want Jason to help me adjust the resolution like any other game.

Catfive · 2018-09-08 23:57:36

Dodge wrote:

Maybe some kind of watch tower or/and guard tower that would make a big zoom out when your in it, so you can see where all the items are and what everyone is doing, also it could increase the range of the bow to shoot the griefers or vice versa, and the guard towers would look dope in a castle

That's a really good idea, like appropriate and awesome!

Catfive · 2018-09-08 23:59:01

SomeRandomPerson wrote:

To me it feels a bit like cheating, Seeing more then others is a definite advantage. Tried it once, Nice for seeing stuff but It felt like it made me move alot slower.
Was useful for navigation, was easier to locate stuff in towns and the wild. But I can see griefers using it to ambush people and plan out killing sprees.
Could also be used for good to see murders when they would otherwise be offscreen. Can forsee when a griefer is headed your way or nearby animals.

So much like weapons and the resources to make weapons it can be used for good and bad, seems pretty balanced then

Anshin · 2018-09-09 01:58:40

The current default view is 7hx11w (three tiles above and below you and five tiles to either side).
If you consider each tile one meter square = about 3.3 feet, then you can only see 10 feet away.

The 1440p zoom mod is x2 and brings this up to 20 feet which makes sense as proper 20/20 vision.

Therefore 1440p should be the new default visual distance.
Either that or we all need to craft some glasses!

Matbat · 2018-09-09 05:27:30

Base game is just rubbish if you've used and are ok with using zoom out mod.
Roads pull you every which way and you're very much stuck in any civilization because you can't see anything past the desert that is in between the flourishing civ and the bountiful wilds.

I recently (weeks ago) played vanilla and it was horrendous.
It took me five minutes to find the compostery and I wouldn't dare step into the wild swamp to gather water from ponds out of fear of a tree boar.
Just as the screen was squeezing my vision I felt I had to hunker down in the civilization because I knew without being able to see more than five tiles away I would probably die or get lost out in the wild.
I ended up doing minor compost and using said compost to make a large potato patch to match how I felt with such a small FOV.

My ability to do things was stumped because I had no clue what was going on around me or where things were, and I feel bad for all the players who don't use zoom out mod because their potential is likely locked away because of vanilla FOV.

For the sake of your own ability, I suggest those who shun it to use it still. (and if the most zoomed out is too much work your way up from the lesser zoom mods to the greater, it's alot less of a jarring transition.(of course you don't want to zoom out so much you can't see stuff, zoom out appropriately) )

Tarr · 2018-09-09 05:35:20

I wouldn't say the game is unplayable without zoom out but it's certainly a lot less enjoyable. I only ended up starting to use the mod after I got sick and tired of animals sniping me in the wild. Those sort of deaths always felt incredibly cheap compared to anything other than tree boars/snakes.

If you aren't using the mod by now it's way more than worth using as default zoom is just baaaad.

boggers · 2018-09-09 05:50:55

Yeah, my play style and habits have developed taking zoom mod for granted... as soon as I can pick up a berry I am outside of town scouting for whatever I cant find in town (furs, iron mine, etc.) without zoom mod I'm lucky to last 5 mins doing this.

Playing vanilla since the last patch it is like "Oh, this is just terrible... no wonder so many players are useless."

gabal · 2018-09-09 07:56:49

I haven't played it myself but I saw mobile version of the game has 3 zoom options so maybe we'll get them in base game as well.

Aria · 2018-09-09 14:37:34

It's physically painful for me, I honestly can't play the game for more than 20 mins before getting a headache on the default view. Something about being so restricted and how the camera moves so zoomed in just... hurts man, it hurts. I tried running the game in a window which helped a bit but, come on who does that?

Joriom · 2018-09-09 22:20:36

Zoomed out FOV mod updated
http://ohol.joriom.pl/download/list

boggers · 2018-09-10 04:54:23

Thanks Joriom!

TrustyWay · 2018-09-10 12:04:40

We should all be able to zoom ouz ya knw, that's no cheat

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Joriom · 2018-09-10 15:25:31

And you're all able to zoom out. I'm trying my best to allow you to with every update

MultiLife · 2018-09-10 15:32:39

gabal wrote:

I haven't played it myself but I saw mobile version of the game has 3 zoom options so maybe we'll get them in base game as well.

Same, and I hope for that too!

Falsewall · 2018-09-10 16:41:08

Rattlesnake hell in vanilla. Will not play game without.

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