Sector Space zoom is broken after the "Fix."

sadrielfett

Adjusted camera zoom distance while in Sector Space to be closer to the ship.

Too bad they broke this, as well, while trying to "fix" it.

I've played this game for years and the camera zoom features for Ground, Local System Space (which includes TFO's), and Sector Space have always worked independently of each other. Now it seems like with the last "fix" they accidentally combined the camera zoom for both Local System and Sector Space. Just because I want to be zoomed closer to the ship in Local System Space or in combat (TFO's), doesn't mean I want to be zoomed even way closer when I go back to Sector Space. Right now, I'm zoomed up where I want to be in Local System Space and TFO's but now when I'm in Sector Space it's zoomed up so much it almost blocks out everything else because now it's even zoomed in way closer to the ship than when I'm in Local System Space. When I zoom it back out in Sector Space so I can see the surrounding and go back to Local System Space or TFO's it's zoomed all the way out again. The problem gets even more exacerbated when you use the larger or smaller ships, as you'll see in thread posts further down the page. The one directly below (Keldon Class Cruiser) is just what it looks like for a "medium" sized ship.




Local System Space (includes TFO areas) zoomed in:






Sector Space zoomed in (way too zoomed up to ship and can't change zoom without altering zoom of Local System Space zoom view):







When I zoom it back out in Sector Space, so it's not taking up so much of the screen:





It also affects the zoom of the ship when it goes back into Local System Space (or a TFO).

Now, this is zoomed out way too far:






So, instead of playing the game, I have to change my zoom setting every time I switch from map to map to TFO. I can't believe this is how it's "supposed to work." Please either fix this or make Local System Space and Sector Space separate camera zooms again. This is pretty ridiculous. Why are the Local System Space and Sector Space camera zooms even linked now? This makes no sense. There is absolutely no reason for the ship camera zoom view in Local System Space and TFO's to be affected by the camera zoom view of the ship while it's in Sector Space.

knightmare

Upload your images to Imgur and use the links they provide, your pictures are not showing here.

sadrielfett

The above images were just for a medium sized ship. When you get the ships that are already small on the screen, this is what it looks like.



Local System Space (zoomed in):

This is zoomed all the way in, so you can actually see the ship.





Sector Space (zoomed in):

This is the same zoom, all the way in. It isn't too bad because the ship is already small, but that's beside the point. The camera zoom functions shouldn't be linked for System Space vs Sector Space.






Sector Space (zoomed out):

Now, when I zoom all the way out, which is how I normally have it in Sector Space.







Local System Space (zoomed out):

This is what it ends up looking like when you go back into Local System Space. This is obviously zoomed way too far out.

sadrielfett

When you get to the larger ships, it stands out even moreso.


Local System Space (zoomed in):

This is when the ship is in Local System Space and is zoomed in all the way.






Sector Space (zoomed in):

When I go out into Sector Space, this is what it looks like. Way too zoomed in. This can't have been what you intended for use in Sector Space. I mean, it's only good for taking screenshots or something. You can't see anything else around there to be of any real use zoomed that close to the ship.






Sector Space (zoomed out):

Okay, so I zoom all the way out so the ship doesn't take up the whole screen and this is what it looks like. Pretty normal setup.






Local System Space (zoomed out):

Now, when I go back into Local System Space again, the ship is zoomed way to far out.







This is why the camera zoom features for System Space and Sector Space haven't been linked together before. Please put in a fix so it's back to that way again.

The Ground and Space camera settings are still separate in-game, but now the Local System Space (including TFO space) and Sector Space camera zoom seem to be linked. It's unbelievably annoying having to adjust the camera zoom every time I go between them. This can't be intentional. I noticed when I was in the DS9 System Space on my Excelsior class ship, then transferred to Sector Space the camera zooms were doing like they were supposed to and acting separately. I was able to have my ship camera zoomed all the way in while in System Space and zoomed all the way out when in Sector Space. But, as soon as I went to another System Space map, such as Earth Spacedock (Sol System) or Nimbus III, then back out into Sector Space, it'd go back to both of them being linked again. Not sure why it acts differently in the DS9 System Space vs Sector Space in that area. And I'm not sure why it didn't do the same thing when I was in my Keldon Class cruiser in the same map areas, as seen above in the first post. They need to put in a quick fix for it, for certain.