Map zoom feature

  • As the title implies, may I suggest a map zoom feature?
    In the same sense as console players can barely see text chat, some of us PC players are playing on small monitors making it so much harder to read the visual clues given in treasure maps.

    Undoubtedly a big screen HD TV will show a lot clearer than say my modest 19" monitor or those who play this game on a laptop.

    Just a suggestion.

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  • Until they do this since you can zoom in and out of the map table well map on the ship, the current way to do this is to show the map to a crew mate and use the spying glass to get a closer look at it.

  • @th3xr34p3r Good plan... for non soloists.

  • @admiral-rrrsole
    I usually don't have too much problems with it, however I've also managed to dig on the wrong spot just because the cross was over a specific landmark and you couldn't really see it that well.

    I think it would be nice to have an implementation of using LT/RT to just move the map closer or further away from your face without creating a high tech zooming map like we already have in the ship.

  • @Admiral-RRRSole A few people have asked for this. I can’t remember what the option is called in the settings but there is one where you can zoom in a little bit and see the details better.

    It’s a band aid and not a solution but does help a tad. I’ll load up the game and edit in what the options called.

    Edit: It’s the: “FOV Slider”

  • @admiral-rrrsole said in Map zoom feature:

    As the title implies, may I suggest a map zoom feature?
    In the same sense as console players can barely see text chat, some of us PC players are playing on small monitors making it so much harder to read the visual clues given in treasure maps.

    Undoubtedly a big screen HD TV will show a lot clearer than say my modest 19" monitor or those who play this game on a laptop.

    Just a suggestion.

    While I'm not necessarily in need of such a feature, I can think of a few ways to do this.

    1. You can hold a different button to get the map even closer to your character's eyes. Using the same controls as the world map to look around.
    2. We can put maps on the voyage table / cycle through the maps on the voyage table. On there we can select a map and zoom in as close as we want for maximum detail.

    I can understand this is a needed feature for some. I can barely see the hints / outlines of an island when we are on a larger island with X maps. My sight is great, but if I'm struggling to see it at times I can't imagine what people with lesser eye sight must feel like. I agree that this needs to be in the game :)

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