The Zoom mod

[alpaca]

Now, this is not actually a mod (or at least not one I'd make a release of) but I thought I'd share it nevertheless.

If you put this into your campaign script (into OnFactionTurnStart or something) you can zoom out (and in) further:

scripting.game_interface:set_zoom_limit(3,0)

Look at the attached image for more impressions

[PubliusKhannus]

hmm cool little tidbit, thanks man

[Flobulon]

Nice find!

[GoodKnight]

can you do the same for the battles?

[PubliusKhannus]

just where exactly IS my campaign script though,

[Dud doodoo]

Right with startpos.esf, in your data\campaigns\main.

[PubliusKhannus]

excellent thanks

[alpaca]

can you do the same for the battles?

Probably not - at least not unless the above already does the trick. Why don't you just try it?

[Flobulon]

can you do the same for the battles?

Just use the debug camera - set the line "default_camera_type 0;" in your C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\The Creative Assembly\Empire\scripts\preferences.empire_script to 2 instead of 0, it let's you zoom in/out as much as you want really. The only downside is that if you enter the frontend options menu then it will revert to default.

[scivian]

Right with startpos.esf, in your data\campaigns\main.

Thanks, what do i open it with? Tried notepad, wordpad and word and all open an unreadable script.

[Flobulon]

Use this scivian.

[Ketzerfreund]

Thanks, what do i open it with? Tried notepad, wordpad and word and all open an unreadable script.

He said you find the campaign script with startpos.esf - startpos itself isn't the campaign script. It's not a script at all. Guess which file in that same folder is the script...

[klesh]

The only downside is that if you enter the frontend options menu then it will revert to default.

Good to know! I was wondering why mine would revert sometimes. Ty.

[helmersen]

What file do we put in our campaign script? There are no file to download?

[Ketzerfreund]

There's no file to download, helmersen. You have to edit the campaign script. The lua file that resides where startpos.esf is.

[alpaca]

What file do we put in our campaign script? There are no file to download?

Yeah there's no file. Open data/campaigns/main/scripting.lua with a text editor (notepad for example - don't forget to make a backup copy before you change it) and replace this part:

local function OnFactionTurnStart(context)
	if conditions.TurnNumber(context) == 2 then
		if conditions.FactionName("britain", context) and conditions.FactionIsHuman("britain", context) then
			scripting.game_interface:trigger_custom_mission("britain_protectorate", "britain", "protectorate_region_capture", 0, "georgia_usa+cherokee_territory+new_france", "", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_thirteen_colonies_text", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_thirteen_colonies_reward", 0, "thirteen_colonies", context)
		elseif conditions.FactionName("spain", context) and conditions.FactionIsHuman("spain", context) then
			scripting.game_interface:trigger_custom_mission("spain_protectorate", "spain", "protectorate_region_capture", 0, "trinidad_tobago+tejas+curacao", "", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_new_spain_text", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_new_spain_reward", 0, "new_spain", context)
		elseif conditions.FactionName("france", context) and conditions.FactionIsHuman("france", context) then
			scripting.game_interface:trigger_custom_mission("france_protectorate", "france", "protectorate_region_capture", 0, "michigan_territory+algonquin_territory+cherokee_territory", "", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_louisiana_text", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_louisiana_reward", 0, "louisiana", context)
		end
	elseif conditions.TurnNumber(context) == 5 then
		scripting.game_interface:enable_auto_generated_missions(true)
	end
	
	if conditions.FactionName("britain", context) and not conditions.FactionIsHuman("britain", context) then
		scripting.game_interface:grant_faction_handover("britain", "thirteen_colonies", 6, 15, context)
	elseif conditions.FactionName("spain", context) and not conditions.FactionIsHuman("spain", context) then
		scripting.game_interface:grant_faction_handover("spain", "new_spain", 6, 15, context)
	elseif conditions.FactionName("france", context) and not conditions.FactionIsHuman("france", context) then
		scripting.game_interface:grant_faction_handover("france", "louisiana", 6, 15, context)
	end
end

with

local function OnFactionTurnStart(context)
	if conditions.TurnNumber(context) == 2 then
		if conditions.FactionName("britain", context) and conditions.FactionIsHuman("britain", context) then
			scripting.game_interface:trigger_custom_mission("britain_protectorate", "britain", "protectorate_region_capture", 0, "georgia_usa+cherokee_territory+new_france", "", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_thirteen_colonies_text", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_thirteen_colonies_reward", 0, "thirteen_colonies", context)
		elseif conditions.FactionName("spain", context) and conditions.FactionIsHuman("spain", context) then
			scripting.game_interface:trigger_custom_mission("spain_protectorate", "spain", "protectorate_region_capture", 0, "trinidad_tobago+tejas+curacao", "", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_new_spain_text", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_new_spain_reward", 0, "new_spain", context)
		elseif conditions.FactionName("france", context) and conditions.FactionIsHuman("france", context) then
			scripting.game_interface:trigger_custom_mission("france_protectorate", "france", "protectorate_region_capture", 0, "michigan_territory+algonquin_territory+cherokee_territory", "", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_louisiana_text", "mission_text_text_main_protectorate_louisiana_reward", 0, "louisiana", context)
		end
	elseif conditions.TurnNumber(context) == 5 then
		scripting.game_interface:enable_auto_generated_missions(true)
	end
	
	if conditions.FactionName("britain", context) and not conditions.FactionIsHuman("britain", context) then
		scripting.game_interface:grant_faction_handover("britain", "thirteen_colonies", 6, 15, context)
	elseif conditions.FactionName("spain", context) and not conditions.FactionIsHuman("spain", context) then
		scripting.game_interface:grant_faction_handover("spain", "new_spain", 6, 15, context)
	elseif conditions.FactionName("france", context) and not conditions.FactionIsHuman("france", context) then
		scripting.game_interface:grant_faction_handover("france", "louisiana", 6, 15, context)
	end
           scripting.game_interface:set_zoom_limit(3,0)
end

[helmersen]

Cant you just upload the file here?

[alpaca]

Cant you just upload the file here?

I could but then people wouldn't make backups. I'm also not very prone to support the "I want everything being so simple that a toad on a toadstool trip can do it" behaviour

[Stoferr]

Is it possible to do the same with the battle camera? So we can watch the battles between the men, and the ships? That would be epic

[Ketzerfreund]

Stoferr, scroll up to post number 9.