Tip to Play SC 3 WIE with more zoom-in levels

[welk]

Do you know ? It's possible to play SC3 WIE (and all other SC titles) with supplementay "zoom-in" levels without any problem;
Using additionnal zoom-in levels, you will have just to use the black mini jump map to scrool or directionnel keys of keyboard.

Vanilla zoom-in level

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Additionnal zom-in levels

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[welk]

Supplementary zoom may be set from 5 to 5 increments
You may zoom in and zoom out very easely with - and + key, or with Ctrle+Alt and mouse central roll

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[welk]

My "Ancient Battles mod" in suplementary zoom level (using the "windows magnifier" combinated with SC3)

Graphs of the old "Age of Empire" are beautifull (I think this supplementary zoom levelit should be awailable in vanilla game)

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[welk]

The zoom sysem does also allow to play without interface
Here : a Napoleonic battle in full screen, with a 125% level zoom

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And the US Civil war mod battles in low level zoom

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[welk]

Do you know ? This little test I did from August 2026 to November 2026 (3 months) is the proof that SC users have a great lack of curiosity or they have excellent eyes


More than 2500 did read this thread, and no any one did ask : How work these secret supplementary zoom levels in SC3 War in Europe ?

In addition, I discovered recently that it was possible to scroll more easely on map than I though, only with mouse cursor, keeping in view the total interface. The secret levels allows to use 100% to 200% and allows also to keep at the same time the outzoom levels of the game
Example : if you set your secret zoom to 125%, you may use this 125% zoom as ordinary view, but at the same time, using with mouse roll the 2 vanilla outzoom views

And you may return in ordinary 100% view in one secunds, as you want : very usefull.

Vanilla game using the secret supplementary zoom levels

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My US CIVIL WAR (in work to be graphically improved) using same secret process

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[CaesarAug]

Are you saying the Ctrl + Alt plus centre mouse wheel gives you multiple zoom levels? I presume applicable across the entire SC game series?

[welk]

Damned : I did not know that.

I am catched, I did search a complicate way to have more zoom, in place to try this more simple way

My little secret tip was more complicated to be set, yours is more better and simple, Ctrle +Alt works perfect in all SC opus

[welk]

Re-damned !

I was using my tip when I tried with yours, and it's the reason for what it did work immediatly. But when i did quit my own tip, Ctrle+Alt did no more work

The complete tip is that : before to use Ctle + Alt in SC to have more zoom levels (infinite), you have to do the top-secret manipulation : if you do not, Ctle+Alt alone does not work in SC games

I think I did see Hubert in Ottawa...

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