New to HOI4 and I play on a laptop without a mouse - any idea how to zoom in and out?, other paradox games have + and - buttons you can press but they seem to be missing in HOI4. Am I missing something?
Zooming in and out
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Pinch motion on the track pad (edit - that's with two fingers moving toward or away from each other), scroll wheel on the mouse if you use one. I think it works with their other games too.
As I started out by saying - I dont use a mouse - pinch motion doesnt work, should have said I tried that. I just dont get why they have removed (or at least not implemented) the +/- buttons for zooming, I cant be the only person who uses a laptop with out a separate mouse.
When i play other clauzewitz engine games on my laptop i use the two finger scroll to zoom. Probably depends on what system and OS you're on though.. but you most likely have a scroll function on your touchpad in some way.. google it.
Pinch motion doesn't work? That sucks. Hmm, for my computer, HP laptop, the pinch motion works, there is a zone on the far right that will zoom by sliding up and down, like it's the mouse wheel, and I can map it so two fingers swiped up and down do the same as the scroll wheel, but I disabled that on my track pad.
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I googled "mouse scroll on laptop" and there are a number of options that can be enabled depending on your brand computer. Windows supports using the touchpad as a mouse wheel but it seems different laptop brands activate it differently (boo!).
It might be disabled on your laptop.
Most brands seem to have slightly different methods, so you need to target your brand's help site. One site says double click, but keep your finger pressed on the pad, another says there is a scroll line on the far right of the pad (mine has this), another site says pinch out and pinch in (my HP laptop also lets me do this), another says swipe up and down with three(!) fingers at the same time (my computer does NOT work like this, at least I don't think so).
...Long story short, if you figure out how to use the "scroll wheel" feature option for your specific computer, you will be able to zoom in and out with the touchpad.
It might be disabled on your laptop.
Most brands seem to have slightly different methods, so you need to target your brand's help site. One site says double click, but keep your finger pressed on the pad, another says there is a scroll line on the far right of the pad (mine has this), another site says pinch out and pinch in (my HP laptop also lets me do this), another says swipe up and down with three(!) fingers at the same time (my computer does NOT work like this, at least I don't think so).
...Long story short, if you figure out how to use the "scroll wheel" feature option for your specific computer, you will be able to zoom in and out with the touchpad.
Buy a mouse.
I'm sorry for that obvious advice, but I can't even imagine playing an RTS with touchpad.
Well, I did make a complete playthrough of Warcraft II (not typo, I'm talking about the 1995 game) with trackpoint, though... but it required no zooming.
I'm sorry for that obvious advice, but I can't even imagine playing an RTS with touchpad.
Well, I did make a complete playthrough of Warcraft II (not typo, I'm talking about the 1995 game) with trackpoint, though... but it required no zooming.