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Originally posted by Good ?, The Chill!:
**SkyBlade brings up a good point, ho do you do that anyway?

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I believe Dee was referring to a tutorial scenario built into the Coldstone game editor, not the full-fledged scenario we'll ship at the same time as Coldstone.

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Originally posted by Captain Orne:
**The size of the objects will depend of the scenario creator and I ask too if this scenario will come with the game.

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Will coldstone give you the ability to zoom out?????

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Originally posted by andrew:
**I believe Dee was referring to a tutorial scenario built into the Coldstone game editor, not the full-fledged scenario we'll ship at the same time as Coldstone.
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Oh. I misunderstood. Sorry.

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Originally posted by GameFanatic:
**Will coldstone give you the ability to zoom out?????

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Hmmm, that is an interesting concept. Now I would also like to know if it zooms out so you can see the whole map.

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Check the log I think I saw something about that in the most recent post...

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Originally posted by Desert Fox:
**Hmmm, that is an interesting concept. Now I would also like to know if it zooms out so you can see the whole map.

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No -- actually, I think being able to "zoom out" would actually be somewhat detrimental to gameplay in some cases.

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Oh, i see, now that i realize it, it wouldnt be that much fun to just zoom out and see everything, but if you have a map kind of like the map omen gives you in cythera, that would be GREAT!

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Originally posted by Desert Fox:
**Hmmm, that is an interesting concept. Now I would also like to know if it zooms out so you can see the whole map.

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Most games rely on making things look good for your point of view. If you could zoom out, the author would need to add much more artwork than necessary, and it might run very slow. Plus it would be pointless if you could see EVERYTHING ahead of you...

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It would, however, be nice if you could have the illusion of zooming in/out at certain parts of the game. Not as a feature of gameplay, but (GlueBubble launches into his ideas)

Picture this:

In the background you see yourself and your companions from high above, a new mission is being given, and text is scrolling across the screen (like the missions in Warcraft) as the mission briefing ends, the camera zooms in to regular zoom, and you begin to play.

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Anyway, you would be able to get around this, I am sure, but it would be nice if it was a built in feature, so you wouldn't have to go mucking around with doing a QT movie or something like that.

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Originally posted by theGlueBubble:
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In the background you see yourself and your companions from high above, a new mission is being given, and text is scrolling across the screen (like the missions in Warcraft) as the mission briefing ends, the camera zooms in to regular zoom, and you begin to play.
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You can easily simulate this using the Coldstone engine as it is currently.

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All these screenshots look fabolous.... but can't you give us a tutorial made with coldstone. Just a few scenes to show how you can do...

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Originally posted by EnglaBenny:
**...but can't you give us a tutorial made with coldstone. Just a few scenes to show how you can do...
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Uh, andrew already said that Dee made a tutorial scenario to go with Coldstone -- he said it in this topic, too...

hehe......btw, did you forget your password or something?

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Originally posted by theGlueBubble:
**btw, did you forget your password or something?
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I'm in Virginia for the holiday, and the cookies on my browser always remembered my password for me. It sucks.