How to change view distance?

[Corinthian]

Well, that's it...is it possible to lengthen the camera view? Seems that even on maximum zoom out, I don't get enough of a view of the city.

[Khanon]

If you go into your preferences, click the "Game" radio button at top, and set camera to "Free". That's the best yer gonna get. But if you look at the SS thread, I've gotten some pretty righteous shots with that setting.

[Corinthian]

Thanks, Khanon. I already had that camera style selected, but thought there might be some way to 'cheat' the camera distance further out. Like by hitting enter in game, then typing something like "cameraviewdistance=500" or whatnot.

I agree, your screenshots are nice...I just want a more expansive view.

[Khanon]

Thank you. :)

Well, I've actually taken to panning high and angling from the map corner. If you fiddle with it just right, it'll work.

I do agree that I wish we could pull the camera past the map edge, though.

[Davir]

In the folde SimCity Societies\Data\XMLDb are there a xml fil with name CameraSettings

efit the line <Height min="2" max="60" /> and this line <Zoom min="2" max="60" /> to 120 or higher :)

[Corinthian]

Thanks, Davir. That did it. :)

[Khanon]

Didn't do it for me...still can't back up past the game map edge...so things still get missed in my screens.