Strategic icons pop up Distance while zoomed

[Spengler]

Didn't find anything via search so I might as well ask:

Is there a way to select when the icons will appear at a certain zoom level? I'd like to have the Icons appear closer zoomed in to what is the default but I don't like to have the icons render always. Is there a certain setting I am missing in the game? Before the recent patch I also didn't notice this but I may be hallucinating. I'm quite new to this game so bear with me.

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[Uveso]

Hello Spengler,

there is no option or setting to change the zoom distance for strategic icons.

Because the range setting for strategic icons (IconFadeInZoom) are defined in every blueprint for every single unit:

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Display = {
    Mesh = {
        IconFadeInZoom = 130,
    },
},

The only way to change this is a mod that changes the blueprint while loading it into the game.

[Spengler]

Hallo Uveso,

thanks for the reply. That is unfortunate to hear. I don't expect there to be a mod so I will have to learn to live with it.

[Uveso]

Hello Spengler,

Well, the problem with editing the blueprint is;
Editing the blueprints is only possible with a sim-mod.

You can't use this in multiplayer if not every player has this mod installed.
But you can use it in singleplayer:

AdvancedLOD_V1.zip

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This mod here was designed for an automatic LOD setting for units. (LOD is calculated by unitsize)
It also uses only highres textures and models for units, even in faar zoom levels.

And it has a line to set the IconFadeInZoom!

If you want to play around with it in singleplayer, install the mod and open this file:

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C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Supreme Commander Forged Alliance\Mods\AdvancedLOD\hook\lua\system\Blueprints.lua

then search for line no.87:

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uBP.Display.Mesh.IconFadeInZoom = 160

Here you can set the IconFadeInZoom for all units.

Greetings, Uveso.

[Spengler]

Thank you very much! I will try that.