Scrolling Speed

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Sorry if this has already been mentioned (I searched for "scrolling" and "scrolling speed" but didn't find any posts). Basically, the scrolling speed seems to randomly switch between reasonable and out of control-fast. It doesn't seem to matter whether I'm using the keyboard arrow keys or the mouse. There does not seem to be any particular event that triggers the switch, it seems to occur randomly. I just got the beta today, so haven't spent a lot of time with it yet (love it so far though). Perhaps I'm just accidentally hitting some key that triggers "fast" scrolling (i.e., could this be a feature that I'm just not using properly)?
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
haven't seen this happen yet... are you in windowed mode or full screen?
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Out of curiosity, do you have an Athlon64 x2 processor?
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
It is an Athlon64, but not x2. The graphics card is ATI x1600, operating system's Widows XP, 2GB RAM. I believe I was in Full Screen mode--visually this just means there's no Widnows "frame" around the game display area, right? If so, then yes--full screen mode.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
On my old system, I've had situations where I scrolled during a slight processing delay and overshot my mark. I simply scrolled too far during the slight pause, and when my processor went back to work it processed my entire delayed scroll command = out of control fast scroll.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
I guess there is a chance that this is the same problem as I'm seeing, but I don't thinks so. The overall performance of the game on my system has been great so far. I haven't seen any significant delays/lag of any kind yet. Besides, during the fast scroll "mode", even the slightest quick tap of the arrow key would send the camera flying way too far, and this would happen immediately upon the key press (no delay).
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
Thanks Homer. I've heard several reports of this before.

Does it feel like the scroll 'slips' and you zoom in extremely close all of a sudden?
Was the camera plane almost level when you zoomed in?
Can you correct the speed by pressing the shift button?
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
>> Does it feel like the scroll 'slips' and you zoom in extremely close all of a sudden?

Yes, I'd say that's a very accurate description.

>> Was the camera plane almost level when you zoomed in?

Sorry, I don't recall... I think I saw it happen when the camera plane was not level, but I am not sure about this. It also seemed to affect camera rotation speed.

>> Can you correct the speed by pressing the shift button?

I will try this tomorrow. Usually, the problem seems to disappear by itself within a minute or two of when I first see it. So it's possible that the "fixing itself" actually occurs due to my hitting some key (like shift).

As to what might trigger it, at one point it started immediately after I hit the Toggle Zoom Level button twice (zoomed out using the button, scrolled around a bit at normal speed, zoomed back in using the button, scrolling speed went out of control for a couple of minutes). But I have seen this issue when I wasn't using that button, too.
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
We have something in the works. Appreciate the details.
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
Sure, no problem. The shift thing didn't work, but one thing I found that seems to always work is to save and reload the game.

By the way, the same issue also affects how zooming in on an object using ctrl+click works. When the problem is in effect, zooming in with ctrl+click places the camera a lot farther away from the object than the "normal" mode.