No zoom scroll with touchpad

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Hi. Today I downloaded Sins today and was trying the tutorials when I ran into a big problem. I'm playing on a laptop with a touchpad with "EdgeMotion" scroll abilities on the RHS and bottom, which normally substitutes for a zoom scroll wheel. When trying the tutorials I found that I could not scroll in and out (as one would if one had a mouse and used the scroll wheel). I'm very dissapointed with this lack -- I've played many games which allowed the edge scrolling to be used instead / as the scroll wheel (including Stardock's own GalCivII) and as such I'm very puzzled by this lack. I'm aware that there's a coarse keyboard zoom in/out, but this is a poor substitute.

Is anyone aware of a fix / workaround? If not, can we expect this bug (and I call this a bug) in an updated release (Ironclad)? I'm on a Dell Inspiron with a Synaptics touchpad / mouse, and have tried the latest Synaptics drivers.


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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
How can you even play a game with a touchpad in the first place? I'm not sure if this was what you were talking about at the end but you can press Tab and it zooms in and out to the distances you only really need, using the scroll on the mouse all the time will cramp your hand after an hour of play. Zooming closer is just to look at all the pretty lights =P I suggest buying yourself a mouse though
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I also suggest getting a wireless mouse, or mini-mouse, I use them all the time for my laptop; unless you plan on actually playing the game with it on your lap which is ill-advised and uncomfortable for a long game such as this one anyways.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
I use V/B when i have to play with touchpad (hmmm....)