SmootherZoom
This mod replaces the harsh vanilla mouse wheel zoom jumps with smoother, progressive zooming. Instead of snapping abruptly between large zoom levels, the camera now moves through smaller intermediate steps while keeping the game’s rendering, LOD behavior, mouse picking and UI overlays stable.
The goal is simple: make zooming in and out feel more natural without breaking the way Songs of Syx changes rendering modes at different zoom levels.
Main Features
– Smooth progressive mouse wheel zoom in settlement view
– Adaptive zoom steps: precise when zoomed in, broader when zoomed far out
– Mouse-focused zoom behavior, keeping the point under your cursor stable
– Protection against accidental wheel zoom while dragging with middle mouse
– Safer zoom-out transitions when scrolling quickly
– Smoother local full-map zoom in mode 3
– Slightly extended mode 2 zoom-out range to reduce the jump into mode 3
– Improved mode 2 <-> mode 3 camera handoff with less drifting
– Stable middle-mouse panning across zoom modes
Compatibility
Compatible with Songs of Syx V70.
Designed for version 0.70.x. Tested on V70.33.
Notes
This is a camera comfort mod for Songs of Syx.
This mod focuses only on camera zoom behavior and related rendering compatibility. It does not change gameplay, balance, buildings, resources, races or economy.
For best results, do not enable other mods that replace the same camera, settlement renderer or minimap classes.
