Scaling Down a Game

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#1

Hi Developers,

I am currently developing a flight simulator, and due to the large map size the whole game is 20x smaller than real life (my scaling: 1 stud = 1 foot). Because of this, the player will be 20x bigger than intended.

I have a couple of questions:

  1. How do I scale down the player so that they can play the game as if the game was scaled normally? I know this is possible because Pilot Training Flight Simulator has done this and it isn’t noticable at all.

  2. How can I edit the game so that it looks like the normal size? This would be very helpful because then I could edit in the normal amount of detail that I normally do.

Do any of you know how I can do these things? Thanks!

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#2

use mesh parts instead of roblox default parts since there are scaling limit although you can also union it or did you meant the camera

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#3

Hi sam_0987654321best,
I was asking how to view the Studio camera in a zoomed in way to make it easier to edit stuff on such a small scale :slight_smile:

#4

Try increasing the focal length/fov on the camera

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#5

Oof, that doesn’t seem to work. It only makes the camera view less area.

#6

Maybe just model it scaled up slightly and then scale it back down when you’re done

#7

That’s not too good of an option either, because for every edit I would have to keep scaling it, which could get a bit messy with the systems I am planning to implement. Thanks for your suggestions though :slight_smile:

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#8

Maybe there’s something like this in the Studio settings? Have you tried looking into the settings of Roblox Studio?

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#9

Yeah, I have. There’s only the options to control the camera speed :confused:

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#10

I’m not sure if there is anyway you could do this. I found one of the only post that talks about camera size but it’s a feature that someone wants to add. But the replies says otherwise. :confused:

Camera New Property, Camera.Size

Unless there is something I missed or there is a new feature

Edit: you can always scale down the player in-game to make it so the buildings are larger than you, however I’m not sure about the studio camera itself.

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#11

Do you know how to scale down the player, or could you link me to a tutorial? Thanks :slight_smile:

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#12

I think 20 studs is 1 meter.
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#13

This is what I could fine, I hope you find your solution in the future. I wish you all the best in making a Flight Simulator :slightly_smiling_face:

#14

@CheesesPuffss thank you! That’ll be really helpful! :slight_smile:

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#15

I was just saying if you your game to be accurate 1 meter equals 20 studs.
6 studs is like 1 foot.

#16

I already know my usual scaling methods. I use a scale of 1 stud = 1 foot, meaning that the average roblox character is around 1.5m tall. With this scaling, 20 studs would be around 6m.