papadoli: So i was experimenting around with Cheat engine trying to increase the zoom levels in the game cause i could not stand the default zoom. After a few hours i finally made it work. Heres what you need to do:

1. Download Cheat Engine
2. Start up EE
3. Start new game or load a save
4. When you are in game ZOOM OUT max and alt+tab out of the game
5. Start CE -> Select a process to open -> Select EE

6. Now you need to put in this:
Value: -20.5
Scan type: Exact value
Value Type: Float

7.Press the "First scan" button
8. In the list to the left there are 2 values that is exactly -20.5, double click both.
9. Now in the bottom select both items (shift+click)
10. Hit your SPACEBAR then hit ENTER and type in the value -28 and hit OK.
11. Alt+tab back into EE and scroll your mouse.
12. Play the game! :D

Note: You can change the value to anything you want really, but i would not recommend going above -30 as the fog of war will cover your view as seen in the attached images

papadoli: Note: You can change the value to anything you want really, but i would not recommend going above -30 as the fog of war will cover your view as seen in the attached images

papadoli: 8. In the list to the left there are 2 values that is exactly -20.5, double click both.

roida: Thanks for that detailed description, works very well! To reduce the ground fog, you can change following key in the registry:

EE: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mad Doc Software\EE-AOC\Zoom Lock
EE Expansion: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SSSI\Empire Earth\Zoom Lock

from 64 (default, Hexadecimal) down to 0 (Hexadecimal). This was enough for zoom setting of -28.

This reduces the blueish ground fog. However there still is a maximum range where the content is culled away in blue fog on the top end of the scene for what I didn't found a tweak yet.

Due to this camera distance culling, for 1920x1200 the best zoom setting was -27, since the distance culling is not visible then.

Furthermore, from the two values determined in step 8:roida: it is only necessary to edit the one with the higher memory address.

roida: Thanks for that detailed description, works very well! To reduce the ground fog, you can change following key in the registry:

EE: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Mad Doc Software\EE-AOC\Zoom Lock
EE Expansion: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SSSI\Empire Earth\Zoom Lock

from 64 (default, Hexadecimal) down to 0 (Hexadecimal). This was enough for zoom setting of -28.

This reduces the blueish ground fog. However there still is a maximum range where the content is culled away in blue fog on the top end of the scene for what I didn't found a tweak yet.

Due to this camera distance culling, for 1920x1200 the best zoom setting was -27, since the distance culling is not visible then.

Furthermore, from the two values determined in step 8:roida: it is only necessary to edit the one with the higher memory address.

johannus8: Happy new year 2019 everyone! :)

I managed to add an increased zoom to the EE-AOC expansion by patching the binary executable.
If you want to give it a try, you can retrieve the patch here:

Replace \ by /
https:\\drive.google.com/open?id=12sdsJc6M2UZslMoXdmmNPZCjSShUV651

-Extract the files from the zip-archive into the EE-AOC directory.
-Run the patch_EE-AOC file once. A new file EE-AOC-old.exe should appear. (It is the backup file.) Now, the EE-AOC.exe should be patched.

Does it work for you?

johannus8: Happy new year 2019 everyone! :)

I managed to add an increased zoom to the EE-AOC expansion by patching the binary executable.
If you want to give it a try, you can retrieve the patch here:

Replace \ by /
https:\\drive.google.com/open?id=12sdsJc6M2UZslMoXdmmNPZCjSShUV651

-Extract the files from the zip-archive into the EE-AOC directory.
-Run the patch_EE-AOC file once. A new file EE-AOC-old.exe should appear. (It is the backup file.) Now, the EE-AOC.exe should be patched.

Does it work for you?

johannus8: Does it work for you?

Pherim: This is amazing, it makes widescreen resolutions playable, finally! I used to play in 1280x1024 until now because that resolution had the biggest FOV (vertically), but this helps a lot. I can even play it in borderless window mode with dgvoodoo2.Pherim: Works great! You even managed to move the fog even further away! However, it's a bit too far zoomed out for my taste, and as far as I know there is no way to zoom in just a bit... any chance to get a patch with a lower zoom setting? And one for the main game? Just asking. ;) Great work, anyway!

Pherim: Perfect! Works flawlessly! My antivirus doesn't like the program or the modified .exes, but once I configured it to ignore them everything just works! I've set zoom to -30 and fog to 45, which seem to be good values for 1080p. Thank you very much!