banished_utils

Utilities and scripts for improving gameplay in Banished.

banished_improved_camera_control.ahk

AutoHotkey script to improve camera / main map control in fullscreen mode.

• drag terrain with right mouse button (like on google maps)
• zoom towards screen edges with mouse wheel
• tilt camera with middle mouse button

Usage

• download and install AutoHotkey
• download the banished_improved_camera_control.ahk file (e.g. right click on the link > Save Link As...)
• execute (double click) the downloaded *.ahk file
• inside the game, try to drag the map with right mouse button across a large portion of the screen
• if the map has been moved too little, decrease x_moved_during_sleep and y_moved_during_sleep variables
• if the map has been moved too far, increase x_moved_during_sleep and y_moved_during_sleep variables
• if you want to drag the map with left button instead of right, replace BOTH occurrences of
  RButton to LButton
• make other adjustments as needed
• after SAVING your changes, you will have to Reload This Script from the context menu of the AHK notification icon on the Windows task-bar

If you experience any troubles, please create a new Issue, post in the original forum discussion or contact me.

Cities: Skylines utils

The game Cities: Skylines extensively supports modding, so creating a new mod is the correct way to implement new features. However, until such a camera mod exists, I adapted my Banished AHK script as a temporary workaround:

cities_skylines_improved_camera_control.ahk

• Same usage as above, except that CS natively supports camera tilt with middle mouse button.

Other AutoHotkey utils

• toggle_w.ahk - for games missing auto-run key binding
• forward_jump.ahk - jump precisely between small platforms without falling
• edge_scrolling.ahk - add edge scrolling to games that only support keyboard (ASDW) movement (like Factorio as of 2018-03)