Zoom Out Woes

[mersox]

Hi guys. I am trying to implement a zoom out feature in my game, sort of what the Spider-Man arcade game had. Check it out at minute 2:30 --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Y80vd0Qgk

However, in my case, when zoomed out the game doesn't show you a bigger field compared to when you play at normal size:

Here's the zoom out "char" that I created and spawned in the level:

name zoomout
type none
subtype  noskip
setlayer 999
shadow 0

anim idle
loop      0
delay    10
offset    0 0
frame    data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomentity" getlocalvar("self")
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomx" 0
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomy" 0

@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 260
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 250
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 240
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 230
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 220
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 210
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 200
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 190
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 180
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 170
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 160
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 150
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 140
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif
@cmd setglobalvar "zoomvalue" 130
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif


delay 1
@cmd  killentity getlocalvar("self")
  frame  data/chars/misc/empty.gif

EDIT: I forgot to clarify that I would like to be able to see the stage beyond the black bars... any ideas on what I can do to solve this?

 

[kdo]

Looks like its happens acord with the player position in the level.... its a issue of the walkable area/map  as you said before...ill try again as you said..

 

[kdo]

Tried again, a large top dawn map with 3000x3000 px, the entity  that trigger zoom effect is spawned  at 1500x1500 , so when zoom effects is achieve
the black boarders is show , but a notice they just show when char goes down or right, if  its move for up or left  the black boarders dont show and the zoom effect works correctly...

 

[O Ilusionista]

Have you increased the map image?

 

[kdo]

Yes, my map were 500x500px now it is 1500x1500px...

 

[O Ilusionista]

I've noticed that by creating a bigger screen, it reduces the fps while the effect is in action on Android, so I will revert it back.

 

[kdo]

Any idea about to how to solve this issue?

 

[O Ilusionista]

No, sorry.