Navigation controls

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I'm wondering, what are the best ways to navigate around a large map quickly? Here are the ways I've seen navigation done in a few genres:

- Edge scrolling

- mouse wheel zoom out and in over center

- mouse wheel zoom out and in over cursor

- click and drag

- click mini-map

- double-tap selection group

- backspace to pan back to previous location

- saved location hot keys

What methods are best for modern large scale RTSs like Ashes?

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Reply #1 from AshesoftheSingularity Forums Top

I'll give my 2 cents from playing
Sins for a long time. I prefer the combination of the mouse wheel zoom out and in over cursor with edge scrolling and clicking mini-map. I always adjust the zoom in/out to be quick so I can get to the spot I need to quickly (this does require the whole playing area to be visible while zoomed out).