Planet Coaster 2: How to Enable Edge Pan & Cursor Focused Zoom & Rotation

How to enable Edge Panning and Cursor-Focused Zoom & Rotation in Planet Coaster 2.

 

Step 1: Close Planet Coaster 2

Ensure that Planet Coaster 2 is completely closed before you edit the file. This is necessary to prevent the game from overwriting or ignoring your changes.

Step 2: Locate the Correct Configuration File

  • Open your Windows user folder in the file explorer
  • Go to
    Saved Games > Frontier Developments > Planet Coaster 2
  • Open the folder with your unique player ID, a random looking long number.
  • Inside, open the Config folder.
  • In the Config folder, look for the file named Controls_remote.config.xml

Step 3: Open the File in a Text Editor

  • Right-click on Controls_remote.config.xml file.
  • Choose Open With and select a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++.

Step 4: Modify Camera Settings

Once the file is open, locate the block that starts with

<Camera preset=”Custom” version=”4″>

Its near the bottom of the file.
In this block we need to change three lines to enable the advanced settings.

Enable Edge Pan

Change the line

<EdgePan>None</EdgePan>

to

<EdgePan>Circular</EdgePan>
Enable Cursor-Focused Rotation

Change the line

<RotateFocus>Center</RotateFocus>

to

<RotateFocus>Cursor</RotateFocus>
Enable Cursor-Focused Zoom

Change the line

<ZoomFocus>Center</ZoomFocus>

to

<ZoomFocus>Cursor</ZoomFocus>

Step 5: Save Your Changes

Save the file by selecting File > Save or pressing Ctrl + S.

Step 6: Start the Game

Enjoy building with a little less console-feel on PC!
Method credit to Zarr0c

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