Am I missing something obvious?
Maybe.
Stock game uses right mouse button to cycle through the zoom modes of the minimap.
With visualmod you have to use your mousewheel.
Best regards - Mike
Had the mouse wheel mapped to the throttle so that I could control it while mouse-looking and maneuvering. Unmapped it and the map can be zoomed, but now I have to use the old "keyboard throttle"...
Tried to see if there was any way of mapping the map zoom to another control but no luck. Is there anything that can be done about that?
EDIT - Using a simple workaround to keep the mouse wheel throttle:
After booting up the game, go into the Controls - HOTAS menu and deactivate the mouse wheel throttle. Then later, after entering any cockpit, bring up the map and zoom it to your liking. Exit back to the Controls menu and reassign the mouse wheel throttle. The map will retain the selected zoom setting for the remainder of the IL-2 session, over different missions, aircraft, and even with different pilots. The bad news is that you have to do this every time you boot up IL-2 for the first time, but that's not a big deal.
Thanks for the reply.