Heyo!
If you, like me, have seen
A_E's Strategic Zoom Casts, or have played any of the Total Annihilation inspired RTS games, then you've realized something awesome that could be, both for casting and gameplay (looking at the bigger picture), but isn't!
Unfortunately, A_E's work required a bit of effort.
All I'd like is some way to enable a better zoomed out experience.
Stuff like UI draw distance, zoom function centered on mouse, shadow draw distance (accounting for camera angle, please), if easily customizable, would greatly improve this sort of play without requiring further optimization or workaround mods.