Scroll Wheel Substitute [ Edited ]

[IngeJones]

Is there something else I can use instead of scroll wheel, like + or - ?  The only mouse I can use without hand pain is the logitech marble trackball and it doesn't come with a scroll wheel

NB this is for use with the new tools - eg making brush size smaller.

[crinrict]

Have you tried x and z (well y for my Swiss German Keyboard)

[IngeJones]

Just zooms in and out.  I am trying to make my terrain brush size smaller

[crinrict]

Hm, now you're challanging me to stuff I never use but the scroll wheel doesn't achieve that for me either. Neither on Sims 4 or Sims 3 camera .. maybe @BryonyRae knows ?

[Phantomlover1717]

I might be reading this wrong, but isn't this what you're looking for?

Scrolling just zooms in and out.

[IngeJones]

According to videos and the gurus, we can get the brush down right as small as just one tile, which is smaller than we can pick from the UI tools, but only by this scroll-wheel technique.  Thanks though, that is the right area that I am talking about.

[Phantomlover1717]

Could you maybe share one of those videos, maybe I can figure out the magic behind it. 

[BryonyRae]

@Phantomlover1717 @IngeJones in my game, I am able to hold the shift key down while scrolling with the mouse wheel to select a smaller size area to work with.  I think this might be what you're looking for!  Oh, and you only have to hold SHIFT while you are selecting the size; once you have it, it stays that way until you change it.

[IngeJones]

Unfortunately, as stated in my top post, I don't have a wheel on my mouse, that's why I was hoping there was a keyboard alternative.

[IngeJones]

Has this been noted by any EA persons?