[Gtkradiant] New camera in nightly build improvement suggestions!

Hydra gtkradiant@zerowing.idsoftware.com
Fri, 14 Sep 2001 03:15:56 +0100


The new mouselook camera is cool, but i think it needs a tweak, and a
keyboard accessable toggle to switch between the new and old modes.

Make it so that in mouselook mode (i.e. new cam mode)

right click and release to enter look mode
use mouse to look up, down, left and right.

keyboard modifiers:
if shift + mouse forward, then move camera forward on WORLD z axis (not
camera heading z axis)
if shift + mouse backward, then move camera backwards on WORLD z axis (not
camera heading z axis)
if (shift or ctrl) + mouse left, then strafe camera left on WORLD x axis
(not camera heading x axis)
if (shift or ctrl) + mouse right, then strafe camera right on WORLD x axis
(not camera heading x axis)
if ctrl + mouse forward, then move camera up on WORLD y axis (not camera
heading x axis)
if ctrl + mouse down, then move camera down on WORLD y axis (not camera
heading x axis)

right click and release to exit look mode

an additional keyboard accessable toggle to switch between using WORLD axis
or CAMERA axis would be nice, then people who had used WorldCraft would feel
right at home as it's camera movement relates to the CAMERA HEADING axis

using the mouse's thumbwheel to change the sensitivity of the MOVEMENT (not
LOOK) would be great too. (i.e move it forward to make moving the mouse
forward move the camera in the world faster and move it backwards to make
moving the mouse backwards move the camera in the world slower)

This way, you can click, look, move, look, move, look move and click without
using the cursor keys, and you can move around using a variable speed
(unlike using the cursor keys which moves you at a fixed speed).


Comments ?

Dom / Hydra