[Gtkradiant] New camera in nightly build improvement suggestions!

[Timothee Besset]

Last changes planned before 1.1.1-RC for the camera code are listed there:
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23

We may improve it at a later date, but it always comes to a point where you have to stop, freeze the code, and release.

TTimo

On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 03:15:56 +0100
"Hydra" <hydra@hydras-world.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> 
> 
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