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SuezanneC Baskerville

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10-31-2008 22:07

Alt Zooming has gone mad.

The camera used to work real nice in SL before all the fancy scripted camera functions and the snapshot freeze frame and the new camera adjustments in preferences. It used to work and be fun to cam around. Now it's torment.

I've used different versions of Catalyst and different versions of SL, the current one, the preceding one, the Cool Viewer, the Nicholaz viewer, although I haven't tried every possible combination of viewer and Catalyst.

Alt Zoom is being messed up now with Nicholaz Eye Candy and Catalyst 8.10.

Is there anything to do to make the camera and alt clicking zoom?

The camera will twitch back and forth. The camera will stick in place and only pivot around when it should move. The camera will just go nuts like it was drunk and on speed, moving wildly around at the slightest provocation.

It's one of those things that's kind of funny, but would be a lot funnier if it was happening to someone else.

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jem Dumpling

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Join date: 30 Nov 2007

Posts: 14

11-03-2008 11:58

Suezanne,

You can go ahead and laugh now, because I've been getting totally frustrated with the cam too!

Camming out to look at something has been screwed up for me for quite a while now. I first noticed it after one of Lindens "upgrades". There was always a limit to how far out you could go, but it acted nothing like it does now. You'd think somebody at Linden might have noticed by now that a major problem exists with such a commonly used function. Or maybe none of them ever use the cam function. Who knows? Once the cam gets out beyond 10 meters or so, it's anybody's guess where it will go next. It used to be that I could rotate the view in a tight arc around my avatar, but now all I can get it to do is move in a wide arc. I know I'm dense, but I've tried changing everything I can think of in Preferences, and nothing has helped. Or am I just missing the right adjustment?

jem Dumpling

Meade Paravane

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Join date: 21 Nov 2006

Posts: 4,845

11-03-2008 12:04

Partly due to http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-6714 , maybe?

From: VWR-6714

Camera oscillates forward and back

With the camera position in normal avatar cam view (not mouselook) the camera begins oscillating backward and forward rapidly (3-4 times/sec) about 3 meters. This has happened several times in the past few days. Hitting escape will stop the behavior. It appears to be related to alt-click focusing on either my avatar or an object, but isn't reproducible.

I've heard this: is actually a sim bug, has been fixed for a while now, has not been released into the wild because (like many things) they're trying to get the mono all stable.

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Argent Stonecutter

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11-03-2008 12:33

Why do they have the sim controlling the avatar's default camera position anyway, instead of letting the client figure it out?

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Meade Paravane

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11-03-2008 12:58

Dunno. Andrew fixed it - he'd probably know.

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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11-03-2008 13:42

I had tried Catalyst 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 7.12 and 7.11 with no luck.

I installed Catalyst 6.11 and the camera is back to normal. (or was for several hours yesterday)

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Xia Xevious

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Join date: 22 May 2004

Posts: 93

06-01-2009 02:29

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

I had tried Catalyst 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 7.12 and 7.11 with no luck.

I installed Catalyst 6.11 and the camera is back to normal. (or was for several hours yesterday)

You have no idea how much I thank to you because I installed an updated of Catalyst 9 last 2 or 3 weeks ago and, I didn't come to SL (due on busy in real life) I came back to SL and started to build, my face turned white because everything wasn't working since few days... because of my update. My love with building is so important to me because of SHIFT + ALT zoom gone nut, like really really mad! I thought what did I do wrong? Maybe could be video but wonder which version and blah blah blah. Glad you pointed it out, it's version "6.11" and it was indeed worked out SO well. Everything is back to normal 100%. Thank you! But sadly, it's almost "old version" SL needs to push to fix the problem first then I can able to update again (most games needs update but SL...) Sorry about bad English by the way. *grin*

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SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	10-31-2008 22:07 Alt Zooming has gone mad. The camera used to work real nice in SL before all the fancy scripted camera functions and the snapshot freeze frame and the new camera adjustments in preferences. It used to work and be fun to cam around. Now it's torment. I've used different versions of Catalyst and different versions of SL, the current one, the preceding one, the Cool Viewer, the Nicholaz viewer, although I haven't tried every possible combination of viewer and Catalyst. Alt Zoom is being messed up now with Nicholaz Eye Candy and Catalyst 8.10. Is there anything to do to make the camera and alt clicking zoom? The camera will twitch back and forth. The camera will stick in place and only pivot around when it should move. The camera will just go nuts like it was drunk and on speed, moving wildly around at the slightest provocation. It's one of those things that's kind of funny, but would be a lot funnier if it was happening to someone else. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
jem Dumpling Registered User Join date: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 14	11-03-2008 11:58 Suezanne, You can go ahead and laugh now, because I've been getting totally frustrated with the cam too! Camming out to look at something has been screwed up for me for quite a while now. I first noticed it after one of Lindens "upgrades". There was always a limit to how far out you could go, but it acted nothing like it does now. You'd think somebody at Linden might have noticed by now that a major problem exists with such a commonly used function. Or maybe none of them ever use the cam function. Who knows? Once the cam gets out beyond 10 meters or so, it's anybody's guess where it will go next. It used to be that I could rotate the view in a tight arc around my avatar, but now all I can get it to do is move in a wide arc. I know I'm dense, but I've tried changing everything I can think of in Preferences, and nothing has helped. Or am I just missing the right adjustment? jem Dumpling
Meade Paravane Hedgehog Join date: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 4,845	11-03-2008 12:04 Partly due to http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-6714 , maybe? From: VWR-6714 Camera oscillates forward and back With the camera position in normal avatar cam view (not mouselook) the camera begins oscillating backward and forward rapidly (3-4 times/sec) about 3 meters. This has happened several times in the past few days. Hitting escape will stop the behavior. It appears to be related to alt-click focusing on either my avatar or an object, but isn't reproducible. I've heard this: is actually a sim bug, has been fixed for a while now, has not been released into the wild because (like many things) they're trying to get the mono all stable. _____________________ Tired of shouting clubs and lucky chairs? Vote for llParcelSay!!! - Go here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-1224 - If you see "if you were logged in.." on the left, click it and log in - Click the "Vote for it" link on the left
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	11-03-2008 12:33 Why do they have the sim controlling the avatar's default camera position anyway, instead of letting the client figure it out? _____________________ Argent Stonecutter - http://globalcausalityviolation.blogspot.com/ "And now I'm going to show you something really cool." Skyhook Station - http://xrl.us/skyhook23 Coonspiracy Store - http://xrl.us/coonstore
Meade Paravane Hedgehog Join date: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 4,845	11-03-2008 12:58 Dunno. Andrew fixed it - he'd probably know. _____________________ Tired of shouting clubs and lucky chairs? Vote for llParcelSay!!! - Go here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-1224 - If you see "if you were logged in.." on the left, click it and log in - Click the "Vote for it" link on the left
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	11-03-2008 13:42 I had tried Catalyst 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 7.12 and 7.11 with no luck. I installed Catalyst 6.11 and the camera is back to normal. (or was for several hours yesterday) _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Xia Xevious Anti-Windlight Join date: 22 May 2004 Posts: 93	06-01-2009 02:29 From: SuezanneC Baskerville I had tried Catalyst 8.10, 8.9, 8.8, 7.12 and 7.11 with no luck. I installed Catalyst 6.11 and the camera is back to normal. (or was for several hours yesterday) You have no idea how much I thank to you because I installed an updated of Catalyst 9 last 2 or 3 weeks ago and, I didn't come to SL (due on busy in real life) I came back to SL and started to build, my face turned white because everything wasn't working since few days... because of my update. My love with building is so important to me because of SHIFT + ALT zoom gone nut, like really really mad! I thought what did I do wrong? Maybe could be video but wonder which version and blah blah blah. Glad you pointed it out, it's version "6.11" and it was indeed worked out SO well. Everything is back to normal 100%. Thank you! But sadly, it's almost "old version" SL needs to push to fix the problem first then I can able to update again (most games needs update but SL...) Sorry about bad English by the way. grin _____________________ Boudoir - My store: furniture, Vases, pillows, etc...

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