Stop...moving...my...camera...position!!!

Hard to believe there isn't a checkbox for this, still, isn't it?

"Do not automatically move camera position" (unless the player moves it themselves of course...)

Why isn't this an option?

One of the most annoying "features" of SL is having the camera move on it's own, for any reason. It's like the camera gets pushed by an invisible griefer! Stop the griefing!

It makes building so much fun doesn't it?

1.6 has this

Serious?

Yep

One thing that still confuses me about the camera versus preview v1.6 - in the current version in 'production', if I go into 'focus' mode, I can left-click on a surface, and the camera reorients (I'm used to this behavior actually).

If I do the same in v1.6 preview, it does not move, as per people's requests, but how do I get it to revert to the old behavior if I wanted it?

I use this to 'grapple' around builds that I make - just selecting new spots for the camera to focus on, then using the other keys for panning, etc...removing it totally would really slow me down when it comes to getting the 'big picture' of things quickly as I build.

Am I insane? I just don't see how I can mimic the old camera now.

I'm used to using the alt key for that - and that still works. I'd have expected it to work inder focus mode, too. I'm thinking bug.

I've always used the alt-combo keys to move the camera around like that. Given the limited range we can move our cameras from our avs, I'm not really sure I understand how that feature helps you (Maxx), but yea this stuff should be optional. I know it's asking alot of LL to make every possible thingy we can think of "optional", but... well, I guess I don't care.

What I'm trying to determine is it some oddity of my config that allows using 'focus' without using the alt-key at all? Hmm...time to dig in the .ini I guess.

That is interesting. I just tried on the preview and the current grids, and I cant reproduce that behavior. Kinda kewl, really - maybe it aught to be a feature.

Can you get closer to your AV with the camera in 1.6?
I've noticed that since a couple small updates back that i can no longer swing the camera in close to my face without it moving away from my av.

Something else I'd like to be able to do, although it may seem silly to some: Move the camera underground!!!! It shouldn't block your view looking "out" of the ground, so you'd be able to see the bottom of your builds. I guess you'd also see the "bottom" of the sim.

But more importantly--you could see objects IN THE GROUND. Why can't we do this??? I hate how you can lose objects underground if you aren't careful. Unless they fixed this in a recent patch and I'm not aware of it.

Well, related, one of the things that has bugged me is trying to edit shoes on my feet when I'm standing on the ground. Flying puts me in an angular position so I find I'm better off flying on top of a building and then I can camscan under the roof of the building, or get out a posing pedestal or whatever.

Yeah, that's one reason it's a pain too. Doing anything on the ground can be troublesome, you have to raise into the air (which can be a REAL pain with some projects). I'm not suggesting this should be top priority, but if it's an easy change to make (or even better, make optional....hehe)--it should definitely be done.