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Qubius Quinn

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08-04-2005 14:43

I recently purchased a account for my wife that I thought would love SL. There are a lot of things about SL I think she will love once she tries but here is the problem. She hates, and I mean hates, using the keyboard for movement. Most of the games she plays use the click on ground to move there approach. She doesn't even want to consider using arrow keys for movement much less the WASD keys.

I think Linden should consider allowing the client to use the mouse click for movement as an option. And remember this isn't for me it is for my poor SL lacking wife

. Also, wouldn't this type of system produce less network traffic and therefore less lag?

Seifert Surface

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Join date: 14 Jun 2005

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08-04-2005 15:18

This already (sortof) works. If you right click on the terrain, the top option from the menu is "Go Here". This will take you there... of course its no good for the majority of interactions with the world - it doesn't work when clicking on floor made out of prims, and its no good for flying. I think it would be hard to design a user interface which would give the complexity of interaction with the world that SL needs without keys.

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Nyoko Salome

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Join date: 18 Jul 2005

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if she hasn't tried mouseview yet,

08-04-2005 15:57

see if that proves more comfortable for her... still involves keys, and it can be disconcerting at first, but i found myself moving around -much- easier once i started using mouseview more. whereas i once couldn't walk in a straight line (let alone fly lol), i lost a lot of my clumsiness in mouseview.

it also helped a lot with probs getting frozen in walls/floors and such.

hope this helps... take care!!

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Loki Pico

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Join date: 20 Jun 2003

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08-04-2005 16:35

She can also use the VIEW menu and select MOVEMENT CONTROLS. That opens an on screen navigation system, all she has to do is click on the direction arrows to move where she wants to go.

Catherine Omega

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Join date: 10 Jan 2003

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08-04-2005 17:00

Another option is to click and drag her avatar to rotate it, then hold down W or the up arrow to move. If you have a multi-button mouse, you could download something to bind a different mouse button to that key, so as to require one button held down to steer and one to walk forward, but I don't think the SL config file supports anything above 3 buttons + mousewheel.

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Qubius Quinn

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Join date: 5 Jun 2005

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Thank you

08-04-2005 22:29

Thank you all for the suggestions. We'll give them a try. I wasn't going to suggest using mouse look to here but clicking on the avatar to enter 3rd person pseudo mouse look is nice. I might start using it myself. Also, I never noticed the "Go Here" on the radial menu. That's encouraging... suggests that it might be easy for the developers to add mouse movement. If they just gave the option to make left click perform "Go Here" by default that would be perfect for her (I'd use it too). Can we make this an official request?

a lost user

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yes but what about...

08-19-2005 07:01

From: Qubius Quinn

I recently purchased a account for my wife that I thought would love SL. There are a lot of things about SL I think she will love once she tries but here is the problem. She hates, and I mean hates, using the keyboard for movement. Most of the games she plays use the click on ground to move there approach. She doesn't even want to consider using arrow keys for movement much less the WASD keys.

I think Linden should consider allowing the client to use the mouse click for movement as an option. And remember this isn't for me it is for my poor SL lacking wife

. Also, wouldn't this type of system produce less network traffic and therefore less lag?

What if you were flying? how chould you click the ground that whould screw every thing up.

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Qubius Quinn Q² Join date: 5 Jun 2005 Posts: 8	08-04-2005 14:43 I recently purchased a account for my wife that I thought would love SL. There are a lot of things about SL I think she will love once she tries but here is the problem. She hates, and I mean hates, using the keyboard for movement. Most of the games she plays use the click on ground to move there approach. She doesn't even want to consider using arrow keys for movement much less the WASD keys. I think Linden should consider allowing the client to use the mouse click for movement as an option. And remember this isn't for me it is for my poor SL lacking wife . Also, wouldn't this type of system produce less network traffic and therefore less lag?
Seifert Surface Mathematician Join date: 14 Jun 2005 Posts: 912	08-04-2005 15:18 This already (sortof) works. If you right click on the terrain, the top option from the menu is "Go Here". This will take you there... of course its no good for the majority of interactions with the world - it doesn't work when clicking on floor made out of prims, and its no good for flying. I think it would be hard to design a user interface which would give the complexity of interaction with the world that SL needs without keys. _____________________ -Seifert Surface 2G!tGLf 2nLt9cG
Nyoko Salome kittytailmeowmeow Join date: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 1,378	if she hasn't tried mouseview yet, 08-04-2005 15:57 see if that proves more comfortable for her... still involves keys, and it can be disconcerting at first, but i found myself moving around -much- easier once i started using mouseview more. whereas i once couldn't walk in a straight line (let alone fly lol), i lost a lot of my clumsiness in mouseview. it also helped a lot with probs getting frozen in walls/floors and such. hope this helps... take care!! _____________________ Nyoko's Bodyoils @ Nyoko's Wears http://slurl.com/secondlife/Centaur/126/251/734/ http://home.comcast.net/~nyoko.salome2/nyokosWears/index.html "i don't spend nearly enough time on the holodeck. i should go there more often and relax." - deanna troi
Loki Pico Registered User Join date: 20 Jun 2003 Posts: 1,938	08-04-2005 16:35 She can also use the VIEW menu and select MOVEMENT CONTROLS. That opens an on screen navigation system, all she has to do is click on the direction arrows to move where she wants to go.
Catherine Omega Geometry Ninja Join date: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 2,053	08-04-2005 17:00 Another option is to click and drag her avatar to rotate it, then hold down W or the up arrow to move. If you have a multi-button mouse, you could download something to bind a different mouse button to that key, so as to require one button held down to steer and one to walk forward, but I don't think the SL config file supports anything above 3 buttons + mousewheel. _____________________ Need scripting help? Visit the LSL Wiki! Omega Point - Catherine Omega's Blog
Qubius Quinn Q² Join date: 5 Jun 2005 Posts: 8	Thank you 08-04-2005 22:29 Thank you all for the suggestions. We'll give them a try. I wasn't going to suggest using mouse look to here but clicking on the avatar to enter 3rd person pseudo mouse look is nice. I might start using it myself. Also, I never noticed the "Go Here" on the radial menu. That's encouraging... suggests that it might be easy for the developers to add mouse movement. If they just gave the option to make left click perform "Go Here" by default that would be perfect for her (I'd use it too). Can we make this an official request?
a lost user Join date: ? Posts: ?	yes but what about... 08-19-2005 07:01 From: Qubius Quinn I recently purchased a account for my wife that I thought would love SL. There are a lot of things about SL I think she will love once she tries but here is the problem. She hates, and I mean hates, using the keyboard for movement. Most of the games she plays use the click on ground to move there approach. She doesn't even want to consider using arrow keys for movement much less the WASD keys. I think Linden should consider allowing the client to use the mouse click for movement as an option. And remember this isn't for me it is for my poor SL lacking wife . Also, wouldn't this type of system produce less network traffic and therefore less lag? What if you were flying? how chould you click the ground that whould screw every thing up.