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Broken Camera Controls
Charli Turbo
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Join date: 23 Aug 2008
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09-03-2008 08:20
I seem to have broken/lost my camera controls? They wont appear on the top of my screen and im not sure how to retrieve them. Any suggestions?
Tex Nasworthy
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09-03-2008 08:30
Under the View menu, Camera Controls?
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Charli Turbo
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09-03-2008 08:35
yes tried that. doesnt work. Im not sure why they wont appear
Tex Nasworthy
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09-03-2008 08:39
Ok, I guess maybe they were accidentally dug off the edge of the screen. Other than maximizing your SL window I'm not sure what to try. Kepp checking back here, chances are someone will have an answer soon.
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Rika Watanabe
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09-03-2008 09:33
Try this:
1. Turn off camera control window.
2. Ctrl+Alt+D to enable the Advanced menu if you don't have it enabled. In there, find the "Debug settings" option, which will pull up the window with the debug settings.
3. In there find the FloaterCameraRect3 setting, and click the 'Reset to default' button.

That will reset the Camera window position to default, however, if you turn it on now, it won't be there, but I think the setting will get written to your configuration file upon quitting, so upon relogging and turning the camera window back on, it should appear in the default position.

If that doesn't work, you might need to go into the configuration files and manually edit this setting to some sensible value before restarting SL.
Ann Launay
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09-03-2008 09:46
People actually use those? :confused:
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Rika Watanabe
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09-03-2008 09:57
From: Ann Launay
People actually use those? :confused:


Alt-click, alt-ctrl-click and alt-ctrl-shift click are magnitudes better, but you never know...
Ghosty Kips
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09-03-2008 10:03
From: Rika Watanabe
Alt-click, alt-ctrl-click and alt-ctrl-shift click are magnitudes better, but you never know...


A lot of people who come here aren't previous gamers, and don't think about using the mouse and keyboard for movement like a gamer would. Those are the folks who gravitate toward on-screen controls, I've found.
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Ann Launay
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09-03-2008 10:22
From: Rika Watanabe
Alt-click, alt-ctrl-click and alt-ctrl-shift click are magnitudes better, but you never know...

I prefer the arrow keys in that configuration, since a wee bit of nerve damage makes my mouse control a little iffy, but I ditched the onscreen controls about 5 seconds after I started SL.

And, Ghosty, I'd really had minimal gaming experience prior to SL, so I'm not sure that's always it.
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Damien1 Thorne
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09-03-2008 10:29
The OP has an August join date. He wouldn't necessarily know the other method.
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Ghosty Kips
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09-03-2008 10:44
From: Ann Launay
And, Ghosty, I'd really had minimal gaming experience prior to SL, so I'm not sure that's always it.


Well, I was only speaking in generalities. :)
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09-03-2008 10:48
From: Ann Launay
I prefer the arrow keys in that configuration, since a wee bit of nerve damage makes my mouse control a little iffy, but I ditched the onscreen controls about 5 seconds after I started SL.

And, Ghosty, I'd really had minimal gaming experience prior to SL, so I'm not sure that's always it.


I agree it may not be how it always is, but I wouldn't be surprised if that was a lot of it. I came from a gaming background, and navigating without WASD+mouse was like learning to walk underwater for me. The camera controls buttons are intolerable. Alt, Alt+Ctrl and the mouse make me happy, but I've had people who aren't gamers looking over my shoulder tell me it's almost naueseating to watch the world spin around like that. I think they just aren't used to that sort of movement.
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Rika Watanabe
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09-03-2008 11:05
From: Trout Recreant
I came from a gaming background, and navigating without WASD+mouse was like learning to walk underwater for me.


I edited keys.ini to make Q and E turn left-right and WASD-move, wrote scripts for my mouse to do alt/ctrl-alt/ctrl-alt-shift clicks with the extra buttons, and it became just about bearable.
Ghosty Kips
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09-03-2008 11:26
From: Rika Watanabe
I edited keys.ini to make Q and E turn left-right and WASD-move, wrote scripts for my mouse to do alt/ctrl-alt/ctrl-alt-shift clicks with the extra buttons, and it became just about bearable.


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09-03-2008 11:30
From: Ann Launay
People actually use those? :confused:

Use them all the time for building, especially for the very small things.
/me shrugs.
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09-03-2008 11:41
From: Ghosty Kips
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amiz Georgette
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09-03-2008 12:58
From: Charli Turbo
I seem to have broken/lost my camera controls? They wont appear on the top of my screen and im not sure how to retrieve them. Any suggestions?

if you havnet found it yet this is what i do. i click on some other HUD on my screen and right click and chose edit then use my mouse wheel and roll it back to me this way i see what is all on my screen
Rika Watanabe
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09-03-2008 13:11
From: amiz Georgette
if you havnet found it yet this is what i do. i click on some other HUD on my screen and right click and chose edit then use my mouse wheel and roll it back to me this way i see what is all on my screen


Unfortunately, the camera control window is not a HUD, or that would have worked.