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Martina Petrovic
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12-10-2008 13:04
The Ctrl-Alt-Right Click is difficult to control when you want to see how you look from the front. Is there an easier way than this?

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Stormy Dyrssen
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12-10-2008 13:14
Thats what I usually use. Check your mouse sensitivity in preferences, you can adjust it so that it's not so jerky and easier to control your pans. You can also zoom in on yourself and it kind of locks the view so it is easier to pan your view of your avi.
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Handy Skytower
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12-10-2008 13:17
I just hold down my ctrl key and then use the arrow key to spin my camera around to the front.

Easy peasy.

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Yosef Okelly
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12-10-2008 13:18
There is also the camera control widget, but I don't remember off hand how to display it. I use this for photos often. That way you can Alt click on where you want the avatar to look and then spin/strafe the camera into the position for the pic. Not the fastest way to move the camera but it also gives a little control the Alt+Click and Ctrl+Click don't have.
Ann Launay
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12-10-2008 13:21
I pretty much never use my mouse to control the camera...I far prefer the arrow keys. The Crtl / Alt /Shift combos remain the same, the arrows are just substituted in place of the mouse.

There's also an onscreen control panel you can activate in one of the menus up top, but I don't know of too many people who actually use that.
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12-10-2008 13:33
From: Ann Launay
I pretty much never use my mouse to control the camera...I far prefer the arrow keys. The Crtl / Alt /Shift combos remain the same, the arrows are just substituted in place of the mouse.

There's also an onscreen control panel you can activate in one of the menus up top, but I don't know of too many people who actually use that.


I do . I think it's in Tools. It will attach to your HUD and you can place wherever you want.
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12-10-2008 13:36
From: Brenda Connolly
I do . I think it's in Tools. It will attach to your HUD and you can place wherever you want.


View>Camera Controls
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12-10-2008 13:37
From: Wulfric Chevalier
View>Camera Controls


That's it.
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12-10-2008 13:37
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I do .

Freak. :p
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Martina Petrovic
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12-10-2008 13:38
i'll look for the camera control widgit, but for now the Alt-Arrow key does what i want. I knew there must be an easier way :-)
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12-10-2008 13:39
The good thing about the Camera Control is that you can "slide" your camera rather than rotating it around a point, very useful for centering photos.
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12-10-2008 13:43
From: Ann Launay
Freak. :p
It's the only thing I have on my HUD besides my AO.

I am an admitted slave to the mouse. I don't know half the keybord shortcuts most normal people do.
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12-10-2008 13:44
From: Wulfric Chevalier
The good thing about the Camera Control is that you can "slide" your camera rather than rotating it around a point, very useful for centering photos.

I can do that with the arrow keys too...Ctrl-Alt-Shift-(Arrow).
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12-10-2008 13:48
but the camera control only requires one hand. This is very usful for .. well, times when one hand is busy.









Like holding a cup of coffee.
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12-10-2008 13:51
From: Yosef Okelly
but the camera control only requires one hand. This is very usful for .. well, times when one hand is busy.









Like holding a cup of coffee.

Of course, Yosef. :)
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12-10-2008 13:56
From: Yosef Okelly
but the camera control only requires one hand. This is very usful for .. well, times when one hand is busy.









Like holding a cup of coffee.

So that's what you call it. :eek:
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12-10-2008 14:01
From: Ann Launay
I can do that with the arrow keys too...Ctrl-Alt-Shift-(Arrow).


Thank you Ann, I've been wondering for 2 years why there wasn't a way to do that.
Domchi Underwood
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12-14-2008 21:30
SpaceNavigator is also great for that sort of thing. It also requires only one hand. ;)
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12-14-2008 21:34
ive never used that hud thingo. i use alt+left click. that in conjunction with pg up/down is the fastet and most accurate method imo.
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12-14-2008 22:47
From: Brenda Connolly
I do . I think it's in Tools. It will attach to your HUD and you can place wherever you want.

i use this all the time..
for building and taking photos.. and long distance looking at things.. i dont look at my face much.. i know what it looks like.
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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12-14-2008 23:32
I use ctrl alt left click and mouse to pan around

I find it gives me the best ability to zoom around up down close far etc

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12-14-2008 23:44
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12-15-2008 00:12
Um, some of these things don't work so well when one has sucked one of the alt keys up the vacuum cleaner.