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Aislinn Jewell
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Join date: 18 Feb 2007
Posts: 119
03-04-2007 16:59
I'm a newbie, and maybe this is out there and someone can point me in the right direction..............

Do they make something to be attached to my Avatar that stops me from always having the view of my backside when walking???? I rode a horse today and it was so annoying to be walking and seeing not only my backside by the horses as well. I wanted to see the horse walking, but could not do that from the angle...............
Colette Meiji
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Join date: 25 Mar 2005
Posts: 15,556
03-04-2007 17:24
ALt - Left click - move the mouse to pan camera

Esc key will put you back
Looli Vella
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Join date: 9 Feb 2007
Posts: 148
03-04-2007 17:44
This is a great tutorial on using the camera in SL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LMcryDCIYk
SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
Posts: 14,229
03-04-2007 19:09
You can change your default camera position to see yourself from the front using the Client / Debug Settings menu, but it is a pain.

The method is described in /327/9a/140518/1.html#post1298524

You can do a lot of stuff with the manual camera controls, but changing the default camera position and focal point is not one of them.

There are camera controls available to scripts that can change your default camera positi
on and focal points while you are using the script but I don't believe they will let you look at yourself from the front. From the side or from above looking down, yes, but not from in front.
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Aislinn Jewell
Virtually You Hope Center
Join date: 18 Feb 2007
Posts: 119
03-07-2007 08:45
I watched a great video from Second life Tips and tricks at Youtube. And they make follow cam that you attach to your back. It allows you to see different views, keep the screen still if you want, see from above....lots of options.

I'm not sure how to find flollow cam once i'm inside.....if anyone knows how, that would be great.

Its time for a search PRODUCTS!!!!
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Meni Kaiousei
knowledgebase junkie
Join date: 6 Nov 2006
Posts: 162
03-07-2007 08:49
Great video about the camera controls can be found here:

http://naturalselectionstudios.com/?page_id=128

(Not sure if it is the same as the mentioned youtube video, but it can be downloaded in a higher resolution from the above website)
Ylikone Obscure
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Join date: 24 Jan 2007
Posts: 335
03-07-2007 09:03
It seems to me that Aislinn Jewell wasn't confused about how to control the camera, but how to get the camera to "stick" in another viewing position while you do things, like walk around. If you use the regular camera controls, the moment you move your AV, the camera jumps back to the default "from-behind" view. Most 3D shooter games will keep the camera view where you leave it and not revert back to default position. This makes it a bit confusing for new SLers, as it did for me.

Anyway, good to know that there are attachable "follow cams", I'll have to track one done myself.
Markubis Brentano
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Join date: 15 Apr 2006
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03-07-2007 09:07
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