Second Life Forums Archive - Bug or "Feature" ? Hands OFF MY Camera!

Loniki Loudon

Homes By Loniki

Join date: 5 Dec 2005

Posts: 176

01-25-2006 00:24

Anyone who crafts knows that unless you change your camera angle before doing an edit, the system thinks its doing you a favor by changing your camera angle. This idiotic sustem "thinks" it knows better then you, even when it sticks your camera on the other side of the wall or roof where you can no longer even see the object you are editing. After hundreds of edits and too many times I have had to cancel everything, change my camera angle and try again, I am just fed up. I am looking at an object, I do an edit, now why would anyone in their right mind think I need my camera angle changed?? And how could some programmer think they can give me a better angle then the one I wanted. I want to know if this is a bug or some twisted joke? If this is some kind of feature, I want the option to turn this screwed up POS trash feature off!

Loniki Loudon

Homes By Loniki

Join date: 5 Dec 2005

Posts: 176

01-25-2006 00:29

Oh, and while on the subject of camera angles, in "edit", I want all controls but my own turned off. I don't want to be moving an item near the edge of the screen and suddenly camera swings around and zoom, the item I was moving is suddenly sent off to never never land. HANDS OFF MY CAMERA!

Torley Linden

Enlightenment!

Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 16,530

01-25-2006 00:30

GOOD DAY TO YOU LONIKI!

Give this a spin... go into PREFERENCES ---> INPUT/CAMERA and see where it says "Automatic Edit Camera Movement"? Just uncheck that.

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Loniki Loudon

Homes By Loniki

Join date: 5 Dec 2005

Posts: 176

01-25-2006 00:31

OMG, I even sent a bug report on this and no one ever said you can turn it off, lol.
Perhaps this should be default off. I been crafting a while and I can't think of a time that I would want my camera angle changed...

Thanks for the info

Torley Linden

Enlightenment!

Join date: 15 Sep 2004

Posts: 16,530

01-25-2006 00:44

Welkies! There once was a time when this feature didn't exist... I'm so glad it does now. Happy building! =^_^=

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Jackal Ennui

does not compute.

Join date: 25 May 2005

Posts: 548

01-25-2006 01:48

Loniki, you can also open the build menu using the handy CTRL-3 shortcut (CTRL-4 for create, CTRL-5 for edit land) - it will leave your camera position untouched, no matter what settings you have in preferences.

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Lora Morgan

Puts the "eek" in "geek"

Join date: 19 Mar 2004

Posts: 779

01-25-2006 05:46

Does anyone actually find this feature useful? I'm surprised it's still the default.

Nyx Divine

never say never!

Join date: 11 Dec 2004

Posts: 1,052

01-25-2006 06:03

wow I didn't know this could be turned off either....great!

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Argent Stonecutter

Emergency Mustelid

Join date: 20 Sep 2005

Posts: 20,263

01-25-2006 06:06

I've turned off automatic camera movement and I still have problems, sometimes, with objects zooming off into never-never land because I'd twitched my mouse the wrong way.

The editor shouldn't let you drag an object out of editing range.

Maxwolf Goodliffe

Registered User

Join date: 30 Dec 2005

Posts: 137

01-25-2006 06:56

If all else fails...read the directions.

Dirty Sachs

Registered User

Join date: 18 Oct 2005

Posts: 1

Me too

01-25-2006 07:50

Haha, I just was on with live help last night about this too. Mine still does it sometimes even with it disabled. And man I've lost a lot of important stuff when you go out of range and....ooops! there she goes!

Margeaux Mirabeau

VERTASUAL

Join date: 21 Sep 2005

Posts: 141

01-25-2006 08:30

Thanks for clearing this up Torley and Jackal !

I was getting really annoyed yesterday when I was remodelling my house... sorry 'bout that Juro

I wondered if I should look for a solution on the forums..

And voila... great timing

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elka Lehane

WOWAWIWA

Join date: 30 Mar 2005

Posts: 983

01-25-2006 08:34

I have had this unchecked forever and I still have camera jumping on stuff and doing very annoying things, so MAH!!!!!!!!! >.>

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Reitsuki Kojima

Witchhunter

Join date: 27 Jan 2004

Posts: 5,328

01-25-2006 08:39

Actually, I kinda like it. Its only really frustrating if your switching in and out constantly, in my experience.

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Lora Morgan

Puts the "eek" in "geek"

Join date: 19 Mar 2004

Posts: 779

01-25-2006 10:24

From: Argent Stonecutter

...objects zooming off into never-never land because I'd twitched my mouse the wrong way.

Me too. Like you go to zoom in on something and end up zoomed way out, or some weird, unpredictable direction. I'm going to start bug reporting these.

Bug or "Feature" ? Hands OFF MY Camera!
Loniki Loudon Homes By Loniki Join date: 5 Dec 2005 Posts: 176	01-25-2006 00:24 Anyone who crafts knows that unless you change your camera angle before doing an edit, the system thinks its doing you a favor by changing your camera angle. This idiotic sustem "thinks" it knows better then you, even when it sticks your camera on the other side of the wall or roof where you can no longer even see the object you are editing. After hundreds of edits and too many times I have had to cancel everything, change my camera angle and try again, I am just fed up. I am looking at an object, I do an edit, now why would anyone in their right mind think I need my camera angle changed?? And how could some programmer think they can give me a better angle then the one I wanted. I want to know if this is a bug or some twisted joke? If this is some kind of feature, I want the option to turn this screwed up POS trash feature off!
Loniki Loudon Homes By Loniki Join date: 5 Dec 2005 Posts: 176	01-25-2006 00:29 Oh, and while on the subject of camera angles, in "edit", I want all controls but my own turned off. I don't want to be moving an item near the edge of the screen and suddenly camera swings around and zoom, the item I was moving is suddenly sent off to never never land. HANDS OFF MY CAMERA!
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	01-25-2006 00:30 GOOD DAY TO YOU LONIKI! Give this a spin... go into PREFERENCES ---> INPUT/CAMERA and see where it says "Automatic Edit Camera Movement"? Just uncheck that. _____________________
Loniki Loudon Homes By Loniki Join date: 5 Dec 2005 Posts: 176	01-25-2006 00:31 OMG, I even sent a bug report on this and no one ever said you can turn it off, lol. Perhaps this should be default off. I been crafting a while and I can't think of a time that I would want my camera angle changed... Thanks for the info
Torley Linden Enlightenment! Join date: 15 Sep 2004 Posts: 16,530	01-25-2006 00:44 Welkies! There once was a time when this feature didn't exist... I'm so glad it does now. Happy building! =^_^= _____________________
Jackal Ennui does not compute. Join date: 25 May 2005 Posts: 548	01-25-2006 01:48 Loniki, you can also open the build menu using the handy CTRL-3 shortcut (CTRL-4 for create, CTRL-5 for edit land) - it will leave your camera position untouched, no matter what settings you have in preferences. _____________________ Lassitude & Ennui - Fine prim jewelry & footwear, Nouveau(60,60) http://lassitudeennui.blogspot.com/
Lora Morgan Puts the "eek" in "geek" Join date: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 779	01-25-2006 05:46 Does anyone actually find this feature useful? I'm surprised it's still the default.
Nyx Divine never say never! Join date: 11 Dec 2004 Posts: 1,052	01-25-2006 06:03 wow I didn't know this could be turned off either....great! _____________________ Yes Virginia there is an FIC! If someone shows you who they are.....believe them! Don't be afraid to go out on a limb, because that's where the fruit is!
Argent Stonecutter Emergency Mustelid Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 20,263	01-25-2006 06:06 I've turned off automatic camera movement and I still have problems, sometimes, with objects zooming off into never-never land because I'd twitched my mouse the wrong way. The editor shouldn't let you drag an object out of editing range.
Maxwolf Goodliffe Registered User Join date: 30 Dec 2005 Posts: 137	01-25-2006 06:56 If all else fails...read the directions.
Dirty Sachs Registered User Join date: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 1	Me too 01-25-2006 07:50 Haha, I just was on with live help last night about this too. Mine still does it sometimes even with it disabled. And man I've lost a lot of important stuff when you go out of range and....ooops! there she goes!
Margeaux Mirabeau VERTASUAL Join date: 21 Sep 2005 Posts: 141	01-25-2006 08:30 Thanks for clearing this up Torley and Jackal ! I was getting really annoyed yesterday when I was remodelling my house... sorry 'bout that Juro I wondered if I should look for a solution on the forums.. And voila... great timing _____________________ "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain." ( From Dune by Frank Herbert ).
elka Lehane WOWAWIWA Join date: 30 Mar 2005 Posts: 983	01-25-2006 08:34 I have had this unchecked forever and I still have camera jumping on stuff and doing very annoying things, so MAH!!!!!!!!! >.> _____________________ View my profile inworld for direct teleports to all !BF! locations :3
Reitsuki Kojima Witchhunter Join date: 27 Jan 2004 Posts: 5,328	01-25-2006 08:39 Actually, I kinda like it. Its only really frustrating if your switching in and out constantly, in my experience. _____________________ I am myself indifferent honest; but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give them shape, or time to act them in. What should such fellows as I do crawling between earth and heaven? We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us.
Lora Morgan Puts the "eek" in "geek" Join date: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 779	01-25-2006 10:24 From: Argent Stonecutter ...objects zooming off into never-never land because I'd twitched my mouse the wrong way. Me too. Like you go to zoom in on something and end up zoomed way out, or some weird, unpredictable direction. I'm going to start bug reporting these.

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