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Better Camera Controls
At the moment, the pivot point for the camera is rarely where I want it to be and I honestly feel like this could be an easy fix.
How about something like this.
When you hold the mouse left-button you can look around like a first person fps. At this moment you're raytracing to the middle of the screen. When the ray hits a character those 3D coordinates become your pivot point for when you right click. If it doesn't hit a character then you keep the depth of the ray trace, but modify the x and y.
Right-click pivots just like how it is now.
Either way, getting the camera to behave the way I want it to so far hasn't been the best experience, and I'd like some change there if at all possible.
How about something like this.
When you hold the mouse left-button you can look around like a first person fps. At this moment you're raytracing to the middle of the screen. When the ray hits a character those 3D coordinates become your pivot point for when you right click. If it doesn't hit a character then you keep the depth of the ray trace, but modify the x and y.
Right-click pivots just like how it is now.
Either way, getting the camera to behave the way I want it to so far hasn't been the best experience, and I'd like some change there if at all possible.
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It's really only a small complaint, but the way I see it, when I'm looking at something, I'm looking directly at it, not at some space in front of it. Having the pivot point be decided by raytracing into a collision with one of the characters to me is one of the best ways to be able to have good control over the camera in 3D space. I don't want to pressure you into doing something you don't want to especially when you have so much on your plate though.
It's just a minor want, but I'd appreciate it very much if you could at least take a look at the idea. You might like it more than you think.