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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: Inglonias on January 17, 2011, 10:34:01 am
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Hey, everyone. I'm trying to get into making missions in FRED, but I absolutely abhor the camera controls. Is there a mouse option? Heck, just having a modifier speed up the camera instead of going into the menu every time would help!
My question is: Is there any way to change the camera controls for use with the mouse or other keys besides the numpad?
PS: It occurs to me that 3d mouse support would be kind of cool for FRED to have. Have we/can we do that?
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I think the camera speed settings should be retained between sessions by default. Are yours not?
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Yes, they are, but that's not the point.
The most helpful thing would be a way to change the key bindings for the camera, or better yet, be able to use the mouse.
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or better yet, be able to use the mouse.
This. The numpad can be extremely irritating at certain points :) Also, "set camera position to defult" would be helpful.
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...? The numpad FRED camera controls are almost exactly the same as the numpad flight controls, along with change altitude and 'strafe' left and right keys. They just take a little getting used to.
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Yeah but you're kinda screwed if you're using a laptop and you don't HAVE a numeric keypad. :p
Using the function keys is just a PITA.
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What's even worse is Max, PCS2, tech lab, and FRED all using different controls to do the same thing. It's enough to drive a converter to drink.
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You can speed up the camera by pressing 1 through 8 on the top row (as opposed to the numpad), and speed up the rotation by Shift 1 through 7. Not perfect, maybe, but quicker than the menu.