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Re: RE: New Cobalt Release for 20090227

Posted by John Dougan on Mar 02, 2009; 11:38pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/New-Cobalt-Release-for-20090227-tp127567p127571.html

The mouse-wheel will move the camera in and out in the current control layout. I certainly can make sure the key sequence works (I think it used to be ctrl-a), it just seemed less important now we have the mouse-wheel which gives a finer control.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 04:41, Matthew Chadwick <[hidden email]> wrote:
how do I get first-person ? it used to be shift-cmd-a or something.

third-person is a confusing waste of pixels; one's viewpoint should be first-person by default :-)

I disagree strongly, third person appears to be important to psychologically establish ones presence and identity in the space as well as alow for more complex interactions without confusion. I know very few people who use 1st person regularly in any other virtual world environment and when they do it is usually for specific situations.

http://vrlab.epfl.ch/~psalamin/publications/vrst06.pdf

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3247/applying_game_design_to_virtual_.php

Cheers,
  -- John

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