[Bf-committers] Camera view navigation rant

[Agustin Benavidez]

Are there some events in bpy like "OnStartTransformingViewport"
,"OnENDTransformingViewport" etc, I would prefer to have those events so
then we can write a very easy script to make the camera follow the viewport
manipulation or whatever we want to do with our viewports.

I think we should ask to Campbell make us the bed, and then we can make our
dirty stuffs there ;)




2011/4/24 Jonathan Williamson <shadowdragon1 at gmail.com>

> Count me in agreeance too! I don't even bother to use fly mode. I find it
> nearly useless.
>
> Jonathan Williamson
> http://blendercookie.com
> http://mavenseed.com
>
> On Apr 24, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Brandon Phoenix <ktbluear at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm not a dev, but I definitely agree with you Daniel. I find that view
> mode
> > rarely worthwhile. I think it may be useful to look at the way UDK does
> this
> > (being an FPS engine). UDK uses W and S to control movement on the Y
> plane, A
> > and D for the X plane, and SPACE and C for the Z. Mouse movement is used
> for
> > rotation, and the scroll wheel is used to change the speed of movement. I
> would
> > recommend, for use in Blender to add Q and E to control roll. Working
> with that
> > engine, I've found the movement scheme to be incredibly useful for
> navigating
> > large scenes.
> >
> > UDK is available here: http://www.udk.com/
> >
> > Hope that helps make a decision.
> >
> > Brandon Phoenix
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:55:46 -0600
> > From: "Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com" <zanqdo at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Bf-committers] Camera view navigation rant
> > To: bf-blender developers <bf-committers at blender.org>
> > Message-ID: <BANLkTinAy9yZORASXkDbEnSHioU0rGzUKg at mail.gmail.com>
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> >
> > So can we take a look at camera view navigation? It's like playing a
> > space flight simulator every time I press Shift F, I just want to
> > position and orient my camera, not to deal with inertia and atmosphere
> > entering angle! (feels like that at least)
> > http://chrome.atari.com/lunarlander/
> >
> > The flight mode panning (WASD keys) is of no use.. again calculating
> > directions and inercia and keeping in mind how many presses I've done
> > for each side so I can try and counter act when I want a stop! (which
> > never works btw, the counter act seems to never be able to reach zero
> > again) this could be a test for new NASA astronauts.
> >
> > Trackball is a "decent" tool for orienting the camera but it is about
> > 10 times too sensitive, and somehow seems like it's going the wrong
> > direction (inverted axis?)
> >
> > I have asked for simple game like controls in the past, you know those
> > first person shooter controls? those are intuitive and precise but the
> > answer was something like "naah fly simulator is cooler, we can fly
> > like birds!", really that was an actual answer, supposedly for live
> > recording the camera to keyframes.
> >
> > Also a lock camera to view option would be great so we can just move
> > the camera like we move any other viewport
> >
> > am I the only one that doesn't get this?
> >
> > peace,
> > Daniel Salazar
> > 3Developer.com
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