[Bf-committers] Camera view navigation rant

[Daniel Salazar - 3Developer.com]

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