ToggleCameraLook & the Potential for SotA's Control System

ToggleCameraLook?! Has this binding always been here?

Since aiming seems to work already when camera-look is toggled on (combat, npcs, items, etc), this option has given my middle finger a nice break and makes Free Attack even more fun!

All I need now is the option to re-bind Right Mouse Button and perhaps a little cross-hair to appear like this one during camera-look: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/sota-combat-ui-of-the-future.33823/

If toggling camera-look also closed all unpinned UI elements... oh my goodness.

Loving R20!!

 

This idea of using "ToggleCameraLook" as a "Toggle Action Mode/Toggle GUI Mode" just reminded me of the UI from Darkfall Online.

Here is a breakdown of how the GUI was constructed in Darkfall Online from the primary dev himself in case it sparks some ideas: http://blog.michael.gr/2013/06/a-few-samples-of-my-work-on-darkfall.html

 

I like the ToggleCameraLook because holding down the right mouse button is awkward for me. And it lends incredible smoothness to moving around! It was like I was playing the game for the first time all over again!

ALSO, it fixes an issue I have with mouselook on my Mac, more info on that issue tomorrow.

Now, the only problem with ToggleCameraLook is that I can't click on anything. I changed the key mapping for it from Ctrl-M (impossible finger-twister if I'm using the mouse), to Ctrl-W which is fast and easy to hit, since I have to hit it a lot.

So we obviously need access to the cursor in this mode (not all the time!)... Can you make it so we hold down Ctrl to get a cursor (as a fix only while using ToggleCamera Look)? It doesn't have to turn off the camera look, just make the cursor work (also so I can alt tab out to the browser). Thoughts anyone?

 

When you say you can't click on anything, the only times I ever need to toggle out of Camera Look is when I've done something like spoken to a banker or other NPC, opened a corpse, harvested a resource node, or decided to decorate my home. Just about everything is clickable by using the center of the screen to target like a crosshair, then double-clicking as if your mouse was there. I apologize if you were already aware of this and I misunderstood your post.

I fortunately have a button on my mouse right below the scroll wheel that is perfect for this. I definitely prefer to toggle on rather than hold a button. If I didn't have this button, I'd probably use Tab since Tab was used as "toggle combat mode" in Ultima Online and feels natural to me.

Eventually, I'd love to turn right mouse into an action button. Free Attack and Off-hand Attack! ...or perhaps Free Attack and Free Parry/Block?

 

Are you serious? I can interact with the environment without switching back to pointer mode? Please tell me this is not a joke.

 

Not a joke.