Invert mouse in 3d view?
by Mike "Skier" Poe · in Constructor · 04/09/2007 (12:15 pm) · 4 replies
I've been waiting to take a look at Constructor for a while now, and I'm excited to start using it, but at thus far, I've not been able to find an option to invert the mouse while in 3d view. I figured it would just be a checkbox somewhere and I'm probably just missing it, so has anyone seen this option anywhere? I've just never been able to reorient my brain from "flight controls" when it comes to using a mouse in 3d space, so it's very disorienting to and "circle strafe" (for lack of a better term) or otherwise navigate around an object(s) in the 3d window.
-Mike
-Mike
#2
As a side note, one of the first things I did on my first GG programming project was to figure out how to make an option to invert the mouse in our game. I remember thinking "what kind of game doesn't have this already built in?". The only game I've found recently that doesn't seem to have this option is Narbacular Drop (interesting, but difficult for me to enjoy).
So, is this post enough of an "issue report" such that this feature might be in added to v1.01 (or whatever the next point release might be called), or is there some more formal area I should submit my request to?
-Mike
04/10/2007 (9:01 am)
Thanks for the compliment that "it is a good idea," but I'd consider it a "critical feature," and one that is fairly trivial to implement in most cases. ;-) For guys like me (the inverted-mouse types), trying to navigate in 3d space without the mouse inverted would be like me trying to write, draw, or play an FPS with my left hand (i.e. uncoordinated, at best). This MUST have been an oversight (obviously, you guys need some old-school flight sim lovers on your team, hehe).As a side note, one of the first things I did on my first GG programming project was to figure out how to make an option to invert the mouse in our game. I remember thinking "what kind of game doesn't have this already built in?". The only game I've found recently that doesn't seem to have this option is Narbacular Drop (interesting, but difficult for me to enjoy).
So, is this post enough of an "issue report" such that this feature might be in added to v1.01 (or whatever the next point release might be called), or is there some more formal area I should submit my request to?
-Mike
#3
04/10/2007 (11:05 am)
I will add this to our bug tracker as a feature request, so that it doesn't get forgotten. 
Associate David Wyand
Gnometech Inc.
With v1.0 there is no method available to invert the mouse. But it is a good idea.
- LightWave Dave