Moving your avatar

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Controls and Movement in the Old Knowledge Base

• Moving your avatar
• Camera Controls
• Shortcut keys
• Setting your Home location
• Using SLurls
• Using gestures
• Setting Preferences

Walking

Watch this video tutorial to get started, then read on for details:

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There are three ways to walk your avatar with the keyboard:

1. Use the arrow keys.

   

2. W A S D keys - Inworld must have focus, meaning the chat bar is closed or you've clicked inworld. Otherwise, these keys will type in the chat bar.
3. Numeric keypad - Not all keyboards have this.

You can also strafe — walk sideways without changing your camera focus — by holding Shift ⇧ and using the left and right movement keys. Instead of turning, your avatar will walk in those directions.

Running

Running is done with the same keys as walking. Running is usually a toggle: enable World > Always Run and try moving around!

Jumping and ducking

Tap Page Up or E to jump.

Hold Page Down or C to duck (squat).

Tip: After jumping, hold down Space to greatly slow your ascent. It looks almost as if you're frozen in mid-air.

Flying

Holding the same key to jump makes you fly.

Tip: If that doesn't work, go to Edit > Preferences, click Input & Camera tab, and enable Fly/land on holding up/down.

You can also click the Fly button on the toolbar at the bottom of the Viewer window.

Double-tap run

Warning: This is a "power user" feature we don't support.

If you don't want to always run, you can make your avatar walk or run with use of your arrow keys. Double-tap and hold the up arrow key to run forward. Tap and hold the up arrow key again to walk. This feature gives a more realistic appearance to avatar movement.

To enable double-tap run:

1. Open the unsupported Advanced menu.
2. Enable Advanced > Character > Tap-Tap-Hold To Run.

   

As shown in this video:

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See also

• Limits - Intriguing facts about how high you can fly and more.