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. 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 the left and right movement keys. For example, Shift ⇧-←. 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.