Alt-zoom
Feature Design Document
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Functional Spec
- You can alt-zoom by clicking on an object, a person or their nametag or attachments, or the terrain.
- You cannot Alt-zoom on the sky.
- You cannot Alt-zoom on yout HUD object.
- Alt-clicking will center your view on the thing you clicked.
- Alt-zoom will attach your camera to the person or thing you clicked. If your object of focus moves, your camera will move with it.
- You can alt-zoom in and out and around with alt + mouse
- You can orbit your camera around an object with alt + ctrl + mouse
- You can pan (slide sideways) your camera with alt + ctrl + shift + mouse
- You can also move your view via keyboard alt + arrow keys and PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN
- alt-zoom has distance limits from your avatar.
- alt-zoom distances are longer if you are on an estate you own or manage (or if you are in god mode or turn on Client > View Admin Options)
- alt-zooming very close to an object will stop moving the camera and will tighten FOV.
- Editing an object you are focused on should not move the camera.
- You can see where your focus is by enabling debug mode and turning on Client > Character > Show Look At, then alt-click something to see the Look at crosshairs.
Test scripts
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Discussion for future improvements
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Relationship to other features
List of features that need to be tested when this feature changes, and why.
Focus
Selection - Selection should be retained while alt-zooming