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3D Connexion mouse.. possible uses?
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Rozthen Kion
Abex Industry
#1 - 2012-03-11 00:37:13 UTC
I have a 3D Connexion mouse and i was wondering if it was possible to use it for camera drone control?
Valea Silpha
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-03-11 00:59:31 UTC
If you mean 'Can I use it to manipulate the camera as I would in a 3d studio program ?' then the answer is probably not. I agree that it would be awesome if the capability was there (and indeed it may be there in the dev camera stuff they use to make official vids) but it is unlikely to become a player thing.

If you mean 'Could I somehow use the 3d mouse to use the existing camera controls ?' then yes, you probably could, although it might have to be in a roundabout manner, using powerglove or a similar thing to bind its inputs to regular mouse controls. At the very least you should be able to get zoom, tilt and rotate to work, although I don't know enough about it to say for sure.

It is worth noting that the eve camera is gimbal locked so you will never be able to get true camera freedom without devsploits.



Rozthen Kion
Abex Industry
#3 - 2012-03-11 16:00:26 UTC
yeah. the second one.. using to control current camera controls
Amaroq Dricaldari
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2012-03-12 11:31:40 UTC
Supported. Full Camera control would make everything better.

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Vertisce Soritenshi
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-03-12 12:00:43 UTC
You already have full camera control...

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Rozthen Kion
Abex Industry
#6 - 2012-03-15 16:12:39 UTC
using a 3d mouse?
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#7 - 2012-03-15 16:16:05 UTC
It can most likely be done (using all the current camera controls with your mouse, not adding new stuff in). It might require some creative binding, but it should be possible.
Schlangers Nine
Perkone
Caldari State
#8 - 2012-03-30 16:04:42 UTC
I am surprised that they have not added this already, a 3D mouse would be perfect for this game.