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My only concern is the tracking camera. The new features are great, but I'd like to still be able to click and track immediately for scanning purposes, manual flight, etc., instead of having to use "c".

Good stuff, looks gorgeous. But the tracking Camera default setting was fantastic.

Bring back the tracking camera as it functions in the legacy camera !

Also could you get rid of the extra 'look/track' icon in the selected item window. Its unnecessary and means I now need to make my selected item window giant so it doesn't default to the tiny version.

All this extra UI you are adding is a really bad direction CCP. It will get to the point where we we will have so many windows and UI elements we wont even be able to see space anymore...

So just read the Dev Blog more closely.....



They are removing the old camera in one month !

CCP I hope you are ready for unbelievable rage if the old tracking camera functionality isn't inserted into the new camera before then....

I have my pitchfork, tar and feathers ready.


Also get rid of the white ghositing in the tactical camera. All it does is obscure what you are trying to shoot. I dont know anyone who pvps who actually likes it or thinks the ghosting is useful.

It's been mentioned already a couple of times, but aside from old tracking camera functionality, that is dearly missed, please consider giving players control over the howling sound that starts playing when you switch to the tactical mode. Right now it can be turned off only with UI interaction sound level slider, which also turns off other important UI sounds, e.g. warnings.

CCP, a notice to you:

You kill the 'classic/legacy' camera as an option, I'm outta here. Not a threat, not a promise. This is a simple cause=effect physical science reaction. I will not pay to play a game that sends me staggering to worship the porcelain deity Ralph.

>Jeven

Going to cross post for visibility from the General Thread.

You've massively lowered the camera's vertical movement rate compared to the horizontal, which frankly is a completely STUPID idea in the fully 3D environment of EVE Online. Even moreso when the fact that the game uses a mouse for control.

For the love of everything, return the camera to a consistent movement speed for vertical and horizontal. Looking up and down is IMPORTANT and limiting the ability to do so is just bonkers.

You're trying to reinvent the wheel by slapping a cube on the axle. The orbital camera should be capable of becoming exactly the same as the current camera.

EDIT: Video of the issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIl9egYxkqA

In general, I'm quite pleased with the new camera, and have very few complaints about it's functionality.

There's one aspect, however, that I'm not too happy about, and would feel much more "at home" if it were to be implemented.

The original camera has the ability to let you look at, and zoom in / out of objects that cannot be selected i.e. distant stars, gas clouds etc...

It also has the ability to freely look around, and zoom in / out without any automatic camera control.

For the above two reasons, I would like to propose this feature to be re-implemented into the new "Orbit" camera, so to provide extra camera functionality and versatility.

For those of you who aren't aware of this camera function, you first have to right-click and move the camera to the desired spot, then left-click at the same time, and move the mouse forward or backward to zoom in / out respectively.

Id be very interested to read what you all think of this, as I haven't read many other posts discussing it, despite it been a key part of the original camera (for me anyway).

The only other point to stress upon, as quite a few people have already done, is that the new camera needs to retain it's originality and functionality as much as possible, as well as implementing new features gradually - so not to push people too fast and make changes that you later have to revert.

I used to do that habitually just as a tic, but I've rarely/never actually used it for anything functional. It's not something I'll miss after enough time has passed, but there is a gap in functionality there since right click dragging no longer does anything in the orbit camera.

If I'm to think about it, it's probably fine. The lack of action there gives you a quick signal that you are not in tactical mode. I leave it up to CCP what to do with this.

I don't usually post on the forums, but this new camera is really irritating for me.

Granted I haven't played with the new camera for long, but from what I've tried, I find myself getting slightly nauseous. There's just something with the mouse sensitivity with the new camera that bugs me.

Ok, so I'm open to new ideas and maybe given some time I might try it out again...

WHAT REALLY GETS ME.... why the heck would you disable the option of turning the new camera off after 1 month?

Whoever is making the last couple years decisions on what coding changes are to be implemented in this game must hate Eve with all there being.