Basically i humbly suggest to add an optional 'glide' when we drag the middle mouse with a certain velocity, and and slows down, or until we click middle mouse again to stop, ala desktop Google Earth. however normal middle mouse click drag, then releasing middle mouse at stop (no velocity) = no glide, same as usual panning. I think it would feel natural on PA's spherical maps, and it lessens the mouse click-panning needed to navigate, especially bigger maps. It would also be interesting for chronocam replay cast. How do you guys think about this? :edit: typo and cleaning
if anything like this were to be implemented, there better be a disable option in the config because i think i would prefer how the camera is now. The only time this may ever be useful is in the current early game when first scouting.
I would appreciate this, it would give me a logical excuse to build a gigantic touchscreen, just so I could command an army with all 6 of my limbs.
i'm not implying we should use touchscreen... that would be stupid. and what i meant of Google Earth is the desktop (windows) version, anyone here tried one? ofc i'm suggesting it to be optional.
You mean where you press button, spin, let go, and the thing spins at the speed you let it go at.. and then slowly.. slows.. down.. Yeah. I ****ing LOVE that with all of my heart. It did that on the car selection page on Need for Speed 3 Hot Pursuit.. and a bunch of other things too. It definitely needs to be a togglable, and it really isn't that difficult to get used to it since if you stop the mouse before letting go of the button, the sphere wouldn't spin. It's all about control. .. or for some people who dislike it.. I guess it's about the lack of control. As soon as you pressed the button to control the camera again, it'd instantly stop spinning too. To be honest, this could be even faster camera movement for those who get to know how to use it well, by spinning the world and while it spins, you put down orders. You could also spin the world to get to the other side quicker, it's a very VERY fluid movement on a 3d sphere, and I think it has a definite place if implemented.
sounds just awesome, would definitely speed up my workflow. and for the people that don't like it make it an option to disable this, or if early testing shows that everyone is fine just make it the standart
what about my idea to have a center scroll pop up when you press a modifier key? currently rolling the scroll wheel on the world borders is the best way to rotate. mking this even more readily accessible would be awesome!
Actually, IMHO, holding down Mouse3 is the best way to scroll. I would appreciate a coasting feature though, that would be pretty cool stuff.
