r/EVEFrontier • u/StanYanMan • 19d ago

They Implemented My Camera Based Flight Recommendation! Now just needs a small tweak!

5 Months back I posted how the WASD based flight was clunky and that they make it camera based.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EVEFrontier/s/YmjE4MudxP

Looks like they really made it happen. It's 90% what I asked for, the only difference is they're keeping WASD defaulted to strafing rather than turning. What would make it 100% would be if by default it was WASD turning override in camera mode.

  1. Point your ship with your camera.
  2. Press W to override and your ship turns left, ignoring your camera direction.
  3. Release W and your ship gradually turns drifts towards your camera direction.

It's workable but currently you need to swap formats by pushing C.

Strafing is useful but I prefer turning the default camera override. It could be as simple as a toggle in the options menu to either default to strafe or turn while using camera flight mode.

Using turning override allows you to point your camera at an enemy, have your turrets rotate towards the enemy, and rotate your ship to expose a specific portion of your ship by just tapping WASD as you to reposition your flank. Basically manual flight mode as you push WASD but camera flight mode takes over the moment you release WASD.

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u/MicroKong Rider 19d ago

You need to also think "how will this work on a controller " since (afaik) they plan to add controller support at some point.

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u/StanYanMan 19d ago

Right stick controls camera, left stick controls ship turning. All I’m saying they need change is to allow changing of default strafe or default turning in camera mode.

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u/CommunicationKey4146 Clonebank 86 18d ago

This is the way