Is there a way to fix my camera issues?

[Zachary13]

My camera seems centered on a point that isn't the craft, so when a rotate the camera around it doesn't stay on the craft. Also, is there a way to change the keybinds for camera controls? I use the arrow keys to pan the camera, and in ksp 1 I could use up and down to go up and down, and the left and right arrows to rotate either left or right. In this game it's just up and down, left and right, and they don't rotate. 

[Zachary13]

Nevermind I learned that the camera controls are different now from KSP 1, there is no issue

[Initar]

Just saying for others who might have encountered this issue (like me) : press HOME to reset the camera.

[Chilkoot]

I'm having this issue in the VAB.  I can only rotate around a single part on a craft, so if I build a longer plane or rover, I can't effectively view the end farthest from the control module.  Arrow keys do nothing for me in the VAB, middle button only works for vertical movement, and still rotates on the horizontal.  Am I missing something?

[Rocket Farmer]

1 hour ago, Chilkoot said:

I'm having this issue in the VAB.  I can only rotate around a single part on a craft, so if I build a longer plane or rover, I can't effectively view the end farthest from the control module.  Arrow keys do nothing for me in the VAB, middle button only works for vertical movement, and still rotates on the horizontal.  Am I missing something?

If I get that I simply grab the 1st part and drag the entire ship back into the focus range.  Works well.

[adamzl]

I'm having the same issue as Chilkoot. You can middle mouse drag to pan vertically but there does not seem to be a method to pan horizontally in the other two axis. The camera locks rotation to the command pod and resets its position if you rotate the camera after moving the vehicle body in any of the horizontals.

The issue reproduces like this:

1. Make a long vehicle by setting the workspace orientation to flat/airplane mode.
2. Try to view the tail of the aircraft, difficult because the camera is rotating around the cockpit.
3. Left-click the cockpit and move it so you can get the tail of the aircraft closer to the camera.
4. Right-click and rotate the camera, this will cause the camera to pan back to the cockpit.

[Chupanebre]

5 hours ago, Chilkoot said:

I'm having this issue in the VAB.  I can only rotate around a single part on a craft, so if I build a longer plane or rover, I can't effectively view the end farthest from the control module.  Arrow keys do nothing for me in the VAB, middle button only works for vertical movement, and still rotates on the horizontal.  Am I missing something?

You can use the middle mouse button to change the part you're focused on in the VAB. 

[Chilkoot]

47 minutes ago, Chupanebre said:

You can use the middle mouse button to change the part you're focused on in the VAB.

Thanks - this does work!

[Uncle Bubz]

For anyone else having these issues, try pressing V to change the camera controls. I must have fat-fingered V and changed mine to celestial camera, which led me here but nothing fixed my issue, and then I looked at camera controls and saw an entry called Flight Camera Mode.

GLHF and I hope this helps someone!

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[adamzl]

An update on this topic with the new patch. Holding middle mouse and moving up and down pans along the length of the aircraft. But this seems to have broken the middle-click on a part scheme, if you middle click on a part and then rotate the camera, this will cause the camera to snap back to where the panning has placed the origin.

The new panning is great but I think the "dream" for this UI would be both the middle click and the middle-mouse dragging adjust the rotation origin. I'm thinking there is never a case where the camera snaps back when you rotate it and instead always rotates around what you're currently looking at.

Edit: as I use the new system more I think it continues to show issues. Since you are middle-clicking to move the camera around you almost certainly end up middle clicking on a part, this snaps the camera to it then you start moving the mouse which rotates the camera with horizontal movement. So the camera snaps almost every time unless you're deliberate to place the mouse somewhere besides ontop of the craft when you start the click and drag.

Edited March 16, 2023 by adamzl

[Jup]

I don't know if this is the right place to bring it up, but I am having enormous difficulty even adjusting to the new mechanism.

I despise click-drag to change camera views and would really like to be able to change it to the KSP1 style of looking around!