Controls question, in VAB/SPH

[godefroi]

So, when I watch videos, people are always fine-tuning angles and rotations with the shift+WASD keys. Since I'm left-handed, I remapped WASD onto the keypad. When I attempt to shift-arrow, however, all I get is camera movement.

How do I turn off the shift+keypad=camera controls and use it instead for fine-tuning part placements?

[FITorion]

if it can be done... it would be done at the same place you remapped the keys at.

There are several different tabs. Maybe the correct key remapping is buried in one of them.

[godefroi]

I found the section for VAB/SPH controls, but there's nothing in there about camera controls. In fact, nowhere at all, that I could find, are shift+keypad mapped to the camera controls. Must be some sort of built-in thing?

[Claw]

It's because holding shift activates the arrow keys on your numeric keypad in a way that mimics the other arrow keys.

-From the main menu, go to: Settings->Input->Misc.

-The first section in "Key/Button Bindings" is called "Camera"

-Under the camera section, remap the "View Up/Down/Left/Right" keys to something other than the arrow keys (maybe your WASD keys if you aren't using them).

Now you can hold SHIFT and use your numeric keypad.

EDIT: I also remapped the WASD keys to the numeric keypad. Just realize there are other events like docking and EVA that will need to be remapped also. Otherwise you will have a surprise later if you've remapped the camera keys to WASD.

Edited February 9, 2014 by Claw