Alternate Control Method for EVA Kerbals

[Whirligig Girl]

The controls that Kerbals use now is great and all if you're good and know how to use them, but perhaps an alternative could be used for those who don't like the current mode.

Basically, make the Kerbals controllable like a ship. WASDQE rotates, IJKLHN Translates. This way, in chase cam mode, some people may be able to fly it better. This might even be made default, to help give newbies the idea that you don't want to be holding down the keys too much, but that you want to be doing short bursts.

Whenever I teach friends to play KSP, we inevitably get to the part where you EVA. And every time, the instinct of even the smartest and intuitive players is to control it almost like a 3D FPS. Hold down the buttons to move. This always makes them go out of control, and I always cut them off if at 25% fuel they have still not gotten back to the capsule, and I just finish the EVA for them and hope they're looking at my fingers on the keys to see how I'm simply calmly tapping the keys. Very stressful time on my part, and probably on the player's because of how stressed I am.

[sal_vager]

There is another mode, sort of anyway, you can disable EVA_ROTATE_ON_MOVE and then be able to control a Kerbal independent to the camera, use the mouse to pitch.