Is there any debug setting that sets camera direction?

[Jennifer Boyle]

There are debug settings that control the default camera position in each of the three views and that control the field of view.  I cannot find any setting for camera direction.  Is there one?

[Rolig Loon]

I don't believe so.  At least I have never found one.  The three CameraOffset---- settings control position, as you said, but the focal point of the camera is always offset the same way, not rotated around the avatar. 

[Lindal Kidd]

My friend Qie Niangao made a gadget that lets you position the camera in front of your avatar and watch yourself walking toward it.  It does a lot of other camera tricks too...unfortunately at the moment I can't even recall the NAME of the thing.  IM Qie and he'll tell you all about it.

[Rolig Loon]

Oh, you can always do that with a scripted device that you either wear or sit on. You can do pretty cool things that way. But Jennifer is looking for a way to do the same thing with Debug Settings. That isn't possible, as far as I know.

[Jennifer Boyle]

I am perfectly willing to use a scripted attachment. Let me explain the problem in more detail. I have been experimenting with putting the camera rear view in front of my face. I thought that would provide a more immersive experience, and it does. I am not sure what the camera is anchored to, but it isn't the avatar's head. To avoid having the view obscured by hair, hats, etc. when the head moves forward, the camera has to be forward of the head several cm. When it's that far forward, for reasons that are totally obscure to me, it no longer points level. I am looking for a way to keep it level. Also, it is strange to me that it is easy to control the camera's position, but not its direction.  I just want the camera to look forward from, and relative to, my face.

[Abigail Longmeadow]

The debug setting    FocusOffsetRearView    works together with   CameraOffsetRearView    to set the direction of the camera. The camera looks along a line connecting those two points. Here are some settings I use:

CameraOffsetRearView X = -0.75  (0.75 meter in back) Y = 0.4 (off the left shoulder) Z = -0.20 (about eye level)

FocusOffsetRearView X = 2.0 Y = 0.4 Z = 1

 These are my customizations, although other camera custom settings have been discussed a number of times on the SLU blog and the Firestorm blogs.