Fifth
Exercise
Take
notes. You’ll need these notes when you write your written self-report.
As
you explore the following places practice camera movements. Practice exploring
a place with the camera without moving your avatar. When you land, move away
from the landing by a few meters using the arrow keys. Then zoom out (click on
the minus sign in the camera control window at the bottom). Inspect the entire
area, then zoom back in (click on the minus sign in the camera control window).
Now use the camera movements to explore in and out, around corners, inside
buildings, all without moving your avatar. You do this by holding the Alt key
down, and simultaneously hold the left click of your mouse down, as you move
the mouse ball around with your other fingers. It takes a little practice to
use both hands in this way. This camera action gives you full zoom in and out
and movement in all directions. If in
addition you hold the Ctrl key down you can rotate an object in any
direction for closer inspection.
I LOVE the Ctrl function.
Never knew this existed. This
makes taking the perfect picture easier to see and I don’t have to play with
the alt zoom by zooming in and zooming back out trying to get the right
angle. This is very useful.
Now
check the setting under the Advanced menu (top of screen near middle), and
select Disable Camera Constraints until it shows an X that it is activated. Now
your camera control will be extended to its full potential. Try the Alt-left
click mouse ball technique again and see the amazing difference.
I had a very difficult time locating the Advanced menu and
therefore could not manage to Disable Camera Constraints. I feel as if I am missing an important
step.
You
can have your camera move through walls and buildings if you position it
sideways rather than front on. You can also use the arrows on the right side of
the camera control window (which opens under the View menu, when you select
Camera Controls). Using these various camera techniques takes practicing a few
hours, which you can do by exploring inside buildings, underwater, the sky,
etc. without moving your avatar from whatever place you left it last time you
used the arrow keys, or else teleported. To get back to wherever your avatar is
press Esc twice. Also press the Esc key twice, when your camera gets stuck
inside things and it won’t respond.
Try
this as well:
Click
on “Fly” (bottom of screen, left) and move your avatar around with the arrow
keys. If you want to go higher, press Page Up (press it several times for still
higher flight). Use the arrow keys to fly around the entire landscape. To stop,
click on the “Stop Flying” command at the bottom of the screen.
Note:
when your camera seems stuck, press Esc twice and it should stabilize.
First: Go to:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Over%20The%20Rainbow/254/122/28
Ride
the Jet Ski and explore. Have fun. Go there with a friend or two. Both can ride
a jet ski and interact. Have a race around the island. It’s fun. Careful: Do
not run into other avatars who might be around! Also try windsurfing and other
boats that you can find around if you look for them.
When I first arrived I found a windsurfing device and enjoyed
this more than the first one I found a few weeks ago. This place was better because there was more
room to do tricks and I didn’t worry about running into something then needing
to retrieve another windsurfing device.
Also I did not expect to find anything very interesting after exploring
for ten minutes. But I fell off of a
boat and into the water and noticed there are great things under water! I saw coral and even a maze! I am so excited and want to explore more
underwater areas here but I found nothing inland!