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Small fix, big effect?

I've always been adamant that invert Y camera was the only way to play, so much so that I made it the default in my game.

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addedA new player, however, discovered that this leads to a significant ambiguity for what it means to select "invert y" in the tutorial; does that mean invert the current controls?

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addedA new player, however, discovered that this leads to a significant ambiguity for what it means to select "invert y" in the tutorial; does that mean invert the current controls?

I've always been adamant that invert Y camera was the only way to play, so much so that I made it the default in my game. But of course I realize that I'm in the minority, so the very first thing you do in the tutorial is decide if you want to use invert Y or "normal" camera controls (shades of the first Halo, or Ratchet Deadlocked).

A new player, however, discovered that this leads to a significant ambiguity for what it means to select "invert y" in the tutorial; does that mean invert the current controls?

No, they are already inverted! So selecting Invert Y does nothing. Which in retrospect is definitely confusing to everybody but me, and may have already earned the game it's first negative review. So now the game defaults to non-inverted Y; a change of exactly 1 character to the source code.

Thanks, *semi-anonymous* steam player!

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https://steamcommunity.com/app/3177810/discussions/0/4631484289352000570/

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