3D Game Programming for Kids, 2nd Edition

Controls

The two controls we use in this book are the fly controls and orbit controls.

Fly Controls

We used FlyControls.js to fly around space in both Chapter 5, ​Functions: Use and Use Again​ and Chapter 13, ​Project: Phases of the Moon​. We can create fly controls after the camera is defined with this:

​var​ controls = ​new​ THREE.FlyControls(camera);

Then the following keys let you fly through the scene:

Motion	Direction	Keys
Move	Forward / Backward	W / S
Move	Left / Right	A / D
Move	Up / Down	R / F
Spin	Clockwise / Counterclockwise	Q / E
Spin	Left / Right	Left Arrow / Right Arrow
Spin	Up / Down	Up Arrow / Down Arrow

The following options are available for fly controls:

controls.movementSpeed = 100;
controls.rollSpeed = 0.5;
controls.dragToLook ...