Time for action – movement and rotation

Time to have a look at movement, rotation, and navigating around the editor.

Navigation

Buttons used to navigate around UDK.

UDK

These are your primary keys for navigating and rotating using the editor:

  • Left Mouse Button (LMB): pan right/left/forward/backward movements
  • Right Mouse Button (RMB): rotate, look around
  • LMB+RMB: up/down

WASD key navigation

The following are other forms of primary keys for navigating and rotating around the editor:

  • Click and hold RMB. As you hold it, use the WASD keyboard keys to move around as you would in a first person shooter game.
  • WASD movement is great if you are familiar with hammer source mapping.

MAYA users

If you are familiar with Maya, the following will be your primary keys for ...

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