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Second Life Machinimists crusade to fix joystick flycam

Aren Mandala, a Second Life resident into Machinima, has discovered a serious bug that could affect many filmmakers. Joystick flycam is a tool that allows residents to hook up a joystick, specifically a 3dConnexion SpaceNavigator, and detach their camera to fly around. According to his Jira entry, joystick flycam breaks when SL is in fullscreen mode.

The flycam is currently in the Debug menu, meaning it is not a Linden Lab-supported feature. The functionality of it makes it an integral part of the SL Machinimist's toolkit, though. Residents have already taken their concerns to the official Machinima mailing list. To weigh in on this issue, please visit the issue's Jira page.

[Thanks, Katherine!]