character movement settings?

[annoying dog]

is there a way to make it so that when I walk backwards the character faces me and does not walk back slowly?

[Zen]

As far as I know there isnt due to a combat mechanic. Could work with mouse to move but that may get tedious

[CrackeR]

No, it would conflict with the lean against and eves dropping mechanic.

[Karna5]

I have often wished and begged to be able to walk toward the camera. PearlAbyss keeps releasing films of characters walking toward the camera, and yet they do not allow us to do it. It's quite sad :(

Most (nearly all) games allow us to walk toward the camera when out of combat. I just don't understand why BDO does not allow it.

[Karna5]

post script: In order to make this film in which my character is walking toward the camera, I had to set up an auto-walk path and then move the camera once she was auto-walking. (Thanks to Tsel13 for telling me how to do that.)

Sadly it's not remotely as good as true 360 degree walking would be.

https://youtu.be/AA16w3KXs78

To switch from run to slow walk you can use the scroll lock key. There's another method, but it's complicated and uses the cap lock key.

[Karna5]

Post Post Script: With regard to interference with combat movement, 360 degree walking is obviously a feature for out of combat only. I'll use here a couple of examples from another MMORPG which also has open world PVP, Red Dead Online.

Here is an example of riding a horse toward the camera without auto-path. The horse movement and camera movement are independent:

https://flic.kr/p/2hRs8ww

And here is an example of walking toward the camera without auto-path. Likewise the walking direction and camera direction are independent.

https://flic.kr/p/2hUZNe2

I honestly don't understand why Pearl Abyss refuses to allow it. They themselves use it in their own demonstrations, and nearly every third person game ever made allows it out of combat.

[Nhika]

You want the slow back walking so you can keep frontal guard btw.
Or just use dash skill

[Karna5]

Originally posted by Nhika:

You want the slow back walking so you can keep frontal guard btw.
Or just use dash skill

Frontal Guard is a combat action. Why are you assuming something annoying dog (and I) did not say. The request is to walk toward the camera. Nothing more. One does not walk during combat, neither forward nor backward, so combat is irrelevant, and frontal guard is irrelevant.