Flight controls

Kreega · 2012-09-18, 04:56 PM

Can the fighters and Galaxie be flown with keyboard and mouse or do they require a joystick?

xuur · 2012-09-18, 06:07 PM

KB and mouse. I tried to hook a joystick in..

lets go with, it didnt end well. I may try again, but the mouse and KB work just fine

tcbllrd · 2012-09-18, 07:04 PM

Are the sensitivity sliders for the joysticks still broken?

ricoxg · 2012-09-18, 07:23 PM

One thing I haven't been too crazy about on the controls is that the mouse isn't inverted in flight. I may have missed it, but I haven't found any place to do that yet that wouldn't also affect ground vehicles as well.

But I have to admit, now that I'm starting to get used to it, it's not horrible. I haven't tried on the joystick yet, so I'm not sure if you can invert it or not.

Rabaan · 2012-09-19, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by ricoxg

One thing I haven't been too crazy about on the controls is that the mouse isn't inverted in flight. I may have missed it, but I haven't found any place to do that yet that wouldn't also affect ground vehicles as well.

But I have to admit, now that I'm starting to get used to it, it's not horrible. I haven't tried on the joystick yet, so I'm not sure if you can invert it or not.

the flight controls can be put on inverted in the settings menu.

OP: atm it's better to play with Keyboard and Mouse, i don't know if it's a bug, or if joysticks aren't optimized yet but in my experience joysticks are waaaaaay too sensitive, even with the setting set to 0, i just slightly tilt my stick and i'm out of control

Koohoo · 2012-09-19, 07:40 AM

Yes they are easy to control

Infantry Two · 2012-09-19, 11:07 AM

They are easy to control with the mouse and keyboard, but I would still prefer to use a joystick or even have that option, currently joystick settings seem broken.

ricoxg · 2012-09-19, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Rabaan

the flight controls can be put on inverted in the settings menu.

I must have just completely missed it. Thanks. I'll go back and take a look.

EagleDelta · 2012-09-20, 01:50 PM

Are the fighters more like, well fighter/interceptors or Gunships?

Tolissere · 2012-09-20, 04:16 PM

bump

xuur · 2012-09-20, 05:57 PM

that depends entirely on what youre flying, who you ask, what faction you happen to be talking to at the time and their general skills. Ive seen some fairly serious dog fights above me so they can well be fighters. Ive also been blown to atoms on many occasions, so they do work really well as ground attack craft as well.

Sunrock · 2012-09-20, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by xuur

KB and mouse. I tried to hook a joystick in..

lets go with, it didnt end well. I may try again, but the mouse and KB work just fine

I can second this. They joystick sensitivity slider in the game option does not work at the moment so my xbox 360 controller is too sensitive right now.

However it works just fine to fly with mouse and keyboard but I know you can preform better with a controller if the sensitivity of the analogue sticks where turned down a bit...

ricoxg · 2012-09-21, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by EagleDelta

Are the fighters more like, well fighter/interceptors or Gunships?

Both. Like xuur said, it depends a lot on you, who you're flying against, and how you've loaded up your aircraft. I'm a Reaver guy myself and those Scythe pilots are nimble as all hell. Flying against them is very tough without a wingman and definitely feels more like a dogfight. I'd imagine Mosquito vs Scythe would be an even more interceptor-like fight.

That said, I've seen folks load their Scythes up with photons and do some mean close air support. I think it's like Higby's said in all his interviews. They're really making these things modular so that you can redefine your role however you like.

Kreega · 2012-09-26, 02:35 PM

Kool! Thanks for the info guys!