Arma2 + Joystick

Bob_Harris

Has anyone else found it more difficult to fly helicopters with a joystick than it is with keyboard and mouse?

Jets + joystick is natural enough, but I can't really keep the choppers on track. I find landing a chopper with the joystick the hardest.

PogMoThoin

Yeah, I use one. Thing is with the analogue throttle it starts in the middle. Its a flaw they haven't fixed as it suits the jets and harriers fine, but is just plain wrong with the choppers. I posted a thread here ages ago on how to map the controls, I'll dig it up

Here it is:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055624842&highlight=flight+stick

Bob_Harris

I read somewhere that you should map both Turn Left/Right and rudder controls to the Z-axis, apparently it give you extra control (ignore the red conflict warning).

I initially had the X-axis bound to Bank Left/Right, but then switched it to Turn Left/Right which gave some interesting results. I might switch it back to bank.

I suppose the main problem I find with the joystick is the controls feel a bit "digital". I've tweaked the sensitivity of the various axes but can't seem to get it right I'm afraid.

Using the mouse just feels so much smoother and give much more measured control.

Using a Saitek "AV8R-03" which is a solidly built and accurate joystick, so I can't really blame the hardware.

EDIT:
This guy might be on to something
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=78653

BattlingCheese

I use a joystick too albeit a old HOTAS system and am a big fan of flight sims.

As anyone on the boards server can tell you my flying is err hit and miss

AS Pog mentioned ARMA2 is not really coded for proper joystick support. Will have to bear with it till they fix it. Think I read ACE2 lads are trying to fix it too.

dreamers75

I killed an SU34 with the GAU on the A10 last night.


As ****ing usual noone saw it.

PogMoThoin

I read someone on the BI forum made the claim that the GAU should sound like God unzipping his pants just before the surprise buttsex you are about to receive

Promac

I have no idea what a GAU is.

But I do have a joystick and have been playing with it in the armoury. The chopper was fine and the plane was sweet.

I have a Logitech Attack3 - has ****loads of buttons and seems to work quite well.

dreamers75

GAU, the greatest gun in videogame history thats actually real

Promac

**** my ******* eye with a ****sword.

Promac

Kerrrist!

By the way - ArmA2 with a joystick and a 40" Sony Bravia instead of a normal monitor on your desk behind your keyboard is fooking amazing. It's not widescreen - it's windscreen!

dreamers75

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Ah sure thats nothing the germans were fitting these 75mm bad boys to aircraft in the 40`s

http://www.invasion1944.info/


tell these guys

Maximilian

You need to run the A10 Hifi mod to truly appreciate the awesomeness of the A10.

This is what it sounds like with the mod and also, in real life too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eD_Lo61rAw

I don't bother with a joystick at all, mouse and keyboard is fine with a little tweak.

The default setting for the A and D keys and left and might mouse is a command called "turn" - its crap being a mixture of rudder and banking.

Rebind your left and right keys, A & D in my case, to the rudder command ( I think its PEDAL left & right). Bind mouse left and right to BANK (left & right) It makes things a lot easier - particularly low speed hovering in a chopper.

I couldn't imagine being bale to decapitate someone in a little bird without doing that.

cashville

Ha ha I know that clip Max, if you listen you can hear Tom Hanks calling it in

Maximilian

cashville wrote: »

Ha ha I know that clip Max, if you listen you can hear Tom Hanks calling it in

lol sounds just like him.

dreamers75

X and C are turning on the keyboard as default. A and D gets into the mountain faster tho.