Any one play with a joystick?

strenface · 12-14-11, 05:22 PM

Being that I am primarily a flight-simmer, this seemed only natural, so I programmed my joystick and throttle quadrant to the appropriate keys and axes and I will say that for me it improves the game tremendously.

For example, I mapped three throttle levers into 4 band axes:

1[surface] 2[maintain depth] 3[unprogrammed] 4[dive]

1[attack periscope] 2[raise periscope incrementally] 3[unprogrammed] 4[down]

same with observational periscope

The 3rd band is always unporgrammed so there is a neutral position that wont give any orders!

The reason why I did this was because I hook my comp up to my TV so its nice to not need the keyboard. Also, I found using the keyboard/mouse combo unwieldy with respect to aiming the deck gun. I therefore set the X and Y axis on the joystick to mouse movements, and the main trigger as fire. Now I have fine control over the gun that was hard to accomplish with the keyboard alone by tweeking the joystick sensitivity.

Just an idea I thought I'd throw out!

12-14-11, 05:22 PM	#1
strenface Watch Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 20 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Any one play with a joystick? Being that I am primarily a flight-simmer, this seemed only natural, so I programmed my joystick and throttle quadrant to the appropriate keys and axes and I will say that for me it improves the game tremendously. For example, I mapped three throttle levers into 4 band axes: 1[surface] 2[maintain depth] 3[unprogrammed] 4[dive] 1[attack periscope] 2[raise periscope incrementally] 3[unprogrammed] 4[down] same with observational periscope The 3rd band is always unporgrammed so there is a neutral position that wont give any orders! The reason why I did this was because I hook my comp up to my TV so its nice to not need the keyboard. Also, I found using the keyboard/mouse combo unwieldy with respect to aiming the deck gun. I therefore set the X and Y axis on the joystick to mouse movements, and the main trigger as fire. Now I have fine control over the gun that was hard to accomplish with the keyboard alone by tweeking the joystick sensitivity. Just an idea I thought I'd throw out!