fixed wing showcase unplayable - what about single player

[sandsquid 10]

so I am not new to arma and I never liked the planes the controls were really hard to use and I always hated those parts of the game because it could have been so much fun if only the controls were normal and you didnt crash all the time, it was just a joke not even worth playing

helicopters no problem

I have played Battlefield and the planes in that were fine a little hard but OK

I have a problem with the planes in the showcase, I assume that in the single player I will have to do a mission that has the plane and I wont be able to progress in the campagin - can I skip over it or maybe make the AI do it somehow?

but my major problem is I have to use the gamepad for movement, to make a long story short an IED strike messed up my left hand a little and keyboard gaming doesent work for me, I can use mouse no problem and can use the analog sticks on controllers for the left hand just the keyboard isnt working like it used to - dont get me wrong I can still use the keyboard for the normal gameplay its just stressful on my fingers so I cant do it for long

I have tried using the keyboard even while playing the fixed wing showcase but it was still nothing but crashes, I would crash before lots while playing arma in the past before my hand got hurt but now I just want the game to work properly - I dont mind having to use the keyboard for other functions like the "V" to get over things thats no problem, I need it for the commands and stuff but I need the gamepad for movement

I know you can remap the controller but its not perfect there are many problems with that feature it wasnt changed at all from the arma 2 version

I have wrote to Bohemia Interactive a few years ago when I discovered it was hard to use the keyboard playing arma 2 and asked if they would please provide proper gamepad support in the arma 3 when it is announced (this was before arma 3 was officially announced) I sent a picture in the mail of my hand and what happened my story and everything but I got no response even from email - I dont blame them I dont expect them to get to every single thing people send them but this was from a disabled veteran I did expect a response but since the game wasnt even announced yet maybe someone couldnt respond and when the time came they forgot

I did write to Dean Hall creator of Day-Z and he (or someone) responded saying that he would do his best to make sure Day-Z had proper gamepad support if it could be done

[Sniperwolf572 758]

I have a problem with the planes in the showcase, I assume that in the single player I will have to do a mission that has the plane and I wont be able to progress in the campagin - can I skip over it or maybe make the AI do it somehow?

There are no missions that require you to fly a plane or a helicopter in the campaign. There is a UAV, but you can fly that by placing waypoints. In the last mission of one of the endings you can choose to fly a chopper, but it's completely optional.