Autocenter bug joystick

[Adammo 0]

In Version 1.95 and Version 1.96 we have been dealing with a AUTOCENTER bug in first player view.

This bug makes it VERY hard to fly any type of aircraft using the HAT switch. By mapping the HAT to the keypad #'s.

When you try and look right to goes all the way right and when you let go .. it "autocenters". This makes it impossible to get any sort of degree of view from first player view using joysticks .. and basically forces you to now fly with keyboard using the mouse to get any type of views.

I consider this a major bug since I can no longer fly in first player view using my HAT. (which defeates the whole point of a first person shooter in aircraft)

I have a possible work around.. you guys can try.. its not the best answer BUT its better then nothing..

I have a Microsoft FFB 2 joystick which has macro programming. The have the ability to at least have some degree of view with the HAT I did the following.

Programmed my #2 button(joystick) in the Macro to the keypad #2 which is DOWN. I set this is HOLD the #2 button DOWN for 9 seconds. (9 seconds is the max for my joystick) What this does is.. when I use the right and left HAT keys now.. they immediatly autocenter but after hitting the #2(joystick) mapped to my DOWN on the HAT.. then it locks the view DOWN.

Now if I use the left and right on the HAT it gives my some degree of view for 9 seconds.. Hoping that this will allow me to look and find enemy inf or at least land the chopper looking out the window at a 45 degree angle. (for 9 seconds)

As far as I can tell if you don't have the abilty to program Macros with your joystick you are out of luck.. According to Bi Studios this bug is not significate to fix before the final 1.96 patch.

If anyone else is having this problem please post here.. so that Bi can see that this is causing a lot of people problems.. since this bug has been reported here and there but not any major thread. Are you willing to live with this bug possibly forever? An option to turn off and on autocenter would really be nice.

[hardrock 1]

If anyone else is having this problem please post here..

I am

It's very annoying to fly planes now using a joystick, that's right

Would be great if this could be fixed (it did work in earlier versions, is it intention as it is now?!)

[KeyCat 131]

Yes, I have the same problem and don't like it!

I usually don't fly planes in OFP but love to fly helicopters and in pre 1.95 I could have my view in cockpit slightly slanted down and to the left (or right) which helped alot in SA but post version 1.95 it's not possible due to the autocenter feature

Hope BIS will take note since it worked much better before.

/Christer (a.k.a KeyCat)

[WarWolf 0]

I tried posting my own question re this autocenter issue, but the response said no-fix until OFP2....

This sucks.  BAD.  The behaviour of the hat switch has been constant through all versions of OFP until 1.95.  To change it now is simply unacceptable.  My thread was closed so I couldn't respond - (?!!!) - so posting here instead.

The ability to look around freely in a helicopter is crucial to flying, target spotting, and landing operations.

The new autocenter behaviour has made the game unuseable for helicopter operations.

My only option it seems is to reinstall from scratch AGAIN after only 3 days of a clean install, in order to reload my old 1.91 patch so that I can once again enjoy flying my helicopter addon collection.  BUT this means that I won't be able to fly online with all you other OFP nuts.

This is totally unacceptable.

It simply must be fixed to allow/return the original behaviour of the HAT switch.

This problem - and especially the attitude of 'we aint gonna fix it - so buy the next version' has impaired my enjoyment of OFP to the point that I am considering uninstalling completely and not bothering to reinstall.

If no fix for this to restore the default behaviour is going to be forthcoming then I will not be bothering to play OFP any more, create maps (and simple addons) etc., encourage other players online (many hours I have spent helping and encouraging folks via Gspy chat to create missions and enjoy the game) nor will I be very enthusiastic about buying any new version OFP2 in the future.

This is a sad day for me, I have played OFP since the first CWC release, and the uncaring attitude that seems to be the official line now will seriously deter me from supporting this title any more, and buying OFP2.

The change in the OFP code is a new one since 1.95.  Never before has the HAT switch autocentered after engine startup in a helicopter or plane.  In a plane I can see it would be useful to optionally autocenter, but not in a helicopter.

Note the word optionally - please MAKE IT OPTIONAL at the very least.

I bought OFP legally, same with OFP:R.  Now the developers have broken that which I paid good money for.

I want it fixed.  I want it returned to non-autocentering or optional auto-centering.  I want to be able to fly online with my m8s and be able to enjoy that flying.

I would be seriously annoyed if this post / thread gets locked like the last one I posted.  I WANT to know how strongly other folks feel about this issue.

To summarise:  devs please fix the auto-centering problem for us helicopter flyers, or you might well lose at least this one customer when you release OFP2, maybe many more.

WarWolf.

[WarWolf 0]

If the above post sounds flame-like I apologise, but I do feel very strongly about this issue, to the point that if something isnt done about it then a previously enthsiastic if techically limited member of the community (me) might well give up on ofp entirely, and ofp2 will have at least one less customer. The hat switch has been wilfully broken in OFP 1.95+. I want it fixed back the way it was so that I can enjoy playing and flying online again. Which at present I cannot do simultaneously due to this new 'feature' - btw is it x-box related by any chance?

I would certainly object to having to pay more money to get something working again that was working fine before - if you take your car to a garage and THEY break the steering wheel, would you be happy if the garage told you you'd have to buy a new car to get the problem fixed?

[andersson 285]

My friend and I love choppermissions and the autocenter is really annoying for both of us...

But I understand that BIS want to have the 1.96 as final and put all their effort on ofp2. But I hope they will fix it and release 1.97

[WarWolf 0]

Well, for the time being I've rolled back to 1.92, but for online playing this sux cos most other folks are running 1.96

I'd forgotten how cool it was to hover, look out the side window and use the mouse-stick on the saitek's throttle to aim the cannon independantly of the view (works in only some 1-man helos though).

Would be good if the manual-fire allowed manual aiming of the cannon by default in the same way in all helos.

WarWolf