joystick

[AtR 0]

Think this is the right place to post in ...

Anyways , I have bought Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick (its my 1st stick ever too .. ) so , id like to know how do you guys set it up (if u use it too ) , under set it up , i ment settings on sensetivity , dead zone and range on all parameters ( Z axis ,etc ). Please leave a post here or PM me with any configurations you like , id gladly try em out . Cos when it gets to fire a cannon at a target or something that requieres aiming , its nearly impossible ( for me ) to hit it nor hold the crossfire on target !

[eestikas88 0]

i had a Trust joystick lately.

It broke down after i had a hardcore action in Lock-On:Modern Combat.

It's easy to set it up.

If it has a USB thingy,then put it in the USB port.

Computer detects it.

Then go to Control Panel and search for printers and hardware.

Then Gaming controls or whatever

Then,there is a list,just find your joystick from there.

Then calibrate it.It should under advanced or properties.

Then start ofp.Go to options.And start configuring your controls.

I remember that i didn't have to configure it.Computer did it for me.

I just connected it and started playing.

But for pitching up/down just pull/push the stick vertically (forward/backward from your point of view) (y axis).For rolling left/right use x axis.For moving forward/backward use throttle.

[456820 0]

can i just ask a few things about joysticks and ofp

1. What is a good cheap joystick which will work well ?

2. If you were playing OFP coop and you got in an A10 would you need to plug your joystick in then carry on playing or does it just stay in and hide in the background until used ?

3. Whats so good about using a joystick with ofp ?

4. Would you recomend buying one ?

Cheers

[BlackScorpion 0]

1. I've only had 1 joystick for the past few years, still works, they don't make it anymore though, so can't help here.

2. Well, if you mean "Can I use keyboard if my joystick is plugged in" then yes, the stick doesn't "get activated" before you move it. Atleast mine doesn't. Every time I hop into a chopper or plane, I press the "free look" key (*) and grab my joystick. That way my mouse movement doesn't interfere with the joystick movement, thus the plane does only what my stick tells it to do. Auto-hover in choppers doesn't work, though, but with practise you don't need it.

3. Better and more realistic control of planes and choppers, accuracy depending a bit on joystick. Atleast with planes I can do things I was never able to do with keyboard.

4. Especially if you like flying, hell yeah!

[456820 0]

sounds good is it easier to fly with a joystick then with keyboard cause im pretty good at flying chopppers but im very bad at flying jets/planes i always crash

[Spy17 1]

I also love using my joystik in OFP.

I recommend a joystik with rudder funktion (for example when you twist the stik) this is important for the helis.

It would have been nice if the "free look" key (*) would enable you to look freely arround in the plane /heli.

One of the patches made also the cooli had funktion worse.

Hope these two things are improved in ArmA.

[456820 0]

oh few more questions

how do you target in ofp with a joystick ?

Whats a good price for a decent joystick ? (there all about 20-30Å is that good or not)

edit - what kind are best cause you can get analog ones are they any good ?

[Jezza_NL 0]

Getting a joystick for flying in OFP bears two major advantages over using the mouse/keyboard.

1. It enables fixed-wing aircraft to do loopings and flip over the aircraft 180 degrees, something that is hardly or not possible with the keyboard/mouse. Plans also become more responsive and it generally becomes easier to follow the lie of the land when flying low.

2. Helicopters become more agile, and its easy to fly at very low altitudes, ie skimming the ground and avoiding trees, buildings, and other objects.

The main drawback, which is not really the fault of joysticks, is that OFP really wasnt designed to fly in, or at least not really jets, and as such flying behaviour is hardly realistic. Planes are hyper-sensitive to the lightest of adjustments, and flip over easily when trying to turn. Something that takes getting used to.

Conclusion: getting a joystick if u enjoy flying is a good idea.

Another plus, I use my logitech Attack 3 even to drive tanks. And mine, I just plug it into my pc, and start up OFP and it works, no installing required. I got XP.

Hope that helps.

[BlackScorpion 0]

Yeah, if you have a good joystick (and you aren't that bad pilot either...) you can do this, for example:

I also enjoy flying choppers few meters off the ground. It's... relaxing.

The drawbacks are, as mentioned, the oversensitivity on most jets and sometimes overall oversensitivity (depends on config and stick settings). Hell, I've done loops with Mapfact DC-3...

Remember, the stick needs to have a good throttle with it. Even if it's small (such as in my MS Sidewinder), if it moves well (not oversensitive but quite accurate to use) it helps very much. Well, most sticks have it...

[Spy17 1]

To aim?

Do you mean as an soldier?

I just use the mouse for everything exept helis+planes!

You can use both paralel.

[eestikas88 0]

i once flew over the FDF Eastern border with a mig upside-down

with a joystick of course

even fighting in air was much better than fighting with keyboard.

my last joystick was cheap.it broke down a week ago.

i only had it 2 or 3 months.i'll go and buy a more expensive one today.

[-HUNTER- 1]

some joysticks also have horizontal axis with which you can turn the helo's rudder. Same goes for planes taxing... But with helicopters using the rudder makes you turn arround much faster. This can also be done with the keyboard but with a joystick you've got all the controls in 1 hand, so you have your other hand free to look arround and also use functions.

[eestikas88 0]

i managed to get a beautiful joystick

it has everything i need for taxiing and flying

it has a shitload of buttons.a few buttons are still unused.

[Sepe 1]

I have been flying flightsims for long, and that's why I only tried OFP:s planes once.

Today, I decided to fly a nice lil' Vietnam Huey mission with a joystick, and it was terrific! Still a bit too sensitive, but it's really great! And FDF WW2 planes are clumsy enough so I can easily handle 'em.

Doesn't beat Il-2 Sturmovik though

[456820 0]

ive got the best joystick now a Logitech force 3D pro

The controller even shakes when you get hit or when your fire off a few rounds its wicked

Its got force feedback and the handle twists to turn the planed rudders. Cost 25Å and it looks pretty cool

[Smer4 0]

download this video to see the some stunts u can do with joistic in flashpoint -

http://www.flashpointzone.com/file_details.phtml?id=690

[wheres my rabbit ? 10]

^^ download speed

ive got the best joystick now a Logitech force 3D pro

The controller even shakes when you get hit or when your fire off a few rounds its wicked

Its got force feedback and the handle twists to turn the planed rudders. Cost 25Å and it looks pretty cool

bummer logitech are crap ..mines in the bin

take it back and swap for a saitek stick if you can

[Jinef 2]

SaiTekzorS Rul3ZoRz!!111

I got evo force. I turn off the force feedback cause it's silly though ... and generates heat.

[Pathy 0]

Saitek are the best manufacturers of Joysticks. Logitech are good, but Saitek are better.

I was going to buy a Logitech to play some IL2 with an ex RAF fighter pilot friend of mine, in the end i ended up buying an X45 Saitek on his advice. Worth every penny....

[Mr_Tea 0]

Saitek are the best manufacturers of Joysticks. Logitech are good, but Saitek are better.

I double that, my Saitek X52 is the best Joystick i ever had.

It has no Force Feedback, but is so superprecise that non other Joystick can beat this.

[colligpip 0]

does anybody know how to flip the throttle controll in ofp it is upside down for chopper collective

i may have missed somthing simple but its really annoying when i go down i go up and up down in the heat of battle it can cuase problems as you can imagine

[Mr_Tea 0]

What Joystick do you use?

[BlackScorpion 0]

My advice is training. When you use it for a while, you should get used to it. It might create problems with other games with choppers, though...

[eestikas88 0]

i played Battlefield 2 MP demo yesterday evening.

you can imagine my suprise when i discovered that some controls are reversed as i tried to attack the coast.

i ended up upside-down in the sea.

that's why i don't trust my flying skills in BF2

[Student Pilot 0]

Quote[/b] ]i may have missed somthing simple but its really annoying when i go down i go up and up down in the heat of battle it can cuase problems as you can imagine

In a helicopter simulator, the throttle acts as the collective. To go up, a helicopter pilot moves the collective back, to go down, he moves the collective forward. That's how helicopters work. So, OFP is correct, its the helicopters that are screwed up.

-Pilot