Joystick curve.

[Benny Moore 0]

Armed Assault, and Operation Flashpoint before that, is lacking the ability to adjust the joystick curve. It's bad. As someone who's flown real airplanes (though not helicopters), I am completely unable to use my joystick in Armed Assault, preferring even the horrible mouse and keyboard control.

In a real airplane, you barely move the stick unless performing drastic maneuvers. In Armed Assault, however, you must yank the stick fairly hard to get even the smallest control deflection.

What I'm asking for is something that every decent flight simulator has had for at least ten years, that is, the ability to adjust the joystick curve. The default one is terrible, for one thing.

[Pulverizer 1]

You can do that and more with DxTweak2:

http://www.wingmanteam.com/latest_software/gadgets.htm

[Scrub 0]

Had some of the same issues. Thanks for the link, the tools look promising!

[NonWonderDog 0]

If you open "My Documents/ArmA Other Profiles/yourprofilename/yourprofilename.ArmAProfile" you'll find a "joystickSensitivity[]" line some ways down the page. I've set mine to the following (all one line):

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">joystickSensitivity[]={1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,

1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000};

This should be linear joystick sensitivity on all axes. If you want to configure the curve it gets very complicated, as this line has separate definitions for each axis in it. I don't really know how it works.

I'd suggest against using DxTweak2. It's an old tool, and it can cause problems in XP (and probable havoc in Vista). At the very least, you won't be able to set deadzones with it. It was very useful five or six years ago, but when I tried to use it more recently it just crashed constantly. It might have corrupted my Saitek joystick drivers, too, as I had to reinstall everything the next time I tried to use my HOTAS.

[Benny Moore 0]

If you open "My Documents/ArmA Other Profiles/yourprofilename/yourprofilename.ArmAProfile" you'll find a "joystickSensitivity[]" line some ways down the page. I've set mine to the following (all one line):

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">joystickSensitivity[]={1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,

1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000,1.000000};

This should be linear joystick sensitivity, I think.

If what you say is correct, then you are a champion. Many thanks.

[bravo 6 0]

does this have to do with the ForceFeedback?

[Benny Moore 0]

This was an accidental double post. Please delete it.

[Benny Moore 0]

It is true! Oh, and to think that all these years ... Nonwonderdog, you are a wonder.

Quote[/b] ]does this have to do with the ForceFeedback?

No, it doesn't. A curve is a series of values that the game assigns to joystick inputs; "straight stick input" or "linear joystick sensitivity" means that if you move your gaming joystick to 10% of its axis, the virtual stick in the game will move accordingly to 10% (barring simulated high stick forces and pilot strength). It most closely resembles what you get in a real airplane, although it is still far less accurate than a real airplane's controls for several reasons (mostly hardware based).

By the way, and for what it's worth, I strongly recommend avoiding Force Feedback. They make flying way, way harder than it is in reality; even the best gaming joystick is a lot less precise than a real aircraft stick, but Force Feedback joysticks take it to ridiculous extremes.

[Pulverizer 1]

I'd suggest against using DxTweak2. It's an old tool, and it can cause problems in XP (and probable havoc in Vista). At the very least, you won't be able to set deadzones with it. It was very useful five or six years ago, but when I tried to use it more recently it just crashed constantly. It might have corrupted my Saitek joystick drivers, too, as I had to reinstall everything the next time I tried to use my HOTAS.

Lies. lies. lies

It doesn't corrupt any drivers, but you can screw up some directX settings if you don't know what you're doing of course. Not that it mattered but it's not that old, mine seems to be dated apr 28th 2006. And of course you can set deadzones with it... Make no mistake, it's a great little tool for some people.

But if you can get away without using it, of course that is the better option. And correct, it isn't a program for Vista and Dx10, that's for sure.

[cross 1]

see the attached wiki for what the values in profile joystick setup stand for.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Joystick_sensitivity_settings