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Thread: JTL To buy a Joystick or not?

YoddaKiller
Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:40 am
#1
How good is the mouse/keyboard flight control?


What do the Dev's use?


Can you ram your ship into others?



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HOLLANDIA
Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:46 am
#2
I hated the mouse/keyboard and used my joystick.


No you can't ram ships.



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Nicro
Sat Oct 23, 2004 10:55 am
#3
the devs use a nice logitec serch for it on the forum serch thers a buch of topics about it



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R4Unit
Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:01 am
#4
This is just my opinion, but if you don't have a Joystick, your not flying a starship, your guiding a hyperspace capable rock. (I also despised Freelancer for the inability to use a joystick.)



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WillburWright
Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:33 pm
#5




Praden wrote:

For me personally, I found it easier to fly with a joystick. I could move the joystickup, down, left, right, and twist left and right to control pitch, bank/roll, and yaw...plus use the slider switch for throttle and the various buttons on the joystick and base for all the weapons, missiles, countermeasures, boosters, etc.


However, I found it easier to be a gunner on a Y-Wing with just a mouse....left, right, up, down, and a button to fire.






I concur.



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EmpireHunter14
Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:15 pm
#6
i was worried it would affect my gameplay without 1 but i used my mouse in beta and it was easy enough i didnt find any need for a joystick



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EmpireHunter14
Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:16 pm
#7

i was worried it would affect my gameplay without 1 but i used my mouse in beta and it was easy enough i didnt find any need for a joystick



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Praden
Sun Oct 24, 2004 12:29 am
#8
For me personally, I found it easier to fly with a joystick. I could move the joystickup, down, left, right, and twist left and right to control pitch, bank/roll, and yaw...plus use the slider switch for throttle and the various buttons on the joystick and base for all the weapons, missiles, countermeasures, boosters, etc.


However, I found it easier to be a gunner on a Y-Wing with just a mouse....left, right, up, down, and a button to fire.
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