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Thread: noob question about using a mouse to pilot..

millermix
Tue Jul 05, 2005 3:44 pm
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I searched and couldnt find anything.. my question was how do i take the mouse off of pointer mode and into 1st person shooter mode, i played JTL beta for maybe an hour and it was mouse look, now that i have the actual game i cant seem to get it to work. I have tried to hit ALT, CTRL, and all in CTRL+O. Thanks for the help.



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aqu_muffins
Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:07 pm
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millermix wrote:

I searched and couldnt find anything.. my question was how do i take the mouse off of pointer mode and into 1st person shooter mode, i played JTL beta for maybe an hour and it was mouse look, now that i have the actual game i cant seem to get it to work. I have tried to hit ALT, CTRL, and all in CTRL+O. Thanks for the help.




Change the control style to virtual joystick and use alt.



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millermix
Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:38 pm
#3
ok cool, thanks



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CuchulainnDarklight
Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:48 pm
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millermix wrote:

I searched and couldnt find anything.. my question was how do i take the mouse off of pointer mode and into 1st person shooter mode, i played JTL beta for maybe an hour and it was mouse look, now that i have the actual game i cant seem to get it to work. I have tried to hit ALT, CTRL, and all in CTRL+O. Thanks for the help.




Really, cant emphasize this enough but, buy yourself a joystick! really, its a must!




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LeaphChausew
Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:44 pm
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CuchulainnDarklight wrote:





millermix wrote:

I searched and couldnt find anything.. my question was how do i take the mouse off of pointer mode and into 1st person shooter mode, i played JTL beta for maybe an hour and it was mouse look, now that i have the actual game i cant seem to get it to work. I have tried to hit ALT, CTRL, and all in CTRL+O. Thanks for the help.




Really, cant emphasize this enough but, buy yourself a joystick! really, its a must!




^Not really. I mean...hey I 'might' fly better if I used a joystick, but so far I been doing pretty damn well with a mouse and keyboard. I'm sure there is some thing you can do with a mouse that you can't do with a joystick flight wise.

Nooca
Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:46 pm
#6
I fly circles around 9 out of 10 people and I use a mouse and keyboard.



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JaekeW
Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:46 pm
#7




LeaphChausew wrote:




CuchulainnDarklight wrote:





millermix wrote:

I searched and couldnt find anything.. my question was how do i take the mouse off of pointer mode and into 1st person shooter mode, i played JTL beta for maybe an hour and it was mouse look, now that i have the actual game i cant seem to get it to work. I have tried to hit ALT, CTRL, and all in CTRL+O. Thanks for the help.




Really, cant emphasize this enough but, buy yourself a joystick! really, its a must!




^Not really. I mean...hey I 'might' fly better if I used a joystick, but so far I been doing pretty damn well with a mouse and keyboard. I'm sure there is some thing you can do with a mouse that you can't do with a joystick flight wise.




Yeah, I fly with a mouse here too, and I do alright, dunno what "mode" I have it in though. I just use the default.



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BuzzBot
Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:49 pm
#8
It's easier to acces keys that are assigned to various commands. personally, I've next tocompletely customized the keymap to fit my hands and...well, basically how I think and apply it to the world lol. With a joystick, it's harder to reach over to the keyboard if your joystick doesn't have enough buttons to cover all the commands you want to use.



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Aserhe
Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:45 am
#9
I've mastered pilot now 4 times with the mouse, if it was a real simulator i'd use my joystick... 



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