GAMEPAD (good for this game?)

[KingJ]

Hi,
maybe i want to buy KSP but i like to play space/sim with gamepad so my questions is:

Is KSP optimized for gamepad usage and is it possible to control my spaceship just with the gamepad or do i need to use mouse & keyboard all the time?

[Jupiter3927]

You can control your ship with just a gamepad.
Supposedly, you can play the entire game with a gamepad.

It's probably easier to keep a keyboard and mouse handy just in case.

[Manwith Noname]

It's not optimised in the sense the game will auto configure but I find I can assign most of everything I need "to fly" on a pad. You will most likely still want your mouse and keyboard handy though unless you setup layers in some external software.

Edit: Also, while I haven't played for a while, when I do nerd out, I use multiple controllers alongside keyboard and mouse.

[CalmLlama]

Steam controller is great for this game.

Personally, i use the keyboard and mouse.

[orb]

I have 2 joysticks (connected) and an old gamepad (laying somewhere not used), but I never thought of playing KSP with them (maybe if I used more space planes). The game is using plenty of buttons / keys and doesn't really need analog input, so keyboard for me has been the best for playing it so far for controlling flight and mouse just to interact with the interface, but it should be just fine playing with a gamepad if it has enough buttons.


On a related note I've been recently thinking again about getting a 6 DoF "3D mouse" / "Spacemouse" (previously I was thinking about it some 7 years ago, but then I decided it's not worth it for what I'm doing). I wonder would it work with KSP and if someone is using it successfully with the game. I think it would be great for controlling both rotation and translation with just one knob.

[Manwith Noname]

Originally posted by orb:

I wonder would it work with KSP...

I don't have one but the game does (or at least did) have native support for 6dof mice. It has (or had) a dedicated page in the control options menu. I'm not sure how configurable it is though.

Edit: The comments in brackets are there because I have not double checked they still exist. They should...