How do I enter clicking mode?

[Game of Ur]

How do I enter the mode that allows me to click things with my mouse? I can't figure it out...

[fearlessfrog]

Left Alt key + C (or middle mouse button)

Some nice keyboard charts here:

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=1909154#post1909154

[Nirvi]

Just in case: The Su 25T and Flaming Cliffs 3 planes don't have clickable cockpits.

[Game of Ur]

Even with that, I unfortunately still cannot play the game due to the lack of guides on where the actual things to click are, every single guide in the known universe automatically assumes you have the learning capacity of pure adaptamantium and the memory of the universe itself, as that is the only way you can remember all of those keybinds.

[Game of Ur]

Originally posted by Nirvi:

Just in case: The Su 25T and Flaming Cliffs 3 planes don't have clickable cockpits.

That is a disgrace to the known universe.

[fearlessfrog]

Some nice guides here:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/223750/guides/

A lot of the modules have decent training missions too.

[kazereal]

Originally posted by ozforce:

.. as that is the only way you can remember all of those keybinds.

Those things to "click" are what pilots of the real aircrafts need to lean as well. It is not some make-belief system, it is duplicated from real one, good or bad. It does take training but it is worth it having learnt them.

Having a proper joystick to bind most essential things helps but also doing things like start-up sequence a few times with training helps to get going.

[Game of Ur]

Originally posted by kazereal:

Originally posted by ozforce:

.. as that is the only way you can remember all of those keybinds.

Those things to "click" are what pilots of the real aircrafts need to lean as well. It is not some make-belief system, it is duplicated from real one, good or bad. It does take training but it is worth it having learnt them.

Having a proper joystick to bind most essential things helps but also doing things like start-up sequence a few times with training helps to get going.

All pilots are equipped with keyboards and have to use keyboard shortcuts. Seems legit.

Edit: The reason I prefer a virtual switch over a physical combination is because I remember pictures better than words etc. my mindset is just like that, I can remember the location/picture of the switch in the game better than I can remember the key combination, as I can have a picture of the switch but not of the key combination in my mind.

[Chameleon_Silk]

I must be a messiah because often I remember a keyboard shortcut key after only seeing it once going through the controls section... although it does make sense what your saying about remembering the switches.

Its important to keep in mind that to learn the game you have to study... there are detailed guides around for the aircraft it just involves having to be a student and most have ants in their pants and don't actually study! Wouldn't matter how much ED tried to hand hold it would NEVER be enough for some and then for people (like me) it would be a waste of resources and development time, since most beginners don't put the work in required to do more then takeoff I see no reason to cater to a segment that won't be buying into the brand.

the best way to learn (in my opinion) is to have someone teach you what your doing after being shown how to startup the A-10C you should only require a few times over struggling by yourself before it becomes part of your memory... but you must get rid of this shame for messing up and get over the fear of showing bad piloting to another pilot (the flight sim community as a whole is so pathetic and anti-social in this regard, I have many friends who said they would fly with me sometime but they are always stuck in this offline practice mode and have never come and flown online... one can only assume its because they feel as though they are unworthy or afraid of failure and really dampens the community for this game)

most people when they learn a module will do so offline and secluded trying to watch a video and then 5 minutes later replicate in game. If you want to be a good pilot in DCS and want to take the shortcut and fastlane to getting there faster then find someone willing to teach (there are many, good and bad that will offer this service to you for little to nothing back)

and just because people commonly seem to bash the FC3 non clickys about the lack of switches in the pit -- keep in mind even in the A-10C beyond startup you don't commonly flick to many switches... it uses HOTAS commands that are almost identical in functionality to the pilot as hotkeys.

try reading the manual too its a big help, goodluck.

[kazereal]

Originally posted by ozforce:

All pilots are equipped with keyboards and have to use keyboard shortcuts. Seems legit.

So bind them to HOTAS or better yet:
build your own "simpit" with proper knobs and switches and bind those to controls..
There's some IO-cards available for USB that can do the task of connecting and they show up as just like any other input.

Anyway, different people have different methods that work, also often depends on the subject to learn what works best. That was just one suggestion that first popped into mind.

[Tatsue]

Originally posted by ozforce:

Originally posted by Nirvi:

Just in case: The Su 25T and Flaming Cliffs 3 planes don't have clickable cockpits.

That is a disgrace to the known universe.

See the product descriptions. Feature sets are all laid out in there to make sure you know what you are buying.

Regarding keyboards though; pretty much any HOTAS setup (like the entry-level X-52) will offer more hatswitches and buttons than you would require to bind everything in a Flaming Cliffs aircraft onto it. So indeed, you do not need to remember any keyboard controls, aside from finding them in the options screen while binding them the first (and only) time.

[Game of Ur]

I'd like to note: This post was mostly made out of rage due to the non-clicky mode, but then I realised, there was about 5 things to do before you could taxi and take off. So I don't have a problem with it anymore.

[Igor Kalishnakov]

Buy the A-10C module and click away my friend!

[Hadji]

...or the P-51D, UH-1 or Mi-8. Clicking galore!

[kazereal]

Originally posted by El Hadji:

...or the P-51D, UH-1 or Mi-8. Clicking galore!

Click ALL the things! ;)

[TechHappy]

I was looking forward to clicking around in the Su-25T. :(