Joystick Config/setup

[Hauler Bob]

Is there an auto detect for joystick settings, or how do i setup my joystick? i need help - i dont know what should be what

[defiant]

Hi Franklin,

It will detect movement when you go to assign keys/axis, this can be found under Options, Controls,Plane Controls for things like pitch, roll etc. You'll see numbers, 1 2 and 3 simply click in the appropriate box and the game will detect it. You'll see other sections for different things, including engine and weapon controls.

The same menu is able to be opened when in flight via the ESC key, I usually fine tune things during Fly Now missions.

[Sir Douglas]

Once you start a mission you can hit escape and a menu will pop up. There will be a menu trail to follow (can't remember the exact terms used but you'll be able to access the keyboard/mouse/joystick command menu for everything by catagory: choose weapons for instance). Once there the default setting will be listed for all weapons commands. You can click in the box for a particular command and you can select a new button/action for each.

[Counter-Terrorists]

sit back and enjoy an hour or so of control mapping... and then enjoy a very well researched but completely mediocre flight sim.

[Jorri]

The manual here will perhaps help you out better than we can:

http://riseofflight.com/en/community/usefulmaterials

And yeah, control mapping is always a pain on any flightsim, Rise of Flight no less. Luckily on these old crates, there aren't that many important controls. If you're flying a fighter, these are the controls you want to worry about:

Engine controls:
- Engine on/off
- Throttle
- Radiator
- Mixture
- Engine Blip Switch (use it to temporarily cut the ignition on rotary engines)

Plane controls:
- Pitch (elevator)
- Bank (ailerons)
- Yaw (rudder)

Weapon controls:
- Reload weapons
- Shoot forward firing weapons

You can set them under controls/options in the main menu (or also during a mission). Just find the control you want to set, double click one of the fields, give the input you want to use, and accept.

Also, save the controls to a new file when you're done. The default file is overwritten each time there is an update, so you run the risk of having to set them again. Don't want that!

If an axis is reversed for you, go to responses, select it from the drop down menu, seelct 'invert', and accept.

Good luck!