joystick support and remapping of buttons

[wheeljack421]

can you use a joystick with this game (I have a logitech extreme 3d pro) and can you remap buttons/axes for your liking. I will still play with a xb360 controller if necessary.

[Bluetac]

Another +1 from me too regarding the HOTAS joystick support

[Juris 3D]

I got this game long ago already, but while it doesn't have proper configurable flightstick / HOTAS control (and, to be honest, how this can not be for flying game is beyond my understanding), I don't really play it. I wait.

[rockfish_andi]

Juris 3D の投稿を引用：

I got this game long ago already, but while it doesn't have proper configurable flightstick / HOTAS control (and, to be honest, how this can not be for flying game is beyond my understanding), I don't really play it. I wait.

Well, we loved the mouse controls of Freelancer and don't think any game since then came close to these great controls - that's why we put our main focus on mouse+kb and it is the recommended way to play the game (the game was designed for it) - you will never be as precise with a joystick (think playing first person shooters on console compared to on pc with mouse + wasd). Also - Unreal Engine did not support DirectInput until version 4.15 (and we're using 4.14 currently) - so no native Joystick support. We will port the game to 4.15 shortly after release, hoping that we can add joystick support shortly after.

[Timmy the Tooth]

I don't think most people are looking specifically for joystick support, but HOTAS support. I know for a fact a good HOTAS is quite a bit more precise than a keyboard.
Just my two cents.

[Juris 3D]

many people say "joystick", but actually talk about gamepad. That causes a lot of confusion. Who started to call gamepads "joysticks" anyway? Oh, well, I can not change that. But, that is why I am trying mostly use word "flightstick", to avoid confusion.

[wheeljack421]

freelancer was a elitist pile of crap! I am glad you guys aren't taking $148 of public fundage mil and flushing it down the toilet with mouse and kb. Hint hint, roberts space industries. They knew when the original wing commanders and the privateer game came out that joystick is paramount for the experience. I'll play your game via xb360 (found the controls online). I wish that the company that made the xb360 av8-r still made them. it was a joystick that had all of the xb360 controls and buttons on it. It was pc and xb360 compatible too.

[Timmy the Tooth]

Public funding definition:Money that is generated by the government to provide goods and services to the general public. www.businessdictionary.com
So you are implying the govt. is funding the development of games by Roberts Space Industries?

[wheeljack421]

no, but chris roberts is one the pioneers of space sim. Hopefullly he had nothing to do with freelancer. Wing commanders,wc privateeers,starlancer, those were space sims!.I never finished it but I would also like to get a copy of tachyon: the fringe. Crowd funding should be called public funding and the govt. should give up the name because the public (or the crowd) is funding the game When I bought freelancer and found out that kb and mouse were the mysterious gods of space and flight sim, I immedately went to the wrong place, Lancers reactor. Because if I had to shoot with a 16400 dpi mouse, I would probably have to set to 1 dpi just to get precise targeting. if you don't like freelancer, don't go to lancers reactor. They will shoot you down like elitists they are. I even played indepence war 2 were you are flying a bulky cruisers and they still allow joystick and kb.

[Timmy the Tooth]

Woah, you need to take your pills bud. That was a wall of jumbled nonsense.

[wheeljack421]

ok, here's plain and straight forward. Everspace dev's, get off your lazy asses and put joystick (doesn't have to be HOTAS, HOTAS is for earth aerospace aviation) support in. For those that can't afford, keep boring mouse and kb in too. I mean there's a github link to joystick support in one of these posts. Use it if it's free.

[Zak]

It works with Xbox controller but I find in hard without joystick, very unnatural. It badly needs HOTAS support.

PS. Mouse/kb indeed work pretty well, still, would ove to have HOTAS for this.

[Bluetac]

Mouse & Keyboard is downright daft when you have a vive strapped to your face ha ha

[popnlocke]

Thank you for the reply, hck! I think a lot of us are all for joystick support, here's hoping it makes it in the near future.

[LoboFH]

I will consider purchase when it gets full and competent HOTAS support.

No pressure.

[FriendCalledFive]

Yes, no HOTAS=no buy for me.