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um, joystick doesn't work well with FS2? What kind of crack are you smoking?

I use a Wingman Extreme Digital 3D, I had very good experiences with my old Sidewinder until it died. :sniff:

I'd say stay away from Saitek's Cyborg 3D - I had to RMA 3 of those suckers. Lame.

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Gotta play with a joystick

I'm currently playing FS2 with a mouse - it sucks!

Can't wait to get my Wingman Force setup again - there's nothing like losing your target when ya hit afterburner

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Hmph, guess im the only one then. But seriously, with a good key setup dogfighting is WAY easier with a keyboard, and mouse is a must for long range "sniping", I mean, can anyone of you hit a nial at 800 meters with your joysticks. I do have a joystick myself and I do use it for flight sims but IMHO keyboard&mouse are better for fs2.

BTW you should see me flying in multiplayer, guess who has the best hitting percentage....

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I'll grant you the sniping point, I jump to the mouse for that also.

pera, what is your KB setup? I am finding that I simply can't keep my target in firing position with a mouse - I can't keep up. I find I have to put some distance on and then re-engage - works against PC but don't work to good against real pilots.

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Yeah, its almost impossible to play only with the mouse. I use arrow keys for up, down, left, right movement, and Numpad 1 and 3 for banking. I use the keyboard normally and mouse only at long range.

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pera cheers, I'll try remapping some keys and give it a go. What does banking do? - remember I'm a joysticker...before you rubbish me

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:cough: I was the TIE Fighter sniper of doom in XvT - with my Sidewinder. A quality 'stick and a light hand on the controls, and I can hit damn near anything at any range.

Oh yeah...a very small deadzone (smallest your joystick will let you use effectively) is key. If your deadzone is like 20% then no, you're not getting anywhere

Believe me - saying mouse and keyboard is better than kb/stick is like people saying CS is better with a trackball. For 90% of the world, "It just ain't so"...

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Originally posted by Alphakiller
:cough: I was the TIE Fighter sniper of doom in XvT - with my Sidewinder. A quality 'stick and a light hand on the controls, and I can hit damn near anything at any range.

Oh yeah...a very small deadzone (smallest your joystick will let you use effectively) is key. If your deadzone is like 20% then no, you're not getting anywhere

Believe me - saying mouse and keyboard is better than kb/stick is like people saying CS is better with a trackball. For 90% of the world, "It just ain't so"...

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Originally posted by Fedaykin
pera cheers, I'll try remapping some keys and give it a go. What does banking do? - remember I'm a joysticker...before you rubbish me

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Bank AKA roll. If you take an axis from directly behind you to directly in front of you then you roll around this axis.

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Bank AKA roll. If you take an axis from directly behind you to directly in front of you then you roll around this axis.

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Originally posted by pera
Hmph, guess im the only one then. But seriously, with a good key setup dogfighting is WAY easier with a keyboard, and mouse is a must for long range "sniping", I mean, can anyone of you hit a nial at 800 meters with your joysticks. I do have a joystick myself and I do use it for flight sims but IMHO keyboard&mouse are better for fs2.

BTW you should see me flying in multiplayer, guess who has the best hitting percentage....

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What do you set them to for amximum performance?

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