Game Controller

Maxaxle · Post by **Maxaxle** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:20 am

I tend to use the keyboard, thanks.

mcwarren4 · Post by **mcwarren4** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:29 am

Using keyboard only will result in you becoming very familiar with your eject pod. You can't have any degree of precision using the keyboard only.

I've been a mouse + keyboard user for 6 years. I got my first kill yesterday. /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />

CronoDroid · Post by **CronoDroid** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:29 am

I think the consensus is that joystick works fine for flying/dogfighting, but when it comes to turret gunning, mouse is much, much better.

NakPPI · Post by **NakPPI** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:49 am

I have a logitech wireless freedom. It worked good for about a week. Now It rolls on it's own, the throttle sticks, the reaction time is delayed, the calibration program doesn't work, and the axi are hyper sensitive. Look into the mid-high end Saitek's.

Picobozo · Post by **Picobozo** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:43 am

I've got the Saitek Cyborg EVO and I love it. Only, I got so used to the mouse when playing allegiance that beautiful joystick just collects dust now.

Bjornredtail · Post by **Bjornredtail** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:01 am

CronoDroid wrote:QUOTE (CronoDroid @ Aug 28 2006, 02:29 PM) I think the consensus is that joystick works fine for flying/dogfighting, but when it comes to turret gunning, mouse is much, much better.

I second this... Especially if you have a "twist rudder" or a set of rudder pedals. I have my stick (which is an older M$ Sidewinder with force feedback) set up like a typical flight simulator, with the twist rudder to yaw, side to side as roll, and foward-back as pitch. Really great for flying Pheonix, which even with the recent changes rewards cordnateing the turns.

Narf · Post by **Narf** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:26 am

If your going to get a joystick i recommend saitek all of there joysticks are really high quailty(this was not a paid advertisement lol)
If you would perfer a game pad get a xbox 360 controler since there usb lol
Or like me you can just buy a adapter somewhere I have a playstation and a xbox adaptar so i can use my wireless controlers on my pc lol.

Brutal · Post by **Brutal** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:09 am

Narf wrote:QUOTE (Narf @ Sep 14 2006, 10:26 AM) If your going to get a joystick i recommend saitek all of there joysticks are really high quailty(this was not a paid advertisement lol)
If you would perfer a game pad get a xbox 360 controler since there usb lol
Or like me you can just buy a adapter somewhere I have a playstation and a xbox adaptar so i can use my wireless controlers on my pc lol.

The old Xboxcontrollers are USB too, they just need some soldering. Heh.
But thats easy. The software lets you configure eveything after youre done.

But Joystick is the way to go. Its the twist that does it. (Original Saitek Cyborg 3D user)

ogorass · Post by **ogorass** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:08 am

Get a decent mouse, like Logitech G5. DPI scalable on the fly is sooooo sweet /wub.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":iluv:" border="0" alt="wub.gif" />

madpeople · Post by **madpeople** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:18 pm

i use mouse and keyboard.

i should point out that a saitek X45's throttle doesn't work with allegiance (someone made a script to change this, but it was a rough job)

you can also now make your mouse more functional.

lol i should stop doing that /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />