joystick hack?

[peppergomez]

so i read about the resolution hack to make freelancer work on widescreen monitors (thanks, shigeo!) and i have also read something about a joystick modification/hack that will allow the game to be played w/ a joystick.

i realize that FL was intended to be played with a mouse, but i would still like to try for myself w/ a joystick and see. i really enjoy using my ch products throttle, stick, and pedals for flying games, and want to try FL this way. i have assigned the mouse x & y axis to my ch stick, but one thing i have noticed is that, while it "works", the ship seems always to be constantly spinning along its y axis even when i have stopped moving the stick. ideally, i would like the ship to stop moving (more or less, minus a little newtonian drift) once i have stopped moving my joystick. can anyone give me any suggestions?

overall though, my main hope is that someone will either post or pm me w/ info a joystick hack/modification for the game.

i'm an x3/falcon4 fan, so while freelancer seems a little arcadey, i've heard enough good things about it to want to give it a try. i've already installed the discovery mod, and look forward to exploring the freelancer universe.

thanks in advance!

[peppergomez]

ps- did a google search and found nothing

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22mod+hack...lient=firefox-a

[CusoJR]

Sadly I have wanted the same thing but only found a mouse emulator (joy to mouse - I think). The problem is that the mouse controls are far to touchy and and any emulator will not be sufficient. As much as I want to use a joystick I found the mouse and keyboard to be much better.

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[Tenacity]

what would be ideal is to use all three at the same time.

You set up your turning/strafing/speed/thruster/etc. to the joystick, and then have the mouse used to 'aim'. That way you can aim and evade fire independently of one another. In theory it would make it MUCH easier to pvp in more manuverable craft (fighters/bombers) but it'd definitely take some getting used to.

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[SGTMatt]

I have an old thrustmaster setup I have been working on by mapping keys. Working ok.

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[n00bl3t]

what would be ideal is to use all three at the same time.

You set up your turning/strafing/speed/thruster/etc. to the joystick, and then have the mouse used to 'aim'. That way you can aim and evade fire independently of one another. In theory it would make it MUCH easier to pvp in more manuverable craft (fighters/bombers) but it'd definitely take some getting used to.

Two Joystick's would make it perfect for me.

*Imagines.*

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[peppergomez]

I have an old thrustmaster setup I have been working on by mapping keys. Working ok.

can u tell me how you got it to work? specifically, how you stopped the tendency of the ship to keep spinning even after you have stopped moving the stick?

[Rudo]

Hook it up to one of these for me please.:D

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[Lupusy]

yes me too -- ive set up Freelancer with a joystick emullator where the arrow keys are mapped to the joystick --

but i found it impossible to fly or aim. the joysticjk travel was tioo great.

but -- the worst part of it all is that it just doesnt fly like a joystick plane. it flies like a mouse plane using a joystick for a mouse...

its pretty bad. so i gave up on that attempt.

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[jpo]

i use a logitech 3d extreme in my right hand and mouse in my left, have since freelancer came out.

as a matter of fact i bought freelancer to go with the joystick.

I just map the keys. I still use the mouse to steer.

I use POV for f1-f4, the buuttons on the stick for weapons, and the buttons on the base for text macros.

The left right axis is turn left right, the twist is mapped to strafe, forward on the stick applies the brakes, and back on the stick is engine kill.

right mouse is thrust.

freelancer will never 'feel' like a flight sim becasue you arent flying a plane in atmosphere, so the vertical axis does not respond like a jet.