Flight control
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Actually, there are some mods that let you add controls for “Roll Left” and “Roll Right”.
On the other hand, I’ve heard there are some programs that can use a joystick instead of a keyboard, but this would still only let you do the same moves as you could on a regular keyboard.
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it all depends on your joystick really… and what software that comes or can be dll’d for it… keep in mind most controls for Freelancer are still digital… ie: on/off… 0/1 with no analogue params…
If you find a progy for you joy/flight stick grab the jflp as well (for stock game… not someones mod) as it handles the roll engagement niceley inside cockpit & out.
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Thanks guys, i appreciate your input. I was watching the trailer for XLR mod and it looks like there are some modified flight controls in that one. I loaded up 88flack some time back and unloaded it almost immediately because i didn’t like the modified flight controls.
I may need to test a few more and see what i like best. Then see what they did. Maybe I can create a mod specifically for modified flight controls.
On a side note, seems like there are quite a few readers and not many that comment. Not much to add I guess.
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There was a topic about this on the Flak forums with a few Joystick-mapping programs listed that you might want to try out; apparently, some folks had reasonable success with these. Aside from using Joystick-mapping programs however, there’s no hack or mod for Freelancer I know of that adds native joystick support.
Also, out of curiosity, what do you mean by “modified flight controls?” Adding extra keys like strafe up/down?
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thanks Fox. I’ll go check out the flak forum for more info on using a joystick with FL.
I particularly am looking for the ability to roll. It seemed to me when I loaded up the flak mod the mouse control became crazy sensitive and everything moved at an accelerated speed. I could be wrong. It was three or four months ago when I tried it out.
