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[Old Bones]

With today's patch (1.3.306) I now have a large deadzone with my X-52 controller X-Y axis that is making aiming very hard & steering sloppy. I've set both the controller software & in game settings to zero with no apparent effect.

The line in the patch notes regarding the deadzones means nothing to me, "Deadzone for Rudder and Joystick separated (cl_joystick_deadzone and now cl_rudder_deadzone)"

How do I fix this? Please be explicit.

Please spare me the lectures about using the keyboard & mouse instead of the controller. After spending 30+ years of my working life as millwright & truck mechanic and having had a number of injuries to my left hand & wrist, using the keyboard is not an option. Also a new controller is not in the future as I'm now retired & on a fixed income.

Thanks.

[Kmieciu]

Old Bones, on 15 July 2014 - 10:31 PM, said:

With today's patch (1.3.306) I now have a large deadzone with my X-52 controller X-Y axis that is making aiming very hard & steering sloppy. I've set both the controller software & in game settings to zero with no apparent effect.

The line in the patch notes regarding the deadzones means nothing to me, "Deadzone for Rudder and Joystick separated (cl_joystick_deadzone and now cl_rudder_deadzone)"

How do I fix this? Please be explicit.

Please spare me the lectures about using the keyboard & mouse instead of the controller. After spending 30+ years of my working life as millwright & truck mechanic and having had a number of injuries to my left hand & wrist, using the keyboard is not an option. Also a new controller is not in the future as I'm now retired & on a fixed income.

Thanks.

Edit your user.cfg file and add these lines:

cl_joystick_deadzone=0
cl_rudder_deadzone=0

Edited by Kmieciu, 15 July 2014 - 11:51 PM.

[evilC]

Kmieciu, on 15 July 2014 - 11:50 PM, said:

Edit your user.cfg file and add these lines:

cl_joystick_deadzone=0
cl_rudder_deadzone=0

FYI, This did nothing to remove the absolute aiming deadzone for me.

[KumoriMyou]

i have the same controller and i have no issues with oversized deadzones its just you, sorry.

Edited by KumoriMyou, 16 July 2014 - 05:29 AM.

[evilC]

KumoriMyou, on 16 July 2014 - 05:28 AM, said:

i have the same controller and i have no issues with oversized deadzones its just you, sorry.

It is not just me.

What settings do you have in your user.cfg?

[Old Bones]

I just did a search of program files (x86)/piranha games/MechWarrior online. There is no user.cfg file. Might it be found somewhere else? I remember making one entails using Notepad but don't remember the exact process or where it goes.

I'm old enough to be able to claim "Senior Moment!"

Thanks

[Foust]

The dead zone issue is certainly not just Old Bones.

There is no user.cfg file by default, you need to create it. Just open up a new notepad file, add the config lines and save it as user.cfg.

You need to make sure that it does not end up as "user.cfg.txt".

[evilC]

user.cfg does not exist by default.

If it does not exist in your game directory, create a new text file with that name.

[Napoleon_Blownapart]

you need to open notepad as administrator, then make the file

[Old Bones]

It worked for me, I just loosened up the deadzone a bit afterwards in the controller control panel.

Again, thanks