juxstapo, on 26 May 2014 - 05:04 PM, said:
Specifically, the biggest issue for me was the reticle not returning to center. In other words you pull the stick back, the mech aims up, the stick returns to center.... but you'd have to push the stick forward to get the mech to aim back to center. Has that been fixed?
This is called a "Look Spring."
PGI has not yet and might never install a look spring. Those are great for First Order controls like flight sticks. But aside from games like Turok (N64), Golden Eye 007, Perfect Dark (N64), Time Splitters even, that kind of thing completely went extinct. Instead, playstation 2, 3, the Xbox 360 and Xbox One all use Zero Order.
Computer mice are also zero order controls, where they manipulate the crosshair or target directly (it moves where you move it).
First order controls like flight sticks 'push' the crosshair/target (you push it towards where you want to go).
The reason a Look Spring works so well with first order controls is in a game like MWO, there's a 'dead center' that you want to return to. Thus, if you push left, the 'software' look spring will allow it until you stop pushing and then will hold back with equal force, allowing you to 'stop' say 25% up and 15% left. The moment you let go, the look spring will then shove your look back to center.
(A similar effect is to use CTRL and look around with the mouse; then hit Shift to have armlock bring the crosshair back -- same concept, except it only forces the crosshair back and not your vision).
Without a look spring if you push 25% left on the stick, you will always be going left at 25% speed. This is fine if you want to keep going forever. But not if you want precision aiming.
MWO was made for Zero Order controls and only has Zero Order support. Devices like your mouse, or a cheap 20 to 30 dollar corded PS3 controller from Walmart will save you 160 dollars on a zero order joystick.
About Turok + look spring in action.
Software could change it. Not sure of any myself though I'm sure it does exist. But it's just easier to get a 20 dollar PS3 controller by Snakebytes.
You can ask how to change a "first order" joystick to a "zero order" joystick.
Or specifically say you want an artificial look spring.
Or make enough noise about a look spring function for joysticks and PGI might get around to it...when they get around to it?
(I'd moderate but I turned it down when asked ages ago; and before MiSs left she discovered I still had partial moderation privileges and I got totally 'fixed').
I liked seeing deleted threads. It was kinda sorta cool knowing how often the new player help thread gets spammed with kitchen sale bots. Who buys 'whole kitchens for cheap' from random websites posted on game forums?
Edited by Koniving, 26 May 2014 - 07:02 PM.
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