Hello all.
I have been away from the game for a bit and was looking to get back in the saddle.
I am looking for a little help getting the joystick up and running.
Can someone point me to the recent threads on this or a little help?
I have a CH Products set up of Fighterstick JS, and Prothrottle.
CH Products has a pretty good emulator program that I am fairly familiar with. I can map game keyboard functions to the various JS and throttle buttons/hat axis.
I need a little help, however, with setting up...
1. JS to do x and y functions of mouse.
JS X ---> torso turn left and right
JS Y ---> torso up and down
2. Throttle function:
Not sure how to get throttle slider to control throttle in game.
The CH Emulator program with regard to the throttle functions has three "options" of use:
1. Emulate a JS axis in game
2. Up/down set up: pushing throttle slider forward sends one key command like "w", back an another command like "s".
3. Position set up: pushing slider forward goes through a sting like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, pushing back the opposite.
THX!
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New Js Set Up
Started by nytmare banacek, Jun 17 2013 07:35 AM
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Posted 17 June 2013 - 08:57 AM
Before you invest your time in dialing in all the parameters of the sticks you're going to use, I highly recommend this thread by Loc Nar http://mwomercs.com/...ls-demystified/
He goes over the use of zero-order and first-order devices as controllers. TL;DR, using joysticks [first-order] for things like aiming is often less effective than zero-order [like a mouse, stays where you put it]. Personally I would recommend using your stick as leg and throttle control, as these functions are simply “ON/OFF” like keypresses. You're probably right on the money with using a keymapper, I have not had success getting MWO to recognize any of my controllers, and currently I use joy2key with is another good program, if not somewhat complex.
He goes over the use of zero-order and first-order devices as controllers. TL;DR, using joysticks [first-order] for things like aiming is often less effective than zero-order [like a mouse, stays where you put it]. Personally I would recommend using your stick as leg and throttle control, as these functions are simply “ON/OFF” like keypresses. You're probably right on the money with using a keymapper, I have not had success getting MWO to recognize any of my controllers, and currently I use joy2key with is another good program, if not somewhat complex.
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Posted 25 June 2013 - 09:23 AM
Ignoring the underlying issue of 'should I' which Spumkmeyer beat me to and getting right to the 'could I'...
Use this emulator for x/y axis and do not bind x/y to the menu in-game. It's recommended to reset the control options on the menu to be sure there are no remnant bindings on these or any other axes. note- the y-axis is overly sensitive compared to the x-axis so scale it back more than the x-axis.
Throttle (and analog turn if you are using it) are *good working analog controls and these should be binded directly in menu>options on the client and are really easy to get working. You also might need to add the following 2 lines to your .cfg file:
If you don't have a .cfg file, you need to make one as follows:
1. open C:\Games\Piranha Games\MechWarrior Online
2. in toolbar at top of page click 'new folder'
3. name it: user.cfg and click save
4. add the two lines from above and save changes when you close
*(from ATD40)
Gameplay/Game modes/Meta
Loc Nar: When will the controls be updated to allow the use of chat/scoreboard/battlegrid while using analog throttle?
A: It’s a technical limitation of the engine currently. We’re looking into a way to fix it.
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CH Products has a pretty good emulator program that I am fairly familiar with
Use this emulator for x/y axis and do not bind x/y to the menu in-game. It's recommended to reset the control options on the menu to be sure there are no remnant bindings on these or any other axes. note- the y-axis is overly sensitive compared to the x-axis so scale it back more than the x-axis.
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2. Up/down set up: pushing throttle slider forward sends one key command like "w", back an another command like "s".
3. Position set up: pushing slider forward goes through a sting like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, pushing back the opposite.
3. Position set up: pushing slider forward goes through a sting like 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, pushing back the opposite.
Throttle (and analog turn if you are using it) are *good working analog controls and these should be binded directly in menu>options on the client and are really easy to get working. You also might need to add the following 2 lines to your .cfg file:
cl_joystick_throttle_range = 0 //fwd/x/reverse cl_joystick_invert_throttle = 1 //fwd=fwd
If you don't have a .cfg file, you need to make one as follows:
1. open C:\Games\Piranha Games\MechWarrior Online
2. in toolbar at top of page click 'new folder'
3. name it: user.cfg and click save
4. add the two lines from above and save changes when you close
*(from ATD40)
Gameplay/Game modes/Meta
Loc Nar: When will the controls be updated to allow the use of chat/scoreboard/battlegrid while using analog throttle?
A: It’s a technical limitation of the engine currently. We’re looking into a way to fix it.
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