How many of you are using gamepads...

FilthyPrick · #1 09-12-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Blast1977

... due to the dead zone in the flight stick? I know we have a lot of stick threads, but I was wondering if the gamepad is the only usable choice for the ps3? I have both (i'm not very good with either one

), but I can't hit anything with the stick at all. Multiplayer is a nightmare for me with my Thrustmaster. Sorry in advance about another post on flightsticks...

I am as I cannot check my six on SIM with T.Master due to hat switch issue.

BehindYou · #2 09-12-2009, 09:59 AM

iam jusing the new aviator flight stick(Saitek) on the 360 and it works realy well

nudger1964 · #3 09-12-2009, 11:00 AM

i was tempted to get a stick for this game, but having read this message board decided against it.
the pad is great on the aviator setting...just really beeds the throttle to be setable and to have a zoom button and it be perfect for sim mode. you do wonder why the developers seem to have gone out of their way not to make any option quite right...its by design id say. thats why for the ps3 i use a mappable controller to get more or less the avitor settings but with throtttle and zoom adaptions.

trk29 · #4 09-12-2009, 01:02 PM

I have the AV8R but I fly more with my gamepad. PS3

Lexandro · #5 09-12-2009, 04:45 PM

How do you actualy change the buttons? On the 360 I dont have the option for it?

nudger1964 · #6 09-12-2009, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lexandro

How do you actualy change the buttons? On the 360 I dont have the option for it?

you cant.
with the ps3 you can buy a controller that allows you to map the outputs to different buttons. For the xbox, so far as i know, you have to buy one of the remap devices that a wired controller plugs into.

Axe99 · #7 09-12-2009, 11:28 PM

I'm flying with the Thrustmaster for throttle control (I've learned in large part to deal with the dead zone, although it's bloody big!), but the t-hat issue for looking around and operating the turrets can be a biggie. One tip - if you're operating a turret on unlimited ammo, keep firing all the time and it won't swing wildly about

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Raw Kryptonite · #8 09-13-2009, 02:14 AM

I started giving the controller a shot today and may switch. Mainly due to needing a wheel brake for capture the airstrip. I wish free look was better, I don't like clicking and holding the right stick for that. Otherwise, the button layout is a lot more accessible than on the Aviator.

blacksungregg · #9 09-13-2009, 04:04 AM

I fly the game with the gamepad for the 360 and do quite well in both single player and multi. No need for a flight stick for me.