Hello again.
I play on PC but use a 360 pad. Since the Xbox release the context menus and controller bindings are much easier to "pick up and play", and if you're forgetful like me and stop playing for a few weeks it helps to have the visual reminder on screen to show you what each button does... so thanks for that!
My suggestion is to take this more modern approach to menu/function controls further by introducing radial menus. Something like in Mass Effect, for example. This would be really useful for binding less essential commands - hold the "Y" button and select from a wheel of commands using the analog stick? With the default controller settings you can only go "next target/subsystem" not "previous target/subsystem", for example, and there are no wing targeting commands. You have to bind chaff/heatsinks to a fire group and cycle to them to use them rather than having a dedicated button. To be a really efficient pilot it seems that having a keyboard to hand is still the way to go. The PC master race may frown at me, and I'm bracing myself to be bashed for using an "inferior" input device... but whatever, I just feel it's only a couple of bindings away from being a very complete control method.
Thanks for listening.
Fly safe!
I play on PC but use a 360 pad. Since the Xbox release the context menus and controller bindings are much easier to "pick up and play", and if you're forgetful like me and stop playing for a few weeks it helps to have the visual reminder on screen to show you what each button does... so thanks for that!
My suggestion is to take this more modern approach to menu/function controls further by introducing radial menus. Something like in Mass Effect, for example. This would be really useful for binding less essential commands - hold the "Y" button and select from a wheel of commands using the analog stick? With the default controller settings you can only go "next target/subsystem" not "previous target/subsystem", for example, and there are no wing targeting commands. You have to bind chaff/heatsinks to a fire group and cycle to them to use them rather than having a dedicated button. To be a really efficient pilot it seems that having a keyboard to hand is still the way to go. The PC master race may frown at me, and I'm bracing myself to be bashed for using an "inferior" input device... but whatever, I just feel it's only a couple of bindings away from being a very complete control method.
Thanks for listening.
Fly safe!