FA-OFF aim with joystick impossible
- Thread starter kiario
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It takes practice. FA OFF means that the slightest movement say left - will keep you moving left at that rate. If you turn more, then you will turn faster and faster.
So if you want to move left without FA, then you really only need to tap it. Then counter it when you want to stop turning.
Move the stick 10% left, to get back to normal, you'll need to move the stick 10% right.
So if you want to move left without FA, then you really only need to tap it. Then counter it when you want to stop turning.
Move the stick 10% left, to get back to normal, you'll need to move the stick 10% right.
Fa off is intuitive, yet hard to master.
I have a hard time too,
yet it is superb for that slide-by
hatch busting action.
I have a hard time too,
yet it is superb for that slide-by
hatch busting action.
Practice, and a descent HOTAS with rudder pedels helps. FA OFF is easier with the larger heavier ships. Also something to keep in my mind - No harm in toggling FA to stabilize the ship, I do it all the time, and keep your inputs to a minimum.
I'll give you a good real world comparison... I've seen 10000 hour Boeing guy's transition to the Airbus and waggle the stick all over the place, the less you do the better.. make a small input and small corrections until you are confident. What is happening to you sounds very much like 'Pilot induced oscillation's'
Oh yeah, did I also mention practice?
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FA off with a mouse is harder!
Hate to point it out, but it's you effectively over-compensating.
FA-Off means your ship stops firing thrusters to maintain your ship's heading and instead you're now flying with real Newtonian physics. That means when you push left on your stick, your ship will continue to spin left equal to the thrust you've given it, until equal force is applied in the opposite direction. If you then apply too much thrust to the right, it will spin to the right.
Basically you have can't just pull right to turn right. Instead, you push right briefly and let go.
To counter that and come to a stop you (very gently) push left and let go, and keep doing it until you've built enough thrust to stabilise - if you over do it, you then have to push quickly in the opposite direction.
As others have said it's certainly not impossible, but once you get it into your head that you don't just pull on the stick, and you have to be real gentle with the force you apply, it does get far easier.
I have no problem at all with it, if anything its easier now than in previous builds.
Luxury, in my house we use FA off without a monitor!
You are lucky! We have to do FA off with paper UI mockups!
You got it easy, in my day we would have to dismantle and re-build the FA off button every time we wanted to use it.
