FAOFF Appreciation thread

Nice flying. After two weeks of FA-OFF I cant go back to ON. Its really second nature now even in combat. Its so much better. I fly OFF all the time. Still some landings can be a little bad if rushed :)
Yesterday I cleared my save and took a sidewinder to a hazard res site. Managed to claim victory over a few FDL ships solo without aid from other ships

Pretty much the same. In truth...I actually find most things harder to do now with fa-on..except orbis/borg stations, they still drive me nots...oh and the Smugglers Dash.

Tried landing at an Outpost in fa-on...what a mess :D
I became a Full-timer six months ago and never looked back. Every time I turn on FAon I feel my ship just stalled in Space.
 
Yeah, like your wheels are stuck to rails.

I started FAO about a month ago. Same here, can't go back.

I was all over the place when I started, but I'm getting better. Even though I'm still a pinball going through the mail slot :)

Earlier this week I happened across 'Joystick curves'.
So, last night I downloaded vJoy and Curves; copied DarkSeed's curves (thanks!!) from earlier in the thread; and WOW! What a difference! It was like FAO: Easy mode!

Only problem was none of my X52 buttons worked!
I searched for solutions w/o luck. So uninstall Vjoy > uninstall Curves > Reinstall X52 driver. All is good again, but without curves... Booo.

I'll have to figure it out tonight....
 
Yeah man, I agree completely. Would be great to have more similar places to do the same. Hopefully soon when the add more structures from CQC and perhaps the planetary bases.
And keep trying with triangle sections :D I know what you mean, but after a while you will just make it work smoothly. Share a video or something of your progress ;)

I was pinball-ing through a trench run with my eagle a while back and ended up inside the coriolis!
The trespass warning timer was running out so I boosted for the mail slot & exploded on the wall trying to get out!
That would have made a great vid! :)
 
I started FAO about a month ago. Same here, can't go back.

I was all over the place when I started, but I'm getting better. Even though I'm still a pinball going through the mail slot :)....

Even now the mail slot gives me problems; it's almost as if there's a gravity well there that throws me off. I can fa-off into them, but I'm not as flashy as I am with Outposts :D
 
So uninstall Vjoy > uninstall Curves > Reinstall X52 driver.
You need to edit your bindings file manually so that only the axes you want to curve are controlled by vJoy. All your buttons would remain mapped to the x52.

So your Custom.binds file might end up looking something like this:
Code:
...
  <RollAxisRaw>
    <Binding Device="vJoy" Key="Joy_XAxis" />
    <Inverted Value="0" />
    <Deadzone Value="0.00000000" />
  </RollAxisRaw>
...

  <ToggleFlightAssist>
    <Primary Device="Keyboard" Key="Key_Z" />
    <Secondary Device="SaitekX52" Key="Joy_32" />
    <ToggleOn Value="0" />
  </ToggleFlightAssist>
The way to do that would be to select the x52 profile, save it; thus creating a custom file, then manually edit it to change the appropriate lines.

Binding axes in the game may fail when you use vJoy because when you press a button or move an axis the game will receive inputs from both vJoy and the raw device, and you don't know which one it will decide you meant to bind.

Even now the mail slot gives me problems; it's almost as if there's a gravity well there that throws me off.
That's because there is. As soon as you break into the atmosphere shield you come under the influence of the artificial gravity. The effect is quite noticeable if you aim towards one side (test with the red side just to annoy the "everyone should use the green side" crowd) and apply no further inputs. You'll end up bang smack in the middle by the time you're inside the station. A healthy dose of lateral thrust as you traverse the access corridor should keep you to the side.
 
You need to edit your bindings file manually so that only the axes you want to curve are controlled by vJoy. All your buttons would remain mapped to the x52.

So your Custom.binds file might end up looking something like this:
Code:
...
  <RollAxisRaw>
    <Binding Device="vJoy" Key="Joy_XAxis" />
    <Inverted Value="0" />
    <Deadzone Value="0.00000000" />
  </RollAxisRaw>
...

  <ToggleFlightAssist>
    <Primary Device="Keyboard" Key="Key_Z" />
    <Secondary Device="SaitekX52" Key="Joy_32" />
    <ToggleOn Value="0" />
  </ToggleFlightAssist>
The way to do that would be to select the x52 profile, save it; thus creating a custom file, then manually edit it to change the appropriate lines.

Binding axes in the game may fail when you use vJoy because when you press a button or move an axis the game will receive inputs from both vJoy and the raw device, and you don't know which one it will decide you meant to bind.

This community rocks!!
Thanks FurryCat +rep!
I'll give it a shot tonight!
 
I am using a x52 pro setup and have not installed any drivers or software for the stick.
Of course the stick is much more sensitive than fa-on.

So magillag, were you not satisfied with how your stick performed and need custom curves?
Dont you loose performance if you lower the stick sensitivity?
 
...That's because there is. As soon as you break into the atmosphere shield you come under the influence of the artificial gravity. The effect is quite noticeable if you aim towards one side (test with the red side just to annoy the "everyone should use the green side" crowd) and apply no further inputs. You'll end up bang smack in the middle by the time you're inside the station. A healthy dose of lateral thrust as you traverse the access corridor should keep you to the side.

...Lost for words...I could cry man! This is going ot have to be tested this evening!

Who is willing to do some testing tonight on the Beta servers?

Beta Servers? Tonight? Did I miss something?
 
I am using a x52 pro setup and have not installed any drivers or software for the stick.
Of course the stick is much more sensitive than fa-on.

So magillag, were you not satisfied with how your stick performed and need custom curves?
Dont you loose performance if you lower the stick sensitivity?

Wellllll, I guess that it was more of an 'unconscious unknown' thing. (AKA you don't know what you don't know) if that makes sense...
But I had a premonition that curves would make little moves more predictably accurate. It seems that the flight sim crowd is obsessed with accuracy (especially the Russians :)). Google 'x52 mods' and there are lots of results.
So I guess the question is 'why'? Well.... Why not ;)

I rarely get into PvP but if/when I do, I want to have the advantage....
 
...Lost for words...I could cry man! This is going ot have to be tested this evening!

Yeah, Micro gravity in the stations was in the newsletter a few weeks back. I think it was Na'Quan who ran out of fuel inside the station about 3 meters above his landing pad. He had FA-ON, then he turned it OFF and started drifting toward his landing pad & docked! It's a pretty cool vid. I can't seem to find it now but well worth the watch!
 
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So magillag, were you not satisfied with how your stick performed and need custom curves?
Dont you loose performance if you lower the stick sensitivity?

It's not so much lowering, as fine tuning the response to your own bio-mechanics*. I noticed that when I went back to the gym I was a little heavier on the stick; j-curves let me compensate for that. It's a good piece of kit for fa-off.


Yeah, Micro gravity in the stations was in the newsletter a few weeks back. I think it was Na'Quan who ran out of fuel inside the station about 3 meters above his landing pad. He had FA-ON, then he turned it OFF and started drifting toward his landing pad & docked! It's a pretty cool vid. I can't seem to find it now but well worth the watch!

Totally missed that one; normally make a point to watch all of Na'Quan's vids.

1.5 Beta is going to live at 7pm your time.

Why didn't you say! Damn, need to rush paperwork now :D

*Dear god I'm sounding pretentious today.
 
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