can any of you direct me to a good layout?
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Newcomer / Intro Keyboard and mouse setup
- Thread starter StoneGullet
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Personally, I find this works:
Mouse left/right -> yaw
Mouse up/down -> pitch
Q/E -> Roll
Mousewheel -> Throttle increments up/down
Lateral thrust WASD for forward/left/back/right, R/F for up/down.
And forgive me but I'm not in game at moment, but there's a setting for something called .. like, 'relative mouse movement' that will make motion settle back to zero if you cease moving your mouse, and a setting to increase or decrease the size of the 'dead zone' for your mouse. You'll have to fiddle with that to find your comfort zone; it depends on how you want your ship to behave - always yawing or pitching at the slightest input, or a bit more deliberate.
Altogether these options are pretty much "FPS standard" and make it pretty intuitive for seasoned PC gamers. The mouse moves the ship in the direction you'd naturally expect, you're easily able to strafe and fine tune your velocity and position relative to an opponent with your left hand.
Mouse left/right -> yaw
Mouse up/down -> pitch
Q/E -> Roll
Mousewheel -> Throttle increments up/down
Lateral thrust WASD for forward/left/back/right, R/F for up/down.
And forgive me but I'm not in game at moment, but there's a setting for something called .. like, 'relative mouse movement' that will make motion settle back to zero if you cease moving your mouse, and a setting to increase or decrease the size of the 'dead zone' for your mouse. You'll have to fiddle with that to find your comfort zone; it depends on how you want your ship to behave - always yawing or pitching at the slightest input, or a bit more deliberate.
Altogether these options are pretty much "FPS standard" and make it pretty intuitive for seasoned PC gamers. The mouse moves the ship in the direction you'd naturally expect, you're easily able to strafe and fine tune your velocity and position relative to an opponent with your left hand.
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^ yup, this
I use the same setup with slight differencies.
I personnaly prefer Q and E for lateral thrusters, A and D for roll (because I tend to use ROLL more often than lateral thrust, and the A and D keys are placed more comfortably for that IMO).
Also regarding the 'relative' or 'absolute' mouse movement, I prefer 'absolute', were the ship will turn until I bring the mouse back in the dead zone.
I could not deal with the mouse, so went to KB only. Works very well for me, plus I can play on my laptop sitting on the <insert seated position of your choice, including the toilet>
A/ - Fire Primary/Secondary
SX - Pitch
<> - Roll
L; - Yaw
Backspace - 0% Throttle
F5-F8 - 25% to 100% Throttle
W - Boost
J - FSD
Numeric Keypad - 486293 - Thrusters
K/Shift-K - Weapons Group
[] - Target Subsystems
G - Next Target
H - Next Hostile
C - Chaff
V - Shield Cells
E - Heat Sink
F11/F12 - System and Galaxy Map
Shift-H - Silent Running (wont be hit by accident!)
I am a perfectly capable PvE pilot. I am probably missing out on using thrusters while in combat, but it has never hindered me
A/ - Fire Primary/Secondary
SX - Pitch
<> - Roll
L; - Yaw
Backspace - 0% Throttle
F5-F8 - 25% to 100% Throttle
W - Boost
J - FSD
Numeric Keypad - 486293 - Thrusters
K/Shift-K - Weapons Group
[] - Target Subsystems
G - Next Target
H - Next Hostile
C - Chaff
V - Shield Cells
E - Heat Sink
F11/F12 - System and Galaxy Map
Shift-H - Silent Running (wont be hit by accident!)
I am a perfectly capable PvE pilot. I am probably missing out on using thrusters while in combat, but it has never hindered me
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Wow impressive setup. I'll keep it somewhere for when I'm <insert seated position of your choice, including the toilet> with my laptop, or when I don't have my mouse with me. I play on a laptop anyway so it's something that can happen anytime.
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Left mine pretty much standard - unbound the "jettison cargo" button after an accident.
My mouse has six mechanical buttons under my thumb so I use those to access my most often used functions such as left and right menu screens etc... Just start as standard and remap the odd button as they suite you
My mouse has six mechanical buttons under my thumb so I use those to access my most often used functions such as left and right menu screens etc... Just start as standard and remap the odd button as they suite you
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This (been there done that!), I play with keyboard and "normal" 2 button mouse (plus wheel).
I have recently switched to a Warthog HOTAS but I never had a problem with mouse and keyboard. I just wanted the HOTAS for immersion and realism. I actually found the keyboard and mouse set up quite intuitive tbh
If you have a mousepad (laptop etc.) deselect the 'hardpoints deploy on firing' - you can accidentally fire weapons in or near a station by touching that pad! (Accounts for most of my early ship-deaths!)
The basic KB + mouse defaults are ok, but just make a few of you own tweaks. Maybe set some hotkeys for forward speed: x is already default for stop, but I use number-pad: 2 for 25%, 5 for 50%, 7 for 75% and 8 for full ahead. Quite intuitive and works quite well. Select 75% in superbore, sorry, supercruise when the target is at 7-8 *seconds* of distance - you won't overshoot.
The basic KB + mouse defaults are ok, but just make a few of you own tweaks. Maybe set some hotkeys for forward speed: x is already default for stop, but I use number-pad: 2 for 25%, 5 for 50%, 7 for 75% and 8 for full ahead. Quite intuitive and works quite well. Select 75% in superbore, sorry, supercruise when the target is at 7-8 *seconds* of distance - you won't overshoot.