Keyboard support

[oscarolim]

So today I had a pleasant surprise when I updated Project Cars 2 to version 2.0 on xbox: keyboard support has been added to the game, which means I can bind any action to a keyboard key.

Now that we know this is possible and allowed on xbox, any chance we could have this support added for Elite?

 

[tafkabb]

The kids downloaded the new Minecraft this morning - that has keyboard and mouse support in its options.
We're getting ever closer to cross-format play, aren't we Frontier?

 

[UnderGround]

Been wanting keyboard support so bad.

 

[Revan459]

So today I had a pleasant surprise when I updated Project Cars 2 to version 2.0 on xbox: keyboard support has been added to the game, which means I can bind any action to a keyboard key.

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4514/37657495232_cdd4e91efc_o.png

Now that we know this is possible and allowed on xbox, any chance we could have this support added for Elite?

ha ha, i have PC2 as well. I would love usb keyboard support for elite dangerous.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Ooh yes please. If I could use a Roccat... Whatever their lapboard is called...

 

[Deleted member 110222]

I'd buy this within minutes if mouse and keyboard on Xbox were a thing. Loving using my Razer gear on PC.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/roc...g-on-the-couch-replaceable-mouse-wrist-pads-u

 

[Mordechon]

Any word on mouse support?

With keyboard and mouse support on xbox it might not be so bad to wait the (likely) 6 months until I can afford the HOTAS X

 

[tafkabb]

I wouldn't use mouse and keyboard even if it was available

 

[Godnamedthor]

I wouldn't use mouse and keyboard even if it was available

I would use it for GalMap or Starport services.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

I wouldn't use mouse and keyboard even if it was available

You should at least try it before you dismiss it.

 

[Mordechon]

I wouldn't use mouse and keyboard even if it was available

Why on earth not? I used to play PlanetSide on PC, and by direct comparison discovered that at least with regard to twitch gaming (fps and such) the mouse/kb setup is vastly superior to a gamepad, specifically the ability to set sensitivity and turn 180 degrees with a one cm flick of the wrist. I know, sensitivity can be adjusted for a controller as well, but the behavior is different. Mouse control is easy mode for fine aim and reaction speed

Then again this is just the results I experienced, opinions may vary, I'm just curious what your reasoning is

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Let me put it like this.

A mouse is the most accurate joystick you can buy.

 

[Mordechon]

Let me put it like this.

A mouse is the most accurate joystick you can buy.

You must spread some reputation around...

 

[tafkabb]

Can't fly a spaceship with a mouse. I flew an F19 Stealth Fighter and an F18 Interceptor and an F29 Retaliator and every ship in Elite bar the big lumpy white blob all with sticks. I'm not going to use a mouse just because it's easy.
I want a HOTAS because it'll be hard

 

[heliman001]

Can't fly a spaceship with a mouse. I flew an F19 Stealth Fighter and an F18 Interceptor and an F29 Retaliator and every ship in Elite bar the big lumpy white blob all with sticks. I'm not going to use a mouse just because it's easy.
I want a HOTAS because it'll be hard

Im with you Bongo, if ED's ships flight were led by the crosshairs then mouse would be good, but it is not.
The ship has to fly the crosshairs into position which puts it firmly in thr Hotas or controller realm.

 

[Mordechon]

Can't fly a spaceship with a mouse. I flew an F19 Stealth Fighter and an F18 Interceptor and an F29 Retaliator and every ship in Elite bar the big lumpy white blob all with sticks. I'm not going to use a mouse just because it's easy.
I want a HOTAS because it'll be hard

Although that seems self-defeating, I get it. I would personally rather use a HOTAS regardless of any effect on difficulty for the immersion it affords, although I imagine at the very least it has to be easier than the context shift buttons and flight-mode switching afforded by my only current option.

The shortfalls of the controller are exactly why I hope kb/mouse support are added, because at least I would no longer have the controller to wrestle with. I'll buy the HOTAS when I can afford it, (at the moment probably at least 6 months out) but meanwhile I could at least play using a more complete set of available controls than I currently have.

That's my thinking on that matter. For what it's worth, even playing PlanetSide I switched to HOTAS for vehicle controls once I was able to pick one up (although I still used m/kb while on foot... tough to control that with a stick )

Thanks for listening, sorry for getting so verbose

o7

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Can't fly a spaceship with a mouse. I flew an F19 Stealth Fighter and an F18 Interceptor and an F29 Retaliator and every ship in Elite bar the big lumpy white blob all with sticks. I'm not going to use a mouse just because it's easy.
I want a HOTAS because it'll be hard

That's fair.

 

[tafkabb]

Well, not hard. Realistic, say.

 

[Deleted member 110222]

Well, not hard. Realistic, say.

Oh I'm not disputing the fact that a HOTAS is more realistic.

But from a technical perspective, I prefer a mouse just because it's stupid accurate.

 

[Mordechon]

Well, not hard. Realistic, say.

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You know, while I'm thinking of it, why isn't there a 'salute' emoji on the board here? Maybe I'll make that a thread...

o7