Horizons SRV keyboard+mouse controls set-up recommendations?

[DrakeAurum]

Having bought Horizons on Tuesday, I'm having real trouble finding a decent control set-up for driving the SRV. Steering and acceleration are the main issues.

If I use keys for steering, it seems like even just a tap is enough to provide major oversteer. I tried enabling mouse yaw control, and it has the opposite issue - even moving the indicator as far out to the side as it'll go creates only the gentlest of turns, useless for reacting quickly to anything. And there seems to be no way to tune the sensitivity of either control method.

And keyboard control on the throttle is even worse. Is there some way to set a particular speed, rather than just pushing a "go faster" button?

I'm seriously considering hooking up an Xbox controller purely for the SRV, but it feels ridiculous to have to resort to such a measure.

 

[lokvette]

Ive just spent the best part of 10 minutes sitting in a hanger trying to get my SRV to move forward, maybe its the lack of coffee, but after being out of the game for near on 2 months due to the MTU bug..i thought yay i can now get to do some driving but no it would seem not, ive payed many games with driving elements where you just wasd it and away you go, but open up the controls for the SRV and its a bit of what does what now..I play KB/M don't own a joy stick, nor a X-box let alone a controller. currently looking trough google for some guides on this.

 

[Lupin]

I have my SRV keys setup the same as default ship keys and find no problem with this setup, apart from I do not think SRV had any default keys in Beta. Might be different now.
Also I have invert turret Y axis on.

IMPORTANT. You will need "Fire deploys hardpoints" option switched on, until FD get there act together and define deploy hardpoint key. As you will need this to use scanner for data points.

Also flight assist seem to be the opposite to ship. i.e. SRV flight assist on you can set speed level for it to use, with it off you have to hold key down.
And speed is likely the reason for major oversteer as well as surface and gravity.

Very much trial and error, until you are personally happy with how it works.

I hope this helps.

 

[CaptainKirby]

And keyboard control on the throttle is even worse. Is there some way to set a particular speed, rather than just pushing a "go faster" button?

Yes, this is really annoying. When I want to stop the SRV, I have to push the "slow down" button until I hit zero. There's no button to simply set my speed to zero except of the handbrakes button - but I have to hold that key down until I manually put the speed cursor to zero again.

Driving the SRV with mouse and keyboard is no fun at this time. I'm going to stay in my ship's cockpit until the options to control that damn "buggy" become acceptable.

 

[DrakeAurum]

Yes, this is really annoying. When I want to stop the SRV, I have to push the "slow down" button until I hit zero. There's no button to simply set my speed to zero except of the handbrakes button - but I have to hold that key down until I manually put the speed cursor to zero again.

Driving the SRV with mouse and keyboard is no fun at this time. I'm going to stay in my ship's cockpit until the options to control that damn "buggy" become acceptable.

Since I started this thread, I have got to grips with Drive Assist, which helps a lot. If you switch on Drive Assist, you can then use your throttle keys to set a speed which the SRV will stick to - I tend to go for half-throttle as a reasonable compromise between speed and not swerving uncontrollably off-course too often.

Then, if you want to stop, just switch off Drive Assist and your throttle will drop to zero.

When you want to set off again, switching Drive Assist back on will restore your throttle setting to its previous value - except for about one time in ten, when it will throw you into full reverse for no apparent reason.

The steering is still rubbish, though.

 

[SentineI]

The lack of any sensitivity settings for (mouse) steering is annoying. What I do is use both keys AND the mouse for steering. I use the mouse for smaller turns, and then switch to keys when that isn't enough. Definitely not ideal.

Keyboard steering could also be made much less likely to oversteer you, by doing what I think other keyboard-controlled PC driving games do: When you press (say) Left, instead of the wheel instantly snapping to maximum Left angle, it should gradually move to the maximum Left angle over a short period of time (say 0.5 to 1 second). And letting it go should cause it to gradually recentre over the same period of time. This would then allow you to repeatedly tap the Left key to achieve a turning angle that it say half of the maximum. Not as good as proper analogue controls, but pretty good.

IMHO, you can tell that no-one (with any real say) at FDev plays ED using a mouse & keyboard... (The mouse controls were far far worse in early Beta testing of Horizons, and don't even mention the mouse controls of 12+ months ago!)

I generally drive with Drive Assist turned off, but this does mean that I can only go forwards at full-speed (or be stationary). Unfortunately going forward at full speed means that steering is harder, so if I am driving long distances I will switch Drive Assist on, and then use my mouse wheel to speed up/down. I miss the ability to have keys which specify 50% & 100% forward speed.

 

[Rardain]

I'm seriously considering hooking up an Xbox controller purely for the SRV, but it feels ridiculous to have to resort to such a measure.

In all seriousness chap, if you have an X-box controller use it, it makes life soooo much easier. I bought a PC xbox controller last year to play The Crew with and use it for controlling the SRV - its a god-send.

 

[Kitty]

I use my joystick for both flying and SRV control. Although the mouse is used whenever I use the turret. I do strongly recommend that Drive Assist is OFF, as you will find the SRV much more responsive and able to travel a little faster when on Plains. Don't forget to change the settings for pitch, yaw, and roll. If you do happen to bounce off a large rock, it makes a real difference when you can level up the SRV for a landing and will save you bouncing around all over the place.

The handbrake is highly useful with DAOFF. You can creep over the edge of a hill to get that elusive Meteorite and pull on the handbrake to stop when the angle is just right for the turrets.

I use a button to select forwards/reverse. and keep the throttle setting at forwards only. Saves guessing where the mid point is on an analogue throttle control. With DAOFF is is also easier to pick up cans using a slow speed and toggle the back and forwards to pick up more than fiddle with the throttle.

It took me a while before l I tried DAOFF, and I now kick myself for not trying it earlier. It really does cure the SRV throttle bug when changing speed by a small amount, the SRV stops.

Kitty

 

[DrakeAurum]

In all seriousness chap, if you have an X-box controller use it, it makes life soooo much easier. I bought a PC xbox controller last year to play The Crew with and use it for controlling the SRV - its a god-send.

Yeah, I'll give it a try. Just unearthed my controller from where I had it packed away, and I'll experiment with it next time I have an SRV fitted.

 

[bootsam]

https://docs.google.com/presentatio...ME/edit?pref=2&pli=1#slide=id.gf491eb8fc_25_0

slide 13 & 14. works a treat.