Lots of new things in store for my upcoming gameplay. I haven't done much SRVing in the past but am looking at getting dirtside more. The new supercam is in place. Also interested in picking up full-FAO skills for fun and for killing; I've been seeing a lot more pure combat recently. An inevitable control scheme update to help with this stuff is enroute, so I need some advice. I seem to retain my setup skills on a per-setup basis, and offload all the data right away. .____. Re-brain me!
Kitwise, I have a full CH Pro HOTAS with a Fighterstick, Throttle and pedals. I have the software but haven't touched it in forever so count me a noob there. Mouse is a wired Logitech G600 with awkwardly-usable-for-me side panel of 12 buttons which aren't set up for anything on Elite; mouse primary use is a backup freelook control. The keyset is the stupid-yet-shiny Razer Black Widow X Chroma with the per-key color and pattern setting. It is so silly but I like it. I also have a PS3 controller with a full minikeyboard; this is not yet used.
Desk has the keyboard on the top, with the stick and throttle parked on the keyboard pullout on a sheet of kitchen counter antislip mat; the pullout is braced so it doesn't slip or retract, and provides another bracing point for the sticks without making the setup hard-pinned to the desk so I can move the sticks for keyboard-mouse gaming. The CH stuff is pretty light touch so unless I start flailing like I have palsy they stay solid.
For ship controls and moving into FAO-only flight, I'm thinking I want to map my vertical thruster controls to my pedal toe sweeps instead of to the digital buttons on the throttle handle. The lateral thrusters are on the thumbstick and I want that gradient control for my up/down. The pedal slide axis is my roll, and I think these may work well together. Currently the toes only work as buttons and not analog sweep input for thrusters, which I think might have something to do with the CH software so any advice about this or other controls of Elite are welcome.
For the SRV and supercam, I'm thinking the PS3 keyset controller might be more useful than trying to overlay on ship controls or reach for my keyboard past the HOTAS like my current cam setup. It's not bad for supertertiary things like Open Stealy Door, Gal and Sys maps, and redundant primary controls, but I think for dirt driving and filming the controller might be much smoother than M&K or HOTAS. There's a parking space for it right in front of the pullout bracers between the stick and throttle for easy access.
Throw anything required at this thread except even MOAR kit and rewiring; I'm not going that deep.
Kitwise, I have a full CH Pro HOTAS with a Fighterstick, Throttle and pedals. I have the software but haven't touched it in forever so count me a noob there. Mouse is a wired Logitech G600 with awkwardly-usable-for-me side panel of 12 buttons which aren't set up for anything on Elite; mouse primary use is a backup freelook control. The keyset is the stupid-yet-shiny Razer Black Widow X Chroma with the per-key color and pattern setting. It is so silly but I like it. I also have a PS3 controller with a full minikeyboard; this is not yet used.
Desk has the keyboard on the top, with the stick and throttle parked on the keyboard pullout on a sheet of kitchen counter antislip mat; the pullout is braced so it doesn't slip or retract, and provides another bracing point for the sticks without making the setup hard-pinned to the desk so I can move the sticks for keyboard-mouse gaming. The CH stuff is pretty light touch so unless I start flailing like I have palsy they stay solid.
For ship controls and moving into FAO-only flight, I'm thinking I want to map my vertical thruster controls to my pedal toe sweeps instead of to the digital buttons on the throttle handle. The lateral thrusters are on the thumbstick and I want that gradient control for my up/down. The pedal slide axis is my roll, and I think these may work well together. Currently the toes only work as buttons and not analog sweep input for thrusters, which I think might have something to do with the CH software so any advice about this or other controls of Elite are welcome.
For the SRV and supercam, I'm thinking the PS3 keyset controller might be more useful than trying to overlay on ship controls or reach for my keyboard past the HOTAS like my current cam setup. It's not bad for supertertiary things like Open Stealy Door, Gal and Sys maps, and redundant primary controls, but I think for dirt driving and filming the controller might be much smoother than M&K or HOTAS. There's a parking space for it right in front of the pullout bracers between the stick and throttle for easy access.
Throw anything required at this thread except even MOAR kit and rewiring; I'm not going that deep.
