What type of controller will you be using for Elite Dangerous
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I'll be using my Saitek X52 Pro, although I am slowly getting tempted by the Logitech G940 set up. And of course my TrackIR Pro!
Brian
That's the setup I have for the DCS sims, the G940 & TrackIR, and it works really well. I'm not sure it'd *really* be worth your looking for one though, given you've already got a pretty decent HOTAS there with the 52 Pro. I think the G940 is the better of the two, but not enough so to justify getting one in your case, particularly given they're out of production, so you'll have trouble finding one new, getting support, & so on.
If you really want to upgrade I'd suggest you look at either the X-65F or the Thrustmaster Warthog. You'll have to ask yourself again if the X-65F is *enough* better to justify getting one, but there's no question at all on that count with the Warthog stick.
Otherwise, controller wise I think XBox & PS3 controller support should definitely be included, and in fact they'll probably work very well in the game, given you have 6DOF with a controller as you have the two sticks, rather than the 4-5DOF you have with a traditional joystick. Razer make a very nice 360 style controller called the Sabertooth that comes with extra buttons, & is recognised natively in Windows (so far as I know), and by the XBox, and may well be worth a serious look.
Mouse and keyboard for me.
Just downloaded Oolite and just using the keyboard is making it a vey unjoyable experience.
Just downloaded Oolite and just using the keyboard is making it a vey unjoyable experience.
One these you wimps
Who needs a 16 button hatos forcefeed back
If I'll have to use a joystick, I'll rather use one of my TAC 2 together with my Amiga Joystick to USB converter.
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I use this adapter.
http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=70
... works really well..
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as long as I can redefine the keyboard for
6=Left
7=Right
8=Down
9=Up
0=Fire
Then I'm happy
(see if anybody else recognises those keys)
A Spectrum player, I see. You should have got a Cambridge Joystick- they were ace!
I would also like to use my PS3 Duel Shock3 if possible. However @Space Gamer's joystick I remember that joystick well with my Amiga. I had a Yellow joystick just like it but for the life of me cannot remember what it was called. Best Joystick ever. Especially with Kick Off 2.
Zmurf, it's been a long time since I've seen one of those sticks *sigh*.If I'll have to use a joystick, I'll rather use one of my TAC 2 together with my Amiga Joystick to USB converter.
I've got a CH F-16, but the more I think about it, the more I'll probably play ED with a 360 controller.
Well, it depends what the possibilities for control are like.
If full "Newtonian" is possible, I would have 8 or 9 keys in an extended WASD to control the thrusters, and an analogue control for orientation - mouse or 1 handed joystick with lots of buttons for weapons etc. I would also hope that it is possible to switch between different bindings for different tasks e.g. scooping cargo vs combat. I wouldn't require analogue control of the thrusters at all, just max on or off. I would probably never use fly-by-wire mode, at least in combat.
If the control system turns out to be rigidly "fun" i.e. spaceplanes with no Newtonianness allowed, I really don't know - though with such a limited subset of motion, it won't be hard to come up with something that works.
I'm certainly not going to start buying a load of flight-sim gear that I won't use for anything else! I get images of some posters here surrounded by thousands of pounds worth of flight-sim equipment sitting in the middle of it with their captain's hats on. If such gubbins gives a player an advantage in combat, well, I guess I will just end up ignoring combat as much as I can and focus on trading and exploring. If it does work out that way I predict it will reduce the appeal to the average gamer.
Anyway, the fact that an Xbox 360 controller has been mentioned gives me some hope - I would prefer one stick to control orientation and the dpad (or 2nd stick possibly) to give me directional thrust in the flat plane of the ship, with roll and up-down on say the shoulder buttons.
If full "Newtonian" is possible, I would have 8 or 9 keys in an extended WASD to control the thrusters, and an analogue control for orientation - mouse or 1 handed joystick with lots of buttons for weapons etc. I would also hope that it is possible to switch between different bindings for different tasks e.g. scooping cargo vs combat. I wouldn't require analogue control of the thrusters at all, just max on or off. I would probably never use fly-by-wire mode, at least in combat.
If the control system turns out to be rigidly "fun" i.e. spaceplanes with no Newtonianness allowed, I really don't know - though with such a limited subset of motion, it won't be hard to come up with something that works.
I'm certainly not going to start buying a load of flight-sim gear that I won't use for anything else! I get images of some posters here surrounded by thousands of pounds worth of flight-sim equipment sitting in the middle of it with their captain's hats on. If such gubbins gives a player an advantage in combat, well, I guess I will just end up ignoring combat as much as I can and focus on trading and exploring. If it does work out that way I predict it will reduce the appeal to the average gamer.
Anyway, the fact that an Xbox 360 controller has been mentioned gives me some hope - I would prefer one stick to control orientation and the dpad (or 2nd stick possibly) to give me directional thrust in the flat plane of the ship, with roll and up-down on say the shoulder buttons.
