A Simple Joystick request

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Challenge
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A Simple Joystick request

Post by Challenge »

How is it that After
  • X:BTF;
    X:2 with -- was it 2 or 3 iterations?;
    X3: TC, Reunion; AP;
    and X Rebirth;
Ecosoft, maker of one of the best and longest running space series in all of gaming, still has a problem making an interface that is not a nightmare to use a simple 3D Pro joystick with?

X4, upholding this tradition, seems to think that when I set my Z axis to l/r Yaw I also want it to fire my primary weapons array. (Sort of makes it challenging to make tight turns heading in to dock without strafing the landing bay.) If I set my Button 1 -- the front trigger -- to fire the primaries, it reassigns it to also be the Yaw control. The Slider, my personal choice for engine acc/dec, doesn't seem able to go in the logical direction of increase = forward; reverse = back. My Y axis, set to pitch, is inverted with no discernible way to invert the inputs. And, while I'm trying to sort this out, every few times I go into the Controls Menu to attempt adjustments, some key bindings seem to get randomly reassigned.

It is all very frustrating. I'd like to think it's a bug, but I've had the same issue with most of the X games. It's been an entertaining challenge to get one of my favorite game series to run.
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Tomonor
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Re: A Simple Joystick request

Post by Tomonor »

Maybe because all of their games had different flight models? :gruebel:
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