How do you Fly ur Plane

Stormfox1020

Rite ive heard that flying a plane with a joystick is meant to be easier but i dont know, I always use the keyboard and i am getting on fine with it, So what do you prefer Keyboard or Joystick?

Zyox

Joystick.

Ever since I switched I can't switch back.

Dr_Teeth

Mouse and Keyboard suits me just fine.

Teeth.

satchmo

Yeah joystick, no contest.

strat

keyboard only > *

Mercury_Tilt

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Zyox

Was at lan last night and guy who was meant to bring my joystick didn't so I was stuck on keyboard and mouse.

Tried both keybaord and mouse and standalone keyboard and thouroughly despised it. Joystick allows you to aim so much better and to engage in dogfights so much better too. Plus you _need_ a rudder to control helicopter and slow fly-bys.

ando

is there any particular joystick that is best for this game?

Mercury_Tilt

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ssh

Basically, I use mouse + keyboard. I usually finish in 1st or 2nd place when playing any level with planes in it (at least in DC, I'm not as good with the 1942 planes).

W + S control thrust
Q + Z control pitch (nose up/nose down)
A + D control roll

Mouse X axis controls rudder
Mouse Y axis controls pitch

I set my mouse sensitivity to about .5.

You fly using the keyboard, and when you need to fine tune an approach on a target, you use the mouse.

Works nicely for choppers too.

Meadows

when i go home im gonna try the planes and choppers with my steering wheel. that should be interesting

Winters

Using the pedals as a rudder is great. Much more realistic.

Though, besides them its very hard, very hard indeed.

Pugsley

Mouse + keyboard > joystick tbh

mouse2 - accelerate
mouse4 - deccerate
w - up
s - down
a - rudder left
d - rudder right
horizontal axis - roll
mouse1 - shoot
spacebar - bomb


This works great in all mods Ive played so far and wont be changing it any time soon

Nietzschean

Joystick all da way
Even if i'm not much better at hitting land targets with the planes its certainly a hell of alot more fun with the joystick, better for air to air anyway.........ye need the good ole variable throttle imo

Fabre

Joystick aswell, its helicopter in DC I am having a hard time to figure how to fly them.

Mercury_Tilt

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the_syco

I use the num-pad fer directional and the arrow keys fer power, etc.

The gunships (choppers with lotsa ppl in them) suck.

The smaller choppers (2 ppl) are dead easy to fly, tho.

Pugsley

Originally posted by the_syco
The gunships (choppers with lotsa ppl in them) suck.

The smaller choppers (2 ppl) are dead easy to fly, tho.

I like flying the Hind (the multi seater), its a bit floaty, but you can circle locations with it very well, my only problem with the Hind is its small load of Missiles, only 8 in total.

The Apache is much easier to do firing runs (charge over the enemy, charge back) however its a bit too heavy to cricle area's, while it is possable, the circle tends to be too tight to get any real accurate firing, however its good for capturing flags while flying, whereas the Hind isnt.

Winters

Well, i do gotta love the Blackhawk. When playing a small game [usually on one of the Pacific maps] they can destroy an enemy and gain total arial supremesy.

Two man Blackhawk can be very effective when used with a good pilot and gunner and also good troops who know how to call for support. fly around in a clockwise circle around the island and the gunner will take care of anyone on the ground really......

If any of your troops require assistance they call it in and you just turn that baby around and boom!

The onmly thing is you gotta be a good pilot to stay clear of those stingers and RPGs