hi, just got myself a joystick seeing ive just got back into bf2. wanted to know if i could set it up to work with tanks, ie use it to control the turret and guns instead of the mouse. yes i have looked in the controls and cant particualrly find nething thatll let me change
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driving it is easy enough with a stick but youll have to make permanent changes to gun with the stick too, meaning aiming with the stick when on the ground (ugh).... but I think this sort of thing perhaps could be done with joy2key that some people use? -
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erm :P yeah real helpful 8-) dont know what joy2key is im presuming its a dlable program :p shall go google it now
and no i dont want to use it whilst aiming on the ground just for tank so i dont have to keep flailing the mouse about :)
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sorry I cant explain more, I dont use it, I just know from the controls editing I do that it cant be done like that without making all aiming the same, which would suck.
This thread http://www.totalbf2.com/forums/showthread.php?t=72603 in the other forum is where the j2k wizards hang out around these parts - they might be able to help you with a custom profile.Comment
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What you would do is get J2K and make the joysticks axes emulate the mouse...
So it's not like it would "replace" the mouse, it's like a secondary mouse.. and it also wouldn't mess with your jet/heli settings either.
But ok here is how you do it.
Download J2K (google it, it's probably the first site.. you'll find it)
When you open it, you see
LEFT
RIGHT
UP
DOWN
Lets start with left. (left is "left" on the X axis)
Right click left, and click configure this button. There are a bunch of tabs at the top. Click the mouse tab.
Where is says cursor movments, that is what you'll be using. So, this is for "left"... so find the horizontal scroll bar, and then adjust it to however you want. The farther you get from 0, the faster the mouse accelerates, and the higher the speed and sensitivity..... etc.
I have mine set for -50 for mouse look for choppers and that type of thing.. But for actually using it to play... I'd say 60-70... I'm not sure though.
So, since you are doing "left", you will move it to the left from 0, which would go into the negatives. Say you wanted -60, just move it to -60... now you are done with "LEFT".
Now hit OK and do the same thing for all the other axes. "RIGHT" will be a positive number above 0, up will be positive, down will be negative... etc.
Make sure all the numbers, whatever you pick, are the same.. like {60,-60,60,-60}
Hopefully that helped..Comment
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i did this with my xbox360 controller, i was playing a lot of BF2: Modern Combat on the 360 and got used to the controls, it seemed to work ok and with a bit of tweaking i got it near perfect. Then the problem, for some reason all the weapon emplacements (50. cal, USS Essex, blackhawk guns, ect) would have to be moved and fired with the control pad. So it became too much hassle for me to use.Comment
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cheers guys, done it all now, metallica guitarist, i figured it out myself but if i had seen ur post would of taken about 20 mins less :P all works fine now, cheersComment
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why would you want to use a joystick for a tank lol.
Metallica, do thoes instruction work for making the joystick wok for a jet and chaoppa?Comment
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i already said why i want to use the joystick for tank, but because you missed it i shall tell you again :P
because i dont like swinging my mouse about all over the placeComment
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That's quite pointless ^^^
Just set your mouse sensitivity for land vehicles up, and you don't have to move the mouse a lot to turn.Comment
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trouble with that is when it comes to chopper gunning a small movement of the mouse makes a big movement on the gun making it uberhard to hit anything.Comment
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