How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

[MarkPuppets]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

Harmor, nice post which helped me to get some ideas about this joystick but your screenshot about "in-game option" is too small to see. Can u post a larger screenshot ?
Thanks.

[urizen]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

erm paron me asking a nooby question..but hw to u see throttle percentage???i only see the spd on the HUD...can some1 enlighten me plz..

[Harmor]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

Harmor, nice post which helped me to get some ideas about this joystick but your screenshot about "in-game option" is too small to see. Can u post a larger screenshot ?
Thanks.

Click on the image...its a thumbnail.

[MarkPuppets]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

Click on the image...its a thumbnail.

Can't click on it ! I tired many times already :cry:
Just want to know JOY AXIS seetings.

Thanks

[Harmor]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

Can't click on it ! I tired many times already :cry:
Just want to know JOY AXIS seetings.

Thanks

You're right. I forgot to put a <url> tag around the <img> tag. My bad.

[machstem]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

I see you have the Logitech Xtreme 3d Pro joystick.

I have an issue with mine, where if I let go of the joystick, it'll usually pull to the right, so much that I continuously have to reset it back.

Do you get this problem?

Thanks

Here's a beginner's guide on setting up your joystick to fly a jet.

Installation
Make sure that Windows detects your joystick. To verify goto Control Panel->Game Controllers. Next to your joystick it should say Status OK.

Click on the Properties button. Press all the buttons on your joystick and move it around. If you don't like the settings you can click on the Settings tab and then Calibrate....

BF2 controls
Now that you have verified that your joystick is installed and calibrated correctly goto OPTIONS->CONTROLS->AIRCRAFT to access the controls.

I recommend that you remove all the secondary settings in all the columns first and then press Apply.

Press the control you want to set and then the corresponding button/trigger on your joystick. If you set it correctly you should see "Joy Button <number>".

Careful when setting the axis controls. Twisting or angling the joystick in the wrong direction can make that axis inverted.

To set the PITCH FWD you'll click the secondary column next to PITCH FWD on your control screen. BF2 will then prompt you to press a key to bind. Lean your joystick forward and it will set both PITCH FWD and PTICH BACK to "Joy Axis 1". If you don't have both control binding cleared you'll get an error.

Here are my joystick settings using a Logitech Wingman Attack joystick:

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Here are what my controls look like when I set them up completely in BF2:


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NOTE: If you only have a 2-axis joystick, "Joy Axis 2" will be your throttle not your STREER RIGHT and STEER LEFT controls. In this case you'll probably want to keep your 'A' and 'D' keys and use those for your STREER RIGHT and STEER LEFT controls.


Learn to fly
Now that you have your joystick setup you'll want to get on a server and practice flying. I recommend highly to read this guide before you start.


See ya on the battlefield soldier!

[tehpwnzoor]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

i have a Logitech wireless freedom 2.4 joy and when i move the stick left the jet turns right and stuff wots wrong and wot sensitivity shud i put the joystick on and wot sensitiyivy for the mouse

[kimbe609@hotmail.com]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

TBH if ure not able to setup your joystick in game then u dont deserve to be able ot fly around in the game. Its hardly rocket science after all..

[BirdKiller]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

Greeeeeeeeat, Button 1 and 2 are not working anymore so I now I have to use Buttons 4-6 for camera keys. Man those keys were awesome.

R.I.P Button 1 & 2, may god click your buttons all day long

[Divercia]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

i have a Logitech wireless freedom 2.4 joy and when i move the stick left the jet turns right and stuff wots wrong and wot sensitivity shud i put the joystick on and wot sensitiyivy for the mouse

Make sure that when you click the roll right you pull the stick to the right to set it, if you pull left, it sets that left as right etc...

[screwlooose]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

What about j/stick set up 4 helecopter. Tried to do it last night, but be buggered if i could get it to fly?

[SykGaffel]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

How do you spot planes/vehicles only with 2 buttons on tha joystick?

[imported_Underpant]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

This is my tag(so I can view it later) and bump to this great topic.

[DJlight890]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

thx for that site :)

[Dan21]

Re: How to setup your joystick to fly a jet (beginner)

My joysick maybe old, but I never can fly as well with it as I can with the dufult settings.