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:
Here are what my controls look like when I set them up completely in BF2:
<--- Edit: fixed the link
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!
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:
Here are what my controls look like when I set them up completely in BF2:
<--- Edit: fixed the link
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!
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