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Blackbeardrs
4 years ago
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BF 2042 and Flight Controllers...

In previous Battlefield Games the use of Flight Controllers/Joystick has been integrated into the Settings Menu which was a great tool to aid in Aerial Combat.  In past BF Versions the Gamepad Contro...
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  • Blackbeardrs's avatar
    Blackbeardrs
    4 years ago

    @carsono311True, I like the community can only have the Highest of hopes!  I look forward to seeing you on the Battlefield very soon I hope...

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Frindly-Fire-4
4 years ago

so i need to buy a 2nd game over steam just to run my joystick in the game ? or i can just add my game to steam and i can run it ?

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Kuiriel
4 years ago
@Frindly-Fire-4 that didn't work for me. I suppose if you could hide your stick somehow it might work but it was a pain I couldn't figure out.

Instead I asked origin to refund me, telling them that I was buying it in steam for joystick support there. I was polite and they didn't mind at all
  • Frindly-Fire-4's avatar
    Frindly-Fire-4
    4 years ago

    Thank you for your reply, i have wasted three days of searching and trying to make my logitech extreme 3d pro to work but could not make it yo work with bf2042, i think ill wait till they fix it, it jappend in all bf games befor.

  • SirBobdk's avatar
    SirBobdk
    4 years ago
    @Frindly-Fire-4 wrote:

    Thank you for your reply, i have wasted three days of searching and trying to make my logitech extreme 3d pro to work but could not make it yo work with bf2042, i think ill wait till they fix it, it jappend in all bf games befor.

    I have not yet bought the game or used the 10 hour trial due to Joystick not working.

    When it works, feel free to give a review of air, especially jets.

    I read about many problems.

    I would like to hear your opinion.

  • Frindly-Fire-4's avatar
    Frindly-Fire-4
    4 years ago

    I will wait and test befor i can give m.p.o , i found out through those long years of playing bf games that planes fixes are the last thing dice make or change.

  • cfraider's avatar
    cfraider
    4 years ago
    @Frindly-Fire-4 Xbox and ps5 controllers work just have to ensure no other "input like foot pedals are connected"
  • Notorious_DIE's avatar
    Notorious_DIE
    4 years ago
    @cfraider We are referring to flight sticks, I can get my ps4 and Xbox controllers to work fine. I WANT to use the FF2 flight stick.
  • WienerBeard's avatar
    WienerBeard
    4 years ago

    Any chance a mod can change the title of this thread to "BF 2042 and Flight Sticks (Hotas)."  Would clear some confusion and be easier to search.

    Thanks

  • YUG-Danilo's avatar
    YUG-Danilo
    4 years ago

    For me and my search Flight Controller was enough 🙂

  • Frindly-Fire-4's avatar
    Frindly-Fire-4
    4 years ago
    @cfraider Thank you for the reply , i have a logitech exterem 3d pro joystick , it's a one input usb but the game is not detecting it.
  • ZealousShad's avatar
    ZealousShad
    4 years ago

    I have the same stick. I've used it in every Battlefield since BF2. I'm not buying this game until it works natively without going through a hundred mods and cfg files. I mean FFS we can even go back and fly the 1942 planes but there's no flight stick support?

  • WienerBeard's avatar
    WienerBeard
    4 years ago

    Any news on adding supports for Fight Sticks? Would be great. thanks

  • Kuiriel's avatar
    Kuiriel
    4 years ago

    Yes, per my reddit post that goes until detail describing the steps. In short it was enable forced input in steam for the game, having unplugged other controllers to be sure they're not confusing things at least to start with, and then you set up the profile for the stick in steam too. All plane controller settings and schemes in bf at default, in the other spots where I cleared settings eg on foot I set the schemes to custom so that I don't get the random look up bug. 

  • WienerBeard's avatar
    WienerBeard
    4 years ago
    @Kuiriel yea too bad I didn't buy it on steam. I was gonna try to add my game to steam and try it but seems like a long shot. so sick of this
  • Das-lst-Kaput's avatar
    Das-lst-Kaput
    4 years ago

    ****SOLVED ***

    Fixed for now , if you use logitech joystick .Search for and install  Logitech profiler .  

    https://support.logi.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360025298053-Logitech-Gaming-Software

    you can map keyboard keys to joystick controls 

    I set all pilot controls in game , example  x axis=  left /right arrow   y axis = up/down arrow . 

    Then mapped my joystick X / Y axis to those keys in the logitech profiler ., 

    So I use he number pad keys for pilot controls and then map those keys to the logitech profiler . Simple fix , IT WORKS ! 

     I am flying with joystick now !

  • Kuiriel's avatar
    Kuiriel
    4 years ago
    @WienerBeard You can ask Origin for a refund and buy it on Steam instead, they were very accomodating for me doing that. It shouldn't be a long shot. Plus you can refund Steam within 2 hours if it doesn't work. I actually bought it on Steam before refunding the Origin copy, but I checked with EA support first.

    Otherwise you can use the emulators like x360 or Xoutput but have to use HIDhide (HIDguardian didn't work for me and this was more frustrating to work through).
  • YUG-Danilo's avatar
    YUG-Danilo
    4 years ago

    That si not good. Your Axis input is just 0 and FULL so no precise movements....

    It already explained in this thread that this issue is solved by OP and by my addition. You solution is to use Joystick as button .... that is not good for me

  • X3D-Phantom's avatar
    X3D-Phantom
    4 years ago
    @Kuiriel Hey! This really did work, thanks. I find however that the inputs are not smooth at all, because your basically using a keyboard, with a joystick as an interface so to say. Have you found any way of making the movements a bit smoother? Trying to aim with 100% or 0% input control is very hard with a joystick, and I don't find it very enjoyable.. :/
  • Kuiriel's avatar
    Kuiriel
    4 years ago
    @X3D-Phantom I think there's been a miscommunication. I am not using joy2key. I am using Steam where it has mapped my joystick as a Playstation controller (360 controller works too).

    If you're using Joy2key or Logitech Profiler to map your axis etc to key presses, then you're not doing it as I've done it, instead you're using it as a keyboard. And that's not much good IMHO, like you said.

    I've already explained how to do it a few times in this and other threads, so here's the link to where I've explained it further. As you can see in the comments, another person was using joy2key and ended up using a different solution instead.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/battlefield2042/comments/qtie5a/joysticks_work_via_steam_controller_works_in/
  • X3D-Phantom's avatar
    X3D-Phantom
    4 years ago

    @KuirielThanks man, this is so helpful. You've no idea (well probably you do, lol) how infuriating it is for a BF veteran jet pilot unable to use his trusty joystick..

    How is the joystick working for you now? Does it feel smooth and similar to previous BF games? :-)

  • YUG-Danilo's avatar
    YUG-Danilo
    4 years ago

    @X3D-PhantomNobody who wants to use Joystick will ever use joy2key ... just forget Joy2Key

    Again Joy2Key is not good solution at all ... its nonsense to mention that solution any more. 

    HidHide + Xoutput for use with Origin version of bf2042  is perfect solution for me x52 and Logitech Wingman Extreme 3d

  • X3D-Phantom's avatar
    X3D-Phantom
    4 years ago
    @YUG-Danilo Alright, thanks. I'm using the steam version, so I'm going to try mapping it as a ps4 controller instead, hopefully that will work out nicely
  • Kuiriel's avatar
    Kuiriel
    4 years ago
    @X3D-Phantom Yes. Smooth and normal. In an ideal world I would have hidhide and x360 working perfectly to create rumble in my joystick like I could with GTA but I had already refunded the origin copy as I can't afford it on both steam and origin. Plus I had spent several days trying to figure it out before realising that bf2042 had a hard time writing to its own profile settings and had conflicts there if you don't change everything besides plane to custom and clear it, while control schemes and key bindings for plane you need to leave at default in game. It's been frustrating and put me off, today is official opening day but I'm just going to bed. I can't play with all my friends or join on them mid match because of this terrible system re squads, no server browser etc. Can't save a server I selt up in portal either. The game fights me trying to like it.

    Sigh.

    At least flying feels good on the rare occasion I can get into one where I'm not spawn camped immediately by a floating enemy. I miss static spawns and stationary aa which punished them for camping.

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