I'm considering pre-ordering as I have for past Battlefield games but wanted to know more about any details regarding support for joysticks. I find flying with them is much better but support for them seems a bit spotty or non-existent in the past few releases.
Thank you for any information you can provide.
Joystick support is needed. Any response DICE?
Same problem here, i used the Logitech Extreme 3D for every BF and i am very frustrated that its not working in BF2042 thats a no-go
@WHOtherdenizSame here
I remember that at launch of bf1 there also wasn’t joystick support, but they brought it back later. Hope it’s gona be same here)
I want use this joystick to fly airplene in bf 1942 for pc version. It wont lay keys
@YUG-Danilo wrote:
@KRAZEY_402Set in game controller scheme to custom?
Yes I did that, and through trial and error finally found the issue.
I assumed that I still had to have DS4 windows active to make this work.
I simplified the equation, and turned that off completely and removed the DS4 from it all together.
XOutput and Hid Hide were all I needed.
I had all setting correct, and had nothing to do but tweak the controls after turning off DS4Windows.
Thanks.
Well they published patch notes of two following patches and there is nothing about joystick support. This means we need to wait atleast 1 month for a solution. They didnt even acknowledge the problem in anyway. They are ignoring this problem which is quite sad.
After today's patch, i thought id give my X52 pro another binding attempt.
i removed all controller bindings and the mouse removed free look keys and the mouse binding, left the others.
exited the game. Switching on the joystick set all options for the controller to custom.
set throttle to zero, and clicked the bind it registered I checked in-game and the throttle had been detected full range.
now the tricky bits are the yaw and direction.
make sure the throttle is set to the center position, then pitch and roll will bind. now go back into the controller and set pilot buttons to default. then bind the main fire trigger etc.
A b c d all detect.
now using the Logitech programming software
Yaw set the yaw to mouse right and mouse left. (the x-axis) in bindings, and in the Logitech software programming enable mouse X-axis as directional. (see pic 20211125_210629.jpg)
Now set the twist as BANDS 3 they are standard as 3 I think.
0-33
33-67
67-100
now I used Numpad 6 (yaw Right) in the 0-33%
and Numad4 (yaw left) 67-100%
DONT USE ANY VALUE in the middle band leave it blank (see pic 20211125_210108.jpg)
I also used the hats for flares/spotting/change seat/ repair/
but you must program keystrokes for each direction, set the hats to 4 way saves a lot of
then profile and save.
don't forget to add your joystick commands to the bindings on the keyboard side and that your x52 profile is running before you make your updates to the bindings.
and it should work a treat. you may want to adjust in-game sensitivity for your preferred style.
the yaw has a full range and isn't just on or off very controllable.
any questions I will be glad to answer them
happy flying
PS:added what my pilot binds look like just for ref (20211125_212543.jpg)
Is there any update from DICE/EA?
We are not getting any response about this topic so far,lets try this way:
We are asking joystick support for pc version of the game. Previous titles had that feature and we request BF2042 to have it as well. We have our controllers sitting on our desks and we want to use them. We dont want to use emulators or tricky ways to try to make our joysticks work. Please dont ignore us and give us some information. Can we expect joystick support anytime soon?
Since Battlefield 2042 only supports xbox controllers and dose not support Joysticks or flight controllers . Work around this by using joystick to control mouse .
Set mouse as pilot controls in Keybinds , then use something like JoytoKey https://joytokey.net/en/download
This was easy to set up and now I can use joystick in the game. FINALLY !
note: I did try other programs to use joystick to control mouse, this one was best as it has sensitivity, speed, and threshold control .
As well as other features like macros, key stokes, open programs . I just set it up in the mouse tab if you look at attachment , those are my settings
I know many people are frustrated about this, every Battlefield game since day one has supported flight . joystick controllers . Until now .
Hope this can help some people enjoy the game a bit better, I know it has made a word of difference for me . I would ask the forum staff to make this a sticky .
