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vincegun
Seasoned Newcomer
5 months ago

More Thrustmaster and (insert brand here) joystick support

I have a Thrustmaster 16000M that I bought from my semi-local (1hr drive each way) Microcenter a while ago. It wasn't supported in 2042, which I dealt with, but I would love to use it in BF6. I don't want to use a gamepad to fly a jet or helicopter. 

I don't know the console situation with joysticks, but I'd imagine there are plenty of pc gaming enthusiasts who have some nice hardware that they spent money on once upon a time and would love to put it to use in this game. I would like to imagine that if proper joystick/throttle support was added, it would help fuel sales of said hardware and also increase game popularity as well to some degree.

I realize the game hasn't been live even a full 48 hours, but please add joystick support to Battlefield 6 in the near future.

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  • I currently use a VKB Gladiator EVO Joystick and mouse to play BF6 and 2042.   Mouse for aiming/shooting/switching weapons and Joystick for movement and everything else.

    I am assuming you are on a PC, if not ignore this post.

    You just need to bind the joystick buttons, hats, and joystick axes to keystrokes. 

    You will also most likely need to do one of two things:

    1. Go into your settings and unbind every instance of a controller button/joystick which is a pain
    2. Install and setup HIDHIDE to hide your joystick from the game(so it does not think your joystick is a console controller)

    The above will prevent you from constantly looking at the sky or ground while spinning around like a whirling dervish

    It is not as good as native analog support for a joystick but since I am unable to use a keyboard for movement and such due to arthritis it works sufficiently well.  My movement is not as precise as being able to tap WASD for very small bits of movement

  • PR3DAT0R72's avatar
    PR3DAT0R72
    Rising Newcomer
    2 months ago

    When are we going to have Joystick support for BF6? i can't use my Thrustmaster t16000m fcs st

  • B4LSoldier's avatar
    B4LSoldier
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 months ago

    I couldn’t agree more. Didn’t miss out on 2042 but Bf6 I want thrustmaster support asap

  • The joy works then doesn't work. I tried BF4 works, DCS works, BF6 doesn't work. Apparently doesn't recognize it most of the time. Repaired game, reinstalled game, new drivers, no other controllers attached. 

  • Hi there, hidden in the Controller Settings, there are Basic Joystick settings. 

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