Battlefront 2 Flight Stick
Can anyone in the community tell me if there is flight stick support in Battlefront 2 at release? I've been searching online for feedback from other gamers and can't find much of anything. An officia...
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Best players use mouse+kb, like in battlefield 3/4 (country frag leader in fighter jets in 4 for some time..) 😉
- Is it really that difficult to add support for this in gamd? I get that its a small group that uses Hotas but it seems like it would be super easy to add
Don't you think that if it was "super easy" it would have been added right away? Or do you work as a dev and know how it's done?
There are very different mechanics in play whether you play with a mouse/kb, a gamepad or a stick.The old space sims (X-wing, Tiefighter, X-Wing vs Tiefighter, X-wing Alliance) all required a joystick to play. It was hella fun, and I still play them with my 20 years old MS Sidewinder pro stick, but it was definitely a problem for Lucasarts that they released a game that required a quite expensive peripheral in order to play.
It's all about making the game accessible.
And - don't get me wrong - I want HOTAS-support too! - But as a dev I know that things aren't so easy.
- @MrLockertsen Yes, I played X-wing, Tiefighter, X-Wing vs Tiefighter, all back in the 90s with Thrustmaster joystick, and it was great. It's quite pathetic that after 30 years of technological advancment we no longer have any joystick support AT ALL! I bought BF1 only to discover I had to use the mouse! They're not getting my money for BF2, even though it's now 2020 and only costs a tenner now!
I use a T Flight Hotas X on my PC and it works flawlessly. But be aware that there are some issues regarding joystick and mouse inputs. I created a bug report for that matter, but it seems I'm the only one who cares about this (that, or my english is so bad nobody understands what the bug is about).
For now, i just unplug the mouse after chosing my fighter (an then plug in again when I die). Its somewat anoying but at least i can be sure controls won't go mad in the middle of a dogfight.
I spoke to someone at EA about this on the phone and was informed they knew nothing about this issue...well they know now
