HOTAS and Controller Bindings
Product: Star Wars: Squadrons
Platform:Steam-PC
Please specify your platform model. PC
What is your gamertag/PSN ID/EA Account name? TSINI
Are you playing in VR? No
Which part of the game is the issue happening in? Game Menu
What were you doing when the bug occurred? Step by Step detail is helpful. I’m using an X55 Rhino HOTAS joystick, the game default controls have the roll set to twist and yaw set to side to side movement of the stick. I wanted to swap these around to reflect the gaming controls I use on other games. In game, the twist control works in both directions, but when configuring the controls, the game only detects one direction of twist, so I can only map the right twist to control right yaw, but not the left twist. It is very annoying, and after several hours of wrestling with the basic control settings I still haven’t been able to play this game properly, I’ve only been able to try the training, because the controls are so confusing. The game also will not let me rebind buttons to allow me to layout the buttons in an order that makes sense to me, I have buttons I will not want to use on easy to reach places, but buttons I do want to use bound to awkward to reach places. It complains that I cannot unbind necessary controls, but couldn’t it just highlight these necessary controls as unbound and tell me to bind them before I can save/leave the settings screen, instead of stopping me temporarily Unbind them? When I started the game I had a controller, keyboard/mouse and the HOTAS plugged in, the game seemed to be taking inputs from all three at the same time, so I couldn’t fly with only one, the joystick couldn’t fly the ship because the input kept stopping, and the controller had the same issue, sometimes the ship would just stop turning, I assume because it realised anther input (possibly mouse) was not telling it to turn. I had to disable the mouse input, which solved this issue, but it would be good to be able to switch off (disable) the joystick or the controller depending on which one I wanted to play with.
Where did this issue occur? Please include menu name or in game location. Controls configuration in the settings menu. Specifically it won’t detect both of my twist directions, only right, not left, for use with flight yaw control. Not allowing me to unbind essential controls makes rebinding keys very complicated. Option to disable controller type (mouse, joystick, controller) would also be useful for PCs with multiple controllers, for example to disable joystick input, or disable controller input, so the game isn’t picking up multiple flight controls.
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 2/11/2020 20:00
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
How severe is your issue? Can play, but it's highly frustrating
What happens when the bug occurs? Can’t set up my controls in a way that makes sense to me.
What do you expect to see? A smoother experience for PC control binding.
Which ship were you playing? If not applicable, just answer "no" or "none." None
What components were you using? X55 Rhino HOTAS
Which customizations (if any) were you using? None
N/A - in setting menu
