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Anything that plays well with a flight-joystick?

SomethingUnusualSomethingUnusual Member UncommonPosts: 546
edited September 2015 in PC Gaming
I've had this Madkats V.1 flight stick sitting on my desk for a while, I originally bought it for testing various control methods in mmos, with varying success. (Awesome for action games such as TERA and ESO, using Anti-Micro, Joy2Key etc). To the point however. Any suggestions to put this thing to use for its intended purpose? I would prefer Mech games or space sims. (Awesome with Mechwarrior Online and X-Rebirth), OS not important, though GNU/Linux would be nice and I don't have any Apple hardware at the moment.

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  • AethaerynAethaeryn Member RarePosts: 3,150
    I would imagine Elite Dangerous would be pretty cool with a flight stick.  I have one myself but have not purchased the game yet. . especially with the expansion thing.

    I also found Mechwarrior to be amazing. . twisting the joystick to turn the torso of the mech was incredible.  It's not space or mechs but DCS world is pretty cool and I am sure there are planes you can fly for free.

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  • SomethingUnusualSomethingUnusual Member UncommonPosts: 546
    Elite Dangerous looks incredible... Definitely buying on payday, hopefully the sale is still going on through the first. Might have to buy a VR set as well.

    Great suggestions, keep 'em coming.
  • DaezAsterDaezAster Member UncommonPosts: 788
    if u pvp hawken is pretty cool mech game and free.
  • SomethingUnusualSomethingUnusual Member UncommonPosts: 546
    @DaezAster ;Can't have a flight sim or mech game without pvp... Downloading now.
  • SomethingUnusualSomethingUnusual Member UncommonPosts: 546
    To touch back a bit... Hawken is awesome. I can't figure out how to setup the joystick with it without a macro program. But definitely a smooth controlled mech game with a keyboard/mouse.
  • TheutusTheutus Member UncommonPosts: 636
    @SomethingUnusual if you haven't bought elite dangerous yet, it is good with a flight stick and voice attack, but it's lacking in content. I'd buy X3 Terran Conflict instead, there's a lot more to do and is cheaper, being an older game. 
  • SomethingUnusualSomethingUnusual Member UncommonPosts: 546
    @Theutus ; Just now seeing this, I've been on the fence about Elite Dangerous, honestly holding out for Star Citizen for MMO flight-sim.

    On the other hand, I LOVE the X series. Way ahead of you there, reinstalling now even
  • H0urg1assH0urg1ass Member EpicPosts: 2,380
    I tried to use a joystick with Mechwarrior, but trust me, it's designed as a zero order application.  When you move a mouse to a position, stop moving it and the cursor stops moving, then that's a zero order controller.  

    Joysticks are a first order controller.  In other words, it takes two precision movements to achieve the same effect that you get from using one precision movement in a mouse.

    The best way to play MWO, as silly as it sounds, is with pedals for twisting the torso, a throttle for speed and weapon selection and a mouse for aiming the guns.


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