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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Zephyr on December 14, 2002, 09:32:27 pm

Title: Controls
Post by: Zephyr on December 14, 2002, 09:32:27 pm

How do I change the joystick controls? When I push up on joystick, the ship 'dives'. I want the ship to 'climb' when I push up. I know it's lame but I just can't get my head round this:o In I-War2 I played it this way by editing the ini file but Freespace 2 doesn't seem to have an ini file or config file.

Title: Controls
Post by: demon442 on December 14, 2002, 10:22:49 pm

look in the control config for something that says "Invert Y Axis" and turn it off.

Title: Controls
Post by: Deepblue on December 14, 2002, 10:33:01 pm

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Title: Controls
Post by: mikhael on December 15, 2002, 12:05:29 am

I wouldn't call it lame, Zephyr, but it is pretty odd.

Out of curiosity, how did you start playing that way?

Title: Controls
Post by: Hudzy on December 15, 2002, 07:54:01 am

Have you tried it the normal way? Might get used to it. :) But anyway, there should be an invert Y axis in the options screen.

Title: Controls
Post by: diamondgeezer on December 15, 2002, 08:03:53 am

Up for up and down for down? That's... dirty :ick

Title: Controls
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on December 15, 2002, 08:17:35 am

Do you live in a world where gravity is inverted? Or have you spent too long playing console toys?

Title: Controls
Post by: Cannikin on December 15, 2002, 08:20:00 am

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Up for up and down for down? That's... dirty :ick

Lol, technically on joysticks no matter which way you push them they'll always end up getting pushed down :p

Title: Controls
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on December 15, 2002, 08:24:16 am

And you'll always have to reinstall the drivers every week because Windows is a pile of crap and messes up the controls! Handle twist? HA!

Title: Controls
Post by: Zephyr on December 15, 2002, 09:34:15 am

Wow, I leave for the night & got so many replies.

@demon442: Thank you, got it working now.

@Deepblue: Eh, thank you for the toasty welcome.

@mikhael: It just seems more natural to me.

@Hudzy: I become space dust.

@Petrarch of the VBB: Where I come from gravity is a push, not a pull :D

Title: Controls
Post by: mikhael on December 15, 2002, 05:59:27 pm

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Originally posted by Zephyr


@mikhael: It just seems more natural to me.

Actually, I'd say the push-forward-to-dive model is more natural. if you imagine your head as a stick, to look DOWN, you tilt your head FORWARD. ;)

But hey, I know a guy that uses his mouse upside down (cord toward him) and it works well for him. Whatever works for you is cool.

Title: Controls
Post by: Hudzy on December 16, 2002, 05:38:38 am

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Originally posted by mikhael
But hey, I know a guy that uses his mouse upside down (cord toward him) and it works well for him.

That's just odd. :blah:

Title: Controls
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on December 16, 2002, 06:31:10 am

Indeed, very odd. Why not turn the monitor upside down and move all your keys around while you're at it?

Title: Controls
Post by: diamondgeezer on December 16, 2002, 02:30:50 pm

Someone did that to me last year - while I was down the corridor in the kitchen, he turned every single item in my room upside-down. So, when he wasn't looking, I stole his computer, and set it up on the toilet - plugged everything in and switched it on. Had us laughing, that night :nod:

Title: Controls
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on December 17, 2002, 02:04:40 pm

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Someone did that to me last year - while I was down the corridor in the kitchen, he turned every single item in my room upside-down.

Turn every second sheet in his newspaper upside down.:D