[Klaustrophobia]

there's always the famous spring twist-tie mod.  i've also found rubbing a dryer sheet on the bottom of the baseplate and the rim it contacts cuts back on the friction greatly and makes it smoother and not as prone to sticking.  although it needs to be re-done every now and again.

[jr2]

If the keyboard were not needed, ... I would say joystick in left hand + mouse in right (or opposite if you are a lefty) would be the best way to fly.

[Klaustrophobia]

i can't imagine trying to use a joystick with my left hand.

so i finished through FSO, and i tried to use the glide in the mara mission, but i just could not get it to do anything.  how is it supposed to work?  i tried both the "glide on when pressed" and "toggle glide" inputs, and as near as i could tell neither did anything.  and on a similar note, does anyone know what the relative throttle axis does?  i figured it was to adjust your speed by a small bit around where the main throttle was positioned, for example when you are using match speed and want to close or drop back.  i mapped that to one of my rotary axes, and again, nothing happened.

[Nuke]

i dont think the mara has glide enabled. it has the thrusters defined, but i think theres also a flag required.

[Klaustrophobia]

so it's just a dead control that V threw in there to confuse people who actually read through everything?

[The E]

No. Glide was a SCP addition for TBP. Sliding was present in FS2 from the beginning, and Maras use it all the time.

Just remember: Gliding != Sliding.

[Thaeris]

How does one use the default sliders/thrusters anyway? Is it possible to remap those controls with the current FSO builds?

[The E]

Sure. Options Menu->Control config->Ship-> Right/Left/Up/Down Thrust

[Thaeris]

I've edited those many a time in BtRL or TBP, but I suppose I just never considered that for FS... 

...Rather embarassing. Regardless, thank you, E!

[Klaustrophobia]

No. Glide was a SCP addition for TBP. Sliding was present in FS2 from the beginning, and Maras use it all the time.

Just remember: Gliding != Sliding.

what i'm talking about is the "GLIDE on when pressed" and "toggle GLIDE" controls in the options menu.  i am almost certain these were present in retail fs2.

[The E]

Nope. And even if they were, since no ships in retail had that enabled, it would have been useless. Not to mention that the retail AI can't handle it at all.

[Thaeris]

If you want to try those controls, Klaus, you'll need to get TBP or the BtRL demo.

...There might be another mod around here that uses those controls, but I'm not aware of it.

[Klaustrophobia]

is one of those the battlestar galactica one?  that's on my list of ones to play, mainly because i want to see how good the physics are

i've seen a couple of models and stuff of stargate ships.  have any campaigns been made from SG? 

[Thaeris]

First off, the Wiki is thy friend:

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Btrl

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/TBP

Here's the only real remnants of the BtRL page left - I'm not sure of the demo status there (there's also a link from the Wiki page to FS mods, though I'm not sure that version is patched):

http://www.beyondtheredline.net/

To find TBP, go to the hosted links tab at the top of the browser and scroll down to and click "The Babylon Project."

...Personally, I'm holding out on using this one until the DVD release 2.0 comes out, but I encourage you to check it out for yourself. 

[Klaustrophobia]

i know nothing about babylon 5, and BSG lost me somewhere in the 3rd season or so.

[Jeff Vader]

i know nothing about babylon 5

I'd recommend. The first season season was a tad bit boring, but had some crucial character development. The fifth season wasn't really that good in my personal opinion, apart from the series finale. But seasons 2-4 are made of awesome and win.