I use a Saitek X52 joystick and I have 2 problems with it.
The first issue are the throttle control of my stick being inverted.
I have tried everything I can think of, even going into the actionmaps file and tirectly trying to change things with no success.
I even tried, after suggestions from others, to use the "original" X52 actionmaps files that is in the examples foler of the mod with no result.
It has become extremely frustrating, as whenever I'm in and aero unit, unless I concoiusly think about which way to move the throttle, I out of pure reflex push it all the way forward this leaves me with 0 speed instead of the expected full throttle.
This in turn has 1 of 2 results.
1. I become a sitting duck for anyone with even the most basic aiming skills to pick me off at their leasure.
2. At low altitudes, I fall into the ground and "suicide", causing me to loose a huge ammount of progress due to the penalties of suiciding.
I understand and agreee with the reasons for the suicide penalties, thats no the problem.
The problem is that I have to think about what way I have to move my controls, making me lose concentration which in trun leaves me open to attacks or prone to accidents like crashing.
The second issue, is my Stick Y-axis seem to be inverted as well when I'm in a mech.
Push the stick forward and my aim goes up, push it backwards and it goes down.
When it cones to sim games, I'm a joystick freak.
I just cant play any form of sim game without a joystick, since MWLL is in part a FPS game I have been doing pretty well with mouse and keyboard up until now, but it just dont cut it in the heat for battle when you constantly need to adjust to the fast changing conditions of combat.
I can for instance not adjust the speed on my mech fast enough with my keyboard to be able to survive most encounters, making me an easy target for other players.
This in turn makes me extremely agitated, which in turn severely limits the enjoyment I have with the mod.
I'm sure everyone will agree when I say that its no fun whatsoever to constantly get "raped" by other players and not have a snowballs chance in hell of either retaliating or getting away before youre dead.
And to have this happen more or less 5 out of 6 times leaves very little room left for enjoyment.
This also makes it feel as if my mech is made of paper compared to the others, even if I go 1 on 1 with another mech of the same class and with the same loadout.
I such a situation the outcome will not rely on the damage done by the guns, but rather the skills of the pilot of each of the mechs, skills which in my case is being severaly hampered by slow and sometimes unresponsive controls.
With a joystick I have every control at my fingertips and can respond quickly, with a keyboard I sometimes have to move my hand away from the moverment controls to activate some vital function that will keep me alive a few more seconds, seconds which in turn are wasted doig nothing.
I know alot of this may sound like ranting or such, but it has coem to a point for me where I have to choose between not playing or playing with controls that dont work properly.
Problem is that I'm so enthusiastic about this mod that I just cant leave it either and keep comming back even though I know I'm gonna end up "blowing my head off"(not literally ofc) in pure frustration.
So I'm asking here, please help. Even if I have o try everything I allready tried again, as long as I can get thse damn controls working.
