I've bought that stick and damned it in a five minutes - enormous deadzones and low accuracy.
I can't follow the target as good as I can do it with the keyboard. Each dogfight is a disaster for me.
The question - what is not expensive but high-precision joystick ? What about Logitech Extreme 3D ?
The second question - is there a way to configure sensitivity or calibrate the joystick ?
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Re: Saitek Cyborg X
I use the Extreme 3D - it is adequate, for a budget 'stick (it has oodles of buttons, but a rather large footprint).Mad Hollander wrote:What about Logitech Extreme 3D ?
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You have a chance in your operating system's control panel under game controllers, and another in the game if press F2 when you docked and choose Game Options then Joystick Configuration.Mad Hollander wrote:is there a way to configure sensitivity or calibrate the joystick ?
In test version of Oolite (v1.79) there are a nonlinear jostick handling, but use test versions at your own risk.
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Have you downloaded the Saitek configuration software from the Saitek website?Mad Hollander wrote:The second question - is there a way to configure sensitivity or calibrate the joystick ?
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Yes, I have. But I have no idea how to use that soft to solve the problem with big deadzone in the center. I.e. when I use joytest2 it is unable to draw any small circle in the center.
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Re: Saitek Cyborg X
Solution: bought Thrustmaster T16000M
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Re: Saitek Cyborg X
Looks like a good piece of kit - shame about the Cyborg X but I don't think Saitek exactly did themselves any favours with that one, judging by what I've seen online.Mad Hollander wrote:Solution: bought Thrustmaster T16000M
I've just switched to a Saitek X52 setup and have to say they're not half bad, even if the idea of suction pads on the bases is a bit "retro"! I've now got three hat switches, a mouse controller, two-stage trigger (not much use in Oolite, but very handy for combat flight sims when you have machine guns and cannon) and more slidey controllers and buttons than I know what to do with - I think I ran out of things to assign before I ran out of things to assign them to!
I thought it was a bit insensitive at first, but then realized just how far over you can move the stick so there's a massive range of available movement, plus detents in the throttle travel at about 15% and 75% - those'll do for manoeuvring speed and cruising, respectively...
Random useless fact attack: if you see the recent Riddick movie (protip - don't), at the end while he's flying off in his spaceship, he's controlling it with the X52. Not sure if that says things about my budget or theirs.
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Re: Saitek Cyborg X
The manual steering column of the Enterprise-E was a Gravis Blackhawk, which makes the Cyborg X look like a nigh-unimaginable marvel of space age technology. :-)Capt. Reynolds wrote:Random useless fact attack: if you see the recent Riddick movie (protip - don't), at the end while he's flying off in his spaceship, he's controlling it with the X52. Not sure if that says things about my budget or theirs.
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