Mouse Control of ship?

[Eagle]

I very nearly bought X³ TC today but was confused about ship control. I'm traditionally a joystick kinda guy with the X series but wondered whether mouse control was now improved/possible as it mentioned something about it on the case.

Can someone let me know what it's like or is j/s still the way to go?

[GrahamAtome]

in my humble opinion I would use the Joystick and keyboard. I find flying with the mouse a PITA

[Scarecrow]

wow ... there's a blast from the past

Hey Eagle

I still use a joystick .... there's some thing about flying a spaceship with a mouse that just don't sit right with me.

[Eagle]

Thanks guys. Is it improved though? I may well 'Steam' it and just play with mouse until I get my joystick out of storage.

[Carlo the Curious]

I find it fine with a mouse and keyboard (X3R-style). The default for TC is Freelancer-style though, so whichever you prefer.

[eladan]

Is it improved though?

Depends what you're used to.

The mouse control in TC supposedly resembles Freelancer (I haven't played, so I can't confirm) and many people find it much better. Personally, I prefer the old method.

[Targ Collective]

Mouse works. Use it all the time. Did so all the way back to X2, no problems my end.

[Kriscerosaurus]

I'll second the Freelancer-style control idea. Been a while since my Freelancer days but TC felt VERY similar as soon as I started.

TC is my first X game, however, so I can't comment on any "improvements" from earlier games.

[pjknibbs]

Heya, Eagle! Been nearly two years since we saw your phosphors round these parts.

I still use joystick and keyboard myself, but then I'm an old reactionary who doesn't like change . Mouse control in X3TC is greatly improved, but you need to bear in mind that if you're using the "shoot at mouse cursor" type of laser fire, auto-aim doesn't work--you can only use AA when using Boresight fire (bound to CTRL by default, but can be remapped).

[Eagle]

Cheers! Yaw and Pitch, I take it, are via keys?

[Gazz]

The default mause control is yaw/pitch, with roll as key.

I tried hard to use a joystick but my Saitek X36 can't match the performance of my optical mouse. The joystick axis are translated linearry which doesn't give the needed accuracy near the dead zone.

[Eagle]

Thanks again. Might just go for it. How big is the Steam download? I'm on a pretty ropey connection.

Is 'Avis' still about?

[logan86]

I cant remember exactly but the steam download is several gigabytes. on my 2mbps connection it took about 8 hours to download. so its probably an over night job really.

Also, i agree with gazz that there just isnt enough accuracy near the dead zone with a joystick.

in my experience its just straight, or crazy turning. and if you turn up the dead zone range to try and stop it having a mind of its own, it just feels unresponsive.

[Eagle]

Hmm. I only have a 300kb/s connection (PlusNet) so I think that's out for me. Thanks anyway.

[Eagle]

Went out and bought a new Joystick together with the game so I'm all set.

Forth time through (well, it's pretty much the same each game, isn't it?)... must be something about it though.

[Targ Collective]

Avis...? I recognise that name. Think so.

Have fun Eagle. Feel free to say hello once in a while.