how does this stick work playing elite dangerous? any suggestions if this one isnt very good for the game?
1622404
It works fine, but you'll use you're keyboard for the menus on you ship a lot to travel.
1622405
It works very well, but you will wish that you had more buttons and hat switches.
1622406
Sorry, I am not familiar with that game but the stick works very good with flight simulator games.
1622407
Works great and I love it. For those that are wishing for more hat switches you can use the three thumb buttons on the throttle as modifiers (similar to shift, ctrl or alt) to the main stick buttons in controller setup. This multiplies the buttons on the main stick: You essentially have 4 hats, 4 triggers, and 4x2 thumb buttons on the main stick. I just assign each throttle button to a ship function- like #1 = defensive countermeasures, #2 = navigating/docking operations, #3 = utility (i.e. deploy cargo scoop, silent running, etc.) and I have more than enough capability with this setup. Another nice feature that compliments the game is the middle detent in the throttle that allows you to easily locate zero-throttle versus reverse throttle. Highly recommend for Elite:Dangerous.
1622408
I bought this for my husband as a Christmas gift, he has only used it a 2 or 3 of times, so I don't suspect he is very fond of it. I'm sorry that I don't have more information for you.
1622409
I use this with Elite and the Oculus Rift. Works great. Sometimes I wish for an extra hat switch, but I just have the hat switch work the power in free flight and translations/thrusters when docking. Not as good as some other sticks, but MUCH cheaper.
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I have this stick and mainly play on PC, all I did was plug it in, dowload drivers, go into control panel > devices> game controllers checked it at RAP.N3. Went to my game and configured it and was ready to go.
961842
We don't know of any list but he uses this specifically for Elite Dangerous. He says the rudder pedals can be programmed to any game just like a joystick.
1296256
http://www.thrustmaster.com/en_UK/products/t16000m "Rudder controlled by rotating the stick"
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Update: I tried E.Manns' guide but it still did not work. Then 3 days later I gave the controller another shot and it worked, so E.Manns' guide also fixed my problem. Thanks for giving us your insight E.Mann. I hope everyone's problem with this controller has also been resolved.
961840
If you're talking about Elite Dangerous, yes it definitely does support! Other games that it surely supports are Rise of Flight and DCS
1759172
i actually do use these for Elite Dangerous and i have them set as yaw.. they work perfectly and needed no additional help or deadzone. they are spot on right out of the box.
950792
I have had this joystick for about 13 years now. I have played many flight/fighter sims and have never felt the need to upgrade. I have never had any issues with it at all.
986350
There's some conflicts in these answers, so let me straighten things up. The Fighter replaces two push buttons with one 4-way hat and one 2-way hat. Other than that the Combat and Fighter stick are identical. They both have a throttle wheel left of the stick, and built in trim wheels for the x and y axes. Trim is a bit troubling on most sticks since you don't get the feedback on the controls as less stick pressure is required. Don't think that this makes this stick bad since any sim that has trim has this drawback unless you have a force-feedback stick that simulates this (those are almost impossible to find.) The extra hats are great for modern jet study sims, but if you are into games like IL-2, there are normally enough buttons. On the otherhand you can map a ton of functions to all the extra contols, and adding a throttle that has a lot of buttons means you may not even touch your keyboard ingame. The Fighterstick tends to be at least 20 bucks more, so if you want the extra functionality, that's the price.
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It is one of the most intuitive methods for play Elite: Dangerous, that I can think of. There are more than enough switches and buttons to be able to map all of the commonly used commands that it is just a pure joy to fly with it.
1270566
Yes it absolutely will. Elite Dangerous has a specific setting for the x-55 stick under control settings. Also all of the buttons on the x-55 stick can be easily re-configured any way you want them. So any button can become whatever you want that button to be. Hope that makes sense.
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I'm playing Elite Dangerous (not Star Citizen) and for that game the 4-way top hat switch is handy for up-down left-right strafing. I cannot attest to the durability of the switch. ED feels like more like driving a truck or a big ship / submarine as opposed to a race car so I do not find myself having to jerk the hat switch very quickly. If I star citizen differs in this respect, I'd read around more to make sure the switch is durable.
1713772
I wish I could tell you. The PC Raider joystick that I tried to use it with was broken or something, or maybe it was the adapter? Gosh, I can't tell which, although that joystick wasn't so good anyway because the stick was way too loose.
86286
Yes it will. You have to clear all the default joystick setting tho in the game. It's pretty straight forward.However, Ive noticed that in BF4 there is a button or two that seems to be bugged. I use the two buttons in front of the throttle to afterburner, and it keeps opening up a damn menu.In all honesty, it works wonders in BF3... But worst in BF4, They seem to have optimized it mainly for the game pad and mouse/keyboard... At least when flying a heli. "i'm not much of a jet guy."
586164
Works for me! I use it with a ThrustMaster X-Fighter.Edit (May 2015):However, because OS X provides no calibrator, any joystick becomes useless unless you virtualize Windows/Linux (which have calibrators) with something like Parallels/VMWare Fusion. If only the Rockfire unit came with installable drivers containing a calibrator like the Xbox 360 controller does. Unfortunately, they have not been maintaining/supporting the product at all.
86287
Yes it will. You have to clear all the default joystick setting tho in the game. It's pretty straight forward. However, Ive noticed that in BF4 there is a button or two that seems to be bugged. I use the two buttons in front of the throttle to afterburner, and it keeps opening up a damn menu. In all honesty, it works wonders in BF3... But worst in BF4, They seem to have optimized it mainly for the game pad and mouse/keyboard... At least when flying a heli. "i'm not much of a jet guy."
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I could never get mine to fly at all. One of the motors only spins up intermittently causing the craft to invert and crash. Just got it a few weeks ago but never got it to work.