The lack of inverse mouse keeps throwing me off in the chopper. At least thats what I tell myself after I crash into a tower/building/ground.
It's kinda counterintuitive to have it backwards in a helo since you're pushing your mouse in the direction you want the main rotor to tilt.
Never took a liking to flying battlefield choppers with a joystick, though jets pretty much require one. Might be time to dig out the flight stick and retrain this old brain of mine.
The lack of inverse mouse keeps throwing me off in the chopper. At least thats what I tell myself after I crash into a tower/building/ground.
It's kinda counterintuitive to have it backwards in a helo since you're pushing your mouse in the direction you want the main rotor to tilt.
Yeah, really looking forward to the full game and being able to properly run inverse on the mouse.
Never took a liking to flying battlefield choppers with a joystick, though jets pretty much require one. Might be time to dig out the flight stick and retrain this old brain of mine.
I don't use a joystick on the helos either. The mouse and keyboard setup is actually quite responsive and good for helo piloting. Fuck flying jets with a mouse right in the ass though. Joystick or bust.
The lack of inverse mouse keeps throwing me off in the chopper. At least thats what I tell myself after I crash into a tower/building/ground.
It's kinda counterintuitive to have it backwards in a helo since you're pushing your mouse in the direction you want the main rotor to tilt.
I keep trying to use the mouse to turn and yawing into trees. Finally had a chance to use a jet when the server emptied out, they seem surprisingly easy to fly. But rather useless at anything other than fighting other jets
Their cannon hurts vehicles also. Super fast strafe runs ftw.
Right now the jet's guns don't do jack to vehicles. I was in a LAV and got strafed again and again. I think I lost like 5% health each time. I actually started feeling bad for them as their was nothing they could do to me.
Whenever a match starts, it always spawns me in the exact same spot. Different servers, I wait before pressing deploy, etc, always the same spot. I can never get the AA.
The lack of inverse mouse keeps throwing me off in the chopper. At least thats what I tell myself after I crash into a tower/building/ground.
It's kinda counterintuitive to have it backwards in a helo since you're pushing your mouse in the direction you want the main rotor to tilt.
I keep trying to use the mouse to turn and yawing into trees. Finally had a chance to use a jet when the server emptied out, they seem surprisingly easy to fly. But rather useless at anything other than fighting other jets
Yea, that's not what the mouse is for. The mouse controls the helo's movement in a strict forward/backward/strafe left/strafe right sense. You can turn using the main rotor in BF3, but honestly you'll never be going fast enough where that sort of maneuver is viable or even needed. Just use the tail rotor (A and D keys) to do actual turns.
Get the Arma 2 Demo and load the attack chopper basic training. It'll teach you everything you need to know.
EDIT: Somehow I accidently did this as a new post instead of an edit. Whoopsy.
See, I own ARMA 2 and can fly the choppers in it with the mouse fairly well (I can make it from point A to point but I just can't wrap my head around the BF3 controls. I think my longest flight so far was backwards... into a tree.
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So far, while I've been playing tonight it seems like all the best action outside of air combat gravitates towards B. In my opinion anyway. Every game I play I just spend my time up on B defending. Been vip about 4 times in a row now because of it. Good stuff.
I've found that support is basically my favorite thing ever on Caspian. With a foregrip equipped PF Chang, I can assault the shit out of points, and the terrain/building layout makes ninja C4ing tanks hilariously easy.
The lack of inverse mouse keeps throwing me off in the chopper. At least thats what I tell myself after I crash into a tower/building/ground.
It's kinda counterintuitive to have it backwards in a helo since you're pushing your mouse in the direction you want the main rotor to tilt.
I keep trying to use the mouse to turn and yawing into trees. Finally had a chance to use a jet when the server emptied out, they seem surprisingly easy to fly. But rather useless at anything other than fighting other jets
Yea, that's not what the mouse is for. The mouse controls the helo's movement in a strict forward/backward/strafe left/strafe right sense. You can turn using the main rotor in BF3, but honestly you'll never be going fast enough where that sort of maneuver is viable or even needed. Just use the tail rotor (A and D keys) to do actual turns.
Get the Arma 2 Demo and load the attack chopper basic training. It'll teach you everything you need to know.
EDIT: Somehow I accidently did this as a new post instead of an edit. Whoopsy.
See, I own ARMA 2 and can fly the choppers in it with the mouse fairly well (I can make it from point A to point but I just can't wrap my head around the BF3 controls. I think my longest flight so far was backwards... into a tree.
The BF3 choppers are a bit more sluggish so it's easier to overcompensate on them compared to BF2/Arma 2. That may be what's screwing you up.
Anytime you wonder why you're teammates are retarded, just go read the BF3 forums. Those are the people you're playing with.
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lu tzeSweeping the monestary steps.Registered Userregular
edited October 2011
BF3 choppers handle really weirdly for me.
I can do all kinds of fancy shit just piloting with keys in Arma (not even with a joystick). I have trouble even flying in a straight line in BF3... it's just feels so counter intuitive.
Also: I shot a heli with my IGLA last night... pilot landed, fixed the heli and took off again in the time it took to reload my IGLA. So I shot him again... same... and again... same. Except now I'm out of fucking rockets and have an angry Viper hunting for me. Not impressed.
Also also: Jets reload flares quicker than I can reload my damn rocket. And they have infinite flares! Again, not impressed. AA needs to be a credible threat to decent pilots, not just the idiots who will crash anyway.
Edit: Is there any way to replenish your launcher ammo without dying? I've been searching everywhere, but documentation on important stuff like this seems to be piss fucking poor.
Is there any way to look around your cockpit other than with the mouse (i.e right click + panning)? I can only stay in the air using arrow keys to control, so it's not a great option.
If I'm gaining height back after a low run I'll take a quick look over the battlefield with the mouse, and just use rudder to start angling slowly towards the next target.
Just had a round where enemy squads kept parachuting in between the forest and the gas station, where I was waiting in the foliage with my trusty M249. Sceptics of Support's value in Caspian are sorely mistaken, btw...
Edit: Is there any way to replenish your launcher ammo without dying? I've been searching everywhere, but documentation on important stuff like this seems to be piss fucking poor.
Supports can throw ammo packs and you can get ammo from those.
Does the game auto recognize 360 controllers or will I have to do some freaky binds to get it to work? Id try it, but as Im using a PS3 controller and MotionJoy to make my computer think its a 360 controller I cant at the moment (since I dont have MotionJoy installed. Also, Im going to sleep.).
So far, while I've been playing tonight it seems like all the best action outside of air combat gravitates towards B. In my opinion anyway. Every game I play I just spend my time up on B defending. Been vip about 4 times in a row now because of it. Good stuff.
Being the high point with good access to all the points helps. It is also a great stop for AA.
Anyone else have the massively annoying issue where keybinds for getting out of vehicles don't work? I ride my jeeps into oblivion.
Also, it was actually quite fun having no little blue triangles yesterday because I paid way more attention to the character models, which I think will be handy in the long run.
In my experience it seems like it's two to disable, three to destroy.
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edited October 2011
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I'm sorry guys, don't want to stray but can you help me find the BFBC2 thread? if one exists. I am tired of going through bf3 search results that mention bc2 ^o^
o, well! Any BC2 players with the "disconnect" message when trying to connect to servers. Tons of people over at SPUF are having problems as well as on the EA forums. Trying to track down REAL solutions but no luck so far.
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Right now the jet's guns don't do jack to vehicles. I was in a LAV and got strafed again and again. I think I lost like 5% health each time. I actually started feeling bad for them as their was nothing they could do to me.
It's also turning all my posts into psychotic double posts. AAAAAAAACK!
Whenever a match starts, it always spawns me in the exact same spot. Different servers, I wait before pressing deploy, etc, always the same spot. I can never get the AA.
See, I own ARMA 2 and can fly the choppers in it with the mouse fairly well (I can make it from point A to point
Tofu wrote: Here be Littleboots, destroyer of threads and master of drunkposting.
Damn I love them.
The BF3 choppers are a bit more sluggish so it's easier to overcompensate on them compared to BF2/Arma 2. That may be what's screwing you up.
Anytime you wonder why you're teammates are retarded, just go read the BF3 forums. Those are the people you're playing with.
I can do all kinds of fancy shit just piloting with keys in Arma (not even with a joystick). I have trouble even flying in a straight line in BF3... it's just feels so counter intuitive.
Also: I shot a heli with my IGLA last night... pilot landed, fixed the heli and took off again in the time it took to reload my IGLA. So I shot him again... same... and again... same. Except now I'm out of fucking rockets and have an angry Viper hunting for me. Not impressed.
Also also: Jets reload flares quicker than I can reload my damn rocket. And they have infinite flares! Again, not impressed. AA needs to be a credible threat to decent pilots, not just the idiots who will crash anyway.
Edit: Is there any way to replenish your launcher ammo without dying? I've been searching everywhere, but documentation on important stuff like this seems to be piss fucking poor.
If I'm gaining height back after a low run I'll take a quick look over the battlefield with the mouse, and just use rudder to start angling slowly towards the next target.
Just had a round where enemy squads kept parachuting in between the forest and the gas station, where I was waiting in the foliage with my trusty M249. Sceptics of Support's value in Caspian are sorely mistaken, btw...
Supports can throw ammo packs and you can get ammo from those.
Does the game auto recognize 360 controllers or will I have to do some freaky binds to get it to work? Id try it, but as Im using a PS3 controller and MotionJoy to make my computer think its a 360 controller I cant at the moment (since I dont have MotionJoy installed. Also, Im going to sleep.).
I've been playing support all evening.
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Being the high point with good access to all the points helps. It is also a great stop for AA.
I always slap on two to be sure. The slight delay between charge detonation and the resulting tank explosion sounds goddamn awesome.
Now if only more people played support, I might have to give it a go.
They'll fill up your primary ammo first, then secondary and so forth with grenades last.
Also, it was actually quite fun having no little blue triangles yesterday because I paid way more attention to the character models, which I think will be handy in the long run.
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