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[Redman_OG]

Whats up everyone?! New to the game (3days in) and enjoying the game a ton. I'm currently flying the Cutlass Black and playing keyboard and mouse ... exploring dual stick and HOTAS options atm, unsure which direction I want to go.

Hope to see you in the Verse and learn as much as possible from everyone!

 

[Vavrik]

Welcome to TEST!
First thing you need to do is set a budget so we have some parameters to go on. Otherwise I mean, put 100 gamers in the room for long enough, you'll have 150 "best options" and none of them will really fit your needs.

 

[White Lando]

Welcome!

HOTAS vs HOSAS is a tough decision. Do you already have experience with either?

I went HOSAS after some research. Zero regrets but I never ran HOTAS. If I had played flight sims etc with HOTAS, I probably would've stuck with that instead of changing to HOSAS. I did play a lot of Halo on the original XBOX, however. How I have my HOSAS setup is how I had my controls for Halo (strafe in all directions on left stick, look around with right stick) so it felt natural to me.

HOSAS handles the strafing up, down, left, right, forward and rearward that's possible in Star Citizen really well. It completely changed the feel of the game. I couldn't go back to K&M flight.

A lot of people run HOTAS with great success, though. I can't speak much on it since I don't have 1st hand experience.

 

[GPcustoms]

Welcome to test. You will love using the flight controls even with the required amount of intoxication prescribed

 

[Raven_King]

Welcome to Test, and to the game! HOSAS is better for space sims. I’ve tried both, extensively. Flight controls can be expensive but you can definitely start with something relatively cheap while you figure out if this is for you long term.

 

[Amun Khonsu]

Whats up everyone?! New to the game (3days in) and enjoying the game a ton. I'm currently flying the Cutlass Black and playing keyboard and mouse ... exploring dual stick and HOTAS options atm, unsure which direction I want to go.

Hope to see you in the Verse and learn as much as possible from everyone!

Good ship!

Welcome to TEST, Redman!

 

[Redman_OG]

Thanks everyone! I'm leaning HOSAS at the moment just based on the research and reading of the forum here. I don't play much Flight Sim and don't plan to really .. so space sim will be the primary reason for buying the setup.

With that being said I'm looking at the T.16000M ... this seems to be THE entry level recommendation from what I can tell ... any objections to that?

 

[Vavrik]

With that being said I'm looking at the T.16000M ... this seems to be THE entry level recommendation from what I can tell ... any objections to that?

It's a good choice to start with and lets you update once you know more about what works for you.
Anyone have the URL for @BuzZz_Killer's setup guide?

 

[White Lando]

It's a good choice to start with and lets you update once you know more about what works for you.
Anyone have the URL for @BuzZz_Killer's setup guide?

View: https://youtu.be/T7N9n5pK5tA


But you'll need to do this to get it to work with the new folder setup:

View: https://youtu.be/tYUO4QUyuWE

 

[marcsand2]

Welcome to TEST Redman
HOSAS

 

[vahadar]

Welcome to the party Redman !

Dual stick is always the way to go, you should read my book on the subject

 

[CosmicTrader]

Welcome to TEST

 

[Scape]

Welcome to TEST!

 

[Devil Dog Hog]

Whats up everyone?! New to the game (3days in) and enjoying the game a ton. I'm currently flying the Cutlass Black and playing keyboard and mouse ... exploring dual stick and HOTAS options atm, unsure which direction I want to go.

Hope to see you in the Verse and learn as much as possible from everyone!

I find that when I don't know what direction I'm going, and if I don't have a particular destination in mind, or if I'm not sure how to get there, then any which way is fine. My wife does not agree with this philosophy, but she doesn't get a say, because I'm the one that's at the wheel and I'm going to go MY way. Now if you think this little ditty is annoying and a tad bit immature, well welcome aboard to TEST squadron buddy, where drinking beer and singing limericks is our player culture.

 

[NaffNaffBobFace]

Aloha, welcome aboard!

 

[Sky Captain]

Welcome to Test Squadron!!!

 

[Ayeteeone]

It's a good choice to start with and lets you update once you know more about what works for you.
Anyone have the URL for @BuzZz_Killer's setup guide?

He normally keeps an up to date posting of them right here in the forums. To wit : https://testsquadron.com/threads/buzzz-killers-recommended-bindings-have-been-updated-for-alpha-3-15.19063/

 

[Lethal1961]

Reading your post makes me want to get out my old flight stick I used to use it on Ace Combat and got pretty good with it Humm .