All the racing games I play have the car movement on the left stick/d-pad and then the gas/brake with the buttons on the right. So... this configuration with the pitch/movement on the left stick seems OK to me. Although I have yet to play the demo...

I suppose an option to switch this layout back and forth on the sequel would then please everyone...

What's the problem? Ace Combat 6 used left stick for control, as did Over G Fighters and HAWX... And I believe Blazing Angels did it as well (not sure though). It's not a weird innovation by BoP.

When BF1943 came it's controls were damn awkward for me. But I got used to them (instead of switching in options menu, lol)... Just like I'm now used to the controls in BoP, after two days of playing.

If it's really such a problem, buy an extra xbox360 controller for $30 and rewire it, or even better buy the aviator joystick for $50.

..you are joking, no custom setup on the controller!

I'll be taking my PS3 controller apart then, this is really bad news.

Just like the racing games that only use the front buttons for the throttle, CRAP IDEA.....

now I'm really pissed off....

It was going so well.....

Phil

Oops! I don't know how I missed this thread but this post should have gone in here. :oops:

Anyway, I'm glad that you responded to this Anton and I will hope that the game is a big hit & perhaps customizable controls will be "part" of an update down the road sometime. Until then, I'll probably be biting the bullit and getting an Aviator stick. I started playing IL2 years ago with a "twist-rudder" Logitech stick so it shouldn't be too bad I suppose. Just not as comfortable as reclining on the sofa with a gamepad. :|

Just remember, in the future, triggers = yaw, just like the pedals in a plane. ;)

Flying with the right stick would be easier but you would have to take your thumb off of the stick to hit any of the face buttons.

HEY IM LEFT HANDED! well actually amba wahtever the word is when u can use both hands. but mainly LEFT HANDED!

Actually, I've been playing shooters for 5+ years and only started playing IL-2 1946 in November 2008. When I first played the demo on the Xbox 360, I had no problem at all with the layout.

Although I agree that there needs to be an option to switch layouts, I really don't see how it is so hard to adjust, or why some people have to adjust at all. RC plane users I can understand why... But why is everyone else having such a hard time? Do RC plane users make up more than half of flight sim fans?

Well, I think a lot of flight sim lovers took their hobby to the real world at a certain point. The ones who can afford fly real planes and the ones who can't, fly RC planes - especially since they became reasonably cheap over the last few years.

The controller layout is a bit tough to master. I only played on realistic mode so far and it was quite a challenge. Looking around in the cockpit takes a lot of concentration and makes using the throttle/rudder at the same time impossible.

Anyway I ordered my Aviator joystick and recommend doing the same to everybody who does not like the joypad controls. I mean, it's a flight sim - who would want to play that on a joypad? ;)