IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey Patch for PlayStation 3

[Rhah]

The game IS still being played online. There's a massive tournament going on with the PS3 community at the moment. Can't speak for the Xbox, but there are plenty of people playing on the PS3.
As for the keyboard options... why not? Some of us will find it quite useful, especially the guys with flight sticks, as it will make it a lot more like a PC flight sim.

[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by Rhah

As for the keyboard options... why not? Some of us will find it quite useful, especially the guys with flight sticks, as it will make it a lot more like a PC flight sim.

Haha, maybe you can map one half of the keyboard to left rudder, and the other half to right rudder, then use the keyboard as rudder pedals. That's the only way I can see a keyboard being used in conjunction with a controller


EDIT: the tearing is listed as one of the fixes. The list posted on this forum is not the full list, as stated.

[Rhah]

Originally Posted by InfiniteStates

Haha, maybe you can map one half of the keyboard to left rudder, and the other half to right rudder, then use the keyboard as rudder pedals. That's the only way I can see a keyboard being used in conjunction with a controller

Thats a bloody genius idea! But I was thinking more along the lines of being able to assign things like landing gear, flaps, and trim to the keyboard. I've just started using the Aviator wireless controller setup, and I'm really missing the zoom.... if the customisable controls allow us to assign anything to keys, then it will at least give us some options. The more choice, the better

[guiltyspark]

Originally Posted by Rhah

The game IS still being played online. There's a massive tournament going on with the PS3 community at the moment. Can't speak for the Xbox, but there are plenty of people playing on the PS3.
As for the keyboard options... why not? Some of us will find it quite useful, especially the guys with flight sticks, as it will make it a lot more like a PC flight sim.

but.... its not a pc flight sim.....

adding keyboard support to a game that has less then a quarter of the commands the pc version has is pretty useless.

what would you need like 3 keys?

[trk29]

Maybe they will add additional commands to keyboard so all you have to do with the stick is turn and shoot, and everything else will be on the keyboard.

[guiltyspark]

Originally Posted by trk29

Maybe they will add additional commands to keyboard so all you have to do with the stick is turn and shoot, and everything else will be on the keyboard.

why would you want that?

i could not think of a more uncomfortable way of playing a game

[trk29]

Originally Posted by guiltyspark

why would you want that?

i could not think of a more uncomfortable way of playing a game

I never said "I want more commands"

What I said was Maybe they are doing that. We don't know.

Pc players have been doing it for years. They might not think it is uncomfortable.

[Rhah]

Originally Posted by guiltyspark

but.... its not a pc flight sim.....

adding keyboard support to a game that has less then a quarter of the commands the pc version has is pretty useless.

what would you need like 3 keys?

Fair point, but its good to have the option, especially for the people using flight sticks. Anyway, I seriously doubt that implementing this will have caused any major delay in making the patch, so its all good.

[InfiniteStates]

Originally Posted by guiltyspark

but.... its not a pc flight sim.....

adding keyboard support to a game that has less then a quarter of the commands the pc version has is pretty useless.

what would you need like 3 keys?

So what? Just because you can't think of a use doesn't mean no-one will. Someone might be glad for 3 keys. Even if you just map undercarriage, or view select, to the space bar it could be useful...

I don't understand why you have such a bee in your bonnet about this feature. I hope you're not blaming it for the patch delay... lol