What is the deal with these messed up flight controls ?

[guiltyspark]

Originally Posted by TexRoadkill

THE REASON THEY PUT FLIGHT CONTROLS ON THE LEFT STICK -

Because otherwise you would have to take your thumb off of the controls in order to hit the face buttons.

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like every other shooter game

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[TexRoadkill]

Originally Posted by guiltyspark

like every other shooter game

NEXT

In every other shooter game, I assume you mean first person shooters, you don't stall, spin out or lose your target because you took your thumb off of the stick. In FPS all movement is on the left stick also.

I agree the config needs more options but since everyone was wondering why you have to fly with the left stick I just thought I would illuminate them.

[Porcho]

This is the way I see it. First of all, I'm right-handed, but always fly with the left stick, just seems more natural.. and to whoever said its like not like an FPS because your not aiming with the right stick, you are incredibly wrong. In an FPS, what controls your movement?

The left stick, therefore plane controls are set to left stick. Right stick in a FPS control where you look, which is also aiming, but technically, where you 'look' and therefore right stick controls your camera, allowing you to looks around the cockpit.

But yes, they don't need to change the controls, they need to add. I like flying like this, along with many others, then again people like it the way your mentioning.
So they should have both options, not just one. Anyway, eventually this won't matter to me anyway, since I'm going to eventually get a joystick that actually works with IL 2 BoP effectively and efficiently.

[Xx RTEK xX]

I have no problem controlling Pitch/Roll on the left stick. That's the way I fly on Over G. I've always used the right stick in OGF, AC6, and HAWX for looking around, and left stick for control of plane. I'm right handed too, and it's in no way awkward to me.

[Riccster09]

100% agree. I can barely keep the plane level with all of the controls on the left stick.

[David603]

There should be a choice for people who want it, but I have found it easy to switch from flying with the right stick to flying with the left, and given the choice, I've even come to prefer the set up this way when playing the PC version of Il2 with a 360 controller.

[IamKFAM]

Hi all.

Welcome to the world of console flight games. Almost every one controls this way back to the first d-pad type controlers.

I'm afraid that the console world has a momentum of it's own on the subject. Anton and the gang were right to follow it...

Get a flight stick and let it go.... you that want the change are in the vast minority...

The unposting masses will be fine with the left stick.

Again sorry... just sayin...