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

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Originally Posted by Araqiel

I'm currently playing 1946 with a pad, and while it's almost certainly nothing like what I'll get out of it once I get a decent HOTAS setup it's certainly functional. Rudder on the triggers, left stick-click to centre view, right stick-click toggles gunsight view, throttles on the shoulder buttons as well as mousewheel so I can use right rudder on takeoff while increasing throttle, and armaments on the A/B/X/Y buttons suits me well.

I have no doubt gamepads work for flight games and FPS. As you point out, it's not the best tool for the job.

I could use a hammer to kill flies, but I'd rather use a fly swatter. It is just that much less frustrating to kill the fly with the proper tool. Plus the hammer leaves holes in the wall - much like a gamepad would if I ever tried to play FPS games with it.

Microsoft, Sony and game developers essentially force me to "kill flies with a hammer" by only giving me the option of using the gamepad for FPS and Birds of Prey (considering the poor flight stick support right now).

I will be shocked and impressed if the patch allows me to use my TM16000 and assign any function to any button/axis. The game may get some play time if that occurs.