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From: kwinkler@pbs.org (Ken Winkler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: FALCON landing/controls/other stuff
Message-ID: <1991Jan29.131102.11525@pbs.org>
Date: 29 Jan 91 18:11:01 GMT
References: <18192@brahms.udel.edu>
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Organization: PBS:Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA
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In article <18192@brahms.udel.edu>, moyer@brahms.udel.edu (Eric Moyer) writes:
> 
>    FALCON CONTROLS:
> 
>    JOYSTICK:
>       Personally, I bought a quick stick just to play Falcon, and I love it.
> The ADB version of the quick stick isn't good for almost any other game, but
> for falcon it works great. (The ADB verson controls the SPEED of the mouse,
> not its absolute position. Mnay games really need a Self-Centering type
> of joystick control. THe quick stick DOES PHYSICALLY self center, but it
> doesn't LOGICALLY self center. The old mac Plus version of the quick stick
> does have a switch to move from mouse SPEED control to mouse position (self
> centered) colrol. Seems like an init could fix this, but nobody's got one yet)
>   KEYBOARD:
>       Of course, you use the keyboard for lots of stuff, but you can also
> fly the plane with it. I don't tend to like keyboard flight simulator 
> control, but I have a friend who used it (until he got HIS quickstick) and
> did quite well. I'd say its as good as any keyboard flight simulator control.
>   MOUSE:
>       Yuck. I can't stand their mouse control. Haven't tried it since the
> move to 2.2, but it USED to be that the SPEED of your mouse movement
> controlled the ANGLE of the "stick", and I though that was disgustingly
> stupid. I wanted something more like YEAGERS A.F.T. where the absolute pos.
> of the mouse "cursor" was the absolute deflection of the stick. Perhaps
> its better now.
> 
Myself, I use both mouse and keypad.  I think the mouse works great, once 
you get used to it, especially using the button to prevent the `stick' 
from centering.  I use the mouse for dogfighting, but when I need precision
control adjustments (like in bombing and landing) I switch to keypad.  I
must confess, though, if it wasn't for that auto-leveler key, I would
die ALOT.  :-)


							----Ken


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