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Re: Speeder Bike

Hm, the only problem with the speederbike i have:
It uses the Fighter Controls, and if i forget to put my Joysticks Throttle in the middel position the bike is very hard to control if you fly it with your Mouse.

Would it possible to use the Infanterie Controls for it ?
Or does any other use a Joystick for this thing ? big_smile

About the speed thing:
If you want to make it faster, make the feeling faster.
How about a Motion Blur effect, simulating a tunnel View at high speed ?

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16 Reply by TY2D2 (edited by TY2D2 2008-04-26 04:59:06)

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Re: Speeder Bike

Motion blur would probably require new shaders and/or a new .exe [possible to make new .exe but ehh] But BF2142 engine may not support motion blur. Maybe it could be faked, but it's too much of a hassle for so little gain imo.

And Duke,

1. It would add many MBs to the mod.
2. It has the potential to confuse new players.
And last and most importantly:
3. Every single thing would have to be rebalanced.

So, no. Not going to happen.

It's a lame idea imo, anyways.



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Re: Speeder Bike

Alreech wrote:

Hm, the only problem with the speederbike i have:
It uses the Fighter Controls, and if i forget to put my Joysticks Throttle in the middel position the bike is very hard to control if you fly it with your Mouse.

Would it possible to use the Infanterie Controls for it ?
Or does any other use a Joystick for this thing ? big_smile

About the speed thing:
If you want to make it faster, make the feeling faster.
How about a Motion Blur effect, simulating a tunnel View at high speed ?

I use a joystick for all the craft except those mapped as ground vehicles, eg the speeders on Tatooine. All fighters and cap ships are joystick mapped, as is the probe droid and the bikes. Probe droid gets a little getting used to, but as long as you remember to stick throttle back before getting on a bike, it wont suddenly take off on you.

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18 Reply by Alreech (edited by Alreech 2008-04-26 05:46:04)

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Re: Speeder Bike

The Probe droid also use the Joystick ?
What explains why i crash him regulary, lol. big_smile

I use the Joystick only for space combat, but in ground combat i prefer the mouse. Works better for me, feels more "natural" and "precise". In BF2 i use the joystick only for flying jets, Heli is mapped on mouse.

TY2D2 wrote:

Motion blur would probably require new shaders and/or a new .exe [possible to make new .exe but ehh] But BF2142 engine may not support motion blur. Maybe it could be faked, but it's too much of a hassle for so little gain imo.

Some BF2 Mods have a MotionBlur if you aim over ironsights (Forgotten Hope 2 ?), but i agree it's only eye candy and there are other, more important things to improve. wink

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Re: Speeder Bike

Why dont you guys use the alternate keybinds, and then you will have no problems?

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Re: Speeder Bike

Hm, i think i don't understand your suggestion with the alternate keybinds.
Do you mean the 2nd row of Keybindings in the Ingame Options, or a edited Controls.con ?

I have edited mit Controls.con to use the  CommoRose / SquadRose with the Joystick, if it possible to map the Speeder by this way to the LandPlayerInput ?

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Re: Speeder Bike

Is there no way to keep its jumping ability the same while increasing speed? Fast on the ground, slow in the air.

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