1.- Do anyone Know if it is possible to create a Joystick Mode???
---- A Joystick Mod is not possible.
2.- If it is Yes or No, please, explain Why?
---- Because Freelancer has no Jystick Support.
3.- Did anyone try to make the Joystick work?
---- Yes, using some programs that simulate key pushing with Joystick Button pushing. Button One would, for example, do as if you pushed "A".
4.- if the answer is yes, please, explain what happen...
---- No one really uses it because it is impossible to aim correctly with this, because the Joystick moves the cursor to move the ship, BUT the cursor is the aim. Also, precision is no way with this. NPCs would kill you easily.
5.- How many of you would like to get the joystick working on freelancer?
---- I guess not many. before more wanted, but whenever you really get the trick with mouse and keyboard, you love it.

Hope this helps,
FF

FF, thats not quite all true, there is however, Read This by Bargib on the subject. Over alll, it doesn't work correctly. See if this aswers your questions.

Hello again,

First, I want to apologize to Lancer reactor staff to bring out a forbidden old topic. I didnt know, but it is not excuse and I should read more the rules. I want to thanks Friendlyfire and Cortana for their kindness by posting here. Finally, despite everyones opinion, for a flight/space sim with small ships, a joystick is a must. I estudied aerospace eng. and we use to design small flight/space sims to test some calculation and the joystick make a big difference. One thing is to get use to the mouse, other thing is what would be the best interface. I understand the commercial needs so they use the mouse, but they could use both.

Anyway, I keep reading into the material given by Cortana to see what can I come up with.

Thank you again, and to lancer reactor staff you are free to close down these matter it is much trouble for you.

Sincerely,

RG

I'm glad you brought it up. I've been wondering the same question myself. I fully expected to be able to use my JoyStick with Freelancer. I wasn't heartbroken when I couldn't, but I still would have liked to try it. I was curious if DA or any modders had ever made any progress on this. Thanks

Closing it is not nessisary if it provides info for others.

You may find this funny, but about a month ago, I found that if you could get a hold of one of the editors of the game, Freelancer, it would take them 5 to 10 minuets max to create a joystick mod. Well, I called microsoft and went from one person to the next for 7 hours, to find out that there is only one joystick that will work for Freelancer, without a mod, but the information on which joystick it is is "unavalable to noncorporate persons".

Everything is nothing, but nothing is not everything.

hmmm, i could pull some strings. (dad works at microsoft and KNOWS some people who made games)

who are you?
For major game nerds=\/\//-/0 r /_/

an X box controller would be awesome for this game

just to add,but u say joysticks wouldn't work for the game...well i use the fixed mouse flight (don't have to keep LMB down) and i have no probs aiming (ask the people who've fought me..they'll tell you ) so using the joystick for both wouldn't be too much of a bother (worked for starlancer didn't it?)I for one would welcome a joystick mod/patch..if only someone would get one working..i'd worship them as a god!lol

I may be getting older but i refuse to grow up

edit-actually the only prob would be getting FL to seperate the 2 so u could use the mouse for the Map,Chat box and selecting targets etc

Edited by - ds9phoenix on 7/4/2005 8:41:52 AM

My post above gives the only available info for useing a joystick, sorry.