Click and Drag vs. Mouse Flight

Fri May 02, 2003 6:54 pm by Stardust

My main problem with Freelancer is that my reactions for some reasons suck big and I am rubbish in combat, even against the puny level 1 rogues on the first mission. But I want to know what you all prefer:

Click and drag: Where you have to press the left mouse button to move

or

Mouse Flight: Where the ship moves wherever the mouse moves

or

A mixture of both?

Please give me you opinion

Fri May 02, 2003 7:13 pm by Lt Cmdr. Ajim

click and drag and strafe... sometimes i just need to level the tin can so i know my position during fights except using humbacks thats a different strory coz i need turrets...

argh.. im never gonna get paid.. goodbye a million credits..

Fri May 02, 2003 9:49 pm by Mav

Mix of both, Click and drag for most non dog-fighting situations.... and mouse flight for dog-fighting

Fri May 02, 2003 11:16 pm by bbrock81

Yeah, I always use mouse flight to dogfight, or when I'm hauling contraband or am doing something else that requires me to be ready for a fight or flight situation.

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Sat May 03, 2003 12:22 am by Drunk Ewok

For combat I use mouse flight, but for just freeflight and trading i use click and drag.

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Sat May 03, 2003 12:28 am by GodSpeed

click and drag is much easier to handle when just flying or doing trade runs (especially when you need to use your map or something and mouse flight is just flying your ship in circles). but for fighting, mouse flight is better because you dont have to hold left click, then use right click to shoot.

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Sat May 03, 2003 1:14 am by maswastage|BG

yep, same here. Click & drag for flight, and mouse for combat.

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Sat May 03, 2003 3:59 am by NukeIt

Keyboard for normal flight(where I usually am using goto or dock so maneuvers aren't needed), mouse flight for everything else from combat to looting to mining etc.

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Sat May 03, 2003 4:07 pm by Gig

I use mouse flight for combat too. That way I can use my mouse wheel to shoot missles.

Mon May 05, 2003 4:26 am by Unpro

I never use click and drag...

just use mouse control and the rest of the navigation buttons..

here's a hint : get a good optical mouse. Got that? 'OPTICAL'..

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Mon May 05, 2003 4:51 am by CW

That reminds me to REMEMBER that I can use click and drag... I've burnt myself more than once when the stupid autopilot tries to run me into the sun...

"WARNING! Entering sun corona!"
"Oh ****! Disconnect the autopilot! Give me back mouse fli..."
KABOOM!!!

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