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I have never had problems with customizing controls in other games in all the years I have been gaming. I have just set them up to how I wanted them and started playing. This is not true with the two Cryptic games I have played.
I have a steel series World of Warcarft gaming mouse I use because it has 15 programmable buttons. I like to have the jump button on my mouses thumb button but space wont work in either of Cryptic's games. It works in every other game I have played and in every program I have used. It will even work in the chat box but wont jump in the game. So I had to find a work around and use the tilde key. Since S2 it doesn't work any more and no key I program will work now but they will work in the chat box and every other program I use. So I can't jump or fire from the key I want to use.
So I decided to use my joystick but rudder and throttle are not mapped. Without the two of those mapped no use in using a joystick. Then I tried to use my Xbox 360 controller but couldn't map any of the buttons to the commands I wanted. I tried to use both the bind#1 and bind #2 slots and it wont recognize any of the buttons but it will turn in game though. I clicked on special and there are no joystick key buttons listed.
Is there something I am doing wrong trying to keybind my controller?
Why do I have to spend hours trying to configure basic commands in Cryptic's games?
I have a steel series World of Warcarft gaming mouse I use because it has 15 programmable buttons. I like to have the jump button on my mouses thumb button but space wont work in either of Cryptic's games. It works in every other game I have played and in every program I have used. It will even work in the chat box but wont jump in the game. So I had to find a work around and use the tilde key. Since S2 it doesn't work any more and no key I program will work now but they will work in the chat box and every other program I use. So I can't jump or fire from the key I want to use.
So I decided to use my joystick but rudder and throttle are not mapped. Without the two of those mapped no use in using a joystick. Then I tried to use my Xbox 360 controller but couldn't map any of the buttons to the commands I wanted. I tried to use both the bind#1 and bind #2 slots and it wont recognize any of the buttons but it will turn in game though. I clicked on special and there are no joystick key buttons listed.
Is there something I am doing wrong trying to keybind my controller?
Why do I have to spend hours trying to configure basic commands in Cryptic's games?
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Go make a new toon captain.......
All your wonderful settings that you eventually configured dont transfer, nor is there a way to import them.
Every new toon character I make, I am forec to re-map my buttons to match my Nostromo pad.
Suuuure, it would all be better to set the nostromo to use the default binds, and bind them with the nostromo software, but why? I'm Inside the game, it should be intuitive!
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=91705&highlight=xbox
Xbox is a low budget computer and was designed for peasants and their pixley TVs.
I plug in Xbox 360 controller(Or alternatively, my PS3 controller with software that makes it emulate Xbox 360 controller). Then I make sure my PC recognizes it. I check every button, thumbstick etc is working properly on control panel. Then I start STO. In STO Options/Controllers, I make sure " Joystick" is DEactivated and " Xbox pads" is active. With this set up, buttons of the pad seem to work in log in screen. Thumb sticks work perfectly in-game&in space. However, once IN GAME every single button of the pad remains dead. I can't rebind anything in options. If they have any default binds at all, none of them is working for me. Problem is identical for both Xbox controller and PS3 controller emulating Xbox controller.
If I disable the emulator of my PS3 controller and simply use it as a Joystick, problem is identical. Thumbsticks work great, none of the buttons respond.
AArgh.
Is this normal? What am I supposed to do? This is first time I'm facing any compatibility issues with either of my pads in any game I've ever tried playing with either.
Thanks in advance:)
Anyways a suggestion, though I don't have the mouse you have. Check to make sure that the key press is set to fire off while pressed/held, and not a toggle or repeat. It could also be a limitation in your mouse controller software, check for an update. For the first year I had my G13, it wouldn't save profiles to the controller as advertised. Then they updated the drivers and software package, and it has worked fine since. Good luck.
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