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Any way to change incremental throttle?
morrigan2007
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Is there any way to change the space throttle controls so that you do not have to click, click, click, click whenever you want to alter speed? This is really frustrating in space battles trying to click and maneuver at the same time. I would rather have a regular throttle as in other games where the speed increases continuously as you lean on a key. Ideally it should work both ways, with individual clicks setting the throttle in increments and holding the key down making speed increase continuously.
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Learn how to edit bind files and you can change the amount that speed changes per flick.
I cant think of an obvious way to make speed change continously in a functional manner but there are tricks with the bind files and + commands that are like toggles so it might be doable.
/bind Middleclick "throttleset 0"
This. I exclusively use these keys for throttle and never bother with clicking.
Also I tweaked them with a keybind to increment in fifths instead of fourths.
e.g something like one of these:
/bind E throttleadjust .2
/bind Q throttleadjust -.2
/bind E throttleadjust .16
/bind Q throttleadjust -.16
etc.
and this sets it back to 25%:
/bind E throttleadjust .25
/bind Q throttleadjust -.25
Joined January 2009
turn rate is severely penalized under 25%.
the standard "r" for full and stop, along with the standard "q" and "e" for decrease
and increase has always worked well for me.
the only time i've ever actually clicked a speed is when i wanted to be at a specific
speed, say like; exactly at 20, which might have been say 83%.
Are you saying you don't have to click the forward and reverse keys to set the throttle at a particular speed, but can just hold down these keys and have it go from 0 to half speed or 3/4 speed and reverse again without individual clicks? I am not using the default keys for the throttle and I am wondering if that might be why I am stuck with a throttle that requires individual clicks to set it, rather than just holding the key down to increase speed.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Sorry when you were using the word "click" I thought you meant you were using the mouse left button on the throttle UI. You still have to push the button for each increment; it's how the game handles throttle, on down, not on release.
If you want to push and hold a button you're going to need to adjust the increment to a low value (lower than what I showed above), then set up some custom macros with a 3rd party program (like what comes with Logitech's gaming keyboards for example) so that when *key of your choice* is held it sends that key down, and key up, and key down sequence again and again until you release the key (probably also with a few millisecond delay between up and down during the repeat).
Joined January 2009
That would be nice. Makes it easier to stay in the aft arc of an opponent, for example. Of course, a smart player can find ways to outwit someone using it to follow them.