Joysticks?

[Sigma117]

Would you say a joystick (either a 360 one or flight stick) is a big help in the game, or more importantly, makes it more fun?

I\'m thinking of picking one up but seeing as this is the only game where it would be useful, I\'d like some opinions on them first.

[DYJ]

How you prefer to fly your crafts is very much a personal thing so it\'s hard to give a definite answer, what I can say is that most people seem to agree that flying planes is whole lot easier with a joystick.

I personally use my X-52 stick for both rockets and planes, so I would recommend getting a joystick.

You might want to take a look at this thread if you are planning on purchasing one: http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/forum/index.php?topic=14166.0

[haltux]

It is possible to do anything with the keyboard, and it is not much more difficult than joystick with intensive use of SAS and RCS, but there is no doubt that in terms of fun, joysticks are a must have.

It is probably not that much important for orbital manoeuvres, but for landing, the joysticks makes the game much more immersive.

And the throttle is at least as much important as the main stick. Most current joysticks have one, though (but you should really check).

[Aegrim]

Xbox controller is great, it\'s also cheap, plugin and play, and works with a ton of other games. Shame the analogue shoulder buttons aren\'t very useful, but i\'ve pretty much found it has just enough button to do everything including moving the camera around.

[Randox]

Like most people, I pretty much refuse to try and fly a plane without a joystick. I also use it for lander control mostly because it gives me better throttle control, and smother turns. However, I still prefer to fly my rockets by keyboard for some reason, even though I suspect a joystick would be easier.

[sss]

joystick is great. i suggest the logitech attack 3.

[Menelmacar]

I just got a joystick yesterday based on the aboved mentioned \'stick recommendation thread and I HIGHLY recommend a stick (and that thread). When your design is lacking (mine always are) the keyboard controls become so twitchy even in precision mode but with the stick (haven\'t used one in ten years) everything got significantly easier. I labelled a few of the buttons so I can access RCS controls (in all directions), SAS hold and toggle, precision mode, map, throttle, landing gear, warp controls and staging pretty much all with my right hand - with better rotation control on top of it all.

The one disadvantage I see to using a stick in KSP is camera control unless you have one of those flash sticks with a cursor or you never use RCS and bind the hat swich to camera control (wish there was a fixed 'from behind-and-above' camera mode for aircraft).

SO I really recommend checking out a few sticks - for KSP I reckon you want something with lots of buttons, a throttle, twist (for roll control) and a hat switch.

(~third post on these forums ~third post about joysticks )