Battlefield Tri-hard

[Warsaw]

Is there hat-look support in BF3? Like, can you look around without turning the aircraft? Also, that bouncing may be because you are moving fast.

[Limited]

Limited called me a douche when I C4'd his tank. c:

No one messes with my ride...

[Donut]

obviously he does

so is the jet flying in this worth getting a flight sim joystick? by get, i mean steal it from my cousin, so the real question is how is the flying? is it like, flight sim combat grade?

[ThePlague]

Between the arrow keys and m/kb, arrow keys and wasd worked better for me. I tried hooking up my joystick, but the buttons were all fucked and I gave up.

[Warsaw]

Is there hat-look support in BF3? Like, can you look around without turning the aircraft? Also, that bouncing may be because you are moving fast.

Bump.

[Amit]

There obviously is since Derplancer used it in his video. I never figured out the key to activate the free look, though. I forgot to recheck the controls menu which most definitely would have told me which one it is.

[Cortexian]

I never used a joystick, so I don't know if the hat key is auto-bound to that. If you hold down Ctrl while in the cockpit view your mouse movements turn into a hat-look style view. I did it in the beginning of my jets video.

The only problem I had with mouse/keyboard is that when you're turning/pulling up you'll eventually run your mouse off the surface it's on. Need a joystick to compensate for that. I have a Saitek joystick that I'll have to try when the game is released.

[Warsaw]

There obviously is since Derplancer used it in his video. I never figured out the key to activate the free look, though. I forgot to recheck the controls menu which most definitely would have told me which one it is.

Mouse + Keyboard != Hat switch.

Good to know there is support for looking, but actual hat-switch support is spotty outside of real sims, and even in some sims it is implemented terribly (see: IL2: Wings of Prey).

[cheezdue]

The only problem I had with mouse/keyboard is that when you're turning/pulling up you'll eventually run your mouse off the surface it's on.

This. I just used my good ol' keyboard for flying. My only complaint was having to unlock flares and missiles for the jet and chopper. I was only able to take down one jet and a chopper throughout the entire beta when I was flying a jet. :c Also the damn helis need a damn health buff. Anybody could take those down easily.

[Warsaw]

After the bollocks that was heli circle-strafing on Atacama, can you honestly blame them for nerfing the helicopters?

It's typical DICE. There's always one borderline game-breaking feature in a Battlefield game. Sometimes they fix it, but when they do, it always results in another borderline game-breaking feature.