Use a flight stick with profiler software with Freelancer

[Purgatory]

Hey folks just thought I might share a tip for using a flight stick with Freelancer. I've been trying to figure this out for years and had yet to come up with a work around. Even when I googled it I couldn't find a solution. But because I own so many flight sticks and have nothing good to use them on I thought I'd give it one more shot.

You need profiler software in order to do this. I'm using Logitech software and a Attack 3 flight stick. I haven't tried it with anything else yet but it should work the same. The first thing you must do is start Freelancer and go into the options menu. If you scroll down the page you'll see pitch up, pitch down, turn left and turn right. You'll need to assign keys to these so you can program them as commands in your profiler software. Try to use key you don't use in the game for me it's keys like page up and page down etc.

Then just go into your profiler software and record a new command using one of the four keys you assigned in the Freelancer option menu. After you record the key make sure you move the repeat slider to fast. Then just label the action and save it. Now all you have to do is assign your new commands to the proper axis controls, you should have four.

Y-Axis forward and back (for going up and down) invert if it works for you.

X-Axis left and right (for turning left and right).

After you do this just program the remainder of your buttons on your flight stick however you see fit and you should be good to go.

Take care everyone....shot you, I mean see you out there.

Oh by the way, you can still use your mouse they work great together.

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