>I really wish we could make everyone happy; I'll certainly look >into offering both choices. However I am familiar enough with >our joystick code to know that this is not trivial addition.
I just find it frustrating to have such a great game that I cannot play (or at least enjoy because of lousy controls) The game is THIS close to being perfect but unfortunately a very important (and very basic) part was (seemingly) overlooked: giving the player the option of turning off auto-centering -or leaving it off altogether. I can't stress it enough, I have tried and tried and _tried_ (boy have I tried) to play with my FLCS and it is (without any exaggeration) _impossible_ to aim with!
PLEASE try it yourself and you'll really understand what we mean -use the joystick to control torso & pedals to control the mechs legs, you _cannot_ hit anything (unless you're firing locked missiles) with this auto-center "feature"... arrgghh....
But alas that was not the point of this post. Tim, thanks for the hard work, if you can "fix" this problem with a patch or a later release, we will all appreciate it. I will buy it again just so I can play with a joystick (the game is worth it.) So I (and others) can really start to enjoy this game you've worked so hard on. And we know you have _really_ worked hard, so rest up, you've deserved it...
..and once you're rested you can start working on this darned 'auto-center' fix! ;)
B Masc - The Masc
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