Vehicle control idea

Trigz07 · Post by **Trigz07** » 2007-08-26 03:45

Ok Well I was looking at the Nations at war mod which really looks amazing. I then looked at a trailer of it on youtube and when it got to the boat landing part something hit me. The boat was sliding away. Why not have the scroll wheel on the mouse be able to change gears on the car of parking break or something. It shoud be possible because of 1. Bf2 sandbox you can freeze objects and when your flying a jet you can change the throttle (speed) when you are using a joystick.

Trigz07 · Post by **Trigz07** » 2007-08-26 05:48

Comon people post!

ZaZZo · Post by **ZaZZo** » 2007-08-26 08:00

Aye, would be really good instead of the burstdriving when you're driving tanks, APCs, jeeps and stuff.

Post by **Bob_Marley** » 2007-08-26 08:14

if possible this idea is win. It'll save alot of trouble caused by the lack of stable firing platforms.

TexLax · Post by **TexLax** » 2007-08-26 08:17

i believe if this is possible it is made of win.

Trigz07 · Post by **Trigz07** » 2007-08-26 08:28

WOOOT. I made a good suggestion =). Thank you.

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-08-26 08:38

I am pretty sure this is not possible and has been thought of before. Thou better ask a coder.

Trigz07 · Post by **Trigz07** » 2007-08-26 09:04

HAha I wonder how come you can control the speed of a jet then uhum... I thought so. Also with bf2 sandbox you can freeze an object so with this you should be able to.

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-08-26 09:25

tesher07 wrote:HAha I wonder how come you can control the speed of a jet then uhum...

you can control the speed of a car the same way. Just tweak your controls so that your car speed up and speed down are set to your joystick throttle and it will work.

Trigz07 · Post by **Trigz07** » 2007-08-26 09:30

But I'm talking about changing gears. Like use the scroll wheel. Gear 1,2,3,4. If you want speed to go fast, or muscle to go up hills. Oh and don't forget the parking break hehe.

ZaZZo · Post by **ZaZZo** » 2007-08-26 11:15

The vehicle dynamics (correct word?)are really wierd in BF2, so you are not getting anywhere up a hill if you're going slow and use the right gearing and stuff. The only way is to apply more speed.

AnRK · Post by **AnRK** » 2007-08-26 11:18

There was something about manual transmission before and people were saying that alot of modern military vehicles are automatic (tanks included) although I'm sure us British have more pride in our manuals then to not have them in the army, especially on a Land Rover!

Pity about the physics though, Land Rovers (excuse the hint of nationalism bringing those up again) are the best off roaders in the world and technically should be able to climb a hell of alot of the hills in PR maps if the engine wasn't so screwed up.

ZaZZo · Post by **ZaZZo** » 2007-08-26 11:25

Landys are the best drifting vehicles in the game though

Swe_Olsson · Post by **Swe_Olsson** » 2007-08-26 11:44

man the QUAD BIkes in N@W are so freaking awesome, i just love them so bad !

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-08-26 11:49

tesher07 wrote:But I'm talking about changing gears. Like use the scroll wheel. Gear 1,2,3,4. If you want speed to go fast, or muscle to go up hills. Oh and don't forget the parking break hehe.

and can you do that in w/e you are on about?

Swe_Olsson · Post by **Swe_Olsson** » 2007-08-26 12:17

i thouht most vehicles in the army used automatic, but yea..

i like the idea actually, and im sure it all could work with some modifications.. but i think it would be LOW priority.. maybe in the future somewhat..

I would rather like to see the mouse wheel to be the accelerator, like using a joystick, so you can drive slow & fast.

also the Humvee's engine sounds and acceleration sounds should be improved alot

El_Vikingo · Post by **El_Vikingo** » 2007-08-26 14:55

If you have a driver there is no need for a parking brake, but what the hell! If you're into solo tanking then your suggestion is the best!

As Rhino said, assign the joystick throttle/pedals to accelerate and reverse, and then you can go as slow as you want.

Swe_Olsson wrote: I would rather like to see the mouse wheel to be the accelerator, like using a joystick, so you can drive slow & fast.

If you can find a program which will turn the mouse scroll into an axis (like the joystick throttle) then you could get it to work.

Swe_Olsson · Post by **Swe_Olsson** » 2007-08-26 15:01

im sure i could find it, if i knew what i was looking for LOL

Post by **Rhino** » 2007-08-26 15:42

El_Vikingo wrote:If you can find a program which will turn the mouse scroll into an axis (like the joystick throttle) then you could get it to work.

in fact I think i could do that with my mouse on SST. I may give that a go, only problem would be getting your tank to stop quickly if you saw a mine etc

Swe_Olsson · Post by **Swe_Olsson** » 2007-08-26 16:26

i have survived multiple mines, with apcs and tanks. ^^