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Newbish Suggestion - Reverse Thrust in FA

Aug 21, 2008 steelerfan51 link
I'm 2 days into my life in VO and loving it. I've come up with one minor suggestion. It would be nice to change FA mode so that you could use reverse thrust. Currently in FA "W" is increased thrust and "S" is decreased thrust, with FA off "S" becomes reverse thrust.

I'm an oddball here, but I play with a mouse and using the different strafing keys I'm able to turn FPS circle strafing into 3d spherical strafing. Its working well except for when I want to go backwards.

I've ran combat with FA on and off and now find myself toggling it a lot in combat. If "S" became reverse thrust I'd probably stick to FA.

Thanks for the Great Game!

P.S. Scuba Steve - did you play Battle Field DC on the Don't Camp server?
Aug 21, 2008 Pointsman link
I've always wanted this too.
Aug 22, 2008 toshiro link
As long as you don't take away Physics Mode, I'm fine...
Aug 22, 2008 Scuba Steve 9.0 link
Chances are, I'm not a Scuba Steve you know.
Aug 22, 2008 LeberMac link
I've known Scuba Steve.
Scuba Steve was a friend of mine.
You sir, are no Scuba Steve.

(Cribbed from Lloyd Bentsen in the '88 vice-presidential campaign, as he was berating that waste-of-space Dan Quayle.)

steelerfan - have you TRIED using FA off? There's no difference between a "reverse-able FA" and "FA off." (The only difference between the two flight modes is that in one, you can't go backwards.)
Mar 30, 2009 FyreHeart link
I second reverse thrust. I use it heavily in other flight sims, and the lack of it is disconcerting.
Mar 31, 2009 Kierky link
Sounds good to me!
Mar 31, 2009 moldyman link
I made a bind/alias group thingy to supplement this feature. It uses physics mode, but tries to emulate flight assist both forward and backwards.

The link is... http://www.vendetta-online.com/x/msgboard/1/3229?page=14#193794
Mar 31, 2009 Touriaus link
turn off fa and use accel/decel "throttle" I can see where having FA-reverse would go and i kinda don't think it would be a good idea.
Mar 31, 2009 maq link
I somehow doubt you are using reverse in flight sims ;)

I don't see a particular problem with it tho.
Mar 31, 2009 Aticephyr link
I don't see any problem with it, but I don't think reverse-thrust enabled F/A should be default (but rather be a gui switch or button toggle). If reverse-thrust were enabled from the get-go, many would never try non-FA flight.