Tips/help for Arena Commander controls.

[Aanarki]

Been away for a month on vacation. Came back and was very excited about Arena Commander.

However, flying around I'm having some trouble with the movements (using mouse and keyboard). It's mainly with moving around. If I move the mouse the camera seems to move smoothly for short distances. However, after that small distance the camera seems to jump and it feels like there is a delay between my input and the movement in game. Trying to regain control just means the camera jumps in the opposite direction. It's made flying around inaccurate and frustrating.

I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to counteract this issue.

[Kenetor]

it may be your gfx card cant handle it first, set graphics to low and restart the game (the AC patch reset your graphics options)

I also found out of all the things i tried putting : "r_MotionBlur = 0" without quotations marks into the console(press the button above tab) gave me the biggest boost in responsiveness.

Give it a go and tell if it helped

 

Kenetor

[CyberianK]

I think part of it could be the normal game where the thrusters have to provide counterthrust to stop when more intense movements.

Also the Aurora has some issues with its thruster placement, do you have the probs with an Aurora?

 

Be sure you also read this explanation from Chris Roberts:

https://robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/13951-Flight-Model-And-Input-Controls

[Aanarki]

Thanks for the input, especially the link.  Turned graphics down and set motion blur to 0 but didn't change anything.  However, this part of Robert's article describes what I'm experiencing:

 

"This means that to a certain extent you need to anticipate where you want to be and ease into that position. If you’re used to an atmospheric model when first flying in a model where momentum is much more important it is pretty easy to overshoot your desired heading. Then as the counter thrust isn’t instant you can overcorrect the other way. This is why the ship can feel “twitchy” when trying to line up a target."

 

I had suspected this was the case but was hoping perhaps there was a way around it.  I've played other flight sims so realised my issue could be that this game was a 'real' space sim and I wasn't used to it.  At least I'm in on the Alpha so have a lot of time to practice 

[Stoff]

are you in relative mode?

[Aanarki]

are you in relative mode?

Whatever the default is.  Just logged on after my hols and flew around for a bit to see what it's like.  Can't check right now cos at work.

[Stoff]

Just try Control-F when you next time go in, is it still twitchy? If so, its def what roberts is saying.

[Aanarki]

So I'm not sure what happened, but since the update game/ships been handling much better.  Been playing around with decoupled mode and also with trying to knock myself out with G-Safe off.  Really enjoying flight mode, and it's now a pleasure flying around learning how to maneuver.  Thanks for all the input!

[Cyberion]

Had you try to set mouse sensitivity to 0 in game setting when you jump inside AC? But dont forget to set in normal again in hangar mode otherwise you cant move around with your mouse...