How can a new user make sense of the controls?

[JackSawyer]

I JUST bought this game yesterday and I am at a total loss on how to play it.

I printed the manual from Steam and it does not show any keyboard commands such as is listed in the options section of the game so I am having to type every one of them out.

I have a Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS X V.2 joystick. It only works some axis's and not in yaw. Is ther a how-to on how to program a joystick here on the forum?

Also, is there a way to view your helicopter from the outside? I can't seem to find a command for that anywhere.

Thanks.

[Günter Severloh]

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[JackSawyer]

Um, yeah, sorry, I didn't know. Please don't get so uptight about it, it was my first post and I just asked a simple question. It seems your're more concerned about your forum rules than helping someone.

[Günter Severloh]

Not uptight, and im not concerned about the rules, just that when you know the rules and see posts titled "First time post."
then I feel obligated to let the poster know about the rules as I dont like to see new guys get into trouble with the mods.

just pointing something out is all.

Sorry I cant help you with the game as i dont own it, but there is a search function that could help lead you to some posts about controls,
cant say for sure just a suggestion.

one of the members that own the game could better answer.

[JackSawyer]

If you don't own the game then why are you even on the forum? I don't understand, this is supposed to be the Take On Helicopters forum isn't it? Or am I in the wrong place? Thanks for your suggestions, I will try searching.

[Günter Severloh]

If you don't own the game then why are you even on the forum?

TOH is one of the games built by BIS, and this is BIS forums, and TOH is not the only game here, so a post is a post and forum rules apply to all forums no matter the game.
TOH has a similar setup, engine use as Arma2CO which I do have but I cannot help with your control setup specifically.

Your in the right forum, you just need to use a descriptive thread title is all.

[JackSawyer]

OK, thanks. I have never played one of their games before. I don't even know what Arma2CO is! I'll have to look it up. I just thought this helicopter game would be cool as I spent my life in real-world aviation.

[PurePassion]

hehe yeah it is but you're talking to an Arma 2 veteran


If you say

it does not show any keyboard commands such as is listed in the options section of the game so I am having to type every one of them out.

what exactly do you mean? You should go to Controls. You then select Controller and enable your particular joystick. Then, you go to Schemes and select one of the HOTAS in your case. You can then customize the mappings to your personal likings by klicking on the specific action in the normal controls menu and then using the key you would like to assign it to. (e.g. your HOTA's

Also, is there a way to view your helicopter from the outside? I can't seem to find a command for that anywhere.

Yup you can find it listed under these controls. It is Numpad ENTER

[JackSawyer]

Thanks, I saw the controls and I think I can figure out how to map the joystick but I promise you, I did not see numpad enter for external view. In fact I didn't see ANY commands for external views. I saw helicopter controls, vehicle controls, infantry controls, aircraft controls, custom, and I think that was it.

But what really galls me is they make a manual, I print it out and it comes out tiny because of the format they use, and they don't list those keyboard commands. I have never seen a game manual like this, they assume you already know all the comands. Am I supposed to stop the game every five seconds and go to the controls option to see what each key does?

[Günter Severloh]

Am I supposed to stop the game every five seconds and go to the controls option to see what each key does?

If TOH is setup like Arma series, then all you need to do is hit alt tab, and then hit al tab again to get back into the game where u left off.