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Recommended 360 setups?
Pratt2112
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So, I'm fairly new - okay, very new - to the Space Sim/flight genre...
Obviously, that's going to come with a learning curve in terms of learning how to control a ship, etc.
I played Oolite a bit, to get a general feel for the kind of game Elite: Dangerous is, and I really like the "open space, do what you want" sorta approach. Unfortunately, it didn't have good support for controllers, so I just used keyboard.
In this case, I want to use a gamepad (I have a flight stick,but my desk setup just is not good for it, for now).. and am going to go with a 360 gamepad.
I've looked at a few online, but am unsure which setup to go with.
Is there a setup someone could recommend (by linking, etc) that would be a good sorta "here's what you'll need to get the basics down" sorta approach? I don't mind systems-based stuff (extending/retracting landing gear, guns, UI stuff, etc) to be keyboard based.. I just want to have smooth, intuitive feeling control over the flight/navigation controls... the things I'll be using constantly.
Basically, a good starting point to build from.
Thanks 
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I'm working on learning the Control Pad with Yaw setup. Tried just basic Control Pad, but was having trouble with that. Yaw definitely helps.
Beyond that, just working through the tutorials. Been working on learning the controls and such for a few days now. I'm getting antsy to jump into the actual game
You might want to check out VoiceAttack if you have a good microphone. It'll let you make voice activated keybinds which you can use for non-critical functions. This way you can reduce the need to take your hands off the controller to use the keyboard.