noob question about bf3 and joysticks

thestrangebrew1

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I bought a cheap joystick to fly jets in bf3, and I was wondering how to "turn the joystick off" when I'm not flying and just want to be a grunt. If I'm not flying, I notice weird control issues with normal m&kb, like my guy constantly looking down the scope or issuing ammo until I unplug the joystick from USB. Thanks
 

moonbogg

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You need to go to controls and unbind the joystick keys from functions that you don't want it to do. The same key or button can be assigned to like 3 different functions and will make your game screwy.
I got a joystick setup and I leave it turned on and ready to go.
 

thestrangebrew1

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You need to go to controls and unbind the joystick keys from functions that you don't want it to do. The same key or button can be assigned to like 3 different functions and will make your game screwy.
I got a joystick setup and I leave it turned on and ready to go.


Ah ok. I thought there would be a switch or combo of buttons to press to go between joystick controls and m&kb. Thanks. I'll fool around with it this weekend some more.