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Guide: Joystick for space/Ground control

First and foremost this guide is intended for people that wish to play with an old joystick or gamepad in STO, currently the game doesn't automatically detect them but has the tools to use them in-game like "invert X, Y axis for gamepads" in options, not officially supported at this time but its not an exploit either.

This guide is compilation of previous information gathered by players for players.

Step 1: Connect Joystick to PC

Step 2: Update and detect hardware under windows 2000/XP/VISTA/WIN 7

Step 3: Download a keymapper program for Joystick I personally used XPADDER for Microsoft sidewinder, but if you have a more recent joystick Logitech 6-8 button or gamepad check this site:



Step 4: map keys for your joystick a common setup is:

UP=   S DOWN=  W RIGHT= D LEFT=  A

ALTERNATE BUTTONS OR SLIDEBAR= 1,2,3,4,5,6, ETC

NOTES:

SPACEBAR= FIRES ALL BEAM WEAPONS R= TOGGLES MAX IMPULSE SHIFT-R= FULL IMPULSE

SPECIAL KEYS ALL CAN BE ASSINGNED TO GAME KEYS** (USE WITH CAUTION, RESET TO DEFAULTS IN IN-GAME OPTIONS, LOWER RIGHT CORNER IF YOU MADE A MISTAKE WHILE KEYMAP)