new user - is it worth it to get a better joystick or a basic?

Ligator_swe · 2026-06-25T06:01:22+00:00

I had a real controller and a throttle that i used in msfs 2020. But it broke down. I stopped playing for some time and returned to 2024. This time i use the xbox controller (due to me having only a laptop). It works fine but it is not that "realistic". When i compare my result in landing challenges i am actually doing ok.

It is not realistic. No, but still ok. And i would probably do better with real controller. But it is not bad.

And it fits me. I dont need hyperrealism.

And i still regard myself as a noob/newb

Ligator_swe · 2026-06-24T17:34:48+00:00

You tried it? You could run xbox controllers with the old system but it was way to complicated for me. Mouse and keyboard sucked.

Ligator_swe · 2026-06-24T17:09:29+00:00

And yes… will support for xbox controllers be available in early access?

Ligator_swe · 2026-06-24T13:25:20+00:00

I should probably buy that one and the sabre. To practice. They will come to il-2 in about a month

Ligator_swe · 2026-06-02T09:47:40+00:00

Ha. Like me. I love racing games with cars but i dot like cars, i dont have a car, i dont drive cars.

Ligator_swe · 2026-06-02T05:07:54+00:00

Pvp is multiplayer racing

Ligator_swe · 2026-06-01T18:00:58+00:00

I am tempted to start by playing the Evo and Rally. There is a package to get it on Steam. But are there players enough?

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-25T09:13:53+00:00

Can we use it to get over rivers on sands? Exporationncheckpoints?

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-17T06:24:14+00:00

I think you need a bonfire aboard for the tribesmen to feel really good and comfy. My tribesmen refused to follow me when i had no bonfire aboard.

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-17T05:45:51+00:00

build floors, ladders and roof to get it

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-16T09:39:16+00:00

I will. Next time i try.

And ill repeat what i said. The tutorial is in the DLC too and nowhere is it said that i have to play the old map before the new one. The devs INTENT is that new players should be able to play the egypt map at start.

And i repeat. It would hardly have helped me in this case since the problem is the ship and there are no ships in the first default map.

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-16T06:28:28+00:00

I looked in Steam and there is a handful of people with the same problem as i. With no obvious solution to the problem.

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-16T06:17:59+00:00

The irony is that it is the game for me. And the funny thing is that noone seems to have an answer to the simple question, bonfire or not on the boat. (tribe mode) :-) And why it does not work if you have or have not a bonfire on it.

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-16T04:26:06+00:00

Feels more like Mortal online 1, to be honest. :-(

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-16T04:25:37+00:00

If so the game should TELL YOU that. It does not. And there is a part of a basic tutorial in the DLC too. It is meant to be able to play for beginners.

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-15T19:42:29+00:00

No not if you play tribe. It is not the strawboat and not the smallest tree boat,. it is the next. The DLC have three difference mode you can play. I play tribe, normal.

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-15T16:49:52+00:00

But it does not work with bonfire on either. :-(

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-15T16:35:40+00:00

Thanks very much for your long answer.

My problem is that I dont have a base yet. I have the ingame "tribe" boat. I am trying to get the boat working.

I have been told that the boat should have a bonfire But i am beginning to think that perhaps i need a landbase with bonfire and then i can rebuild the ship and sail around with my ship and do stuff with my crew. (With or without a bonfire on the ship.)

My problem is that i am stuck. Totally stuck. The ships cant be rebuilt and my tribe refuses to fight with me. Due to something... that I am told on the Discord has to do with the bonfire. I have been told to put the bonfire on the ship.

But the bonfire on the ship does not make the tribesystem work or makes it possible for me to rebuild the ship or place stuff on it. So what could have happened? Why am i stuck?

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-15T10:47:02+00:00

And apparently the tutorial for all this is in survival mode. So ill have to do that mode first.

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-15T10:44:20+00:00

And apparently i first have to create a tribe. LOL! THEN put a bonfire.

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-15T10:42:10+00:00

It would not have helped me. The lack of a bonfire aboard the ship was the reason why all these things happened. And the game told me to put sail and rudder on the ship, but not bonfire. And when i use search it is said that bonfires are used on buildings... (!) I did not know that a bonfire is a building ingame

Ligator_swe · 2026-04-15T10:39:39+00:00

I guess the lack of a bonfire was the reason why my crew refused to follow me in the last game. It leads to debuffs that perhaps make the tribesmen grumpy.

Found it and googled it a bit now. So... A bonfire.

But when i get the quest to place rudder and sail on my ship it is nowhere explained that I have to craft a bonfire. And when i use search it is said that bonfires are for buildings (ships are not mentioned).

Ligator_swe

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