BF2 Controls for Chopper

Warpy · Jul 9, 2005, 01:43 AM

What is the best way to fly a helicopter? I have tried so many different ways with key bindings... A friend once showed me how is he flies his choppers and it was very simple. I can't remember how it went though.

I find it very difficult to hover, as my goal is to capture flags and my heli keeps rolling over.

quakerjtf · Jul 9, 2005, 02:09 AM

I can fly jets decently with keyboard, but the choppers aren't as responsive. I use something like the default controls they have. The mouse doesn't work very well.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 9, 2005, 03:55 AM

They really screwd up flying though I've got it decently down path least the jets... the copters i can fly but can effectively use them as a weapon.. I can air to air just fine but air to ground just doesn't work well in the jets for me

Default nothing else works... for me in the hellacopters

S to fly up hold it always
w tils you forward picks you up speed, just don't over tilt LOL unless your ejecting
a&d turns/tilts

they should be beeten for making the flying hard, need setable speeds etc...
my joysick i used for the older titles etc was renderd usless

Mazuko · Jul 9, 2005, 04:21 AM

I stick to the ground vehicles as far as piloting goes. Get me in a Chinook and I am one heck of a door chain gunner though

Tipstaff · Jul 9, 2005, 05:05 AM

I always find myself inverting the x/y axis for aircraft. Don't know why, but it's more comfortable. I've been fooling around with the pitch factor, but I can't seem to find decent number. Otherwise I usually leave everything else default, and use the keyboard/mouse combo. I've gotten so good at flying choppers that I can do almost anything in them.. including hugging buildings while going full tilt though the city.

One thing wit the Harrier jets: during take off I find the best thing to do is take it as high as it will go, then punch afterburner while tilting the nose up to get your forward momentum quickly. If you don't do this you will have to compensate for the drop either by tilting the nose up until you gain enough forward speed, or by nose diving to gain that speed too.

dooT · Jul 9, 2005, 06:52 AM

I just use my trusty logitech dual action gamepad *winks at the camera*
If not I'd probably just use wasd + mouse.

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

I always find myself inverting the x/y axis for aircraft.

Hmm, for some reason I've inverted it in everything for years. I just got used to it I guess.

Trunks0 · Jul 9, 2005, 07:37 AM

I use a joystick for flying both heli's and jets. However I find how the aircraft handle annoyingly nummed up for non-joystick control for it to be of much fun for me personally.

Although I geuss it is technically better then BF:V, but still not as good as DesertCombat.

nitrousoxide52 · Jul 9, 2005, 07:41 AM

Why do people always complain about the heli controls? It is so easy! Have you ever played Desert Combat? Now those were some hard heli controls, with the heli in BF2 I can land on any building effortlessly.

Tipstaff · Jul 9, 2005, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by nitrousoxide52

Why do people always complain about the heli controls? It is so easy! Have you ever played Desert Combat? Now those were some hard heli controls, with the heli in BF2 I can land on any building effortlessly.

LOL.. funny you should mention DC. Controls in that game for the helis were so sensitive, and required you to compensate constantly. But you know what? Mastering those controls is probably the reason why I can play BFV and BF2 so well. I can land in a space the size of a parking spot, strafe an area in a 360 degree movement, dip up and down along mountain sides, land on the top a building easily, hover over a flag effortlessly, and as I said, fly through city streets near ground level with no problems (in fact I get a lot of kills that way.. what a bonus).

Ok, ok, so I'm a putz for bragging. So sue me. All I can suggest is starting a non-internet muliplayer server that requires just 1 person to start. Since there will be no bots to steal the choppers you will have free reign of the field. Just jump right on in, and practice flying choppers. It's the only way you will ever get used to them.

nitrousoxide52 · Jul 9, 2005, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

LOL.. funny you should mention DC. Controls in that game for the helis were so sensitive, and required you to compensate constantly. But you know what? Mastering those controls is probably the reason why I can play BFV and BF2 so well. I can land in a space the size of a parking spot, strafe an area in a 360 degree movement, dip up and down along mountain sides, land on the top a building easily, hover over a flag effortlessly, and as I said, fly through city streets near ground level with no problems (in fact I get a lot of kills that way.. what a bonus).

Ok, ok, so I'm a putz for bragging. So sue me. All I can suggest is starting a non-internet muliplayer server that requires just 1 person to start. Since there will be no bots to steal the choppers you will have free reign of the field. Just jump right on in, and practice flying choppers. It's the only way you will ever get used to them.

I got used to em by bussing people in the black hawk on the map gulf of oman, from the ship to anywhere on the map

Stop It · Jul 9, 2005, 02:01 PM

I'm not bad with the Heli on BF2, its very good to have me flying and a teammate doing the damage, the jets are a different story, start, fly, tree, d'oh! :P

skinlab · Jul 9, 2005, 04:21 PM

i found both to be pretty simple, cept for the harrier, i hate that thing!

Blackboost · Jul 9, 2005, 06:35 PM

I haven't had any luck so far with the helis. The only time I started to fly it nicely someone missiled my @$$ in an eye blink. It was so funny I still laugh everytime I think about it.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 9, 2005, 06:47 PM

Jets I have down but hell copters are just terrable hard as h*** to land with out blowing up. Nearly impossable to land and to use to to capture need to host a server and pratice I guess wich should be a good idea for everyone I'm going to do that now

***craig5320*** · Jul 9, 2005, 06:57 PM

I can fly them pretty easy either way, default should be 'W' and 'S' for up and down, 'A' and 'D' spin you left/right, and you need the arrow keys or mouse to control pitch, best way is to g single player easy, grab a heli go up up up up as high as you can jus hold W and nothing else, then when you're at a safe height experiment, only takes a few rounds to come pretty good, i find it easiest and looks cool if you are spinning in circles when hovering easy to control, looks better, gives you a better view. jus gotta remember to keep the pitch level, jets are pretty straight forward to.

MSX · Jul 9, 2005, 07:48 PM

Turn the mouse sensitivity up. 3 or more are needed for fancy flying with the mouse. When attacking ground targets slow down a bit and line yourself up. Its easiest to do this with the harrier. Hold S till you hover and line yourself up with A and D and then W dive bomb. Flying takes a lot of practice.

I never liked switching to my joystick as I find whenever I bail out I get offed putting my joystick down.

A friend of mine doesn't like vehicles of any kind and walks everywhere.

skinlab · Jul 9, 2005, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MSX

A friend of mine doesn't like vehicles of any kind and walks everywhere.

kind of misses the whole aim of the game dont it?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 9, 2005, 08:21 PM

That helped alot, much easier to lern when people aren't shootin at you LOL

Tipstaff · Jul 10, 2005, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

That helped alot, much easier to lern when people aren't shootin at you LOL

Told ya. You can take all the time in the world to learn it that way, plus you don't have to worry about bots stealing your ride. If you crash it just switch sides, and use the other sides chopper. No need to wait for the one you just crashed to respawn.

Nacht · Jul 10, 2005, 05:07 PM

I use a joystick on both, and it is fairly simple to fly either helicopters or jets.

I have taken first a number of times with a jet, getting around 20-30 kills and no deaths. The hardest part about being a great pilot is learning when you should and shouldnt use flares.

the JSF is just as easy to fly as any other plane...put it in full forward if you have takeoff room, or full reverse to take off vertically. as soon as your altitude meter reaches about 45-50, put it in full forward and tip the nose forward, tapping your afterburners a bit. you should level out and be flying well above ground level.

Nacht · Jul 10, 2005, 05:07 PM

oh...ive made lance corporal, and im about 1/5 up the bar to corporal...but its been frozen there for weeks. anybody else have this problem?

skinlab · Jul 10, 2005, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Nacht

oh...ive made lance corporal, and im about 1/5 up the bar to corporal...but its been frozen there for weeks. anybody else have this problem?

its not a problem
you need 1000 pts to reach lance cpl, but 10500 to reach cpl

all info here http://www.totalbf2.com/game/ranks/

bake15 · Jul 10, 2005, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by skinlab

you need 1000 pts to reach lance cpl, but 10500 to reach cpl

man thats gonna take me forever, its taken me 8 hours to get private first class

MSX · Jul 10, 2005, 09:05 PM

Jets and helecopters are horribly overpowered in BF2(if you can fly them). I almost prefer to play maps without them to be honest.

A good pilot can never be taken out by someone on the ground. Homing's wont even hit you unless your standing almost still.

Where in 1942 there was a good chance that you could take out a plane with a single shot from a tank. BF2 you dont stand a hope in hell of hitting a jet, and helecopters are 2-3 hits with a tank shell. Good luck hitting a good chopper pilot.

I just wish there was something to combat good pilots with aside from the aircraft carrier guns.

quakerjtf · Jul 10, 2005, 09:32 PM

I like the choppers a lot, but the jets really are annoying. You should have to land on the ground to repair and get ammo instead of doing a flyby.

MSX · Jul 10, 2005, 10:46 PM

At an average of 20-50 points a game it takes forever to advance(average player). I can get 100 or so with a jet, and thats few flag captures. Thats almost all kills, and I'm not even a great pilot. I get taken out by other good pilots easy.

Its not like this game is an RPG or something anyway. Rank and medals are just an added 'bonus'. I like designations better for bonuses(halo, goldeneye). Like in MGS I revieved mongoose(because snuck up and killed so many soldiers). Just a little more interesting than rank/medals.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 11, 2005, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Tipstaff

Told ya. You can take all the time in the world to learn it that way, plus you don't have to worry about bots stealing your ride. If you crash it just switch sides, and use the other sides chopper. No need to wait for the one you just crashed to respawn.

I set the respawn time at 1 second

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Originally Posted by MSX

Jets and helecopters are horribly overpowered in BF2(if you can fly them). I almost prefer to play maps without them to be honest.

A good pilot can never be taken out by someone on the ground. Homing's wont even hit you unless your standing almost still.

Where in 1942 there was a good chance that you could take out a plane with a single shot from a tank. BF2 you dont stand a hope in hell of hitting a jet, and helecopters are 2-3 hits with a tank shell. Good luck hitting a good chopper pilot.

I just wish there was something to combat good pilots with aside from the aircraft carrier guns.

I hit planes with tanks

I'm pretty evil in a tank.... especally if I find a nice spot
or camp the mec base waiting for the people that go there to annoy us at our spawn.

What sucks is it takes 2 direct hits to kill a chopper after the 1st
hit they useally run away for repairs

. Hitting a copter inst hard you
have to wait as they line up to try to do an attack run. Or when they are makieing a obvious turn...

WTF is up with that? In real life 1 shell would take them out!
Planes take 1 shell... APC's 3 shells, tanks like 3/4

what NEED is ANTI AIRCRAFT Missles, the anti tank ones suck

Trunks0 · Jul 11, 2005, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

what NEED is ANTI AIRCRAFT Missles, the anti tank ones suck

Bingo, I was pretty surprised when I found there not to be another gun on the anti-tank class to take care of aircraft like in DC. Sure you can hit a heli with the anti-tank rockets, but you can sure tell that it was not intended for it. And good luck hitting a plane at any type of distant short of straight on at a couple feet.

I don't know, I get this nagging feeling BF2 got rushed, and dice had to scale back what they wanted todo to compensate for the dead lines. Things like the weapons(all have the same weapons you can earn and all have the same anti-tank weapon)

Mazuko · Jul 11, 2005, 06:10 PM

*cough* expansion pack *cough*

PoopyTheJ · Jul 11, 2005, 06:37 PM

meh, helicopter, roll crash respawn......

Jul 9, 2005, 01:43 AM	#1
Warpy DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: USA Posts: 2,761 Rep Power: 0	BF2 Controls for Chopper What is the best way to fly a helicopter? I have tried so many different ways with key bindings... A friend once showed me how is he flies his choppers and it was very simple. I can't remember how it went though. I find it very difficult to hover, as my goal is to capture flags and my heli keeps rolling over. __________________ The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Jul 9, 2005, 02:09 AM	#2
quakerjtf DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 376 Rep Power: 0	I can fly jets decently with keyboard, but the choppers aren't as responsive. I use something like the default controls they have. The mouse doesn't work very well. __________________ http://www.amd.com

Jul 9, 2005, 03:55 AM	#3
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	They really screwd up flying though I've got it decently down path least the jets... the copters i can fly but can effectively use them as a weapon.. I can air to air just fine but air to ground just doesn't work well in the jets for me Default nothing else works... for me in the hellacopters S to fly up hold it always w tils you forward picks you up speed, just don't over tilt LOL unless your ejecting a&d turns/tilts they should be beeten for making the flying hard, need setable speeds etc... my joysick i used for the older titles etc was renderd usless __________________

Jul 9, 2005, 04:21 AM	#4
Mazuko DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 1,008 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I stick to the ground vehicles as far as piloting goes. Get me in a Chinook and I am one heck of a door chain gunner though __________________ E-bay feedback: http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...me=STRK:ME:UFS

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Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	I always find myself inverting the x/y axis for aircraft. Don't know why, but it's more comfortable. I've been fooling around with the pitch factor, but I can't seem to find decent number. Otherwise I usually leave everything else default, and use the keyboard/mouse combo. I've gotten so good at flying choppers that I can do almost anything in them.. including hugging buildings while going full tilt though the city. One thing wit the Harrier jets: during take off I find the best thing to do is take it as high as it will go, then punch afterburner while tilting the nose up to get your forward momentum quickly. If you don't do this you will have to compensate for the drop either by tilting the nose up until you gain enough forward speed, or by nose diving to gain that speed too. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Jul 9, 2005, 07:37 AM	#7
Trunks0 Keeping an open mind Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver,B.C.,Canada Posts: 552 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I use a joystick for flying both heli's and jets. However I find how the aircraft handle annoyingly nummed up for non-joystick control for it to be of much fun for me personally. Although I geuss it is technically better then BF:V, but still not as good as DesertCombat. __________________

Jul 9, 2005, 07:41 AM	#8
nitrousoxide52 Driverheaven.com err .net Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,719 Rep Power: 0	Why do people always complain about the heli controls? It is so easy! Have you ever played Desert Combat? Now those were some hard heli controls, with the heli in BF2 I can land on any building effortlessly. __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ XFX Geforce 7800GT ABIT AN8-SLI BFG Tech 650w

Jul 9, 2005, 02:01 PM	#11
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Jul 9, 2005, 06:35 PM	#13
Blackboost -=[DHzer0point Author]=- Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	I haven't had any luck so far with the helis. The only time I started to fly it nicely someone missiled my @$$ in an eye blink. It was so funny I still laugh everytime I think about it.

Jul 9, 2005, 06:47 PM	#14
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Jets I have down but hell copters are just terrable hard as h*** to land with out blowing up. Nearly impossable to land and to use to to capture need to host a server and pratice I guess wich should be a good idea for everyone I'm going to do that now __________________

Jul 9, 2005, 06:57 PM	#15
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,565 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	I can fly them pretty easy either way, default should be 'W' and 'S' for up and down, 'A' and 'D' spin you left/right, and you need the arrow keys or mouse to control pitch, best way is to g single player easy, grab a heli go up up up up as high as you can jus hold W and nothing else, then when you're at a safe height experiment, only takes a few rounds to come pretty good, i find it easiest and looks cool if you are spinning in circles when hovering easy to control, looks better, gives you a better view. jus gotta remember to keep the pitch level, jets are pretty straight forward to. __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Jul 9, 2005, 07:48 PM	#16
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Turn the mouse sensitivity up. 3 or more are needed for fancy flying with the mouse. When attacking ground targets slow down a bit and line yourself up. Its easiest to do this with the harrier. Hold S till you hover and line yourself up with A and D and then W dive bomb. Flying takes a lot of practice. I never liked switching to my joystick as I find whenever I bail out I get offed putting my joystick down. A friend of mine doesn't like vehicles of any kind and walks everywhere.

Jul 9, 2005, 08:21 PM	#18
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	That helped alot, much easier to lern when people aren't shootin at you LOL __________________

Jul 10, 2005, 05:07 PM	#20
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	I use a joystick on both, and it is fairly simple to fly either helicopters or jets. I have taken first a number of times with a jet, getting around 20-30 kills and no deaths. The hardest part about being a great pilot is learning when you should and shouldnt use flares. the JSF is just as easy to fly as any other plane...put it in full forward if you have takeoff room, or full reverse to take off vertically. as soon as your altitude meter reaches about 45-50, put it in full forward and tip the nose forward, tapping your afterburners a bit. you should level out and be flying well above ground level.

Jul 10, 2005, 09:05 PM	#24
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	Jets and helecopters are horribly overpowered in BF2(if you can fly them). I almost prefer to play maps without them to be honest. A good pilot can never be taken out by someone on the ground. Homing's wont even hit you unless your standing almost still. Where in 1942 there was a good chance that you could take out a plane with a single shot from a tank. BF2 you dont stand a hope in hell of hitting a jet, and helecopters are 2-3 hits with a tank shell. Good luck hitting a good chopper pilot. I just wish there was something to combat good pilots with aside from the aircraft carrier guns.

Jul 10, 2005, 09:32 PM	#25
quakerjtf DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 376 Rep Power: 0	I like the choppers a lot, but the jets really are annoying. You should have to land on the ground to repair and get ammo instead of doing a flyby. __________________ http://www.amd.com

Jul 10, 2005, 10:46 PM	#26
MSX Burning the frozen... Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,201 Rep Power: 0	At an average of 20-50 points a game it takes forever to advance(average player). I can get 100 or so with a jet, and thats few flag captures. Thats almost all kills, and I'm not even a great pilot. I get taken out by other good pilots easy. Its not like this game is an RPG or something anyway. Rank and medals are just an added 'bonus'. I like designations better for bonuses(halo, goldeneye). Like in MGS I revieved mongoose(because snuck up and killed so many soldiers). Just a little more interesting than rank/medals.

Jul 11, 2005, 06:10 PM	#29
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Jul 11, 2005, 06:37 PM	#30
PoopyTheJ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,588 Rep Power: 66	meh, helicopter, roll crash respawn...... __________________ [COLOR=Blue]“Alright boys, let’s start her up and see why she doesn’t work.” - John Fritz "I aim to misbehave" Malcolm Reynolds ATI Catalyst Beta Tester[/COLOR]