Hi Folks.
AbzWayne here, saw the game a long time ago when I played a Demo, fell in love with it there and then.
But it was a toss of a coin, buy the game and not have other stuff at the time or leave it all for a wee while longer.
Then the Email came .. HAPPY DAYS.
![Double Thumbs Up :2thumbs:](http://forum.shipsim.com/Smileys/default/dt.gif)
Anyhoo, looking at the controls for the game, am quite keen on some of the ships with 2 engines and bow thrusters as well... Easy to turn quickly, great for the Taxi missions.
![Captain :captain:](http://forum.shipsim.com/Smileys/default/cap.gif)
Was looking through the net, looking for a solution and spotted this gem!
Belkin N52TE
High Res Version of same pic hereNow, my idea is really simple.
![Doh! :doh:](http://forum.shipsim.com/Smileys/default/doh1.gif)
Its a 15 button controler, ignore the thumb button and 8 way joystick type thing... for just now...
The 14 buttons are what am after...
Arrow keys as normal use for BOTH engines and Both Rudders (maybe use 13 for full back and use 8 for All Stop??)
2 / 12 for Engine 1 fore/back and 4 / 14 for engine 2 fore/back
buttons 1 / 5 for the Bow thrusters and 6/10 for the aft thrusters
Button 11 for horn ?? possibly??
![Huh? ???](http://forum.shipsim.com/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
Now button 15, could be used for the shift key as that allows you to set the engines or rudders to all on in combo with the engine keys ?? Possibly.
![Huh? ???](http://forum.shipsim.com/Smileys/default/huh.gif)
The 8 way joystick thing... maybe Zoom Chart and camera pan left right ??
Please note, I havnt bought this yet, but seriously considering it.
![Idea! !:)](http://forum.shipsim.com/Smileys/default/idea.gif)
Dont want to spend money on a JoyStick with twin throttles as am not sure we can set it so that half way is really all stop ??
![Undecided :-\](http://forum.shipsim.com/Smileys/default/undecided.gif)
So any opinions, keep it clean please, or I will ridicule you
![Wink ;)](http://forum.shipsim.com/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
Look forward to your responses.