Hurrah, my Joystick (MS SideWinder Force Feedback 2) works in UPBGE!
And looking around in the Cockpit is now also possible.
You can use a joystick for the helicopter by setting
the property “use_joystick” on the object “ZSE” to True
(Better use a joystick and not a gamepad because you want to control the pitch without a centering force)
For a Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2 to be recognized by Blender add this SDL2 code:
030000005e0400001b00000000000000,SideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick,platform:Windows,a:b7,b:b4,x:b6,y:b5,leftshoulder:b2,rightshoulder:b3,leftstick:b0,rightstick:b1,leftx:a2,lefty:a3,rightx:a0,righty:a1,dpup:h0.1,dpleft:h0.8,dpdown:h0.4,dpright:h0.2,
to the file:
UPBGE-0.30-windows-x86_64->3.0->datafiles->gamecontroller->gamecontrollerdb.txt
Or for your joystick create a SDL2 code with one of these Tools:
https://generalarcade.com/gamepadtool/
https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox
and edit your joystick axes in the movement.py in this .blend.
View:
Key 1: Focus on Gyro
Key 2: Focus on Gyro2
Key 3: Focus on Helicopter
Key 4: FirstPerson-View
Key F: Fly-by Camera
CTRL+MouseWheel or PgUp/PgDown or JoyButon 7/8: Zoom
CTRL+Mouse or Arrow Keys or JoyHat: rotate Camera
MiddleMouseButton or JoyButton 2: From Top-View
Or when in FirstPerson-Modus switch back to FirstPerson-View (from Map-View)
Key G: Ground Camera
1st View = Map (accident Cars are marked)
hit G again to switch between 4 different Views
SHIFT+G previous View
Key H: Helicopter Cockpit Camera
CTRL+Mouse or Arrow Keys or JoyHat: Look around
MiddleMouseButton or JoyButton 2: Center View
ENTER key: restart scene
Controls:
Precession machine:
A/D: rotate red part
Gyro:
Controls:
Space key: Spin and apply lift
Mouse: rotate direction
Rope:
Left Mouse Button: attach rope
Right Mouse Button: detach rope
MouseWheel Down: make rope longer
MouseWheel Up: make rope shorter
Helicopter:
Controls:
R: start/stop Rotor-Engine
W/S or JoyThrottle: main Rotor Collective pitch
A/D or JoyZ-Axis: tail rotor left/right
Mouse or Joy-Axes: main Rotor cyclic control
Q or JoyButton 6: Auto-Hover On/Off (also turns on Auto-Stabilizer.
E or JoyButton 5: Auto-Stabilizer On/Off
When in Hover-Mode the Collective pitch is controlled completely by Autopilot:
W/S: in-/decrease target height
Rope:
Left Mouse Button or JoyButton 3: make rope shorter and hide rope
Right Mouse Button or JoyButton 4: show rope and make rope longer
Space Key or JoyButton 1: attach or detach magnet to target
T: Extra Top-View On/Off
FirstPerson-View:
Controls:
Mouse: View
W/A/S/D: Move
Shift: Run
Space: Jump
Rope:
Left Mouse Button: attach rope
Right Mouse Button: detach rope
MouseWheel Down: make rope longer
MouseWheel Up: make rope shorter
Visualization of Forces:
set the properties of object 'ZSE'
show_gyro_force
show_heli_force
to True or False
Sensibilty of Helicopter Controls:
set the properties of object 'Bell'
Credits:
Helicopter model by SHINN THANT
https://blendswap.com/blend/15976
drone City by Voxelatio
https://blendswap.com/blend/27360
Low Poly Car Pack by Hexalore
https://blendswap.com/blend/28523
Sounds:
https://www.pacdv.com/sounds/
https://freesound.org