Wing Commander joystick sensitivity

[Kilrathikiller]

Well i was wondering if there was any way that the joystick sensitivity can be turned down especially in 4 and one. im fine with it but when showing new people the game it seems to be the biggest complaint

 

[Adventure4Life]

Not sure about 4... but if you are running wc1 though DosBox there is an option in the confif file....

sensitivity = 1..1000
Mouse sensitivity.
Default is 100.
(since 0.??)

 

[Kilrathikiller]

Well i have the Kilrathi Saga versions so no Dosbox. I believe that Wing 4 has the joystick patch that i think i have installed but its just been so long. I was thinking maybe I can edit in there.

 

[ChrisReid]

There is a command line switch for both Kilrathi Saga and WC4 for Windows that will reduce the joystick sensitivity. Not sure if the KS one works on WC1/2, but it's worth a try as it at least adjusts WC3W.

-dead_zone=# Increase or decrease the dead zone for greater
joystick precision. By default, the dead zone is
1. Using a value of 0 will turn the dead zone
off, and using a value of 3 will make the game
respond similar to the DOS version.

For example, -dead_zone=0 will turn off the dead zone.

To use command line parameters, you will need to change your shortcut
on the desktop before running the game.

1 Right-click on the Wing Commander IV icon
2 Click Properties
3 Click Shortcut
4 Depending on where you installed the game, the Target line
should read something similar to "c:\wc4\wc4w.exe"
5 Add parameters (with a space between them) on the Target line
after "c:\wc4\wc4w.exe".

For example, "c:\wc4\wc4w.exe -dead_zone=0 -no_interlace"