Hi all, it’s been a few years since I’ve posted on the VU forums, and I am pleased to see so much talent around when it comes to the modding community of Battlefield 3. As such, I would like to ask upon that talent to see if anyone could or would find a way to transfer the UI, button ques and controls including that of the original aim assist from DICE’s Xbox 360 port of Battlefield 3, to Battlefield 3 PC VU. – Unfortunately the controls suffer quite a bit in comparison to when it comes to the Xbox 360 port DICE made and the controls we finally got for the Xbox controller on the PC version of Battlefield 3. Main points being as follows –
– No Toggling of Sprint or Boost in vehicles, leading to players needing to hold the Left Click to sprint & boost, which is not the case on the 360 port.
– Unable to use 360 controls during Quick Time Events, which again wasn’t a problem in the 360 port.
– No proper Aim Assist/Aim Slow Down near targets, which isn’t the case on the 360 port as it can be incredibly hard to aim accurately on a thumb stick than it is a mouse.
– Unable to fully navigate menus and settings due to missing key binds that are otherwise present on the 360 counterpart, such as being able to use your Right and Left Bumper to change tabs on the spawn screen or being able to press X to alter kit etc etc…
– Missing Button Prompts
– Proper head movement sensitivity when free looking in helicopters/jets or when looking around on a ladder, as vehicles are too slow and ladders are too quick, both are set correctly on the 360 port.
– Correct Control Presets/Layouts to the console port, with many key bindings in the PC version being incorrectly placed compared to that of the 360 release, although it can be altered in the key bindings menu, I think it would make a lot more sense to use the layouts including that of the default layout DICE had already created for their 360 port of Battlefield 3, and being much more user friendly.
I believe that is everything, or at least the key points that I have noticed when comparing the controls of the official Xbox 360 Port of Battlefield 3 which is now unplayable online, to that of the PC controls we were given, with there being many flaws with the handling of controller support on the PC versions of Battlefield, it would not be until Battlefield 1 where DICE included 1 to 1 controller support for the PC version, with every Battlefield game before it having some flaw or setback with the controls on PC. But I would love to see this come to life as a doable mod in VU!
Thanks guys.