HeartBurnKid

Actually, I said "Penultimate" because I was planning to enhance it somewhat down the line (to allow for running starts, automatically disable sprint if it's enabled, and the like), thus making the ultimate flight bind. But, heck, I already like it as is, and it seems the Speed-on-Demand thing has already been done to everybody else's satisfaction elsewhere (even if it seems horriffically bloated IMHO), so I'm probably not going to do anything further.

Besides, "penultimate" both sounds cooler, and is less arrogant. And how rare is it that a single word is both of those?

Thanks for the advice. With your help, I think this is actually ready for use.

Here is Version 1 of The Penultimate Flight/Hover Bind. I will not be posting it in this thread, as the number of files in the bind has grown exponentially (28 files!), but you can download all relevant files here:

http://mysite.verizon.net/heartburnk...light_bind.zip

Directions:

1: Make a new subfolder called "binds" in your City of Heroes folder (normally C/Program Files/City of Heroes)
2: Unzip the file to your binds folder.
3: (optional) Change the button references in each file to reflect the buttons you wish to use; you may do this with simple find and replace functions. The buttons as currently bound are:

Joystick1_up: Forward
Joystick1_down: Backward
Joystick1_left: Left
Joystick1_right: Right
Joy11: Up
Joy12: Down
Space: Activate/deactivate flight mode

You may use a utility, such as Funduc Search & Replace, to simplify this process
4: Enter CoH, and type /bind_load_file .\binds\ground.txt into your chat window.

Voila! You may now activate flight mode with Space (or whichever key/button you chose in step 3), and it will auto-toggle between flight and hover whenever you move or stop moving!

Known issues:

1: You must be standing still when activating flight mode, or else problems will occur with hover/flight switching (it doesn't matter so much when it's deactivated).
2: Pressing both buttons on a given axis (up/down, left/right, forward/backward) at the same time will mess up the bind.

Issue number one will likely get addressed at a later time (I know how to do it, but it's a lot of typing and even more files, and the issue doesn't impair the functionality of the bind); issue number 2 most likely will not.

Enjoy!

This is an attempt to improve upon The Best Hover/Fly /bind EVER!!! So far, I think it's coming along nicely, but I'm running into a few issues that are keeping it from working the way I intend. The general idea is that, when standing still in the air, you're in Hover mode; when moving, you're in Fly mode.

First off, the buttons involved are:
Joystick1_up: move forward
Joystick1_down: move backward
Joystick1_left: move left
Joystick1_right: move right
Joy11: move up
Joy12: move down
Space: Activate/deactivate flight mode
And now, the code:

ground.txt:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>joystick1_up "+forward"
joystick1_down "+backward"
joystick1_left "+left"
joystick1_right "+right"
joy11 "+up"
joy12 "+down"
space "powexec_toggleon hover$$bind_load_file .\binds\hover.txt" </pre><hr />

hover.txt:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>joystick1_up "+forward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyforward.txt"
joystick1_down "+backward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flybackward.txt"
joystick1_left "+left$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyleft.txt"
joystick1_right "+right$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyright.txt"
joy11 "+up$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyup.txt"
joy12 "+down$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flydown.txt"
space "powexec_toggleoff hover$$powexec_toggleoff fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\ground.txt"</pre><hr />

flyforward.txt:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>joystick1_up "+forward$$powexec_toggleon hover$$bind_load_file .\binds\hover.txt"
joystick1_down "+backward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flybackward.txt"
joystick1_left "+left$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyleft.txt"
joystick1_right "+right$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyright.txt"
joy11 "+up$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyup.txt"
joy12 "+down$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flydown.txt"
space "powexec_toggleff hover$$powexec_toggleoff fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\ground.txt"</pre><hr />

flybackward.txt:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>joystick1_up "+forward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyforward.txt"
joystick1_down "+backward$$powexec_toggleon hover$$bind_load_file .\binds\hover.txt"
joystick1_left "+left$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyleft.txt"
joystick1_right "+right$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyright.txt"
joy11 "+up$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyup.txt"
joy12 "+down$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flydown.txt"
space "powexec_toggleoff hover$$powexec_toggleoff fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\ground.txt"</pre><hr />

flyleft.txt:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>joystick1_up "+forward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyforward.txt"
joystick1_down "+backward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flybackward.txt"
joystick1_left "+left$$powexec_toggleon hover$$bind_load_file .\binds\hover.txt"
joystick1_right "+right$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyright.txt"
joystick1_button11 "+up$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyup.txt"
joystick1_button12 "+down$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flydown.txt"
space "powexec_toggleoff hover$$powexec_toggleoff fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\ground.txt"</pre><hr />

flyright.txt:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>joystick1_up "+forward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyforward.txt"
joystick1_down "+backward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flybackward.txt"
joystick1_left "+left$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyleft.txt"
joystick1_right "+right$$powexec_toggleon hover$$bind_load_file .\binds\hover.txt"
joy11 "+up$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyup.txt"
joy12 "+down$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flydown.txt"
space "powexec_toggleoff hover$$powexec_toggleoff fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\ground.txt"</pre><hr />

flyup.txt:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>joystick1_up "+forward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyforward.txt"
joystick1_down "+backward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flybackward.txt"
joystick1_left "+left$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyleft.txt"
joystick1_right "+right$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyright.txt"
joy11 "+up$$powexec_toggleon hover$$bind_load_file .\binds\hover.txt"
joy12 "+down$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flydown.txt"
space "powexec_toggleff hover$$powexec_toggleoff fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\ground.txt"</pre><hr />

flydown.txt:
<font class="small">Code:[/color]<hr /><pre>joystick1_up "+forward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyforward.txt"
joystick1_down "+backward$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flybackward.txt"
joystick1_left "+left$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyleft.txt"
joystick1_right "+right$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyright.txt"
joy11 "+up$$powexec_toggleon fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\flyup.txt"
joy12 "+down$$powexec_toggleon hover$$bind_load_file .\binds\hover.txt"
space "powexec_toggleoff hover$$powexec_toggleoff fly$$bind_load_file .\binds\ground.txt"</pre><hr />

The major issue I'm having with this is that, at times, the game seems to miss its cue to switch to Hover (this seems to happen if I roll from one direction to the other, then let the joystick center), and at others, it starts to Hover when it should be Flying, and vice versa (this happens when I roll to another direction, and back to the original). These issues are easily solved by simply moving in a different direction, but they crop up way too often the way I fly.

Anybody have any ideas of how to solve this? The only thing that comes to mind for me is making a file for each possible combination of directions, but that might get a little complicated. It's entirely possible to do, of course, and I may go that route if there aren't any better ways to do it, but I'd really rather not have that many files devoted to this bind.

Any ideas?

And, you know, I just realized this might be more at home in the Player Questions forum or another forum. Sorry about that, I'm sure that the mods will correct it shortly.

You know, reading this makes me realize how much of Papa Ghede's potential I'm wasting. Can't wait for the Issue 7 respec to fix that.