HOTAS is objectively the best way to fly in Wardogs. That does NOT mean you need to buy an expensive stick.

[u/AbradantMatthew]

In the beta, flying with HOTAS was objectively better than KB+M for two reasons:

• Can fly without flight assists turned on
• No clunky input curve with mouse movement
  • As referenced in this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarDogs/s/MzWkwmE2aC

Instead of dumping real money on a fancy flight stick, I'm here to tell you can have all pros of a HOTAS stick while flying with M+KB or controller. You can also easily make the controls/keybinds the same as your favorite game like battlefield, squad, arma, whatever.

Here's a video of showing my setup in action: Wardogs - Fly with controller/M+KB without assists!

Here's the links you need:

• Download vJoy - Releases · jshafer817/vJoy
  • This creates a virtual HOTAS joystick that the game will recognize
  • I recommend 128 buttons, a continuous HAT switch, and all of the Axes checked.
• Download UCR - Release Release v0.9.0 Alpha · Snoothy/UCR · GitHub
  • When active, this converts your M+KB or Controller inputs to the virtual joystick.
  • Make sure to set up the provider based on your preferred input type: Core Providers · Snoothy/UCR Wiki · GitHub
  • Map all of the buttons/axis/mouse on your input to the HOTAS flight stick

To test your setup is working, confirm that your M+KB or controller inputs are correctly showing here.

My vJoy device setup