Game update

New Update - V1.02 Available with full Mouse and Keyboard Support

Starfighter Origins · published 12 May 2017, 11:42 UTC

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Full mouse and keyboard support is now available. We have cut down the getting started intro, campaign requirements and much more.

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Anyone who had installed the game previous to this update needs to perform the steps at the bottom of this announcement. This does not affect anyone who installs the game for the first time.

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Changelog 1.01 - 1.02 (344mb)
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*Mouse now supported
*keyboard fully supported
*Added default controls for keyboard and mouse
*Added 2nd controller layout defaults - similar to Elite
*Fixed Invert pitch (Default Controls)
*Fixed up custom controls menu problems
*Fixed Misc Typos
*Added Tips to loading screens
*Improved axis sensitivity and feel
*Changed Campaign requirement to just Basic training
*Improved mission 2 Campaign with more action
*Improved and shortened Basic Training Tutorial
*Added current default controls to flight menu
*Fixed misc collision issues
*Misc improvements and fixes

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Everyone who has installed the game prior to this announcement must do the following :

(This does NOT affect anyone who installs the game after this announcement!)

Go to your user folder in windows, make sure "show hidden files and folders" is enabled! This can be done by :

Windows 7

1) Select the Start button, then select Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization.
2) Select Folder Options, then select the View tab.
3)Under Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives, and then select OK.

Windows 8 & 10

1) Navigate to the control panel. ...
2) Select Large or Small icons from the View by menu if one of them is not already selected.
3) Select File Explorer Options (sometimes called Folder options)
4) Open the View tab.

Delete the folder "StarfighterOrigins" located in the Users/Appdata/Local/

Eg : C:\Users\******\AppData\Local\StarfighterOrigins

This folder was created with the old configs and needs to be deleted in order for the new controls and features to initialise. This folder is separate from game install and needs to be deleted. Unless this folder is deleted for people with an old config, you WILL run into problems. Please note that anyone who gets and installs the game after this announcement will not need to perform this action.

If this folder is not deleted!

New binding will not save and set.
New controls and features will not work
Frequent crashes

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Thanks for being patient pilots, as a solo dev it takes a little time to get all feedback implemented.

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