VelocityOne Flightstick compatibility has been confirmed within Star Citizen. When the Flightstick is connected to the PC and Star Citizen is launched from the RSI Launcher, inputs from the Flightstick are registered in-game, and from reviewing the control options, a default control profile is applied.
In the control menus, there is a drop-down menu of pre-set custom profiles made for a variety of different joysticks. This menu can be used to select one of these profiles, but also can be used to add/save custom profiles. This guide will allow you to make use of this to add a custom profile made by the Turtle Beach team that can be downloaded and added to the Star Citizen game files, so you can load this custom profile. We hope that this will allow you to easily get into Star Citizen using the VelocityOne Flightstick. See you among the stars!
If you're looking for a full guide into how to use your Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flighstick in Star Citizen, then read on ahead.
Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flightstick - Control Configuration Guide For Star Citizen On PC
You will need the following:
- Star Citizen, downloaded and fully updated on your PC
- Your VelocityOne Flightstick
- the Star Citizen VelocityOne Flightstick control configuration file
We recommend adding the file to the PC desktop once it is downloaded; this will allow you to more easily access and move/copy the file later, as needed.
The VelocityOne Flightstick Control Configuration file is available for download here. Again, we recommend adding the file to the PC desktop once it is downloaded; this will allow you to more easily access and move/copy the file later, as needed.
To add this file to the game folders, please do the following:
- First, download that VelocityOne Flightstick Control Configuration file, and save it to your desktop.
- Then, connect the VelocityOne Flightstick to the PC via its included USB cable. For instructions on connecting the VelocityOne Flightstick to your PC, please click here.
- Then, make sure that Star Citizen is fully downloaded to your PC, and is fully updated.
- Launch Star Citizen through the RSI Launcher. Once it has fully launched, quit the game. This will ensure that the game folders are generate internally.
- You do not have to do this step if the game has already been fully launched once.
- Open the File Explorer in the desktop, and go to [the PC drive designated for Star Citizen] >> Roberts Space Industries >> StarCitizen >> LIVE >> USER >> Client >> 0 >> Controls >> Mappings
- From here, either right click on the VelocityOne Flightstick configuration file (that you saved to your desktop) and select Copy, and then right-click within the Mappings folder and select Paste -- or simply left-click the configuration file and drag it directly to the Mappings folder to move the file into that folder.
The folder is now updated with the custom configuration file.
To apply those controls in-game, please do the following:
- Launch Star Citizen.
- Once the game has loaded to the main menu, select Options from the bottom-left hand corner (next to Quit Game).
- In the Options menu, navigate to the Keybindings tab.
- In the bottom-right on the Keybindings tab, there is a box where you can select the connected peripheral. Use the right arrow key to cycle the options to Joystick/HOTAS.
- The window will change, and will no longer show a keyboard layout on screen. Select the Advanced Controls Customization option (in the bottom-left hand corner, next to the Back button).
- An option for Control Profiles will appear in the bottom-right, next to the Joystick/HOTAs button. Select this Control Profiles option to bring up a small menu.
- In that menu, select VelocityOne Flightstick.
- This will open a separate window, which outlines the currently-connected devices and which device you want to load the new profile to. The option titled Joystick is your VelocityOne Flightstick, so select Joystick.
- The box next to the Joystick option will say None. Click on this box, and then select VelocityOne FLIGHTSTICK. Click LOAD at the bottom-right corner of this separate window.
The custom profile is now loaded and ready to go!
For ease of understanding the controls available to you, we've provided a control layout graphic below. Please note: Great effort has been made to cover a wide variety of controls in game; with that being said, there still may be some controls that might not be covered by this layout. Feel free to add, edit, and change these profile controls as required to suit your personal preference and gaming style!