I'm getting pretty good with the nighthawk but how are.yiu moving soon fast!? I try to pick up momentum by swinging down low but can t reach that speed
@@cryptodev2615 I changed the key bindings. Is known "Assault bindings" as he mentioned his friend in the description did. It makes a huge difference on PC
Now this is what I’ve been waiting for. No joke, silk is by far my favourite battlefield content creator. Great pilot, great infantry player, says the truth and provides Incredible tips. Hope you are well and enjoying the game :)
Now we need the same type of guide for the Jet please. I was watching while you were breaking the world record. You are an absolute falcon in the air man, picking people apart.
What “world record” was broken? A kill streak in a brand new game? Is there a resource to see stats than can prove he broke some kind of record? Proof that nobody else did the same or better?
The Solo\Co-op mode is a great place to practise with the heli & jets. Bots offer numerous easy targets to practise aiming and you don't have to worry about trying to get a vehicle. Thankful that Dice included it in this version of BF. Me & my friend usually do a round or two of Co-op with bots set to advanced level to warm up & have fun getting tons of kills before venturing into the online servers.
Whenever I play against AI they immediately take all the vehicles, then fly around not doing sh** (while the enemy AI are wrecking my team). Once they take damage they immediately bail, which often gifts the vehicle to the enemies. I also wish you could actually give commands to AI to keep them out of your vehicle because they're only good as gunners and the second they're controlling a ground vehicle they start going forward and back while slowly turning and immediately popping smoke the second anything shoots close to the vehicle 🤦♂️. I wish friendly AI could rocket snipe other vehicles from across the map like the enemy do with regularity
The most annoying thing about coop is the fact that you cant configure a insta respawn. Bots will just snipe you with RPGs from time to time and you'll have to look at the screen for 2 minutes
@@triplocore Yeah it's definitely not perfect but I'm just glad it's an option. Me and my buddy usually play two rounds with bots to warm up before jumping in with people. It would be nice if you could customize it more & tell them to not take vehicles as you gotta spawn in the tank or vehicle you want right at the start of a map to get them. (they pick that worthless electric rail gun tank 90% of the time) They must be using some kind of machine learning for the bots as I've noticed their behavior has changed a bunch since release. the RPG/rocket spam is very real now, and sometimes if you come across a pack of enemy bots they will all laser focus on you at once lol Also the vehicle count down timer is completely worthless & broken.
@@QuasiMonkey I used to believe that the countdown is broken too, but it's in fact bad explained. The countdown that you see is your personal countdown to pick another vehicle. The actual vehicle respawn time is hiden and we cant see it, but I believe it takes 2:30 minutes to respawn.
@@triplocore Hmm interesting. I'll have to pay attention to it next time and see if that's how it is. So far I've only noticed the issue with it not being accurate for tanks & helicopters while transport vehicles were shown as available so might be a category or type of vehicle restriction so someone can't hog a tank or helicopter all round.
I have pm'ed DRUNKZ about this and mentioned it a bunch on twitter and reddit, really hope they do it. As of now they just said theyll nerf the nightbirds weaponry.
Happy to see a good pilot using same keybind as me :) I just learned how to fly heli in BF2042 and got my 2400kills yesterday. Nightbird is so fun to use.
Update: you should turn off the heli control assist that makes you auto hover. This will help your aim immensely because you will no longer be fighting against this. I couldn’t hit anything until I did this
something you should mention if you get a warning of an incoming missile, but didnt get a lockon warning, its a sundance grenade. 99/100 times you can outrun these do you shouldnt deploy your flares also I think the missile warning sound is slightly different for the grenade compared to real missiles but I could be wrong there.
Also worth mentioning that if sundance grenade overlaps with an actual missile, you can hear it most of the time from the warning sound resetting and (or) becoming inconsistent. There are a lot of sundances that does the grenade/stinger combo in order to mindtrick you into not deploying flares. This is a method that you could use to outsmart them. For the times this does not work as intended, make sure to listen to stinger blasts. Stingers makes a lot of sound when their rockets go off, if you hear a rocket going off, flare up immidiately.
I know I'm late on this video but I just wanted to say thanks. I thought flying on PC was pretty much impossible the first few times I tried it but watching these helped me pick it up and learn. Actually managed to go from crashing off spawn to a 58 kill game, not the greatest but I was really pleased. I've watched this video a bunch to learn movement. You rock, thanks.
@@oreouk6619 Best thing I can say is test it out in the solo / pve mode for a while. Took me a few crashes to get the hang of it, but it feels more fluid after you put some time in it.
@@oreouk6619 I use 1k dpi, but it is just what you are used to. It helped to think of it like a controller so my brain could use the mouse and keyboard along with a/d movement to keep the crosshair on people. I'm like 5-6 hours into practicing and it's just now getting easier to aim at folks without screwing up.
I love how he recommended the rifle control scheme with yaw on mouse and I had seen no-one else do it, so I switched back to default and now I see someone recommend it
Trying to learn the little bird, changing to rifle aim has greatly improved my kills and maneuverability. I don't fly jets so, this is extremely helpful
I been a pilot for years and I genuinely die more often by crashing myself rather than actually getting shot down lmao Just 30 mins ago I ruined my longest killstreak (45-0) by randomly flying into the ground for absolutely no fucking reason
The first time I figured out ramming with helicopters was a viable strategy was on exposure I was flying a hind and capping delta, the other hind pilot rammed my tail rotor and shoved the nose of my hind through the bars and into the ground instakilling me and 5 other teammates
6:25, I don't think those are actually bugged. I think they're flipped around the way they are because you have invert aircraft vertical look on (8:11). I could be wrong here because I haven't actually played 2042 yet, but I remember in bf4 I was constantly changing that setting because I'd want it inverted for helis, but I would want it to be normal for jets. I did this to change the way that mouse control worked with jets/helis but if I remember right it also inverted the button binds as well.
Hey man don’t know if you’ll see this but I think I found out how to not have to deal with minimum convergence on the little bird. You have to use the third person aim and I know that sounds bad but it aligns almost perfectly with the left minigun stream allowing for bf4 like accuracy
I have a recommendation for binding your side mouse buttons. What I do is use my mouse software to bind keyboard keys to my side mouse buttons. I personally use F6 and F7 cause they rarely conflict with other bindings but it's personal preference. This completely avoids the issues that some games have with binding side mouse buttons. Hope this helps!
If a jet is chasing you, watch for the ram. Ive been ramming heli’s whenever they pop flares and it does massive damage and often doesnt even kill the plane
Finally learned how to fly about a week ago and I don’t want to toot my own horn but I’m pretty good at flying and getting through tight spaces. Manifest is definitely my top map for flashy flying but hourglass is my favourite for killing. But the only issue I find is the amount of AA on the enemy team. I swear, every time my team is getting slaughtered by air power they just can’t seem to figure out there is AA in the game. Yet the moment I fly I’m locked on before I even see enemies. Idk if AA needs to be nerfed or if flares need to be buffed but it is ridiculous how much AA there is. Every single player and their mother is rocking AA.
This game has oversimplified flying mechanics and assist. Go fly in bf4 and you’ll realize you’re not as skilled as you think, congrats on learning tho
My own tip: When using rifle aim set the pilot sensitivity to something below 100%. Holding a/d will still roll at the same, maximum speed. But you gain the ability to do finer adjustments to your roll when just tapping a/d. [EDIT] I was wrong: While vehicle aim affects your 360/cm distance needed for turns as a pilot, pilot sensitivity does not only affect keyboard inputs but also how much the helicopter reacts to slower mouse movements. I will be using 100% pilot sensitivity as a result. Using 100% pilot sensitivity feels a lot more like mouse movements being used directly for aim making it more reactive and easier. Really happy I watched this vid now, thanks Silk and Reaps!
I went 100 mainly because my mouse responses felt more instant and less delayed, the lower you go the finer keyboard adjustments but the less instant mouse response, also found I turned slower but each to their own, ill do more testing.
@@x8reaps Man I am glad i made this comment then. When I tested things on the first day I was under the impression: Vehicle sensitivity governs all mouse inputs related to flying (and all vehicles in general) and pilot sensitivity governs all keyboard inputs related to flying vehicles. I will also do more testing.
Hi, Could u tell me how u can edit Yaw to a mousemovement? Is there a hidden option, because i just keep moving my mouse up and down and nothing changes...
I actually use rifle aim for Jets and helis, it's actually easier for me to use it in jets lol. I just got used to it from using legacy southpaw on controller in airplanes so it was easier to adjust when I made those changes on MKB
@@trevorhenson759 go into key bindings, find yaw, clear them in the buttons, click on the mouse column, then just swing it right lol, should work. Make sure to unselect roll on the mouse column too. My mouse only controls yaw click for fire and zoom, W and S control pitch up and down.
Thanks for the tips! About binding certain mouse-keys, try changing them under the keyboard tab instead of mouse, worked for me for some reason (for page up-page down)
This def helped me. Having space/control for pitch is like ghost recon wildlands/breakpoint and other games and is much more intuitive than the default. And using A and D instead of mouse to yaw instead of roll...so much easier. New people always flip right over because it's only normal to press A or D to try and steer.
Had the same issue with key binds... delete the cache folder in my doc/ bf2042. Won't delete the rest of your key binds and you will be able to bind pilot controls to the mouse.
Im missing heli movement. How to dodge attacks, how to position against dogfights, how to quickly gain top speed, turns etc. I had the same problem with keybinds to mouse. Fixed when disconnecting my controller. When i disconnected the controller i was able to bind chase camera to mousebuttons
I changed my controls so i got roll at A and D and yaw on Q and E, also switched the mouse left/right to Yaw instead of roll. Makes it much easier to fly and aim with the mouse.
As someone who played Battlefield 2 since 2007 and alot of Battlefield 3 + BFBC2 at its peak, I can say with confidence that attack helicopters are the most important asset in the series. In BF2 a good pilot+gunner could decimate armoured vehicles with ease (TV guided missiles are strong), while staying alive to finish off infantry that could barely fight back. In Battlefield 3 and in BFBC2 it was easier to retaliate against them, but attack helis would eat alot of tickets before going down, and would eat many more when up again. I would say in BF2 it was 1/2 attack helicopter effort, 1/2 the rest of the team. In BF3 it was 1/3 attack helicopter and 2/3 the rest of the team. In Battlefield 2042 it seems to be balanced like Battlefield 3, what do you think?
Going to try and apply this to my settings and gameplay. Only issues I've seen is that stick controls are wonky as at the moment. There's a weird setting that lets you choose how much vertical and horizontal inputs cancel each other out on joysticks. But it's totally broken so when you have it on it makes it nearly impossible to move your vehicle. But if you set your deadzones to low it causes phantom movements. So you have to have the X,Y on a little bit. Basically, if you have any amount of joystick drift you are totally screwed vehicle wise.
There's many games that won't let you bind mouse buttons...just set mouse key binds using your mouse software as 0,9,8, etc and now the game sets these keys as your binds.
Hey, could you maybe do a beginner guide on how to actually fly an heli and a jet? I am a beginner and I have no clue on how to fly those vehicles :/ that would be really great
ya i use the "rifle aim" keybinds; i just can't get used to rolling with the mouse, it's so finicky, i've crashed more times than getting shot down lol i wish they used Warthunder's control schemes though, it's more intuitive that way
What setting do you turn on/off for mini bird crosshairs to only show a dot when using the rocket pods? Stock shows the 2 vertical lines with how many rockets you have left. I feel it’s a bit distracting and I like how you are able to see better.
There is a way to dodge heatseekers and AA missiles without flares. Havent yet fully figured out but if you roll and yaw in same direction at right time it works sometimes
I use the mouse aim for both heli and jet, that's how I played in war thunder. Took some time to figure out how to set it up but I'm quite happy with it now, the default was super weird. The difference here is that bf2042 interprets the mouse as keyboard input, drag to pitch and it only does it for a short while, whereas in war thunder it was like a joystick, drag up to pitch and it continued until you dragged the mouse back to center. This has forced me to play jets with both hands on the keyboard, arrows for pitch and qweasd for other inputs. Otherwise it's impossible to do continuous turns. I will try the space and left control for pitch. Hope my left hand can handle everything :)
I like to play attack heli because it has a anti vehicle and anti aircraft capability. The scout heli is good because it’s faster than other vehicles but I have trouble sometimes with it since I’m playing on PS5.
Hey mate, is there anything like test range on bf4 so you can practice and fine tune heli skills.? I don’t get very many chances to get into helis and when I do I end up diving into the ground and killing a heap of team mates
you can use mouse buttons it just has to be under the Mouse section instead of keyboard section. I guess its so you can have A keyboard binding and a mouse binding? not sure why it could all just be together
Probs to late here, but If you create a macro for the mouse button and bind in to unused keys (for instance '[' or ']') you can get the mouse keybinds to work in game. Took me a long time to figure that out.
I believe you can bind chase camera, if you bind all chase cameras the same key. As in, planes, vehicles. Etc. I had the same problem with map key bind. I had to bind it in every setting.
More tips: When ur hovering in the AH the max range for stinger is 500m and AA guns on the wildcats max range is 700m. AH gunners 30mm is 1,100m max range.
Fr33thy recommended this video because I want to learn how to actually use the heli's. I just want to not crash or get blown out of the sky for longer than 30 seconds.
9:59, That's how I fly. Pilots who roll with their mouse are strange😂. 10:35 I hate how the switch seat key doesn't cycle through all the seats, and how there is no switch-to-primary-seat keybind. Function keys are hard to reach on full-sized keyboards, but what's even worse is that I have a 60% keyboard so every time I wanna switch to the heli primary seat, I have to hold Fn and then press 1/F1. (you need two hands to do this. WTF DICE.)
I was in a straight up zombie lobby where I didn’t get a single lock from infantry Andy I only managed 36-0, but normally I get 10-15 kills and die so I was still somewhat happy
Quick question. How can you tell a Sundance grenade is targeting your heli? Because when a Sundance grenade is targeting you, you get the "incoming missile" message for a long time, which makes you use your flares, even though you can easily fly away from the grenade .
Nice vid Silk. Have you tried running Aiming left/right aceleration on 0%? I see yours is set to default - 50%.. Aim feels more repsonsive in Helis ..well at least on console with controller.
I've been flying with WSAD + arrow keys and never really use mouse to fly, do you think this is a disadvantage or not? And should I switch to WSAD + Mouse ?, I've tried WSAD+MOUSE but the up down, left right sensitivty is so weird while on mouse
I use wasd + mouse, it feels really weird at first but you get used to it, try flying in a night bird, far easier to learn than something heavier and clunkier
The one thing i'm super struggling with is forward momentum! I can't seem to go as fast as you can going forward, all the other movements I'm starting to get the hang of but it's all just... slower. Any advice anyone?
Is there a good way to doge missles? And I have problems with spotting lock on‘s or where the missles came from. I would be very thankful if you have a few answers for me. THX
I looked this video up to find out what this "Rifle aim" thing is everyone is talking about. It turns out that's just my natural way of flying in games. I can't fly any other way. Always mouse for aiming aircraft, and thrust/roll on keyboard
How do you whip it around so fast? I've practiced the circle jerk strafe or whatever 🤣 , but the whipping 180° and slowing my momentum down seems tricky. I'm on controller, prob doesn't help that I'm a potato. I never know how much throttle I should be giving it through turns.
The game would not let me bind my side mouse button for the chase camera, until I went and deleted the settings folder for BF2042 in my files. Yes, you have to adjust all of your settings again but it did allow me to bind my mouse side buttons.
what are the best controller( ps5) settings and the buttons?? when i start to flight within 20 sec. i crash because the flying is not working by uncontrol the heli, thanks for your help. greetzz
Ok I need help. Not sure if it’s a bug or not but I literally can’t fly helicopters or planes in the game(I play on ps5). Moving forward and backwards with a helicopter and plane for me do not work!!! I’ve look everywhere and not anyone else is having this issue. I can move up and down but that’s it. Even left and right don’t work properly for me.
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how do you move so smoothly???? you seem to be able to fly straight horizontally but when i fly it always goes up even if im looking almost directly downwards
So that ‘rifle aim?’ Thing. Can you please be more specific I’d like to try that. Bind what action and when you say mouse which button do you refer? I appreciate it!
Rifle aim is binding yaw to left and right mouse movements instead of roll. roll then goes on A and D on the keyboard. I actually did this before learning that it was a popular thing, it just makes more sense intuitively for me.
I use rifle aim on both jets and helis but for the jets youll have to basically roll and pitch a lot instead of just yawing everywhere. So yea, its not good for jets which explains why I cant get any kills with them. Helis are a lot more fun for me anyways
Whenever I want to get into a vehicle, i never see the option for this helicopter. Only the big attack helicopter. Do i have to equip it or something ?
Fix; Had also the problem that binding a mousebutton gave mouse6 all the time, by removing the cache folder (documents-battlefield 2042) it was fixed for me. (made a backup of the map first to be sure)
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The first time I entered a Heli, I crashed it in less than 5 seconds...LOL
Almost all of us did when we first started. The thing is you just gotta try again and again!
I was exactly like that whenever I got a hold of a heli in bf4 when I was first starting out. Good times 😅
I'm getting pretty good with the nighthawk but how are.yiu moving soon fast!? I try to pick up momentum by swinging down low but can t reach that speed
@@cryptodev2615 I changed the key bindings. Is known "Assault bindings" as he mentioned his friend in the description did. It makes a huge difference on PC
@@the_real_greywolf I'm on console!
Now this is what I’ve been waiting for.
No joke, silk is by far my favourite battlefield content creator. Great pilot, great infantry player, says the truth and provides Incredible tips. Hope you are well and enjoying the game :)
Appreciate the kind words and doing well. I enjoy the game when it's working but it is unfinished rn
Saaaaame thoo
Now we need the same type of guide for the Jet please. I was watching while you were breaking the world record. You are an absolute falcon in the air man, picking people apart.
Coming soon
@@SilkOCE june soon?
no we don't jetts ruin the game lol.
@@SilkOCE if you actually want this game to live longer, and have a higher player base you will abandon jetts.
What “world record” was broken? A kill streak in a brand new game? Is there a resource to see stats than can prove he broke some kind of record? Proof that nobody else did the same or better?
The Solo\Co-op mode is a great place to practise with the heli & jets. Bots offer numerous easy targets to practise aiming and you don't have to worry about trying to get a vehicle. Thankful that Dice included it in this version of BF. Me & my friend usually do a round or two of Co-op with bots set to advanced level to warm up & have fun getting tons of kills before venturing into the online servers.
Whenever I play against AI they immediately take all the vehicles, then fly around not doing sh** (while the enemy AI are wrecking my team). Once they take damage they immediately bail, which often gifts the vehicle to the enemies. I also wish you could actually give commands to AI to keep them out of your vehicle because they're only good as gunners and the second they're controlling a ground vehicle they start going forward and back while slowly turning and immediately popping smoke the second anything shoots close to the vehicle 🤦♂️. I wish friendly AI could rocket snipe other vehicles from across the map like the enemy do with regularity
The most annoying thing about coop is the fact that you cant configure a insta respawn. Bots will just snipe you with RPGs from time to time and you'll have to look at the screen for 2 minutes
@@triplocore Yeah it's definitely not perfect but I'm just glad it's an option. Me and my buddy usually play two rounds with bots to warm up before jumping in with people.
It would be nice if you could customize it more & tell them to not take vehicles as you gotta spawn in the tank or vehicle you want right at the start of a map to get them. (they pick that worthless electric rail gun tank 90% of the time)
They must be using some kind of machine learning for the bots as I've noticed their behavior has changed a bunch since release. the RPG/rocket spam is very real now, and sometimes if you come across a pack of enemy bots they will all laser focus on you at once lol
Also the vehicle count down timer is completely worthless & broken.
@@QuasiMonkey I used to believe that the countdown is broken too, but it's in fact bad explained. The countdown that you see is your personal countdown to pick another vehicle. The actual vehicle respawn time is hiden and we cant see it, but I believe it takes 2:30 minutes to respawn.
@@triplocore Hmm interesting. I'll have to pay attention to it next time and see if that's how it is. So far I've only noticed the issue with it not being accurate for tanks & helicopters while transport vehicles were shown as available so might be a category or type of vehicle restriction so someone can't hog a tank or helicopter all round.
I'm confident in my heli gameplay, watching Silk is just so satisfying
I'm glad you enjoy
Ty for the shoutout bro, I would be so happy if they nerfed hydras and buffed minis, would love the heli so much more.
I have pm'ed DRUNKZ about this and mentioned it a bunch on twitter and reddit, really hope they do it. As of now they just said theyll nerf the nightbirds weaponry.
Nerfs coming for littlebird and hovercraft
Happy to see a good pilot using same keybind as me :)
I just learned how to fly heli in BF2042 and got my 2400kills yesterday. Nightbird is so fun to use.
what is that rifle thing he mentioned?
@@SuperGamesNap mouse for yaw, a/d for roll. Pitch not inverted.
Update: you should turn off the heli control assist that makes you auto hover. This will help your aim immensely because you will no longer be fighting against this. I couldn’t hit anything until I did this
I play on controller if anyone is wondering
Dude... i never knew this was a thing... omg lol all those years of struggle on ps. Now on pc i don't know il check.
something you should mention
if you get a warning of an incoming missile, but didnt get a lockon warning, its a sundance grenade.
99/100 times you can outrun these do you shouldnt deploy your flares
also I think the missile warning sound is slightly different for the grenade compared to real missiles but I could be wrong there.
Sundance is annoying
Also worth mentioning that if sundance grenade overlaps with an actual missile, you can hear it most of the time from the warning sound resetting and (or) becoming inconsistent. There are a lot of sundances that does the grenade/stinger combo in order to mindtrick you into not deploying flares. This is a method that you could use to outsmart them.
For the times this does not work as intended, make sure to listen to stinger blasts. Stingers makes a lot of sound when their rockets go off, if you hear a rocket going off, flare up immidiately.
Everyone, THIS IS WRONG. Radar missiles also do not have a lock-on warning, please disregard this post as it can get you killed quickly.
I know I'm late on this video but I just wanted to say thanks. I thought flying on PC was pretty much impossible the first few times I tried it but watching these helped me pick it up and learn. Actually managed to go from crashing off spawn to a 58 kill game, not the greatest but I was really pleased. I've watched this video a bunch to learn movement. You rock, thanks.
I have same prob. can you help me
@@oreouk6619 Best thing I can say is test it out in the solo / pve mode for a while. Took me a few crashes to get the hang of it, but it feels more fluid after you put some time in it.
Bro I am pc player with 800dpi. I cant do the right mouse settings. And I screwed with it
If I increase dpi, I can control heli easy but cant aim, If I go with low dpi I can aim but cant control heli itself.
@@oreouk6619 I use 1k dpi, but it is just what you are used to. It helped to think of it like a controller so my brain could use the mouse and keyboard along with a/d movement to keep the crosshair on people. I'm like 5-6 hours into practicing and it's just now getting easier to aim at folks without screwing up.
I love how he recommended the rifle control scheme with yaw on mouse and I had seen no-one else do it, so I switched back to default and now I see someone recommend it
Trying to learn the little bird, changing to rifle aim has greatly improved my kills and maneuverability. I don't fly jets so, this is extremely helpful
Just what I needed. Since this is my first bf experience, I’ve been crashing a lot of helis lmao
I crash plenty aswell lmao
We all have been there lmao
I been a pilot for years and I genuinely die more often by crashing myself rather than actually getting shot down lmao Just 30 mins ago I ruined my longest killstreak (45-0) by randomly flying into the ground for absolutely no fucking reason
Lol, just 3 seconds after release! That's my new record lmao! Also, more videos focused on tips and overall guidance of new players, please!
Jet one coming soon
The first time I figured out ramming with helicopters was a viable strategy was on exposure I was flying a hind and capping delta, the other hind pilot rammed my tail rotor and shoved the nose of my hind through the bars and into the ground instakilling me and 5 other teammates
6:25, I don't think those are actually bugged. I think they're flipped around the way they are because you have invert aircraft vertical look on (8:11). I could be wrong here because I haven't actually played 2042 yet, but I remember in bf4 I was constantly changing that setting because I'd want it inverted for helis, but I would want it to be normal for jets. I did this to change the way that mouse control worked with jets/helis but if I remember right it also inverted the button binds as well.
Hey man don’t know if you’ll see this but I think I found out how to not have to deal with minimum convergence on the little bird. You have to use the third person aim and I know that sounds bad but it aligns almost perfectly with the left minigun stream allowing for bf4 like accuracy
I have a recommendation for binding your side mouse buttons. What I do is use my mouse software to bind keyboard keys to my side mouse buttons. I personally use F6 and F7 cause they rarely conflict with other bindings but it's personal preference. This completely avoids the issues that some games have with binding side mouse buttons. Hope this helps!
Probably all quiality game mouses have a program like ghub or ect and most add keyboard binding to mouse. So great tip
If a jet is chasing you, watch for the ram. Ive been ramming heli’s whenever they pop flares and it does massive damage and often doesnt even kill the plane
Good man sharing the knowledge y'all good jet pilots piss me off typically I'll hide near building and stay low as possible 24/7
Finally learned how to fly about a week ago and I don’t want to toot my own horn but I’m pretty good at flying and getting through tight spaces. Manifest is definitely my top map for flashy flying but hourglass is my favourite for killing.
But the only issue I find is the amount of AA on the enemy team. I swear, every time my team is getting slaughtered by air power they just can’t seem to figure out there is AA in the game. Yet the moment I fly I’m locked on before I even see enemies. Idk if AA needs to be nerfed or if flares need to be buffed but it is ridiculous how much AA there is. Every single player and their mother is rocking AA.
Totally agree man I can only strafe in get like 1 or 2 kills then gotta fly behind cover Cos I’m getting locked every second.
This game has oversimplified flying mechanics and assist. Go fly in bf4 and you’ll realize you’re not as skilled as you think, congrats on learning tho
@@RelentlessCo bf4 was so much more satisfying. Makes me wet
You say this, I remember the days of "No Stinger/Igla" servers which sucked nuts lmao
I appreciate this. The controls have been giving me a lot of problems but this really smooths out anything that's not operator error. Thanks mate
Having a couple really good pilots can be the game changer in a game.
Went on a 77 kill streak the other day in the nightbird, shit was wicked
Rifle aim made this game so much more enjoyable. I enjoy the air to ground missles, able to clear out AA. Aim is precise to not need rockets.
what is rifle aim you mean aim with mouse roll with keyboard
If you can land the 20m on other helis it actually hits really hard just takes a lot more skill to do consistently due to low fire rates
Excellent guide. I appreciate that you were thorough. The biggest HELP for me was, Vehicle aim-relative controls. That camera was driving me crazy.
My own tip: When using rifle aim set the pilot sensitivity to something below 100%. Holding a/d will still roll at the same, maximum speed. But you gain the ability to do finer adjustments to your roll when just tapping a/d.
[EDIT] I was wrong: While vehicle aim affects your 360/cm distance needed for turns as a pilot, pilot sensitivity does not only affect keyboard inputs but also how much the helicopter reacts to slower mouse movements. I will be using 100% pilot sensitivity as a result. Using 100% pilot sensitivity feels a lot more like mouse movements being used directly for aim making it more reactive and easier. Really happy I watched this vid now, thanks Silk and Reaps!
I went 100 mainly because my mouse responses felt more instant and less delayed, the lower you go the finer keyboard adjustments but the less instant mouse response, also found I turned slower but each to their own, ill do more testing.
@@x8reaps Man I am glad i made this comment then. When I tested things on the first day I was under the impression: Vehicle sensitivity governs all mouse inputs related to flying (and all vehicles in general) and pilot sensitivity governs all keyboard inputs related to flying vehicles. I will also do more testing.
Hi, Could u tell me how u can edit Yaw to a mousemovement? Is there a hidden option, because i just keep moving my mouse up and down and nothing changes...
@@Lukas-tf8pl Did you select the mouse slot and not keyboard? Also you need to moce the mouse left and right not up and down...
@@painy6588 Im soryy, i meant left and right... I selected mouse but it just doesnt lock any mousemovent in
You are able to change the settings to your Mouse, just close the game and delete the "chache" folder in documents. =)
I actually use rifle aim for Jets and helis, it's actually easier for me to use it in jets lol. I just got used to it from using legacy southpaw on controller in airplanes so it was easier to adjust when I made those changes on MKB
how do i bind the mouse movements to yaw
@@trevorhenson759 go into key bindings, find yaw, clear them in the buttons, click on the mouse column, then just swing it right lol, should work. Make sure to unselect roll on the mouse column too. My mouse only controls yaw click for fire and zoom, W and S control pitch up and down.
@@sergiosrandomco.362 I tried that and wont rebind..Im gonna try deleteing cache but it should rebind...like bf4 a 6 year old game
@@TheJasonmoretti did clearing cache work for you. Im struggling to do this myself.
@@osamasiddique2108 worked for me
Thanks for the tips! About binding certain mouse-keys, try changing them under the keyboard tab instead of mouse, worked for me for some reason (for page up-page down)
This def helped me. Having space/control for pitch is like ghost recon wildlands/breakpoint and other games and is much more intuitive than the default. And using A and D instead of mouse to yaw instead of roll...so much easier. New people always flip right over because it's only normal to press A or D to try and steer.
how did you get it to rebind the yaw etc..wont let me clear the mouse movement or rebind
For your Information about binding on Mouse. delete the cache located in documents -> BF2042. after that it worked for me
After your help I switched to rifle mode, this is the best move for me, but I did make a few mods to those settings to suit
Had the same issue with key binds... delete the cache folder in my doc/ bf2042. Won't delete the rest of your key binds and you will be able to bind pilot controls to the mouse.
Im missing heli movement. How to dodge attacks, how to position against dogfights, how to quickly gain top speed, turns etc.
I had the same problem with keybinds to mouse. Fixed when disconnecting my controller. When i disconnected the controller i was able to bind chase camera to mousebuttons
I changed my controls so i got roll at A and D and yaw on Q and E, also switched the mouse left/right to Yaw instead of roll. Makes it much easier to fly and aim with the mouse.
As someone who played Battlefield 2 since 2007 and alot of Battlefield 3 + BFBC2 at its peak, I can say with confidence that attack helicopters are the most important asset in the series. In BF2 a good pilot+gunner could decimate armoured vehicles with ease (TV guided missiles are strong), while staying alive to finish off infantry that could barely fight back. In Battlefield 3 and in BFBC2 it was easier to retaliate against them, but attack helis would eat alot of tickets before going down, and would eat many more when up again.
I would say in BF2 it was 1/2 attack helicopter effort, 1/2 the rest of the team. In BF3 it was 1/3 attack helicopter and 2/3 the rest of the team. In Battlefield 2042 it seems to be balanced like Battlefield 3, what do you think?
Going to try and apply this to my settings and gameplay.
Only issues I've seen is that stick controls are wonky as at the moment. There's a weird setting that lets you choose how much vertical and horizontal inputs cancel each other out on joysticks. But it's totally broken so when you have it on it makes it nearly impossible to move your vehicle. But if you set your deadzones to low it causes phantom movements. So you have to have the X,Y on a little bit. Basically, if you have any amount of joystick drift you are totally screwed vehicle wise.
Oof.
There's many games that won't let you bind mouse buttons...just set mouse key binds using your mouse software as 0,9,8, etc and now the game sets these keys as your binds.
Hey, could you maybe do a beginner guide on how to actually fly an heli and a jet? I am a beginner and I have no clue on how to fly those vehicles :/ that would be really great
Seconded... especially when the 2042 Devs had the soullessness to Release this game with no Practice Range... :(
@@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning you can always play solo with bots
@@nklsmntl725 I've commenced doin that now. It looks like it'll have to do... :(
ya i use the "rifle aim" keybinds; i just can't get used to rolling with the mouse, it's so finicky, i've crashed more times than getting shot down lol i wish they used Warthunder's control schemes though, it's more intuitive that way
What setting do you turn on/off for mini bird crosshairs to only show a dot when using the rocket pods? Stock shows the 2 vertical lines with how many rockets you have left. I feel it’s a bit distracting and I like how you are able to see better.
Did u find out? I’m trying to put that aswell
@@poffypuff2230 negative
@@eliasfenstermacher284 negative what?
There is a way to dodge heatseekers and AA missiles without flares. Havent yet fully figured out but if you roll and yaw in same direction at right time it works sometimes
Yeah I have experienced this. But I have put it down to the shooter dying?
You can bind mouse buttons when the cache folder in documents is empty. You can careless delete all files in the folder.
I use the mouse aim for both heli and jet, that's how I played in war thunder. Took some time to figure out how to set it up but I'm quite happy with it now, the default was super weird. The difference here is that bf2042 interprets the mouse as keyboard input, drag to pitch and it only does it for a short while, whereas in war thunder it was like a joystick, drag up to pitch and it continued until you dragged the mouse back to center. This has forced me to play jets with both hands on the keyboard, arrows for pitch and qweasd for other inputs. Otherwise it's impossible to do continuous turns. I will try the space and left control for pitch. Hope my left hand can handle everything :)
Just set a key to pitch up, press it and bank to turn
I like to play attack heli because it has a anti vehicle and anti aircraft capability. The scout heli is good because it’s faster than other vehicles but I have trouble sometimes with it since I’m playing on PS5.
Hey mate, is there anything like test range on bf4 so you can practice and fine tune heli skills.? I don’t get very many chances to get into helis and when I do I end up diving into the ground and killing a heap of team mates
You can switch into solo/coop Mode where you fight against bots. You can choose it in the menu where you can switch between breakthrough and conquest
My dream to play heli like silk jesus
you can use mouse buttons it just has to be under the Mouse section instead of keyboard section. I guess its so you can have A keyboard binding and a mouse binding? not sure why it could all just be together
Probs to late here, but If you create a macro for the mouse button and bind in to unused keys (for instance '[' or ']') you can get the mouse keybinds to work in game. Took me a long time to figure that out.
I believe you can bind chase camera, if you bind all chase cameras the same key. As in, planes, vehicles. Etc. I had the same problem with map key bind. I had to bind it in every setting.
More tips:
When ur hovering in the AH the max range for stinger is 500m and AA guns on the wildcats max range is 700m.
AH gunners 30mm is 1,100m max range.
am i happy youre on different severs lmao cant wait for leaderbords!
Thank you been waiting for this for ever :)
Fr33thy recommended this video because I want to learn how to actually use the heli's. I just want to not crash or get blown out of the sky for longer than 30 seconds.
9:59, That's how I fly. Pilots who roll with their mouse are strange😂.
10:35 I hate how the switch seat key doesn't cycle through all the seats, and how there is no switch-to-primary-seat keybind. Function keys are hard to reach on full-sized keyboards,
but what's even worse is that I have a 60% keyboard so every time I wanna switch to the heli primary seat, I have to hold Fn and then press 1/F1. (you need two hands to do this. WTF DICE.)
I was in a straight up zombie lobby where I didn’t get a single lock from infantry Andy I only managed 36-0, but normally I get 10-15 kills and die so I was still somewhat happy
Great video mate. Thanks for the information.
i watched this video then practiced for about an hour i love flying the helis
The best hele flying was in Desert Combat mod for BF1942. Epic! Can't fly these for shit! :)
A tutorial that also shows the load out. WOW! Finally!
Quick question. How can you tell a Sundance grenade is targeting your heli? Because when a Sundance grenade is targeting you, you get the "incoming missile" message for a long time, which makes you use your flares, even though you can easily fly away from the grenade .
If your going for ground vehicles the 20mm cannons are super good
Nice vid Silk. Have you tried running Aiming left/right aceleration on 0%? I see yours is set to default - 50%.. Aim feels more repsonsive in Helis ..well at least on console with controller.
Not yet
Bro I was a beast w a heli back in bf3 console. But now on pc I instantly crash as soon as I pilot the heli 😂😂😂
I've been flying with WSAD + arrow keys and never really use mouse to fly, do you think this is a disadvantage or not? And should I switch to WSAD + Mouse ?, I've tried WSAD+MOUSE but the up down, left right sensitivty is so weird while on mouse
I use wasd + mouse, it feels really weird at first but you get used to it, try flying in a night bird, far easier to learn than something heavier and clunkier
But how does he fly forward and move around so quickly? My Nightbird doesnt fly forward that fast.
The one thing i'm super struggling with is forward momentum! I can't seem to go as fast as you can going forward, all the other movements I'm starting to get the hang of but it's all just... slower. Any advice anyone?
Same here! He moves so fast in his videos
@@CarlosRodriguez-lm4vs play on max fov
What keys i need to change to make flying like in BF4? 🥺
Is there a good way to doge missles? And I have problems with spotting lock on‘s or where the missles came from. I would be very thankful if you have a few answers for me. THX
Had a great time watching you get the jet world record live 👑 Also congrats on retiring from infantry
"retiring" bro go outside
@@mrepictacovargas2464 why are you mad lmao
@@deedlefish im not mad
@@mrepictacovargas2464 mad cus there better
@@deedlefish bro what are u talking about
awesome vid man, cant wait for more content from you, cheers from france
I literally can’t fly in a straight line. This is amazing
I looked this video up to find out what this "Rifle aim" thing is everyone is talking about. It turns out that's just my natural way of flying in games. I can't fly any other way. Always mouse for aiming aircraft, and thrust/roll on keyboard
How do you whip it around so fast? I've practiced the circle jerk strafe or whatever 🤣 , but the whipping 180° and slowing my momentum down seems tricky. I'm on controller, prob doesn't help that I'm a potato. I never know how much throttle I should be giving it through turns.
Haven't seen the video yet, but I average about 60-80 kills a game, hoping this will help
The game would not let me bind my side mouse button for the chase camera, until I went and deleted the settings folder for BF2042 in my files. Yes, you have to adjust all of your settings again but it did allow me to bind my mouse side buttons.
Before I get hacked i just shoot my flares so I can be unlockable as I run for cover
what are the best controller( ps5) settings and the buttons?? when i start to flight within 20 sec. i crash because the flying is not working by uncontrol the heli, thanks for your help. greetzz
how do you get the rifleman style aim for the heli like you were talking about at the end of the video
Helpful Video. Wat tool you use for displaying your FPS?
Jets have a radar missile which is an instant lock, gotta watch out for it as more ppl unlock.
Ok I need help. Not sure if it’s a bug or not but I literally can’t fly helicopters or planes in the game(I play on ps5). Moving forward and backwards with a helicopter and plane for me do not work!!! I’ve look everywhere and not anyone else is having this issue. I can move up and down but that’s it. Even left and right don’t work properly for me.
how do you move so smoothly???? you seem to be able to fly straight horizontally but when i fly it always goes up even if im looking almost directly downwards
So that ‘rifle aim?’ Thing. Can you please be more specific I’d like to try that. Bind what action and when you say mouse which button do you refer? I appreciate it!
I also do not understand this rifle aim. Would be cool if someone can explain it more detail
Rifle aim is binding yaw to left and right mouse movements instead of roll. roll then goes on A and D on the keyboard. I actually did this before learning that it was a popular thing, it just makes more sense intuitively for me.
yeah just go to yaw right and move your mouse to the right i just switched and it feel pretty good actually
I suck at dog fighting other helicopters, I feel like people flying are always better then me lol
Awesome Silk can you do a video of battlefield 2042 chopper settings with the regular ps4 controller settings not mouse settings
How do you even get a scout heli? I never see them on spawn like in bf4. And I don't see an objective that has one to spawn in either
thanks, this helped me alot!
Can’t you use your mouse software to bind the side buttons to keystrokes? Wouldn’t that help?
I use rifle aim on both jets and helis but for the jets youll have to basically roll and pitch a lot instead of just yawing everywhere. So yea, its not good for jets which explains why I cant get any kills with them. Helis are a lot more fun for me anyways
Awesome tutorial, cheers bro 👍👍
definitely need to play around with my settings.. playing on controller seems like crawling speed compared to this vid..
Nice vid it's hard to keep aim on controller but really good tips thanx for the info
I changed it to the controls you have and now my button for laying down doesn’t work even if I restore to default
Yeah transport are very powerful but just fly above them and the gunners can't hit ya easy
The only thing I need to find out to fix or get rid of is assisted flight because I don’t really like that on console. Please help.
Check out 7:39 in the vid…you can toggle ‘helicopter control assist’ off. In the ‘controller-vehicles ‘ section…
@@leeduffy3456 thanks man. Much appreciated
Look how easy and fast movable they all are, no wonder they feel broken. Did they get anything right in this game.
Just look at bf4 that’s “movable” so shut up
@@grim0882 Oh your one of them..
Whenever I want to get into a vehicle, i never see the option for this helicopter. Only the big attack helicopter. Do i have to equip it or something ?
It unlocks at level 20…
Fix; Had also the problem that binding a mousebutton gave mouse6 all the time, by removing the cache folder (documents-battlefield 2042) it was fixed for me. (made a backup of the map first to be sure)
Great video, thanks!