War Thunder Beginner Guide's #0.1 - Controlling Your Plane And Camera

[@suspiciousfish3553]

A word to all those learning: War Thunder is a very hard and frustrating game! It has a difficult learning curve. It may take many weeks, months, or years to master some skills. Don't give up, you can do it! Once you've got ahold of flying, you can get into some very interesting dogfights and fun, intense situations. War Thunder is truly a special game to me and I hope it will become to you as well!

[@moanteq6724]

You're right. I used to be a bad pilot and what I mean by bad is just I didn't know how to control the plane and because I didn't know how to, I wouldn't spawn as a pilot in any of the ground RB matches. But as I kept trying I realized that flying in WT wasn't that hard. The thing is everyone afraids to fly in WT, not everyone knows how to fly so the only way to learn it is by trying it. These videos can only give you an idea about flying they can't teach you. You have to try it by yourself and learn it. It's gonna be hard ngl but the moment when you win your first dogfight will make you feel amazing.

[@benstravinskas4146]

That is a very uplifting comment, thank you for spreading positivity!

[@sta11ed15]

How to get them

[@jordandix5272]

I'm pretty proud of how good I've gotten on controller took me over a year to get ok and Even longer learning settings and tweaking the sensitivity etc.

[@Evan-wl1ss]

Took me the first day got 7 kills love the game

[@Topeydopey]

I have been suffering from insomnia for 2 years , had many appointments with many different doctors. they prescribed me some medications which couldn't fix it and made me sick. I was just randomly scrolling through youtube and stumbled upon this video. I had my headphones on and was half way through the video and didn't know when i fell asleep. It's 9am in the morning i just woke up and writing this message. Thank you so much.

[@savasolarov8424]

That is so awesome man. I hope you aren't suffering from insomnia any longer. Defyn has a specific voice and it's soothing hearing his voice after a long day. And the way he thinks and goes through situations on the go.

[@nonameitellyi]

for six months i couldn’t sleep

[@forzaferrari9912]

After all these years it's really unnatural to even think about the plane and camera controls. The instinct drives my fingers over the keyboard. It comes with experience for sure.

[@H-cranky]

can comfirm. after a while, it just becomes second nature

[@orcinusscarlet4883]

gae

[@alooopazham2647]

As a controller player I am sad

[@fikriarif1641]

@@orcinusscarlet4883 why

[@orcinusscarlet4883]

@@fikriarif1641 why what? even if you answer the "why", i dont know, 2 years have passed and I dont remember a fuck

[@MCXL1140]

Unga bunga my camera only point forward. That's where the gun shoot, shoot good gun look see.

[@Th-hk9ne]

Ya that's me

[@savasolarov8424]

Isn't that most arcade flyers?

[@savasolarov8424]

This guide alone changed how i play the game forever. Just because of holding Freelook(Default C on keyboard) and using WASD+QE (after remapping). I was struggling with mouse flying alone. I was alternating free look to decide what to do with people behind me and then use mouse to turn and fly, then hold C again and look and judge how to continue from that, which puts me at at a disadvantage pausing mid game, sort of(flying in a straight line while looking). I was wondering how people are doing some maneuvers and dodging every bullet i fire at the same time.

[@Zack-Sosa]

What is free looks actual name in settings, and what the change target for lock on called?

[@BossRobins]

Mouse look activation and both are under Common@@Zack-Sosa

[@keefyfingers8574]

Ok I rebound mouse look to alt but when I press it I am no longer able to steer the plane at all only free look. Controls are set to mouse aim defaults aside from alt rebound to mouse look. Does anyone know why this is happening? Some sort of keybind conflict maybe?

[@honzasenbauer612]

@@keefyfingers8574 The ALT key usually expects another input, I encountered the same issue, where only the E,Q keys worked for me and nothing else. I changed it to the mouse side button and now it works just fine

[@mrbunny6203]

Doing the controls has been such an automatic thing for me that at first I thought I was doing something different than in the vid because I never look at my keyboard anymore.

[@solastrr]

I had to clear the assigned things for alt+a/d/s/w and finally Ive the freedom to control my plane as I should. Thank you for these great tutorials and help via comments. Most people wouldn't even care lol. Keep the great content up man

[@waiora_wf]

Something you should add for keybinds is that you need unobstructed binds. For example you need to be able to use rudder inputs and ailerons at the same time, no use having it bound to e and r respectively, and theres no way you can access both because both keys require the same finger to press it. That is where most players fail when it comes to setting up their keybinds. Think about what binds are the most important and set them up in such a way, that you can access all those combinations of keys at the same time.

[@ameano84]

explain more please. or is there a video on this? Thanks.

[@yaboianz]

I couldn't find a good pair of binds for flaps control so I'm just getting used to pressing my mouse bumpers for those. Feels pretty good

[@sergiocastro5304]

Nice vid, learnt something new even being +1000hrs player. Would be great if you could talk about loadout controls later on. This is a complete mess for me. I cant handle bombs, laser guided bombs, rockets, balistic computer, AAM, flares and radar while being combat effective. My controla are all over the place and each update, with new top tier gadgets, keeps getting worse :')) Appreciate Defyn

[@ottobalance2]

I have all of my bombs/rockets bound to spacebar but to make it work I set a keybind for "switch secondary weapons" and since it only allows you to fire/drop whatever ordnance that you have selected, all you need to press is spacebar.

[@sergiocastro5304]

@@ottobalance2 yeah, first discovered that this could work not long ago. Takes time getting used to it but there are flawless keybinds ngl

[@armankiarmankii]

From what I can tell after reading the newer comments, i see most people can't really do the thing at 2:50 with the Alt key. I'm also facing a similar problem to which if i change Freelook from "C" to "Alt" i can't really override with "S" or other similar buttons. Perhaps I'm mistaken but maybe Gaijin changed something with the controls and this video might need an update, as unfortunately I'm having a hard time following the guide 🙁🙁 An overview of his controls might help, any other help is also appreciated. Thanks 🙏

[@touchmygoat4908]

Try unbinding the "yaw/pitch axis for aimed wepons" under aircraft controls, they are bound to alt+wasd. This worked for me.

[@aleksil42]

@@touchmygoat4908 Your tip worked for me! Thanks :)

[@TheWastelander86]

Can confirm what @touchmygoat said is correct.

[@ddawg2601]

@@touchmygoat4908 what he said fixed my roll but i still cant pitch up and down while alt and i have to hold shift to keep %100 throttle, if i let off it goes to %47

[@zachnar0125]

@@ddawg2601 Same here

[@threemountainsgaming7560]

The change to default controls where W and S are for throttle are one of the worst things to come to this game.

[@liamboyle9199]

I still use it... but only because my scroll wheel doesn't work and been too lazy to get a new one😂

[@threemountainsgaming7560]

@@liamboyle9199 Solution is simple: Shift for throttle up Control for throttle down Now you are no longer bound by any cringe controls and you can freely use W and S for pitch.

[@liamboyle9199]

@@threemountainsgaming7560 I could😅 I may try this later actually. I currently have shift and caps for Max pitch up and down... Ive used W S for power for years now it may take a while to retrain my brain lol

[@williewilson2250]

@@threemountainsgaming7560 Gaijin kinda left controller in the gutter but I kinda like it, they give you enough freedom to still get the most important binds even when lacking buttons by using combinations of them

[@melissa_V1_Chicago]

How do I change it?

[@DollBarbiePlay]

So, I watched and rewatched. I still can't figure out how to turn with me holding C or alt to view behind me. If you could show us in settings that'd be great

[@DEHANSIKU]

Hey, i've run into the same problem, have you fund a solution by now?

[@DollBarbiePlay]

@@DEHANSIKU oh man, I'll have to check when I hop on. It's been a while

[@spartanellsworth2336]

​@@DEHANSIKUSo, it's specifically the pitch axis binding. Go in to edit axis on pitch and set maximum to W and minimum to S. You'll need to move throttle max and min to something else; he has left shift for max and left ctrl for min. I would also move the free look key off of C, or put C on your mouse if you have a programmable one.

[@DEHANSIKU]

@@spartanellsworth2336 thank you very much

[@glitchycowz1475]

THANK YOU!!! Needed this tutorial from you, you’re the best!

[@juanordonezgalban2278]

One thing war thunder does great is plane controls. It is very precise while keeping a natural feel

[@Dorrzo]

I found this to be very helpful, thank you. I have 16K+ battles and already do very well. This will up the quality of not just me but everybody and will improve the game experience many times over.

[@blacktail522]

As a console player I struggled to get a good setup to look around and move the plane too. So I changed it to an ace combat set up and it now works really well.

[@butthead6965]

If you’ve got a usb keyboard you can plug that in to your console and it’ll work.

[@williewilson2250]

Are you on Xbox?

[@blacktail522]

@@williewilson2250 yes

[@williewilson2250]

@@blacktail522 I have control if you need help

[@dancing_odie]

Thank you very much for this video. Im almost always top three in air battles but I was fighting one of my controls this whole time. This video helped me to clean things up

[@TransportSupremo]

Defyn is the one stop shop for how to git gud at air rb

[@Jaeger_89]

Indeed. Learned 90% of what I know from observing him.

[@roadhigher]

Watching Defyn is why I went from 0-1 kills per game to a solid 1-3 kills on average.

[@Gechi999]

I binded my elevator keys on the side buttons of the mouse, it's a great way to have full control on all three axis while keyboard flying

[@ScAnZ_7]

Keyboard layout on screen is great. Good video. Thank you 👍

[@davidponder1654]

If your keybinds allow it and you have the right mouse try binding your freelook to mb4-5 (side buttons). Made learning all this much easier for me

[@Sofiann_]

Continue the great work! I love ❤️ your videos!!!

[@Bolbee.]

Love the fact that you fuse your top left logo with the field of view of the plane in your thumbnail

[@eugenechurch6135]

Been waiting three years for this. Glad to see the keypad on screen

[@zahardzhan]

I use small autohotkey script for switching to realistic mouse control with one button for turning the plane slowly at high speeds. This is more comfortable than clicking W button many times. Especially when you do one turn at 1-2Mach speed on new maps for 100 seconds straight.

[@viewer54322]

does the script automate the process of going into the controls menu and switching to the realistic mouse movement? Then a button to switch back to the mouse aim? Any details would be appreciated

[@zahardzhan]

@@viewer54322 in controls set Toggle control mode key ` then run script #NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases. SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability. #IfWinActive, ahk_exe aces.exe modekey = sc029 ; Toggle control mode key ` is sc029 $sc029:: { SetKeyDelay, 50, 35 ; 75, 55 OK SendEvent, {%modekey% down} SendEvent, {%modekey% up} SendEvent, {%modekey% down} KeyWait, %modekey% SendEvent, {%modekey% up} return }

[@Ark-gk9jn]

Kinda wish you had put youre keybind file in the description

[@justinsane332]

please do more vids that show your key strokes like this. there is another who did a video with this displayed, but I have searched for so long and found nothing else. seeing it 8n action with your normal vids would teach a lot, if its possible to do so. (not sure if this program would show over the game as you play in real time, which would make it unrealistic to expect.) missed that very first part, which explains why its a rare thing to see in WT vids

[@mundanedew]

I'm a veteran and I tried different Keyboard setups this far. But it never once crossed my mind to use the free look camera with Alt, I always used standard C. Fuck this is some big brain shit. just tried it. Way easier to keyboardfly and no crampy hand positioning. This'll also help a ton in Ground Battles. thank you lol

[@claeswikberg8958]

as someone playing with a track ir, i was always used to looking around with that, and didn't quite see the benefit, i have to say im sold on the neg G aspect, thank you very much

[@TheBranchez]

How do you set it up for Warthunder? TrackIR I mean.

[@claeswikberg8958]

@@TheBranchez Make sure you have TrackIR up and running before starting the WT launcher, start the game, go to control and under common there are tracker options, i prefere to disable zoom, there used to be a enable track ir check box but i cant find it any more so i guess it auto sences it now adays

[@superekx_]

does anyone know how to set ALT+S at 2:50? I'm trying to fix my reticle when I want to but I can't find the option in the controls.

[@Liedral]

The important thing is to move your view away from the circle and then press one of your movement keys.

[@splezo1927]

I tried changing the camera key to ALT because in my mind it would be easier. But after I tried playing like that for a few matches I changed back to C because I am so used to it being on C. That shows even if it would be easier to hold down the ALT key in my setup it wouldn't work for me. Very great video, love the little keyboard in the lower left corner, it really helps!

[@ovrwrldkiler]

Mine was on c for a while, but my fingers kept getting tangled up together in that area of the keyboard when defending so I wanted to move it to shift for my pinkie. I kept hitting c though. What I found worked was double binding it to shift and c as a transition so I didn't have to fight my muscule memory until shift had become my new muscle memory. Then I bound c to something new.

[@daddytito917]

I’m thinking of making my free camera button space bar because it’s so damn big

[@EvansdiAl]

he says to press ALT but.. that hotkey must be assigned first... what's the name in warthunder controls?

[@sxxo11]

what is the setting called and where

[@lukehinds4537]

at 2:33 i am having trouble locking the cursor to the center. Can you please explain exactly, ive been trying but not sure what the main controller input i should press is.

[@thebulletkin8393]

I was trying to do the thing where you control it during freelook, but for me it just locks up the controls and I can't even use wasd to make any movements. How do you work around this?

[@jeffleatherman3391]

I'm following your instructions, but my mouse cursor won't lock. I'm using the alt key as you do, looking offscreen and hitting the S key, but the cursor refuses to lock. Is there another setting I need to select to enable cursor locking? No matter what key I bind to free look, currently spacebar (I realize C is the default), I still cannot get it to lock the cursor, it still wants to fight me and return to the circle. I think I am following your directions exactly. Please explain. P.S. I also subscribe to OddBawz and saw your game together. Really appreciate your videos! Does this lock feature have to be enabled somewhere else in the controls, or even in settings? I've seen several other posts asking the same question, would be nice if you could reply with an answer. Or perhaps I need to become a Patreon? ;P.

[@RuisReno]

same prob. here

[@hookah111]

thx for the vid. what i'm missing on most of these explanation videos is just a quick screenshot of the settings in the menu. I find it really easy to mess things up, by (un)binding stuff unintentionally. for example when i bind the keys, my plane just throttles up to 47% and then WEP. no idea why

[@fredriklindberg6166]

I really don't understand how he does what he does at 2:50 in the video. When I do the same in my game, after I let go of "s" while still holding my free camera button, the plane returns to my crosshair. What am I missing? How do I make it behave like it does in the video? Thanks for any help.

[@armankiarmankii]

I'm facing the exact same problem haha. From what it seems most of the newer comments here are aswell. I'm forced to use "C" for my Freelook right now in order to perform what he did in the vid. Maybe I'm missing something too, but i guess Gaijin has probably changed how the controls work cuz i really can't follow most of what he's saying unfortunately 🫤🫤

[@liquidleopard4495]

Defyn has re-mapped a LOT of keys and this video is the most he's talked about it. Otherwise he keeps saying "stick with what works for you", and saying not to copy his controls. He doesn't seem to consider the fact that people are watching because something's not working for them.

[@RealGriz]

WOW! Have played for many years and NEVER knew this. THANKS

[@onjray4986]

Finally, I've been waiting for a tutorial from you on this stuff. Thanks

[@daisho13]

Probably the best description of the different flight control styles I've seen, thanks mate. Now to apply it lol.

[@boomstickbelgian2775]

this improved my aim significantly, thanks!

[@luiscarvalho6432]

Thanks DEFYN u r really helping starting to play the game more serious!

[@ulungprabowo]

Thank you for making this video! Before this, I am following controller mouse aim setup on another youtube video. It is impossible for me using his way, he basically dont use your alt key function so it is so confusing to fly and I really dont know where to go just like you said. With your way it is a lot more make sense now, now I can understand why people playing this game. I just tried using my controller to be able to use your alt function and I press that all the time to make it fly like normal aircraft and let it go when I am going to shoot enemies.

[@ImChrisl]

I waited sooooooo long on ur key bindings!!! Thx for that!!!

[@trumaniac239]

Interesting to see your control scheme, mine is vastly different and is similar to how it used to be in 2014 before they changed the default controls.

[@prestigexv2151]

Have you got it where W and S controls throttle?

[@trumaniac239]

@@prestigexv2151 yep exactly. For me C is also camera, b is booster/flare, left control is rockets, left shift is to switch from bvr to acm mode, f and r switch ordinance, scroll wheel is flaps, mouse 4 and 5 are pitch. I have almost all my radar and weapon buttons mapped on my mouse aswell.

[@prestigexv2151]

@@trumaniac239 I also use C for camera and mouse 4/5 for pitch, it's weird to see defyn using W and S for pitch.

[@warthundera1010]

You're using simplified keyboard and mouse while DEFYN is using advanced. (i think)

[@DEFYN]

Nah I just use the first control scheme

[@AaronLiljebäck]

Sorry I know this is an old video but can someone help me? How can you have two different settings use the same key for example you have wing sweep on "down and up" but also on pitch axis for weapons aiming as "down and up" but when I try it just unbinds the other

[@SVI1331]

I’m struggling with assigning the free look to ALT, I changed my other binds so Alt is linked to anything. I can free look with ALT but cannot control the aircraft with WASD

[@MiguelAbd]

I needed this video and I didn't knew. Awesome stuff!

[@gradopio]

This is a really good guide. I have only one question - when you taping "S" for a slight moment and circle start to move with you cross - it doesn't work for me - circle is just on place where I leave it and plane return to it. I checked my controls (I can turn plane while holding alt) and settings and can't find anything about that

[@DeepDeepEast]

I just dont get why the controls are so bugged. Yawing and pitching while looking around works but it it's yanking over when not in mouse view.

[@octo5602]

Duelling guide when?

[@GeorgieSVK]

Such a good video ! Finally somebody did it right !

[@-Kubica-]

Thank you a lot... I was so confuse with the control

[@vini7169]

I cant change my free-look control, idk if Im just blind but Ive searched and theres no option for it?

[@liquidleopard4495]

The default is C.

[@driedwater2996]

If I press ALT, only the cursor apears and I'am not able to look around or control my aircraft.

[@leolipasti]

That's the default button to open chat. Press C by default to look around

[@tpapai9812]

So, I've tried this but for whatever reason when I hold alt (mouse look) down my plane won't react to any other input, like WASD so I can't fly and look around and also cannot lock my cursor. Any idea why?

[@laudatum7223]

I had no idea about the reticle freezing off camera until this video, thanks!

[@1132spartan]

Thank for this really infomative guide. I have a question. When I do the steps where you move the circle out of view and touch the "s" key, that works for me. But when I try to make the turn like you demonstrated, I still have to make inputs to keep the plane from rolling back to horizontal by tapping the roll axis keys as well as the pitch. I see that your plane does not need those inputs. What setting or what am I doing wrong?

[@johngrisham3784]

I'm having the exact same issue so please tell me you have found out a fix for this.

[@RedHornSSS]

I played this game for 10 years and I didn't know how to do that lock mouse thing! very informative!

[@netquit6880]

3:00 when i tried it diesnt worked can i modify settings to get the effect ir not?

[@richihart1938]

All this time - good 8 years I wasnt aware of the thing that you can look around without pressing the alt button... unbelievable.

[@williewilson2250]

My experience with controller: I have finally gotten mouse look (alt key for keyboard) to work on my controller and binded the ailerons and elevators to the left stick with elevator controls only working when I held the left trigger to activate mouse look. The aiming for the cursor was done on the right stick, meaning I was essentially having to remind myself that my movement is now separate from the right stick during this and it's only for free looking while I control the plane with the left stick because they would switch If someone needs help with controller setups I'm glad to help as best I can from here, this one change has helped me so much

[@susanmclobby293]

Is there any way you could upload a video on this?

[@williewilson2250]

@@susanmclobby293 unfortunately not, but if you're on Xbox I can help from there If not then I can tell you as best I can on here

[@stash_of_g]

This is sooo eye opening, thanks bro i love this game but sometimes it hates me, now not so much I guess.

[@frankzhang1246]

To conserve energy while turning I personally prefer the "Adam way" of smooth and slow mouse movements.

[@anneallison6402]

And classic roll from side to side for sure

[@frankzhang1246]

@@anneallison6402 lol yes!

[@_GODSFIGHTER]

Controlling my plane camera isn't bad, I just wanna make it like muscle memory to always look around. Overall good video for beginners

[@Badger_325]

I might try your set up for a few dozen battles to see if it's better than what I have set up. My flap keybinds are on the other side of my keyboard but it's not very detrimental to me since I'm always using the pitch controls. I'll normally be in a dogfight, have my left hand doing throttle, roll, pitch, yaw, and if I need to I'll reach over and change my flaps with the right hand.

[@YhAK112]

great vid! just wanted to say i changed my free look from alt to spacebar for more comfortable feel. thanks for the awesome vids

[@aenigmatistaentertainment2441]

2:50 always wondered whether this is possible! Thanks a lot. Is there a way to obtain this without going off screen? In cockpit view you dont have to look away for the circle to lock to the crosshair.

[@JakeFouracre]

Can you have this keyboard overlay during some live gameplay to help understand camera and aircraft movement during a dog fight? I think this would be highly beneficial!

[@PineyyGT]

Everytime I press ALT it just makes my mouse cursor pop up can someone help PLZ🥺?

[@peterdavies2058]

I think it's really cool that your making this video! It took me far to long to figure these things out on my own it would have helped me so much to have this as a new player.

[@ChoirFan1]

Thank you! This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! So frustrating to have camera OR aircraft control…now I know how to have both!

[@thenewmeta5139]

Hey so I tried to bind alt to free look, but it prevented me from moving anything except my rudder. This does not happen if I bind the key to C for instance. However, I find alt is the most natural position for free cam right now. Is there anyone that knows the problem?

[@kyle8072]

Fantastic video! One thing I would have liked to see added which I noticed you do at least once, is how you utilize negative G's to overpower the G force Overload by simply pressing S for a second or two.

[@forestinpeace265]

Hi Defyn. I would really love to see one or too fights in a prop with this keys showing in the left corner. I know you said it´s a pain in the a. to set this up, but please, it will help so much to learn some maneuver so much faster. Dodging headons or flying energy spirals etc. best reguards

[@fulturk4306]

In controller you are able to use on joy stick to lock around and the other to control the aircraft, you can’t set different keybinds for pitch and yaw bc there simply isn’t enough buttons. I’m starting to get the hang of it my survivability is increasing ever so slightly the more I try

[@Minodrec]

This is incredibly usefull. Thank you so much.

[@DEFYN]

Glad it was helpful!

[@KanelTheBullar]

Wow. Super important information. Thank you very much

[@kilux85]

I use RMB for free look, just felt natural to me after playing World of Tanks ages ago. Would totally mess me up if I changed it now ;)

[@_invencible_]

same, but i didn't remember i got it from world of tanks

[@sergiocastro5304]

And zoom where?

[@_invencible_]

@@sergiocastro5304 i use the mouse wheel but i recently started using Q to zoom

[@kilux85]

@@sergiocastro5304 I have an extra Mouse button I use for that

[@PBB1331]

Can anyone tell me what setting it is for free look. I can’t figure it out

[@liquidleopard4495]

The default for free-look is C. Unless the orcs at Gaijin have changed it.

[@sikimasio]

Ive been waiting for such a video. I discovered ur channel some time ago

[@staymeloz5047]

I don’t understand how now all of a sudden today, my YAW is unassigned after never thinking about it for so long, and during flight I’m in the cockpit instead of overhead view with helped with barrel rolls

[@clintonbolden5170]

I can't figure out what 'ALT' is key bound to. Don't see a free camera option in the settings, which is what I'm looking for to be able to maneuver and control my plane while viewing an enemy on my six. 😮‍💨

[@sg1reconalpha828]

The free look control is in the controls setting, then in the common tab you can search for "mouse look activation".

The controls editor is so bad...

[@liquidleopard4495]

The default for free-look is C. I've been using Alt to open bomb-bay doors. I think that was probably unbound, by default, and I had to add the setting. I've also added keybinds like Alt-X to turn missile seekers on and off, and Alt-Spacebar to fire the missile, so this might be a problem if I had guided missiles and a bomb bay on the same plane. I think I might have made my controls unnecessarily complicated 😅

[@KingNiallGT]

im going to have to redo some key binds to improve the efficiency of my hand movements. so i dont have to move my fingers away from wasd

[@MPWells-mb4po]

This is why until I can get myself a good PC, I'll only ever be mediocre I can't do any of this with a controller or maybe I can but I have no clue how too. I'm getting into 9.7 now and I'm really stuck with my skill. My mig 9s I do decent in but above that my team has to carry for me to even get points.

[@elliotsutton3696]

Can you not get a cheap ish wired keyboard and mouse? I play on xbox with knm

[@williewilson2250]

If you're on Xbox I got a setup

[@MPWells-mb4po]

@@elliotsutton3696 I feel a little dumb I didn't know I could do that.

[@MPWells-mb4po]

@@williewilson2250 yes I am. I would be very interested to know more.

[@elliotsutton3696]

@@MPWells-mb4po if youd like any binds I could help you out, although based off a few of these guides mine seem a bit unorthodox

[@nando_br]

This kind of video is gold for new players but the majority of WT youtubers don´t care about it.

[@alicantasurgan9054]

first usefull wt channel i have seen

[@TheOneWayDown]

I was wondering why with the same planes and perfectly adequate crews I was losing control way more than you ever do, now I know my mouse aim was making me pull hard all the time

[@ciaranmcguinness8900]

I'm on PS5, and like half of these things aren't bound to buttons by default, I didn't even know you could range find in a Tank until I saw a video of it

[@thomasflores141]

That pitch down technique is clutch

[@michael_177]

I dont get it? can you explain?

[@xanderwusky]

Great very clear video, personally got this part down pretty well after 2.5k hours haha but should be very clear for newer players and even some older ones who might have not known some of these things. Still plenty to learn in the rest. Curious about the following videos :D

[@SDSzero1]

I’ve been looking for a vid like this!! Thanks to OddBawZ for introducing your channel. Great tutorial! I’ve been struggling with the camera and flying at the same time. The C key has always been awkward for me. Never thought to use the ALT key.

[@tagg218]

Christ I knew I was missing something simple! I have nearly 2000 hours in this game but somehow never figured out this basic shit. Thanks for this guide, maybe I can actually fly competently now lol

[@_VuQuangTruong]

I also suggest reverse the rudder buttons, it' easier for the rudder kick

[@DEFYN]

It's not easier, it's what you're used to

[@nguyenminhquan3584]

@@DEFYN Hey DEFYN, have you consider using Left-Shift for elevator to go up? I found it helpful when groundpounding :P

[@thesaltyhotdog3761]

@@nguyenminhquan3584 you've triggered the entire fanbase cuz of the word "groundpounding" lol In all seriousness tho, it's rly personal preference

[@rain-er6537]

I might try this, because when I need to actually do cancer rolls, It throws me off when I need to press it on the same side

[@sg1reconalpha828]

For some reason when you set mouse look activation to alt, you can't move your plane with WSAD like in the video. HOWEVER when you set it to left shift or even C you CAN look around and control your plane with WSAD like in the video. Also the circle has to be off your screen for it to follow your reticle when using WSAD to control your plane. I hope that clears up all the questions and confusion with that.

[@sg1reconalpha828]

Also the free look control is in the controls setting, then in the common tab you can search for "mouse look activation".

[@armankiarmankii]

​@@sg1reconalpha828 exactly! I'm facing similar problems so currently I'm forced to leave it as "C" which is very odd ; -;

[@uncleardistress]

Dog Fighting can be viewed like martial Arts. You will never truly master it. It is a skill that can be practiced and honed into a weapon. Learning the basic manuvers and techinques will really improve your outcome in an engagement. Then with time and practice you will begin to recognize patterns or situations where those basic techniques can be applied. Before you know it you are able to recognize reversals and counters and your flying will become like an art form of movements, a dance.

[@Smchnx]

On the 2:29 free camera look, when Im doing it, it only show my cursor and I cant find where is the free camera look settings is, can anyone please help me? thanks

[@WarCry3R19]

my heading is not locked by holding free look key. if pitch or something else while looking around the plane will set the last course where i was with the mouse before free looking

[@kisbiflos]

Lol. I have been unlocking my cursor for 8 years now and I have never even realized. Like if someone asked me why I look to the sides before turning I would have went "huh, what do you mean?"

[@fanculo619]

i am not a war thunder noob but i love all your lessons. keep up the good work

[@vizender]

When I make a turn I do things differently. I alt and look where I want to go, and then I do the turn on the keyboard, and I think it’s rather smooth and actually easier than your strategy, because each time you slightly release the key the plane will try to work against you, while when I’m alting, and no inputs are done on the keyboard, the plane won’t do anything, instead of going against you