Aargh, realised/remembered that my very dusty CH fighterstick has no rudder function. Will be sticking with mouse and keyboard for now! Appreciate all the pointers everyone.

Hmm, I could dig out the joystick. Is the max rotation speed with a stick the same as with the keyboard?

I'd try dxx-rebirth too, original DOS version has problems with mouse controls... In general, you should learn to turn the mouse steadily, as there is rotation speed cap in Descent, and faster mouse movement just has no effect which is a bit counterintuitive... Ah, both of those things explain what ...

Will do, thanks. I'm on a linux machine at the moment so looks like i've got a bit of building to do!

Hi guys, I've got some clues to this one from searching, but wanted to make sure it was nothing to do with my setup. I've been digging through my old games collection, and fired up Descent 1 after about 20 years, and trying to get to grips with the controls again. I've found that mouselook seems ...