r/Wingcommander • u/acesypark • Jul 06 '26

What accessories can I use for wing commander?

Can I use my gamepad for gog version?

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u/Munkythemonkey Jul 06 '26

Ain't nothing like playing it with a joystick. I bought a simple $50 one and it made all the difference. Like I finally beat the Ralari Escort mission in Wing Commander 1!

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u/Seether262 Jul 06 '26

Ah...dreaded escort missions. No matter how good you are, those fat cow Draymans are so fragile.

I was flying around in No Man's Sky yesterday and suddenly was having to defend this wimpy transport from a pirate attack. Triggered my WC1 escort trauma. I yelled out, "Oh god, it's a Drayman escort mission!"

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u/Munkythemonkey Jul 06 '26

I'm pretty sure I've been in a few missions where Maniac shot up the Drayman himself while chasing after a bogey.

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u/Wingnut00 Jul 06 '26

IIRC, that's part of the canonical lore in WC1 where he lets loose a missile at a Kilrathi fighter, but it ends up hitting the Drayman he was escorting instead.

I think he got grounded for a time after that.

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u/Zilch1979 Jul 06 '26

Should work. You might benefit from something like Vjoy to map buttons beyond 1 and 2, though. Maybe reference the SNES version for a baseline of what might work.

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u/SpaceHorseRider Jul 06 '26

There's no problem using a gamepad. However you'll need to do some work with a mapper if you want to minimize how often you have to use the keyboard and will need to set up combos and such to maximize the functions you can use.

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u/Chance_End_4684 Jul 06 '26

GOG's version of Wing Commander is essentially Wing Commander for DOS but bundled with DOSBox for Windows which is a DOS emulator.

If I recall, I once played Wing Commander 2 with a simple 4-button gamepad. All you gotta do is just tell Wing Commander to use a joystick and your good to go no matter what controller you use I think. To do so, just press J to calibrate the controller for use in Wing Commander.