barleyguy: I have a Logitech Rumblepad II Wireless Gamepad. With the default controls, the throttle is assigned to the Z-Axis, which on the rumblepad is the right analog stick. Releasing the stick always reverts the throttle to 50%, which is not very playable, especially with the weapons assigned to the face buttons.
After much trial and error and some research on the Darkstar One website, here's what I came up with:
- Go into options and choose the controls tab on the left
- Select the checkbox for Joystick Control at the top, if it's not already selected
- Below there you'll see the axis selections, one of which is labeled "throttle", with a red invert selector just to the right of it. Click the box that allows choosing a control. It should currently say Z-Axis in that box. You'll get a popup that says "Press the key you would like to use". Press the delete key on your keyboard. Instead of assigning it to the delete key, it will remove the selection completely, and put a "+/-" in the red box.
- Then scroll down to advanced controls, and assign a button to "accelerate" and one to "break" (sic). I used the bottom shoulder buttons. I would also recommend assigning buttons to "afterburner" and "reverse thrust". I chose D-pad up (hat up), and D-pad down (hat down).
That's it. You should now be able to play Darkstar One pretty well with the rumblepad.

Madsjn: Does anyone know how to invert the basic controls - like turning? I'm using a Saitek 3200 gamepad, and for some reason the ship controls (turning left and right) are inverted by defeault. I've tried using the above mentioned method, but whenever I manage to active the red "invert key" square the mapping of the control stick is overwritten - and vice versa.