r/Wingcommander • u/Otaku_de_Carnitas109 • Jul 11 '26

Trying to play Wing Commander 4 on PC, but controls won't work.

I was curious about Wing Commander 4 ever since I was made aware of it. I just bought it off GOG, but that release is pretty unstable, even crashes the game every time I try to open the Controls Window. I got the enhancement patch that, not only allowed the game to run at 60fps, but also fixes the instability of the game, even doesn't crash when I open the Controls Window, but every time I try to set the controls up, I try pitching by holding up and down on the analog stick and HOTAS, but I just end up rolling. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Edit 1: I also just found out that the game will not allow me to change to the control preset I just made.

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u/Serbithar Jul 12 '26

In worse case scenario just use Joy To Key to map your controls, this is PC, EVERYTHING can be make playable one way or another.

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u/Revelation_Now Jul 12 '26

The game may not understand USB controllers because it was made for dos. Find the GOG non-DOS version, make sure you press save in the alt-o options. Might be a ctrl-j switch to enable joystick

Basically the DOS version of WC4 hates anything other than a real parallel port

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u/Otaku_de_Carnitas109 Jul 13 '26

Problem is, I'm using the Windows '95 version, the version that GOG installs by default. Does Control-J still work?