Stuck on the Character select

[KalemWoof]

i just downloaded the game today and i've been getting ready to play, but when i started a new file, putting the settings for Normal Difficulty for 1 player, i went to the character select screen. i couldn't choose Misako (the 2nd playable character) in the selection screen and i could only pick Kyoko... so i did that, but then suddenly a 2P selection started and i thought it was weird but i thought it was normal. but the game? didn't start.

i tried restarting the game over and over again, deleted the safe file, changed settings, etc and NOTHING worked. i can't pass the character select screen to play the game :(

[KPJ487]

I am as well have you figured anything out? About to refund.

[Taft]

I am having the same problem. I bought this game when it was on sale because I like it on my Switch. Steam won't refund me so I am looking for a solution. I wrote support at wayforward and the only reply I got was basically "huh, weird."
Any one have an actual solution or better way to trouble shoot this issue?

[Syragar]

引用自 Taft：

I am having the same problem. I bought this game when it was on sale because I like it on my Switch. Steam won't refund me so I am looking for a solution. I wrote support at wayforward and the only reply I got was basically "huh, weird."
Any one have an actual solution or better way to trouble shoot this issue?

If you've had the game for less than 2 weeks and have less than 2 hours play time, Steam is supposed to give you a refund no questions asked. I'm thinking about buying this now that it's on sale. Has this problem been resolved?

[Taft]

It has not. Steam auto-cancelled my request twice because it was over 2 weeks. They told me to work with Wayforward. Wayforward has been helpful, but their responses are very delayed. They have determined something on my system is registering as a second controller. I unplugged everything but my wired controller and my wired keyboard and even when I select single player the game make the keyboard the first player. When I hit any buttons on the controller it automatically adds that as second player, even if I chose 1P game. I cannot get the game or steam to force the controller to be p1, to not recognize the keyboard, or to force it to be a 1p game no matter what. Wayforward support has said that they cannot troubleshoot any further due to the fact that PCs are so different.
Right now it is unplayable. I have not been able to test it with remote play together which is the secondary reason I got it, but if it detects my controller as P2 i'm not sure how it would react to another person joining.

[Taft]

I did just try to use remote play together and this also does not work. No matter what I do, the keyboard on the computer running RCG always forces the keyboard to be P1. I do not know if this is steam, I cannot find a way in steam to make it not recognized or even just change the order. I do not know if this is the game as I see no settings in the game for this.
Currently unplayable for me as I do not use my keyboard for games.

[Syragar]

That's interesting. That sounds similar to a problem I've had with other games. Do you use anything like vJoy Virtual Joystick? If so, try disabling it in your device manager and see if that helps.

[Taft]

I do not use any external drivers other than what steam installs. I try to keep my PC clean for gaming purposes.

[rapturence]

I have the same issue. I'm going to try and refund the game even though it's been two weeks. Steam isn't very generous though so I don't think I'll succeed.

[GameMaster]

try launching in big picture
go to the game > manage game > controller options > forced on

[groy1111]

Aloha and Seasons Greetings, [MY FIX]
Pulled the trigger on this game after fun with the XBOX version and now on sale with steam PC version. Had the same problems everyone else had....stuck on Character Select and never being able to load into game play. The problem seems to be a conflict between the game and another controller on your PC. Had the same issue with a MOD for NFSMW where I could not use my WL XBOX controller UNLESS I UNPLUGGED my Saitek Pro Gamer Controller (I know -old school but I love for FPS). Once I unplugged the Pro Gamer Controller, NO MORE PROBLEMS! So if you have another controller type attached, try unplugging it. If that works for you; there are go-between USB adapter toggle switches that can turn the port on or off to the controller without the hassle of physically unplugging it. -Hope this helps you!

[Prosthetic_Mind]

I had the same issue and for me it involved the game seeing both my ps4 controller as well as the xbox controller ds4win makes the ps4 controller emulate. Turning off ds4win (or whatever xinput emulator you use if you use one) will make the game work if that is your issue, since the game recognizes playstation controllers without needing extra tweaks.

[Le Fauve]

I got the same issue, but I was able to fix it thanks to this thread.

Here are a few things that may help you to diagnose/fix the issue.

As stated in previous messages, the problem is that your PC thinks you have more than one controller connected. The first step is to find what are the phantom controllers.

You can do this by running joy.cpl
It should display a list of all connected controllers, so if you have more than one, you can find the name of the devices to remove.
In my case, it was a "KMJ emulator" which came with another device (and which was active, even when the other device wasn't connected)

You can now open the device manager (run "devmgmt.msc" if you cannot find the device manager) and find the device to remove.
The easiest way is to select it, open the properties, go to the "Driver" tab and click the "Disable device" button (you can always re-enable it later if needed).

Now, in some case, this button isn't enabled. That's probably because your "device" is in fact many virtual devices in one (In my case, I found that my "KMJ emulator" had 3 sub-devices: a keyboard, a mouse and a joystick).

In this case, you can in the device manager window go to the menu "View" and select "Devices by connection".

You now should be able to see sub-devices for your device.
One of them should look like a joystick (mine was named "HID-compliant game controller"). Open its properties and click the "Disable device" button.

Check with joy.cpl again, and the extra controller should be gone.

Hopefully this will work for you.

A last thing: After I disabled the device, Windows asked for a reboot, and while most of the time modifications still work without a reboot, in this case it didn't; but after a reboot the game was working.

[clutzyninja]

引用自 Taft：

They have determined something on my system is registering as a second controller.

Nice they got back to you, but their answer is, like, so what? Just because I HAVE a second controller means I MUST play 2p? GTFOH with your underdeveloped trash, lol.

[GrinderX9]

So just because I want to play this game with a xbox controller, I cant even start the game? :(

[Magnetic_dud]

I fixed this bug by installing "River City Girls UserXpMod 1.3" then setting "forceXInput" : true in the mod config file. Otherwise i couldn't play with my x360 pad as my unofficial usb receiver shows up as two controllers