Are controllers on PC bad?

[BlueStaggo]

I have played Terraria on Xbox One before and the controls were great! However, when I used my controller on my computer (a non-official controller because the Microsoft wireless one + rechargable battery pack + a cable taken from the non-official controller = some technical difficulties), everything felt worse:

• There were two circles instead of one for aiming: one looked like the original, but was limited to the default range, and another looked like a crosshair, which was made for aiming with guns and other ranged weapons.
  
• The inventory is harder to navigate (such as it's now LT & RT to move across sections instead of LB & RB)
  
• It is harder to pause the game as the menu button is set to the map button by default (view button on console) while the view button is used to change styles (change styles using buttons next to the accessories on console)
  
• Locking on is hard to do -- there is a single arrow and three arrows. I know what the three arrows are but not the single one. Pressing the X button to lock on works less of the time than on Xbox.

Why can't they change it to be like it currently is on console? I respect the advanced controller settings -- they should be avaliable on Journey's End Xbox, Playstation, and Switch.

I'm sorry this is the first post I've done; I'll try to make it shorter next time.

[Morior Invictus]

Originally posted by BlueStag:

Why can't they change it to be like it currently is on console?

Because it's on console? idk, a better question would be why would you ever play Terraria with a controller if you had the choice to play it with mouse and keyboard

*shrugs*

[BlueStaggo]

Originally posted by Übermensch:

why would you ever play Terraria with a controller if you had the choice to play it with mouse and keyboard

I play both versions and that was switching to controller things was an experiment -- I just like the lock-on feature.

[Aiun]

Originally posted by Übermensch:

Originally posted by BlueStag:

Why can't they change it to be like it currently is on console?

Because it's on console? idk, a better question would be why would you ever play Terraria with a controller if you had the choice to play it with mouse and keyboard

*shrugs*

Because some people can't play with KB&M
I'm using a controller because playing with a keyboard sucks for me and is nothing but frustrating. I don't even bother with games that don't have decent controller support.

As for BlueStags question: I never played the console version so I can't really relate to the problem. But there are a few different controller configurations available in the settings menu, try those, maybe one of them is more appealing to you. Also make sure to use a real controller setup for terraria in the steam settings and not just an emmulated keyboard variant. You can also reassign the keybindings for your controller in the terraria settings.

[Spike_Bop]

Originally posted by Übermensch:

Originally posted by BlueStag:

Why can't they change it to be like it currently is on console?

Because it's on console? idk, a better question would be why would you ever play Terraria with a controller if you had the choice to play it with mouse and keyboard

*shrugs*

sans.

[Jostabeere]

Welcome to PC, kiddo. Our controls are too powerful for your controlles and the devs didn't dumb them down for peasants.

[BlueStaggo]

Originally posted by Jostabeere:

Welcome to PC, kiddo. Our controls are too powerful for your controlles and the devs didn't dumb them down for peasants.

I'm alright with keyboard and mouse, I just did an experiment.

[Maximus]

Originally posted by Morior Invictus:

Originally posted by BlueStag:

Why can't they change it to be like it currently is on console?

Because it's on console? idk, a better question would be why would you ever play Terraria with a controller if you had the choice to play it with mouse and keyboard

*shrugs*

Because controller is better than mouse and keyboard. Unpopular opinion, I know, but it is so much more ergonomic for your hands, and you don't have to be hunched over a desk. I can literally play on my couch.

[Maximus]

Originally posted by Jostabeere:

Welcome to PC, kiddo. Our controls are too powerful for your controlles and the devs didn't dumb them down for peasants.

I beat this game on master mode on PS4. The controls are quirky, but you can get very good and very fast with them... YOU are the peasant who has it dumbed down, keyboards have a so many buttons you can basically assign every item/action a hotkey. You probably don't even have any actual skill, you just quick heal and accessory-loadout your way to moonlord. Don't get me wrong, those features are cool, I play on mouse and keyboard too sometimes,.. but you are so pretentious. The PC controls are not "more powerful" than a controller, you just have it easy, kiddo.

[Smetrix]

Originally posted by Maximus:

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Pal, you're arguing with somebody from 4 years ago, read the date lol.

[okaknutz]

Originally posted by Smetrix:

Originally posted by Maximus:

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Pal, you're arguing with somebody from 4 years ago, read the date lol.

Actually I think it's on purpose. How the hell else do you end up on a forum like this?

[Maximus]

Originally posted by Smetrix:

Originally posted by Maximus:

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Pal, you're arguing with somebody from 4 years ago, read the date lol.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the guy was rude 4 years ago

[Maximus]

Originally posted by okaknut:

Originally posted by Smetrix:

Pal, you're arguing with somebody from 4 years ago, read the date lol.

Actually I think it's on purpose. How the hell else do you end up on a forum like this?

I ended up here because I recently have been trying to play Terraria on PC with a Playstation controller, but there is barely any support for it.. and all of the discussions online are from people like this pretentious guy saying "why would you want to play with a controller? you scrub" which literally adds nothing productive to figuring out how you would play with a controller. It is unhelpful.. but wouldn't be so bad, if only he wasn't so insulting about it, like geez bro what a prick

[Smetrix]

Originally posted by Maximus:

I ended up here because I recently have been trying to play Terraria on PC with a Playstation controller, but there is barely any support for it.. and all of the discussions online are from people like this pretentious guy saying "why would you want to play with a controller? you scrub" which literally adds nothing productive to figuring out how you would play with a controller. It is unhelpful.. but wouldn't be so bad, if only he wasn't so insulting about it, like geez bro what a prick

Arguing with somebody from 2020 doesn’t add anything to the conversation either. Do you think they remember this post? Because I surely don’t remember everything I post, let alone feel the same way about certain subjects after that much time.

[BlueStaggo]

Originally posted by Smetrix:

Originally posted by Maximus:

I ended up here because I recently have been trying to play Terraria on PC with a Playstation controller, but there is barely any support for it.. and all of the discussions online are from people like this pretentious guy saying "why would you want to play with a controller? you scrub" which literally adds nothing productive to figuring out how you would play with a controller. It is unhelpful.. but wouldn't be so bad, if only he wasn't so insulting about it, like geez bro what a prick

Arguing with somebody from 2020 doesn’t add anything to the conversation either. Do you think they remember this post? Because I surely don’t remember everything I post, let alone feel the same way about certain subjects after that much time.

As the guy who made this post, I completely forgot it existed until it got necro'd. Controller support on PC is still basically the same as it was 4 years ago, sure, but it was probably best to leave this post in the dust.