GTA IV phone using gamepad

[TheSongbird93]

hey just need a little help as i have looked online and I carn't find a solution. Basically when i try to access the phone in game using my gamepad, I can open it and close it fine but when i try to navigate the menu's it just won't work. All the other functions for these buttons still work but for some reason i carn't move the selection in the phone. Anybody know a solution?

[Razorbak86]

On the Xbox 360 controller, to open your phone, you push up on the D-pad. If you're using a different controller, I'm not sure what to tell you, other than to suggest using Xbox 360 controller emulator software.

[TheSongbird93]

yeh i know that i can open and close it using the d-pad but when i try to say ring roman i carn't move through the menu's using the d-pad for some reason.

[KahlanDad]

I had the same problem, too. I could open and close the phone, but couldn't navigate through the menus and keypad. I finally got it working correctly by deleting the conrtolmap.dat file in C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames

[MrLuigi]

I have the same problem with the phone also. I tried deleting the controlmap.dat file but it did nothing, i even tried validating my game.

[Sab Zeru]

Originally posted by KahlanDad:

I had the same problem, too. I could open and close the phone, but couldn't navigate through the menus and keypad. I finally got it working correctly by deleting the conrtolmap.dat file in C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames

I can confirm that, by deleting that file, it solved my problem.

Thank you so much @KahlanDad.

[JohnFoelster]

I have had this same problem, and managed to solve it by restarting.

Basicallly, what ahd happened to me was that the Gamepad was in player 2 mode instead of player 1 mode, as indicated by the lights around the Xbox logo on my gamepad. When two people are playing GTA IV locally, the person with controller 2 has less control, and one of the things they lack is apparently full use of the phone menu.

Restarting or otherwise disabusing the gamepad of its identity crisis fixes the issue.

[Kayse Nour]

I had such a problem, and I solved it by installing the Xbox controller driver for Windows 7 (in my case, for the 64-bit version). And also I deleted the conrtolmap.dat in the save folder

[theapollo314]

exactly how do i get to that file i need to delete?

[[drunk] 2021 Giant Stance]

Assign arrow keys to the controller it will work

[VISIONYX]

conrtolmap.dat
Should be somewhere inside your Gta IV files find it delete it

Originally posted by mr.weirdgoat:

exactly how do i get to that file i need to delete?

[VISIONYX]

Thanks so much man really helpful
I was first having issues with the police cruiser laptop not showing up when I click LB on my DS4 emulator, then I noticed the issue with the phone number pad. I kinda figured the two problems might be connected, so I gave it a try and whaaza it worked!

Originally posted by KahlanDad:

I had the same problem, too. I could open and close the phone, but couldn't navigate through the menus and keypad. I finally got it working correctly by deleting the conrtolmap.dat file in C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\savegames

[TheStepRider]

If deleting ControlMap.dat does nothing for you, try to delete your profile in C:\My Documents\Rockstar Games\GTA IV\Profiles\, then download it again from cloud. Don't forget make a backup for any case.

[noabody]

These are the non-Big Picture mode steps that resolved the issue for me:

1) Steam Menu > Settings > Controller > General Controller Settings: Uncheck all options (close settings)
2) Right click "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition" > Properties > Controller: Select drop-down "Disable Steam Input" (close settings)

Big Picture has similar settings:

1) Gear Icon, Controller, Controller Settings: Uncheck all options
2) Library > Installed > "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Complete Edition" > Manage Game > Controller Options > Steam Input Per-Game Setting: Select drop-down "Forced Off"

[✞ Rose ✞]

nice