How Can I play with my Xbox control 🎮

[glenns152]

Any 8dea how you can change the controls from keyboard to Xvox control?

[SinisterSlay]

You need one of those tools that makes your controller behave like a mouse and keyboard

[Tyrian Mollusk]

You don't need big picture mode to use or configure a controller with Steam Input, just to control the Steam client/UI using only a controller.

Once you turn on your controller, click the controller icon on the game's library page, or from the overlay menu (you do need the overlay enabled) to open the Steam Input configuration.

Steam will hide the controller button and menu options until it sees an active controller. So don't forget to turn it on first.

[BigRockWall]

It works, kinda. The right thumb stick isn't smooth and will not turn right about 50% of the time. Nor will it allow you to properly use ground targeted abilities. Would sure be nice if they made controller support native to the game itself to solve these issues. Can ground target with a controller just fine in Darktide for example. You also have to use the mouse to set map waypoints or really even move the map once its open. Also have to use the mouse to select dialogue options. Etc etc.

[Tyrian Mollusk]

There's no official controller configuration. If you haven't set something up for your controller, you're just getting whatever Steam picks by default, which is usually their generic FPS template, and not something that's even supposed to work for GW2.

[BigRockWall]

Originally posted by Tyrian Mollusk:

There's no official controller configuration. If you haven't set something up for your controller, you're just getting whatever Steam picks by default, which is usually their generic FPS template, and not something that's even supposed to work for GW2.

Not quite right either. There are lots of user made profiles to download and choose from, but when I first went in to set up my controller in the GW2 steam library page controller settings, it defaulted to a user made setting for the game that works except for what i just described in my prior post.

Edit - enabling action cam helps immensely

[Tyrian Mollusk]

Did Steam change that again? It used to be the template. I've no idea how Steam decides which way to go from game to game on template vs just grabbing whatever community config it wants. Devs are supposed to set their default config, but Anet isn't going to care enough about Steam or controllers to do that, so people just get whatever Steam feels like doing.

And yeah, almost any controller config is going to assume you're using action cam.

[BigRockWall]

At the end of hte day the controller is useable for combat, with a wireless mouse and keyboard sitting on the couch next to me for dialogue, menu management etc. The only thing I can't seem to get working right is ground target skill aiming. Otherwise it's a much more smooth experience than mouse and keyboard for combat input, in my own opinion

[Tyrian Mollusk]

What's the problem with ground targeting? Point camera at spot, cast, done.

If you haven't, maybe set the options so ground targets stop at max range ("Lock Ground Target at Maximum Skill Range"), and so you press to target and release to cast ("Fast with Range Indicator").

[BigRockWall]

Right thumb stick more or less = mouse input. A B X Y buttons are all pressed with right thumb. So unless you are going to change your controller profile for every different class/weapon combo to ensure ground target skills are never assigned to A B X Y, it won't work to press skill button, aim, press/release skill button.

Not that you can easily aim them with the controller to begin with. I may be able to correct this issue by trying out some different controller profiles and in game settings, but so far I have not succeeded.

[Tyrian Mollusk]

I very rarely aim with mouse after pressing a skill. It's more an optional hold to see the target clearly, and I walk a bit (or very, very occasionally cross-over thumbs) if I need to adjust, but usually I'm aimed before casting. I generally prioritize moving and ability use over camera work.

It's not ideal, but that's just the nature of the beast playing a game with move, camera, and 20 fighting keys.

[BigRockWall]

Ok yeah the ground targeting works well enough. Need to disable snap to target, and enable lock at max distance. With action camera turned on the target reticle is pretty accurate if you aim it first then just tap your ground target skill at reticle location. Not quite as smooth as mouse and KB for specifically that one thing, but it does work well enough with a little practice. In pretty much every other way the controller is better (for me) for combat. Thankfully this game doesn't use 20 different hotbars like some MMOs do.