Won't let me use a controller?

[Ricky Spanish]

Got this game on my new computer, but it won't let me use my PS3 controller. And I know it's not an issue with the controller since I was using it on something else. Anyone know what to do?

[hauntra]

Can you give us little more information?
but try messing around with the controls in the options menu or running the game as administrator just in case you havent already? lol thats all I got ^^

[slidshowcat]

Im having the same problem too, I have no Idea why it won't let me it just wont work with this game

[Diligentdodo]

Have you tried opening Game Configurations and under 'Player' there should be controller options.

[Malignant Echo]

I'm having the same problem, but with an Xbox 360 controller. When I start the game, I click the option to configure the game before launch, and the in-game configuration opens up. When I go to the controller settings, it shows an Xbox 360 controller with the different controls labeled, but when I exit out and launch the game, I can't control the game. I can't even pause or exit, I have to use CTRL+ALT+DELETE to close the program.

I launched the in-game config again, and went into the keyboard settings and changed them to my preferences, and when I launch the game, I still can't control the game with the keyboard. I don't know what the problem is.

[Ricky Spanish]

I got it to work. Game Configurations got it to work.

[Diligentdodo]

So, when you go to launch the game it usually starts with a dialog that asks if you want to just launch the game, or open game configurations first.

[SaturdayXIII]

360 controller ain't working for me either. I have launched from the configurator after choosing gamepad. Nothing works and I have to force quit the game to get out. I don't want to play this game on a keyboard, gross.

[Andrew Przelucki]

By default the game has keyboard support; WASD for direction keys, J to accept, U to cancel.

Use a kemapper program like JoyToKey to get gamepad support and maybe also turn off any Steam gamepad support in Setting->Controller, because for my generic gamepad, any such option, including "Generic gamepad support" messes up all my buttons and axes.

There is a setup app that you can access by right clicking in your library tab on the game and selecting configure game, but the app does not work for me at all; cannot set fullscreen or resolution (manually setting in the config files is also ignored [?]). Mapping keyboard keys also fails, the setup app fails to write settings. But use it to see the predefined key mappings.

See newer posts regarding gamepad issues and config setup if you want more elaborate info from me.

[Andrew Przelucki]

I GOT FULLSCREEN:

Use Borderless Gaming _FORK_ made by mdbell - there are other forks as well, check them out: https://github.com/mdbell/Borderless-Gaming

I also modified the config for the game to give me 1024x600, so I have widescreen resolution. The configs are in the Steam dir: C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\NiGHTS Into Dreams\Config

[slidshowcat]

Originally posted by slidshowcat:

Im having the same problem too, I have no Idea why it won't let me it just wont work with this game

So what your supposed to do is open it your library and it'll give you to start the game or go to "Game Configuration" and selecting "Game Configuration"you can fix your problem from there

[Andrew Przelucki]

Try turning off all gamepad support in Steam. In the Steam app, go to Steam->Settings->Controller->General Controller Settings. There, turn off Xbox gamepad support - and any other support (generic gamepad or any other). Close Steam and restart it, and check the game again.

Also, if you have gamepad support enabled in Steam (Xbox/generic/other gamepad support), you can configure Steam to emulate different input from your gamepad. During gameplay, press Shift+Tab to open the Steam overlay and select controller configuration. There you need to assign whatever specific emulation to your gamepad axes and buttons.

So you have two options:

1) turn off all gamepad support in Steam, because sometimes that interferes not only with other, non-Steam games, but also Steam games themselves. Thant's why I exit Steam when I play GOG games, or other games,

2) your other option is to use the Steam gamepad support and emulate input with the Steam controller configuration tool - during gameplay. Make sure to turn on the right gamepad support in Steam Settings, to reflect what you use; Xbox, generic, Switch or whatever is available what Steam detects and uses for your hardware. For example, many generic gamepads are treated as Xbox gamepads, and with Xbox support, I can use the Steam input emulation feature.

[Dick Twistem]

Go to your game's folder (D:\Valve\steamapps\common\NiGHTS Into Dreams), look for launcher application, click it, there it allows you to alter your resolution and to allow use of xinput controller.

[Pass_the _M]

mine wasn't working, i went to the config switched to keyboard then switched it back to controller and it works now.

[Nyxll Arnana]

You have to look for the local files and set up a gamepad. Unfortunately. (D:\Valve\steamapps\common\NiGHTS Into Dreams) Launcher should help you set settings for how you like to play, like me and a full screen, and a gamepad. However, switching to a keyboard requires you to run launcher again. Learned the hard way.

[rykdrew]

steamapps\common\NiGHTS Into Dreams Go to LAUNCHER . EXE and config the gamepad.