need controller help ps4

[ahmallama]

im running on windows 10 with ds4windows with a ps4 controller, which is being read as an xbox360 controller. (sometimes it gets read as both, but thats not a problem here i dont think)
going into the game configuration settings it reads the xbox controller, as gamepad, but hitting save settings and launch nights into dreams makes a pop up appear that reads
"unhandled exception has occurred...(etc)
InvalidArgument=Value of '0' is not valid for 'index'
parameter name: index

im used to looking into game files and fudging things manually if i need to but im not good enough to know what needs to be done on my own, does anyone know what i need to do? i have not messed with the files of this game at all, i tried starting it in the file of the game but the same problem happenned, and i do not know how to fix this

[Elensar]

Same here but with an xbox360 controller... this sucks he

[Andrew Przelucki]

The setup app does not work, whether I run the config app before (as some suggested) or after running the game - the config app fails to close and run the game, even when I don't set anything, ie default values only.. And the screen resolution cannot be set up as well - no resolutions are presented, only a blank selection area. I can't set anything with the config app, not even fullscreen.

Manually altering the plain text/xml config files has absolutely no effect at all, the game ignores them (?) but if they are deleted, they will not be recreated and the game wont run! (These configs are in the Steam directory "Steam\steamapps\common\NiGHTS Into Dreams\Config\" - don't delete them, or the game will NOT run and they will NOT be recreated! You will have to reinstall the game, though it suffices to make a local backup of the game, uninstall and reinstall from backup, and the configs will be there again)

So the solution for me is to use a keymapper program. I use JoyToKey, no special tweaking necessary with this game, just map the game predefined keys to your gamepad and the game is playable, though in windowed mode.. Open the configuration app for this game and look at what keyboard keys they assigned so that you know what is what and how you want to set up your gamepad with the keymapper. (I mapped WASD to my left analog stick and the HAT, JU to my XA buttons and camera actions to the shoulder and trigger buttons. Works great.)

Also, very important in my case is that I had to turn off any gamepad support in the Steam app itself. I use a generic PS type Bluetooth gamepad and when I did have it set up in the Steam app - in Settings->Controller->General Controller Settings - my gamepad did not work right, my buttons and axes were completely messed up. So I turned off everything in those settings, notably "Generic gamepad support", and my pad works good now, always. So keep that in mind, that maybe some background app/setting is interfering with your gamepad and you just need to have the bare hardware connection through Windows, like I do.

[ahmallama]

thank u, im nervous about joy to key, and also idk how i would do analogue control, did the dreamcast HAVE analogue buttons of any kind, or should i be fine?

[Andrew Przelucki]

Originally posted by ahmallama:

thank u, im nervous about joy to key, and also idk how i would do analogue control, did the dreamcast HAVE analogue buttons of any kind, or should i be fine?

I did not have the Saturn or Dreamcast, though this game was originally developed on the Saturn which had by default a old style, regular digital D-Pad, like the Playstation did at the beginning.

This game was intended to be played on a digital D-Pad and when I map the keyboard WASD to my gamepad - also to my analog sticks, the game plays fine imo. Some people say that analog support makes a big deference, and I don't doubt. The original games did support using a analog gamepad and the new remastered version also seems to do the same - the configuration app clearly shows analog control, but it does not work for me. So I only have digital WASD control, which I map with the keymapper JoyToKey.

There are other keymappers available - search on Google and find the best one for yourself. JoyToKey is easy to use and works most of the time, you just need to give it some time and experiment with the settings. You can map all keyboard buttons to any gamepad axis or button, so I have the WASD mapped to my HAT and left and right analog sticks; works fine.

[Eldest of Lightnings]

I just Bluetooth my Dualshock 4 to my PC and start playing.

[Bavanity]

Same issue here with the launcher, forced window mode only and no controller working.. resolution dropdown is blank..

WHY do STEAM keep charging for and selling me games that don't work? I don't understand how this is friggin legal! Seriously! In Australia our law is that an item has to be fit for purpose.

I bought this ages ago so well past return period but only tried to play it for the first time today.. This is ridiculous, and mapping keys is not the answer as Nights has very nuanced analog control. I'd be better off playing the Saturn version in an emulator although it will look awful.

I always check pcgamingwiki before buying a game and they don't list any issues with this, it's the first time they have majorly let me down also. How can they not know this game doesn't work properly?

I want a refund, I don't care how long ago I bought it. That's not right.