x-box controller

[dagalathor]

is this a mouse and keyboard game or can i use my x-box controller instead?

[Dark Sign]

While it's made for mouse and keyboard Steam has a handy way of working around that. If you open Big Picture mode by pressing the controller icon in the top right hand corner in Steam you can set X-Box and PS4 controllers to play most games. You will probably have to tinker with the setting a little bit so you can do everything with just the controller but you should be able to manage. I haven't tried it with Morrowind however so there's a chance it might not work.

[The International Guiri]

Morrowind was originally released in Xbox too, so was thought to have controller support, I remember some friend of mine playing with an old generic pad normally (I never tryed, I love the keyboard) but, as is a 15 years old game, your new controller won't map perfectly as old (PC) ones did. No problem, with some program you will configure every action perfectly.

Use "Joytokey" (it's free) and enjoy. A video tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4UM9-yap30

[dagalathor]

cool thanks for the info

[Killertruth186]

Originally posted by dagalathor:

is this a mouse and keyboard game or can i use my x-box controller instead?

You can edit the "morrowind.ini" file to make it to use the Xbox One Remote. Here's a configuration that you can use.

Use Joystick=1
Joystick X Turns=3
; X=1, Y = 2, Z = 3, XRot = 4, YRot = 5, ZRot = 6
Joystick Look Up/Down=6
Joystick Look Left/Right=5

There's a bit of warning with that settings, the triggers will not work and the controller sensitibity will be affected by the frame rate. And this settings is from my laptop, which you may need to experiment on the "Joystick Look UP/Down= and Joystick Look Left/Right=" as well.

[ElectroVeeDub]

Orrr... you could just buy Controller Companion from Steam for like $3.00 and download the Morrowind profile...

Works for me.

[Killertruth186]

Originally posted by ElectroVeeDub:

Orrr... you could just buy Controller Companion from Steam for like $3.00 and download the Morrowind profile...

Works for me.

I guess that works.

[Donoghu]

Originally posted by The International Guiri:

Morrowind was originally released in Xbox too, so was thought to have controller support, I remember some friend of mine playing with an old generic pad normally (I never tryed, I love the keyboard) but, as is a 15 years old game, your new controller won't map perfectly as old (PC) ones did. No problem, with some program you will configure every action perfectly.

ES:Morrowind first came to PC then to XBox later. Then 2 expansion came out on PC. Then the Game of the Year edition came out on PC & XBox. Still, the main thing to remember is that, back then... Microsoft didn't had any native compatible controllers on PC. Those came with the XBox 360 and its USB drives plugs.

This is also why, even if you activate the joystick function, some buttons like the triggers won't work as they are considered as Axis on the new controllers. (Axis aren't button, but directional input like thumbsticks. Button returns "True" or "False" input signal while axis return 0 to 1 or 0 to -1 or -1 to 1.)

[The International Guiri]

Morrowind was developed for both versions PC and xbox. The PC version was released before and Xbox one was delayed a month, but these release dates were irrelevant as the xbox wasn't a later "port".

On the other hand there were PC gamepads since late 1980s of big and small companies. Microsoft itself developed some popular examples in the 1990s as the SideWinder models. I had a obscure company PC gamepad in the late 1990s way before Morrowind release. It was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ version of Sega Saturn gamepad, with some extra buttons. If I remember correctly it wasn't USB yet, but these old ps/2 round ports. Proper 80s-90s PC "joysticks" were always a North American thing in my opinion wich in Europe were way less popular. On the contrary, some years later in 1990s-2000s the PC gamepads were more or less popular here (specially in kids in transition from consoles to PC gaming).

Morrowind works with DirectInput, new controllers uses Ximput, probably that's the main problem with new gamepads and Morrowind.

[jeremybro30]

You don't need to buy anything. Click on the game, click on controller (even though it says not supported) Find the pre-made controller layout from the community layouts that you like. Personally I chose FlameX360 because it is as close to the original Morrowind controls on the original Xbox as you can get.

[Killertruth186]

Originally posted by jeremybro30:

You don't need to buy anything. Click on the game, click on controller (even though it says not supported) Find the pre-made controller layout from the community layouts that you like. Personally I chose FlameX360 because it is as close to the original Morrowind controls on the original Xbox as you can get.

Or with OpenMW.