Controller support not...supported?

[All Thriller No Philler]

I can't get controller input to work. I tried using the Xbox controller, a PS4 controller, a PS4 controller with DS4Windows, a Steam Controller emulator for both controllers....nothin'!
Anyone else have this issue and have fixed it? Help would be appreciated. I don't MIND using the keyboard, but the controller would be much more comfortable.

[Fel]

I think you can tell your DS4Windows to output in "xinput" (I never used PS4 controllers on PC, so I don't know if they added it to the software or if it still needs a third party tool to convert the signal), which is what the game recognizes for the controllers.

[Kiss My Ax]

As far as i know of youcan only use xbox360 usb controller Thats what i used

[Fel]

No, any controller that uses xinput works just fine, xbox 360 happens to be one of them (because xinput was introduced by microsoft quite a long time ago) but a fairly large amount of third party usb PC controllers use it as well.

I knew I had seen a topic like this one a while ago where someone owning a PS4 controller wanted to play this game (and it was apparently a setting in DS4Windows), here is the topic in question:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/23310/discussions/0/1734336452600898408/

[Joz]

Мауbe this could help.
Recently game stopped recognizing my logitech F310(working in xinput mode)(which worked fine on initial setup). And somehow it was fixed by deleting "Config" folder (C:\Users\username\Documents\My Games\The last remnant\RushGame\Config)

[All Thriller No Philler]

Yeah this broke after the game went off the market for some reason. I'm guessing deleting "Config" would work, actually, but didn't try it.

I found the simplest fix possible (for me, and this works with all gaming controllers I own, including generic, PS4, PS4 via Bluetooth, and Xbox) is to go into Steam > Settings > Controller > Big Picture Configuration. Easier even than that is to launch the game through Big Picture, and it'll tell you to configure your controller (where you can choose a generic 3rd person setting that works great). Then in-game, just set it to the "Xbox Controller Prompts" and it's all good.

[temp_anon]

Deleting my settings did not work. I did notice that FF Type-0 issued a patch to fix crashing after the Windows 10 1803 update, so maybe that's related to this?

[All Thriller No Philler]

temp_anon I really recommend just using Big Picture, setting up your controller through there, and running it that way if you can't get it to work otherwise. 100% fixes it

[Grinnar]

I've never used "Big Picture" and the wired 360 controller has always worked.

[All Thriller No Philler]

Originally posted by Grinnar:

I've never used "Big Picture" and the wired 360 controller has always worked.

For many people it does not. Especially since the last update they released right before they took it off the marketplace.

[Grinnar]

Originally posted by =T$E= Philsco:

For many people it does not. Especially since the last update they released right before they took it off the marketplace.

I'll give it a look at in a moment and report back. I *used* to have no problem with it. We'll see in a jiffy.

[All Thriller No Philler]

Right on. I'll say I didn't make this post for nothin' :P
But it used to work for me with my controller, too, but no longer.

[Grinnar]

Hmm... Working fine for me. Maybe there's an issue with the driver recognition? I'm on Win8 right now, you all on Win10?

[All Thriller No Philler]

Haha yes I am pretty sure we're all on Windows 10.
Must be a half-assed patch they put out that interfered with the X-Input driver

[Grinnar]

I'm about to upgrade to 10 soon, so I may see the issue also arise. Wonder what's up with that.

[All Thriller No Philler]

Big Picture is the fix if you have any problems.
And it's only a big deal with ports that use outdated licensing and such.