360 controller

[greenmushroom23]

so i remember i almost bought this game because i thought they were gunna make it total 360 controller enabled..alas its not..does anyone no if its in the works?? ill pay ffull price for the game, but i NEED TO USE A GAMEPAD... no joke, ill even buy it if its a DLC...i dont see how hard it could be, the game is out for 360 anyway..anyone have any ideas if this is going to be added soon??

[Nick Vascuas]

It has a gamepad option, in the options. But i have no idea if it works.

[DUNMORUL]

Originally posted by greenmushroom23:

so i remember i almost bought this game because i thought they were gunna make it total 360 controller enabled..alas its not..does anyone no if its in the works?? ill pay ffull price for the game, but i NEED TO USE A GAMEPAD... no joke, ill even buy it if its a DLC...i dont see how hard it could be, the game is out for 360 anyway..anyone have any ideas if this is going to be added soon??

I just tested this for you.

As soon as you plug in a 360 controller, even Kalypso's opening login screen before you actually boot into the game suddenly features the 360's controller buttons icons so I knew that was already a good sign for you.

Once in the game as long as you enable gamepad support in the options, playing the game works entirely with the 360 controller and features most of the 360 icons to appear as you'd expect. You pull the left and right triggers to open the various menu options and each is coded with the appropriate X, Y, A, or B button to press to access them. When building the LB and RB buttons rotate buildings.

Your "cursor" is a circle that you move around with the left stick (zoom in and out with the right stick) and whenever you highlight anything it shows you what button to press to select it.

And sorry but that's about all I did with it.

All in all it looks like it's fully featured and if you can get used to it I'm sure you'll be able to play it just fine. But ironically enough, for anyone who's been mocking the game's UI for being "dumbed down for consoles", rest assured it seems FAR more intuitive when using a mouse/keyboard. If your only option is gamepad for whatever reason, certainly go for it.

But the UI totally changes its appearance when using a gamepad and the mouse/keyboard version is much quicker to get around in.

[fastica]

I tested the controller and it works pretty well. I would say that a gamepad is 100% supported.

[Ducttape Dan]

it takes a few games and some skills to use a controller,
but after that it works out better then going with your mouse to the edges of a 24 inch screen.

[Nick Vascuas]

Originally posted by N|R|F Cpt.Stress:

it takes a few games and some skills to use a controller,
but after that it works out better then going with your mouse to the edges of a 24 inch screen.

Thats why i use WASD to move the camera.

[greenmushroom23]

a steam friend of mine said there was no way to get into edicts?? is this tru??

[Ducttape Dan]

you can sit back on your couch,
keep your eyes on the screen and not on your keyboard,
and get into edicts and everything.
just make sure you have gamepad enabled in the option menu

[✟Camped By Gaylight✞]

it works. Tested with Razer Sabertooth. But whats the point playing with gamepad ? :DDD In that kinda game.

[Dolgren]

Now i know why the game is so simplified just to support console controllers. Thank you

[Ducttape Dan]

its not simplified, even civ 5 could learn from this.
try it and you know why.

[greenmushroom23]

you guys rock..thank you very much..last time ive played this game (trop 4) was on 360 so im looking forward to getting into it again!!

[☠ Asasin ☠]

Originally posted by DucLebowski:

Now i know why the game is so simplified just to support console controllers. Thank you

Enlighten me.

[BridgetFisher]

The devs said they removed controller support from the game until they finished their linux version? So is the controller support back in the game now? Argh, i woulda bought it before if they said they were going to not remove the controller support on PC. Seemed odd they would remove it until its on linux I gotta say.

[fastica]

Originally posted by BridgetFisher:

The devs said they removed controller support from the game until they finished their linux version? So is the controller support back in the game now? Argh, i woulda bought it before if they said they were going to not remove the controller support on PC. Seemed odd they would remove it until its on linux I gotta say.

After reading your reply I tested the game with a controller and I can assure you that it's 100% supported (I have a wireless Xbox 360 controller). Even the login window shows the controller buttons.

[fastica]

Originally posted by DucLebowski:

Now i know why the game is so simplified just to support console controllers. Thank you

While the game is simplified on some aspects, there are also more complex stuff, like detailed control of exports and imports, different eras, constitution, managers and technology research.