[MAC] usb snes controller PROBLEM

[Alekseij]

Hi everyone,
i read a lot about this issue but all report and fixes are for pc. I've read on windows you can go back to xna version of TA in the beta tabs but what about MAC? I do not find any XNA version on the list. How can i fixed it?
I try to configure the controller in big picture but that's really impossible because steam do not recognize all the buttons i need and with the default settings TA won't either accept the 'start' one.
PLEASE, HELP! I buy this game and i would like to have a 2 players match in versus mode without need to map the keyboard for that - i know how to do with keyboard but that's not a good 2 players game experience.
Thanks everyone.

[Sam Tortilla]

What kind of controller do you have? I have 4 iBuffalo controllers and I had to configure 1 in big picture mode, but after that it worked perfectly with 4 players.

[Alekseij]

Hi Agent Otter, sorry, i've been away from here. I've a SNES (super nintendo like) usb controller. I know that my problem is known, but the all the resolutions i've read are for windows users and nobody speaks about mac... :( . In BP it is impossible to configure my controller. Don't know what to do! Thanks for your interest anyway.

[Sam Tortilla]

Well I also use a mac, and I use these SNES USB controllers: (search ibuffalo on amazon.com because I can't get the link to work).
Do yours work with other games on your mac?

I had to configure them in big picture, and I don't remember if I ran into any problems with that or not, but it worked perfectly in the end. I don't know how controllers work with Steam games, but Towerfall recognizes my controller and knows its name, and even knows what color the buttons are, so maybe Matt programmed the game to specifically recognize that controller?... I'm not sure.

So there are SNES USB controllers that work with Towerfall on Mac. I'm not sure if yours will.

[Alekseij]

Wow thanks a lot. I've got this controller (http://www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-Super-Nintendo-Controller-PC/dp/B002JAU20W/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1414594937&sr=1-2&keywords=snes+usb+controller). I think it's quite the same of yours but for me in big picture it is impossible to configure. For example if i push left pad, no other 'directional buttons' will be configurable. Don't know why, seems to recognize just one directional button a time and i can't configure the all 4 (up/down/left/right). But everything is fine with the others, i mean the start and the colored buttons. I've try to delete my personal configuration and reset to the automatic one but in that mode the game do not recognize even the start. I use the same controller on OpenEMU and there they work great. I'm really stucked at this. Maybe better for me to buy some other SNES controller. THANKS A LOT OTTER, you are really kind.

[Sam Tortilla]

No problem! :) I just checked my big picture controller settings. Here's what happens: the SNES USB controllers treat left and right all as one "axis" like a joystick would, not separate "buttons." Same goes for up and down. That's why you can't configure, say, left and right at the same time. Left and right is "axis 0" and up and down is "axis 1."

So in big picture mode controller settings, don't set anything to the DPAD buttons, instead set "Left Stick X" to "Axis 0" by pushing left or right on your controller, and "Left Stick Y" to "Axis 1" by pushing up or down on your controller.

X Y A B should be set to the obvious ones that match up with the (XBOX?) controller shown, and L and R should be "Left Shoulder" and "Right Shoulder." I have Start and Select as "Start" and "Back."

Set it all up like that and try Towerfall again and let me know how it goes!

[Alekseij]

Agent, YOU MADE IT!
It works! That was awsome. I would like to have a gif with me writing THANKS for you because i need that THANKS to be looped.
So,
really many looping thanks from here to fully black space!

[Sam Tortilla]

You're welcome, I'm glad it worked out!