My 360 controller isn't working.

[Chozo_Gunner]

Got it plugged in. My computer says the device has been installed and the controller is on, yet when I launch the game, it won't let me use the controller. I'm restricted to keyboard only and the option for gamepad controls isn't even available for me.

Help, please?

This seems to be happening across all of my Steam games, if NiGHTS into Dreams is anything to go by.

[GooberScotsman]

Got a similar issue, but the controller works until I fire for a few seconds and then stops working as if the batteries were dead. Disconnecting and reconnecting fixes it, but then runs into the same issue repeatedly. Controller support overall is buggy.

EDIT: After some testing, connecting two controllers allows me to play the game properly in 1P mode. Connecting 3 allows for 2P.

[Chozo_Gunner]

Really? Huh.

Can I get some more help though?

[GooberScotsman]

Maybe restarting the computer might help if you haven't already. It started working for me after that.

[V]

Originally posted by GooberScotsman:

Maybe restarting the computer might help if you haven't already. It started working for me after that.

That's the first thing you're supposed to try. "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Edit: The wireless 360 controller and the wired 360 controller have different drivers under Windows, and nearly all developers only support the wired controller. Blame Microsoft.

[Arras]

Make sure you hit start on the controller at the "press start" screen and not any keyboard buttons, as it seems that locks you into using the keyboard?

[Arras]

Originally posted by m.Locke:

Originally posted by GooberScotsman:

Maybe restarting the computer might help if you haven't already. It started working for me after that.

That's the first thing you're supposed to try. "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"

Edit: The wireless 360 controller and the wired 360 controller have different drivers under Windows, and nearly all developers only support the wired controller. Blame Microsoft.

I use the wireless 360 controller and it works perfectly fine for nearly everything. The only game I had issues with was Cave Story. So I don't know who is to blame, but not Microsoft.

[V]

I have both. The wireless controller has different bindings than the standard wired controller. Ubisoft in particular has been horrible at supporting the wireless variant. Search for "Assassin's Creed wireless 360" to learn more.

It's Microsoft's fault that the wired and the wireless controllers have different drivers, as it's their hardware to begin with. This is the same company that gave us XInput, an API that is vastly inferior to DirectInput, just because they wanted to.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectInput#DirectInput_vs_XInput

[aleste37]

Originally posted by Arras:

Make sure you hit start on the controller at the "press start" screen and not any keyboard buttons, as it seems that locks you into using the keyboard?

Thanks for this!