Controllers Just Don't Work Properly

[Nether Angel]

I've tried using a switch pro controller, xbox one, and having steam pick up my switch pro controller as an xbox 360 one. They've all had the same issue with a good chunk of buttons just being all kinds of messed up.

There's no up or left on the right stick, pressing in the right stick just pauses the game, A is A, B is nothing, Y is B, X is Y (these are listed in xbox layout), LB is nothing, Select is LB.... just all sorts of messed up really. No amount of remapping fixes it, I can't even do the controller config in the game settings due to it not even picking up the right stick's up and left.

I even tried just turning off Steam Input, that just spams all the buttons it can.

I don't see many with this issue and I just can't find a solution and I'd rather not play these games on keyboard and mouse, so if anyone has a solution I'd greatly appreciate it.

[Nether Angel]

Originally posted by PKblaze:

I figured out a possible solution but I've not tried it.

For games that lack controller support I've used something called "Joy-To-Key" basically it converts controller inputs to mouse and keyboard inputs. You have to map the keys and sensitivity of the sticks in the application but maybe that would work as a workaround?

I think this could work, I'm giving it a shot, but I still need to figure out how to map things with it, the dpad and right stick aren't as straight forward with mapping it to controller as I thought they would be looking at the software.... then there's the buttons, I didn't play past the island as a kid when the game came out and I couldn't even do the tutorial on PC now due to the issues with the buttons so I'm straight up struggling to figure out what button to map to which action. It just doesn't make sense to me with all the screenshots i have of my current keyboard and mouse bindings.

[PKblaze]

I can give you the controls for controller. I'll go with Xbox config.
A is attack/select (Probably left click)
B is jump
X is roll/guard
Y is interact
Dpad controls the menu box (I'd imagine scroll wheel)
Left stick is movement (WASD presumably)
Right is camera (Mouse)
LB is magic shortcut
RB is lock on.
Pause is pause (Probably Esc)
I don't think LT and RT do anything.

It'll take a little trial and error to get the sensitivity and controls right but I hope this helps a little

[Nether Angel]

Originally posted by PKblaze:

I can give you the controls for controller. I'll go with Xbox config.
A is attack/select (Probably left click)
B is jump
X is roll/guard
Y is interact
Dpad controls the menu box (I'd imagine scroll wheel)
Left stick is movement (WASD presumably)
Right is camera (Mouse)
LB is magic shortcut
RB is lock on.
Pause is pause (Probably Esc)
I don't think LT and RT do anything.

It'll take a little trial and error to get the sensitivity and controls right but I hope this helps a little

Using JoyToKey v7.0.0

Okay, for switch pro controller I had to go to settings > configure joystick devices > advanced setting for each device, then for stick 2 changed Horizontal to RX-axis and Vertical to RY-axis.

The right stick still doesn't feel good, it's a has some stutter and I'm unsure what setting to change to smooth it out. But in all I hope this helps whoever out there needs it. If you do not like these bindings then you can, with JoyToKey's window focused, press the buttons on your controller and it will highlight what it corresponds to.


For the sticks and buttons I did:
Stick1:left = A (Left Stick)
Stick1:right = D
Stick1:up = W
Stick1:down = S
Stick2:left = Mouse:left(100) x2.5 (that is speed 100, acc input x2.5)
Stick2:right = Mouse:right(100) x2.5
Stick2:up = Mouse:up(100) x2.5
Stick2:down = Mouse:down(100) x2.5
POV:up = arrow key up (POV = DPad)
POV:right = arrow key right
POV:down = arrow key down
POV:left = arrow key left
B [1] Button = Confirm
A [2] Button = Cancel/Jump/Let Go
Y [3] Button = Block/Evade/Dodge
X [4] Button = Use Commands
LB [5] Button = Hold to Open Shortcuts
RB [6] Button = Toggle Lock-On
LT [7] Button = Move Character: Walk
RT [8] Button = Change Lock-On Target
- [9] Button = Settings
+ [10] Button = Pause/Open Main Menu
LS [11] Button = First-Person View
RS [12] Button = Reset Camera


Thank you for clearing up controls

[Umichi Onichi]

i didnt even go into steam and setup controller profile and my switch pro runs fine. i just turned it to auto detect my controller in game swapped the accept buttons and im playing so i have no clue why youre having issues.

i can at least attest that this problem might be on PC side of things and not the controller side. could try restarting computer with controller plugged in.

[Nether Angel]

Originally posted by Umichi Onichi:

i didnt even go into steam and setup controller profile and my switch pro runs fine. i just turned it to auto detect my controller in game swapped the accept buttons and im playing so i have no clue why youre having issues.

i can at least attest that this problem might be on PC side of things and not the controller side. could try restarting computer with controller plugged in.

It's a niche issue for people, I just got super unlucky. No clue what makes it not work for some.

I'm glad it works for you though, it's no fun having to dealing with all of this. lol

[Umichi Onichi]

Originally posted by Nether Angel:

Originally posted by Umichi Onichi:

i didnt even go into steam and setup controller profile and my switch pro runs fine. i just turned it to auto detect my controller in game swapped the accept buttons and im playing so i have no clue why youre having issues.

i can at least attest that this problem might be on PC side of things and not the controller side. could try restarting computer with controller plugged in.

It's a niche issue for people, I just got super unlucky. No clue what makes it not work for some.

I'm glad it works for you though, it's no fun having to dealing with all of this. lol

I know it might not be the most optimal but could try reinstalling the game. thats the only solution i can bring to the table.

[Nether Angel]

Originally posted by Umichi Onichi:

Originally posted by Nether Angel:

It's a niche issue for people, I just got super unlucky. No clue what makes it not work for some.

I'm glad it works for you though, it's no fun having to dealing with all of this. lol

I know it might not be the most optimal but could try reinstalling the game. thats the only solution i can bring to the table.

Too much to data redownload, I don't wanna risk going over the limit for this month with my ISP.

[Everybody do the flop]

I tried checking the files but that didn't do anything.

[Nether Angel]

Yeah, it's just broken for no reason, I don't see anything we could do about it :/

[Everybody do the flop]

Originally posted by Nether Angel:

Yeah, it's just broken for no reason, I don't see anything we could do about it :/

I did find a solution by changing right stick to mouse and then re-mapping the face buttons so they're right (doesn't stop A from being attack and B being jump).

[PKblaze]

Originally posted by Everybody do the flop:

Originally posted by Nether Angel:

Yeah, it's just broken for no reason, I don't see anything we could do about it :/

I did find a solution by changing right stick to mouse and then re-mapping the face buttons so they're right (doesn't stop A from being attack and B being jump).

A for attack and B for jump is the buttons functioning as intended (X is attack and O is jump on PS)

[Everybody do the flop]

Originally posted by PKblaze:

Originally posted by Everybody do the flop:

I did find a solution by changing right stick to mouse and then re-mapping the face buttons so they're right (doesn't stop A from being attack and B being jump).

A for attack and B for jump is the buttons functioning as intended (X is attack and O is jump on PS)

Still would have been nice to re-map them.

[Nether Angel]

Originally posted by Everybody do the flop:

Originally posted by Nether Angel:

Yeah, it's just broken for no reason, I don't see anything we could do about it :/

I did find a solution by changing right stick to mouse and then re-mapping the face buttons so they're right (doesn't stop A from being attack and B being jump).

I've tried doing that mouse thing before and it just did nothing for me. Honestly at this point I can't help but think it's either my windows' update, steam's update, or just the games being a very poor port. I think I'll keep trying regular controller here and there to see if it's fixed magically, but I don't have high hopes for that.

As for the A and B thing, I've played some games where B is jump so that just feels fine to me, plus it makes the shortcuts line up nice being top to bottom Y, X, A, if you switch A and B then it'd be Y, X, B. I wish this game had better binding control instead of having the main and sub buttons linked together, wish they were completely separate.

While playing mouse and keyboard I remapped my lock-on and switch target to 2 and 3, but I'd love to have the shortcut for spells be shift + 1, 2, or 3 (I have a Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite, it has 1-12 buttons for me to press with my thumb), but I can't unless I wanna change my confirm, block, and attack.

[PKblaze]

Originally posted by Nether Angel:

Originally posted by Everybody do the flop:

I did find a solution by changing right stick to mouse and then re-mapping the face buttons so they're right (doesn't stop A from being attack and B being jump).

I've tried doing that mouse thing before and it just did nothing for me. Honestly at this point I can't help but think it's either my windows' update, steam's update, or just the games being a very poor port. I think I'll keep trying regular controller here and there to see if it's fixed magically, but I don't have high hopes for that.

As for the A and B thing, I've played some games where B is jump so that just feels fine to me, plus it makes the shortcuts line up nice being top to bottom Y, X, A, if you switch A and B then it'd be Y, X, B. I wish this game had better binding control instead of having the main and sub buttons linked together, wish they were completely separate.

While playing mouse and keyboard I remapped my lock-on and switch target to 2 and 3, but I'd love to have the shortcut for spells be shift + 1, 2, or 3 (I have a Corsair Scimitar RGB Elite, it has 1-12 buttons for me to press with my thumb), but I can't unless I wanna change my confirm, block, and attack.

You could macro the keys so that you can push one button to use the shortcut and the spell instantaneously whilst having it set to a different key.

[Nether Angel]

Yeah, that's true. Maybe I'll play around with it and see what feels comfortable. I'm still not used to this mouse for gaming, I originally got it for Blender back when I used to do more 3D modeling, it's pretty nice for productivity.

I did originally have 4, 5, and 6 set in the sub to be the same as confirm, dodge, and attack. Just didn't feel right, I have a pretty bad claw grip and my hands are big so I tend to be pretty far forward while playing games. I completely forgot about looking into making a macro to be honest so I could use 1, 2, and 3 comfortably.