Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick in No Man's Sky Beyond

[Unavengedavo]

If you are reading this, then you are most likely stuck in the same place I was... the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick does not work right in No Man's Sky Beyond, even with x360ce.

I managed to get this working by doing the following

1) download the Logitech Profiler for your Joystick from the Logitech website
https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/360024843033-Downloads-Extreme-3D-Pro

2) Set up a new profile for NMS and then browse to where the .exe is located.
...\steamapps\common\No Man's Sky\Binaries

3) Then go Edit -> Assignments -> Keystrokes, and add 4 assignments for each of the directional buttons (or whichever keys you want)
↑ - Keystroke Up
↓ - Keystroke Down
← - Keystroke Left
→ - Keystroke Right

4) Then in the bottom left hand corner you will find Throttle and Twist options.
Throttle - Create a New Axis Assignment under this and use ↑ for Throttle Forward and ↓ for Throttle Backward
Twist - Create a New Axis Assignment under this and use ← for Twist Left and → for Twist Right

5) Now in Steam, if you have not set up the controller under General Controller Settings, you should do this now. Under Detected controllers select the Logitech Extreme 3D Pro Joystick, and assign everything except for the Right Stick, and Left and Right Triggers.

If this had been assigned already, then you can clear it by doing the following: (Thanks @The-Almighty-Zugs)

• Disable all Controller Support Options (IE PS4 Support etc)
• Exit Steam and unplug the controller
• Open the config.vdf file stored on your computer
⁰ By default it is located in - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\config\config.vdf
• Search for "SDL_GamepadBind" and delete everything underneath it
• Save the file
• Start Steam and plug in the controller

6) Now launch NMS and you should notice that you can now control the cursor with your Joystick. But the Roll and Throttle wont work just yet.

For this to work, you will need to go to the Flight Keyboard Controls and assign the following:

Thrust - ↑
Brake - ↓
Roll Left - ←
Roll Right - →

You should then be able to roll using the twist action on the Joystick, as well as use the throttle to accelerate and brake.

You could play around with the zone assignments in the Logitech Profiler, but I had no luck in getting it working right.

[Claymore]

just came across this after buying this stick, perfect guide. Thank you!

[Jackweird]

Have you had any luck using the joystick movement forward and back for going up or down and twist to go left or right

[Astaronaut]

steam doesnt detect the logitech stick for me at all.. not even as a xbox controller or whatever. windows does, but steam just doesnt... any help? i already tried googling for over an hour but found nothing that helped

[Johnny in the Clouds]

Steam Big Picture Mode is best used to configure controller set ups. General Steam settings should permit choosing the 'generic controller' option as a Steam Input. Though I think default works which enables PS, XBOX and Generic Then on a per game process select each game and Manage the controller that way editing keys and stuff.

It is important to remove or preferred delete any old configurations (local and shared community downloads) that you may have saved. Do that best by using the Hello Game Official configuration download (to flush your saved caches) Then setup your controller config how you like and save the new one. I got my old logitech rumble pad 2 to use the generic input. I removed the Logitech software to avoid conflict and only use steam as I can customise things with far greater control than my old controller ever could.

THIS POST IS FROM 2020 and is probably best closed and a new thread begun. Feel free to copy and paste my above comment to a new thread if it helps. Good luck.

[Astaronaut]

Yeah i kinda got it to work with the xbox emulator but honestly... its not worth it imo, no mans sky is sadly not flighstick friendly, it just feels.. weird.

thanks for the answer even though the post is old :3

[Maned]

So. this solution didn't work for me. Because Steam no longer supports this joystick.
Editing the configuration files had no effect - it just doesn't appear in the list, not at all.
The only solution I found... pretend to be an xbox controller.
And yes, this is all because the joystick works through dinput and not through xinput. Therefore, this solution can work with other joysticks that only work with dinput

So what needs to be done to make it work:
1. Close the game and close Steam.

2. https://www.x360ce.com/ download, no need to install, just run (I downloaded for all games and checked with antivirus)

3. Add a game. you need to add Steam, it is for him that we will pretend to be an xbox controller, because NMS works with controllers through Steam. Specify the path to steam, by default it is C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe

4. Enable and add a controller (Add button in the top right corner)

5. Score your layout. This is where it takes a long time. I could not get the joystick to work as a roll (for some reason it did not work in the program itself) A screenshot of my settings is here: https://imgur.com/a/cR0hpns

But! it's not a perfect layout. For example, I did not score the button for scanning planets and so on and so forth. There are more buttons on the xbox controller than on this joystick.

6. Run steam. You need to check the box in the general Steam settings -> Settings -> Controller -> General controller settings -> Xbox configuration support

7. In the same place we check that the sticks work: Detected Controllers -> Xbox360 Controller -> Calibrate
Try to move the joystick, the movements should be displayed in the left circle (if according to my settings)

8. And you need to enable for NMS Right click on NMS -> Properties -> Controller -> Enable Steam input

Ready! You can run NMS and check. In the NMS itself, I opened the steam controller layout and adjusted the binds to it in x360ce.
Switching from the gamepad to the keyboard works fine only if nothing is stuck in the emulator. Then the only solution is to restart. Close all programs and open in order - x360ce, then steam, then NMS.
And sorry for the google translate, but I hope this helps someone. I am very happy , because My joystick has been idle for a very long time.

[Soysal_31]

The easiest and most effective method; https://www.worldofjoysticks.com/download.html I adjusted the use of logitech attack 3 joysticks with this method. I adjusted the mouse and keyboard controls according to logitech attack 3. Click this link and download the mouse keyboard emulator from the page that opens. Make your control assignments.

https://youtube.com/@worldofjoysticks5658?si=tPthR7FSWJYSJrFO

[swordbeast]

Originally posted by BARIŞ_31:

The easiest and most effective method; https://www.worldofjoysticks.com/download.html I adjusted the use of logitech attack 3 joysticks with this method. I adjusted the mouse and keyboard controls according to logitech attack 3. Click this link and download the mouse keyboard emulator from the page that opens. Make your control assignments.

https://youtube.com/@worldofjoysticks5658?si=tPthR7FSWJYSJrFO

Wow, after two weeks of desperatly trying to get my Joystick to work, this actually worked. Still working out some details like deadzone and sensitivity but it works and it feels good.
I can't believe that Steam and NMS together couldn't get a simple Joystick to work but I'm happy that the search is finally over.

Thank you so much for bringing this solution on the table, i was getting really frustrated.

[Kongo Bongo]

Originally posted by BARIŞ_31:

The easiest and most effective method; https://www.worldofjoysticks.com/download.html I adjusted the use of logitech attack 3 joysticks with this method. I adjusted the mouse and keyboard controls according to logitech attack 3. Click this link and download the mouse keyboard emulator from the page that opens. Make your control assignments.

https://youtube.com/@worldofjoysticks5658?si=tPthR7FSWJYSJrFO

Could you share a screenshot of your WoJ setting, please?

[Skaarj82]

Could someone please share a WoJ Emu config file for the Extreme 3D Pro Joystick? Unfortunately, I don't understand how to configure the emulator.

[✪ FinalEkko]

Originally posted by Astaronaut:

steam doesnt detect the logitech stick for me at all.. not even as a xbox controller or whatever. windows does, but steam just doesnt... any help? i already tried googling for over an hour but found nothing that helped

any fix??????

[Astaronaut]

Originally posted by ✪ FinalEkko:

Originally posted by Astaronaut:

steam doesnt detect the logitech stick for me at all.. not even as a xbox controller or whatever. windows does, but steam just doesnt... any help? i already tried googling for over an hour but found nothing that helped

any fix??????

just... dont bother... not worth it. through..4? emulators or whatever i got it working back then but it was overall mediocre still