Controller Layout

[Syncroniam]

Can someone give me a good controller layout? Seems there's more commands than buttons on my controller.

[RiO]

The default bindings work just fine.

left analog          : movement
right analog         : camera
right analog, press  : rage mode
directional pad      : quick-activation for officer command 1-4
LB/L1/left shoulder  : block/strafe/center camera
RB/R1/right shoulder : switch weapon
LT/L2/left trigger   : call horse
RT/R2/right trigger  : switch map zoom level
back/select          : pause (only for worldmap cutout scenes)
start                : battlefield info menus & pause (everywhere else)
X/Square             : normal attack
Y/Triangle           : strong attack
B/Circle             : musou attack
A/Cross              : jump/(dis)mount/climb

That covers everything, I think.

[Thundorz]

That's almost exactly what I changed mine to. Probably a good setup. I couldn't play at all with the default settings, kept hitting the wrong buttons for attacks/blocks/jumps.

[RiO]

Originally posted by Thundorz:

That's almost exactly what I changed mine to. Probably a good setup.

Those are actually the default bindings you're supposed to get when you first start the game with an X360 controller connected.

[Clever Cloaks]

Originally posted by RiO:

Originally posted by Thundorz:

That's almost exactly what I changed mine to. Probably a good setup.

Those are actually the default bindings you're supposed to get when you first start the game with an X360 controller connected.

Huh, strange. I had to do a bit of fiddling before I got that set-up. But I got the game in June, and several patches have been released since, one of which probably fixed that whole mess.

[Syncroniam]

Thanks.

[Travis.touchdown]

Hi!

Having several control setup issues with the game.

I'm using a wireless Xbox 360 controller for Windows.

I've read some of the controller issue threads here, and my problem is the same, as in: the game doesn't fully register my controller.

I can manually rebind the buttons, but as soon as I restart the game all settings are gone.

I've heard disabling HIDs in the control panel might be a solution. However, it doesn't help that most of the listed HIDs aren't properly named, so I don't even know what I'm disabling.

REBIND SETTINGS:
As for the settings not saving, I thought it might have to do with my Steam Library being located on a different HD partition (D:), whereas the game's config files are located C:\Users\Username\Documents\TecmoKoei

If that's the cause of the issue, how can I safely relocate the Documents folder?


Thanks in advance!

Cheers

[RiO]

Originally posted by Travis.touchdown:

If that's the cause of the issue, how can I safely relocate the Documents folder?

It isn't the cause. I'm running all my Steam games off of a different drive and I even have the users' documents located on yet another drive. (It's easier for backup purposes.)

[Travis.touchdown]

Originally posted by RiO:

Originally posted by Travis.touchdown:

If that's the cause of the issue, how can I safely relocate the Documents folder?

It isn't the cause. I'm running all my Steam games off of a different drive and I even have the users' documents located on yet another drive. (It's easier for backup purposes.)

Yes, I assumed it was unlikely to be the cause of it, thank you for confirming!

[Travis.touchdown]

If it's any help, these are my specs:

Intel i7-4700HQ quad-core CPU
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
16 GB DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M, 4 GB VRAM

Microsoft Xbox 360 Accessories 1.2 driver

[Thundorz]

When I bought DW8 and installed it for the first time and started a tutorial game, the A button on my 360 controller was definately not 'jump'. My initial default settings were not what RiO had listed.

[RiO]

Originally posted by Thundorz:

When I bought DW8 and installed it for the first time and started a tutorial game, the A button on my 360 controller was definately not 'jump'. My initial default settings were not what RiO had listed.

Interesting.

I'm using a plain wired X360 controller with only the default Microsoft drivers installed. I also never had any controller remapping or emulation software installed. And I don't have any Razer crapware stinking up my list of HID game controllers.

Perhaps your situation is different for any one of these?

[Trail-Dave]

Originally posted by RiO:

The default bindings work just fine.

left analog          : movement
right analog         : camera
right analog, press  : rage mode
directional pad      : quick-activation for officer command 1-4
LB/L1/left shoulder  : block/strafe/center camera
RB/R1/right shoulder : switch weapon
LT/L2/left trigger   : call horse
RT/R2/right trigger  : switch map zoom level
back/select          : pause (only for worldmap cutout scenes)
start                : battlefield info menus & pause (everywhere else)
X/Square             : normal attack
Y/Triangle           : strong attack
B/Circle             : musou attack
A/Cross              : jump/(dis)mount/climb

That covers everything, I think.

Stick with these the default bindings. I have been using this exact control setup since DW2 in 2000. Albeit with less features back then it has never changed.

[Travis.touchdown]

This was posted by a forum member on here, and it solved the issue with my wireless Xbox 360 button bindings resetting on each startup:

Originally posted by Doresh:
"And in case that doesn't work, you can make the control files (inputmap1.dat and inputmap2.dat in your savefile directory) read only."

Props to him!

And thanks for the button layout, RiO!

[Travis.touchdown]

P.S.:
Obviously you also shouldn't forget to select the "Save/Load" option in the menu. Thought the game would save my controller settings automatically, which, apparently, it didn't.

[SapienChavez]

this is my first DW game on PC (and its looking to be my last).

how/why are the controls so different than the xbox and playstation versions ive played for the last 10 years? if the game was designed for a console, why are the buttons so different? and clunky. (im using a 360 controller on my PC as i have on dozens of games)

sure, my computer is fast and the game looks far better than any version ive had on console, but id rather smooth controls over pretty graphics.

thanks for letting me vent :)

ill try remapping the buttons. or maybe an xbox One controller will work better.