xbox 360 wired controller issue

[[PLIBT]Bill.Bill]

When using two wired xbox 360 controllers, the X axis on the left stick does not function on player 2. Using Xbox 360 controller support in Steam settings causes player 1 to simultaneously input as keyboard and controller.
I've tried deleting/reinstalling drivers, x360ce, 360 controller support on or off...
Not sure what to try next. Me and my boy were trying to figure it out for an hour or so with no luck.

[Ogopogoid]

Hey [mymom]BillSmash,

Have you tried using JoyToKey and setting up one of the players as a keyboard? I'm sorry I don't have a more helpful solution at this point. Getting the drivers on some Xbox controllers to work properly in Windows(especially older versions) can be a labyrinthine exercise in futility.

[Sawtaytoes]

I'm not sure if I'm experiencing the same issue, but I tried using Xbox One controllers, and they seemed to have issues.

When I played this game years ago, it worked fine, but the last 3 times I've loaded it, when I press "A", it loads up my player fine. Then I press "A" again to confirm, and that works, but it also presses "A" for another player.

I'm using the Steam input in Controller Options because it allows D-Input controllers to mask as X-Input controllers with the correct button assignments in every game.

Is the issue I'm running into related to the controller acting as a keyboard in game?

[[PLIBT]Bill.Bill]

Yes I've had that also. Unfortunately after trying several types of controllers and settings, gave up

[Sawtaytoes]

If you go to the Controller Options for that game, you can disable Steam Input. That solved the Xbox One controller issue for me.

I'd need a tool like joy2key for the D-Input controller which is sub-par.

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I'm not sure what's going on, but I think the game is seeing 2 X-Input devices when using Steam Input.

When you press A the first time, it triggers both at the same time, and the game only enables a single player when that happens. The second time you press A, then it triggers the other one.

This is because the game is probably using a lower-level API which listens for X-Input devices directly, so it sees two with Steam Input. That or the X-Input version is so old that it has compatibility issues with Steam Input (which uses X-Input 1.4 I think).

On the other hand, you could also possibly solve the X-Input problem with x360ce, a tool that allows you to configure D-Input devices as X-Input devices just like Steam Input does, but it requires you put an X-Input DLL and a configuration file in the game's executable directory.

None of these are good solutions for drop-in drop-out play or if you're using Steam Remote Play.