Joypad/Gamepad wont work

[Mr. Nobody]

Can anyone help me get my Joypad to work in steam?
It works fine for emulators but I get no response nigame when trying to play Megaman legacy, cant find any "controller setup" in steam so was hoping someone could clue me in

[Mr. Nobody]

NVM, checked up on it, and turns out I need to use Joy2key to make it work...
yeah no ♥♥♥♥ that would work...
If I PAY for a product I expect it to F'n work...
refund request incoming.

[Streetguru]

It only supports X-input not Direct Input

[a-1-0-1-a]

If someone know how to fix it, please tell me.

[susumu_kumo]

Me too. I would love to play these games. If not, i'll be putting in a refund request myself.

[Kohkelxon]

Hey guys! The game doesn't officially support non-Xbox360-compatible game controllers, ones that use DirectInput. But there is a way to make them work, check out this thread; http://steamcommunity.com/app/363440/discussions/0/1483233503860550550/

I just got my original SNES controller working with the game and am happily blasterizing away :)

[Cyber MSX]

Install the XPadder and be happy!

[Bad_Conduct]

DirectInput is technically legacy, most new controllers should be using Xinput by default.

[Kohkelxon]

Originally posted by Bad_Conduct:

DirectInput is technically legacy, most new controllers should be using Xinput by default.

Bollocks. You really think people should throw away their perfectly good DirectInput-supporting controllers and change to a big and bulky console controller? Just because something has been in use the last 20 odd years and has become a norm, doesn't mean it needs to be replaced with something new "just because it can be done". That's a very annoying, "microsofty" approach to things, similar than what they have done with their OS UI's.... =/

[Bad_Conduct]

Not at all

You can use your legacy processor, your legacy motherboard, your legacy harddrive, your legacy RAM, your legacy GPU, your legacy Operating System with your legacy controller all you want.

Just don't ♥♥♥♥♥ about it not being supported after a decade passes.

It's not an annoying MIcrosofty approach, it's the developers who decided not to support legacy controllers. DirectInput still exists within windows, it's just not the default supported controller anymore, Xinput is.

[a-1-0-1-a]

I use my legacy processor, my legacy motherboard, my legacy harddrive, my legacy RAM, my legacy GPU, my legacy Operating System with my legacy controller all I want.

And I bought ****** legacy game to play with all this stuff. But ***** developers make me to buy ****** new stuff. To play old games. It`s ******* unfair.

That`s why "sega mega drive and genesis classic" 100 times better than this ***** software.

[Bad_Conduct]

DirectInput hasn't been updated since DX8, and Xinput came out with DX9. Over 15 years ago at this point.
This Megaman release isn't 15 years old.

[Revener]

Still not supporting normal USB controllers when it is basically zero work to do so is just lazy, sad and retarded.

[Bad_Conduct]

"normal" = legacy.
Xinput is the new normal

[Oooska]

Steam has supported input mapping for generic controllers for a little while now. You can enable and change the settings by going to Steam -> Settings -> Controller -> General Controller Settings. Check 'Generic Gamepad Configuration Support', and then click the 'Desktop Configuration' option to change settings.

[Fluzzle]

Hey Oooska, when I did that, it flips the hell out. I have an iBuffalo SNES gamepad and when I go to the configuration page it keeps scrolling down really fast and plays the sound like I'm hitting the down arrow hundreds of times nonstop. I try to click on something with the mouse and I can see the arrow moving but it doesn't register my clicks. Rather, it does but randomly and it takes 10 or 20 clicks, if it works at all. Some buttons work on the gamepad, some don't. Down arrow does nothing. Holding up on the D-pad stops the furious scrolling, but then I can't use the mouse or keyboard at all till I let go of the D-pad.
The test calibration in Windows Control Panel works flawlessly and detects all presses including the D-pad perfectly.
Any ideas?