Picking up doesn't work right on a controller

[Lord Dyran]

I'm using an Xbox One controller, and I get a prompt to pick things up, but when I press it, nothing happens 90% of the time. It took forever to get that stupid chicken, but I thought maybe that was just moving at the wrong time. However, then I tried to pick up an orange and couldn't get that to work. Since the orange wasn't moving, I'm inclined to think there's just something wrong with either the pick up command or the detection of the controller input.

[ThePhotoshop]

I've just tested this with an Xbox One controller and am not seeing any issues. I'm not sure what we can attempt to debug this as the issue might be on your end with your particular controller. Do you have any other controllers you can try with to see if the same thing happens? Are you running any input programs in the background, like keyboard or mouse software?

[Lord Dyran]

I have an Xbox 360 controller which seems to work, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. That controller works everywhere else; only the RT button presses seem to be having trouble, and only in Wildfire. I use that for many other games with no problems.
I suspect it might be something to do with how the Xbox One controller has a sensitivity setting on the trigger that the 360 controller does not, but that's the only thing I can think of that explains this.

[RhombusAbout]

I'm having the same issue, Pickup only works when holding LT, It seems to be using my controller for both player 1 and 2 so im pretty sure the issue is related to that

[Lord Dyran]

That actually might be it - I started with the Xbox One controller, to make sure I was having the same problem, and then I switched to the 360 controller. Maybe that separated the two controllers and that's why it worked.

[Lord Dyran]

OK, so here's what I can say for sure:
1) This is happening on the Xbox One controller but not on the Xbox 360 controller.
2) It seems to be confusing the triggers and the analog sticks. Sometimes the triggers work as intended; sometimes they make the cursor appear all the way to the left or right.
3) When I am having that trouble, the right analog stick will only move the cursor up or down.
4) The start button also doesn't work when I am having that trouble.

I think what's going on is that something in the Xbox One controller isn't properly mapped? That's all that makes sense to me.

[ThePhotoshop]

Is there any chance you could get me a video or GIF of the issue? Just gameplay would be OK, but even better is if you could record on your phone video of you pressing the trigger with the game visible in the background.

When you try to pick something up and it doesn't work on the Xbox One controller, is the white cursor visible at all? I suspect what's happening is your Xbox One controller is suffering from some deadzone drift and the right stick is actually tilting a bit, whereas the 360 controller doesn't have the same problem.

Another thing that would help is GIF/Video of what's happening in your Control Panel > USB Game Controllers > Properties when pressing the triggers or tilting the right stick (the graph that shows buttons and triggers being pressed)

[nahwt]

Just chiming in to say that my Xbox One Controller works just fine with this game as with any other, so I wouldn't blame it on that.

[glass]

Just started playing this game tonight, and having the exact same issues with the XBOX One controller. The ability to pick things up with the right trigger is hit or miss. I also find that I'm only able to aim my throwing arc in one direction, from right to left, when aiming with the right analog stick.

[ThePhotoshop]

Does the white circular aiming cursor appear for you when standing still and not pressing the sticks?

[Lord Dyran]

So I picked up another Xbox One controller, and I gave it a quick test, and this one seems to be behaving correctly. So, between this and the other player who said they were able to use an Xbox One controller, it doesn't appear that it's an issue with all the controllers.

That being said, I still have no other problems with the first controller - it works perfectly everywhere else I've ever tried - so I am at a loss.

[ThePhotoshop]

It sounds to me like you are suffering from stick/deadzone drift, and recalibrating the controller in the Control Panel is worth a try.

[Lord Dyran]

That didn't help at all ... which, again, it doesn't make sense that it would. Why would that help when - when it's not behaving - the start button functionality suddenly moves over to the thumbstick press?

There's something real odd with how your game is interpreting the Xbox One controller input ... sometimes. It's only with the Xbox One controller, I am only seeing it in your game, and it's definitely intermittent. It's truly bizarre.

[Lord Dyran]

In fact, one more bit of followup: I tried calibrating several times, and the most recent time looked like it worked for a couple minutes - I could aim, the Start button brought up the menu, it looked good ... then I couldn't pick up the chicken, so I tried to pause with the Start button, and the Start button then acted like the RT and picked up the chicken.

I don't understand why this is happening, but it's definitely a problem with buttons being interpreted as different buttons.

[WolfWhiteFire]

I will add to the others and say with the xbox 360 controller sometimes the jump button will also just not work for some reason, only with this game and not any others. I had to restart a level more than a few times after I ran past an enemy and found I was stuck against the wall unable to jump up to continue until they come along and kill me, usually the inability to jump is only for a short period of time, but still kind of an issue, this is an issue mostly with the speedrun spirit point runs and others with time limitations, where I play more recklessly to go faster.

[ThePhotoshop]

Are any other peripherals of any type connected? Are you both on Windows?