XBOX ONE CONTROLLER NOT WORKING WITH PREY? FIXED: SEE BELOW! <3

[Dakorona]

What the hell happened to controller support? It should be plug and play. Why complicate something so simple with poor software to support junk hardware?

[Dakorona]

The Steam controller application is shockingly bad, as is "big picture". I play on my tv and drag and drop games, or make the tv the primary monitor when I'm playing controller based story games and never use big picture because it is a garbage UI (that no one needs).

I shouldn't need to bugger about with some random crapware to get a controller working. I'll get it working now and post my findings in the event it can help others. @Kit kat. Did the Steam controller software change/enable itself for you? If it did, did you change it using the cnf file?

Thanks for the replies. I was just venting at the headache Steam is sometimes. I love PC gaming. It trashes consoles but I see why people just go for the easy life and buy a console lol. So much simpler.

Have a nice day guys and thanks :)

[Dakorona]

If controller isn't working in Prey. Do this:

First run the game with the mouse and keys. Quit when you get the opportunity. This creates the game.cfg file in the next step.

Once the game closes, navigate to:
C:\Users\<yourUserName>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Prey

Choose the game.cfg file and openwith. Uncheck the box (always use this app to open .cfg files) and choose Notepad (or any text editor of preference).

If the line below has a 1 at the end. Change it to a zero.
i_useSteamController = 0

Save the file then right click it > properties > check the box at the bottom that says "read-only" and save it.

Second go to

Big picture mode (top right with two arrows diagonally apart - Near minimise). Once you're in big picture go to the game Prey in your library. Go to controller settings and change to "Force Off".

This solved the issue for me.

For the good people at Valve:

Do away with Big Picture and Steam Controller. Thank you =D+--<

[Dakorona]

lol @ bulletshower. Who cares mate? It still might help someone. pmsl

[lPaladinl]

Originally posted by Dakorona:

lol @ 12345. Who cares mate? It still might help someone. pmsl

Well, instead of struggling to rediscover the same information for themselves, people could instead search for the information which is already documented and use that.

Better yet go ahead and leave a post saying those older threads helped you. That way the information is bumped back up to the top and is easier for people to find when they need it.

Making multiple threads about the same subject over the years just leads to fragmented information and makes it hard to actually find that information later on. Especially since one large thread with more information typically has much more weight in search engine algorithms than many small threads that people keep ignoring to instead post their own threads.

[lPaladinl]

Originally posted by 12345:

I am not pretty sure how to ask this, sorry for my bad english. But why isnt a topic "locked" to upper part with information about the controller? Now this topic will dissappear after a time,

You'd have to ask a moderator about that. It'd be nice if someone stickied one of these threads so people can find it easily.

[Dakorona]

lol @ all of this ^^^^^ pmsl CIAO

[zeebers_]

Originally posted by Dakorona:

If controller isn't working in Prey. Do this. It's a two step process:

First go to

C:\Users\<yourUserName>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Prey

Choose the game.cfg file and openwith. Uncheck the box (always use this app to open .cfg files) and choose Notepad (or any text editor of preference).

If the line below has a 1 at the end. Change it to a zero.
i_useSteamController = 0

Save the file then right click it > properties > check the box at the bottom that says "read-only" and save it.

Second go to

Big picture mode (top right with two arrows diagonally apart - Near minimise). Once you're in big picture go to the game Prey in your library. Go to controller settings and change to "Force Off".

This solved the issue for me.

For the good people at Valve:

Do away with Big Picture and Steam Controller. Thank you =D+--<

Thank you so much @Dakorona! This helped me a lot

[KindaSmooth]

There is no steam controller line in my game. Cgf but Xbox one controller not working.. Help

[nash]

Originally posted by Dakorona:

If controller isn't working in Prey. Do this. It's a two step process:

First go to

C:\Users\<yourUserName>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Prey

Choose the game.cfg file and openwith. Uncheck the box (always use this app to open .cfg files) and choose Notepad (or any text editor of preference).

If the line below has a 1 at the end. Change it to a zero.
i_useSteamController = 0

Save the file then right click it > properties > check the box at the bottom that says "read-only" and save it.

Second go to

Big picture mode (top right with two arrows diagonally apart - Near minimise). Once you're in big picture go to the game Prey in your library. Go to controller settings and change to "Force Off".

This solved the issue for me.

For the good people at Valve:

Do away with Big Picture and Steam Controller. Thank you =D+--<

Did not work, i still cant use controller and my mouse wont show up

[thedarkcloak]

Originally posted by Dr. Coomer:

Originally posted by Dakorona:

If controller isn't working in Prey. Do this. It's a two step process:

First go to

C:\Users\<yourUserName>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Prey

Choose the game.cfg file and openwith. Uncheck the box (always use this app to open .cfg files) and choose Notepad (or any text editor of preference).

If the line below has a 1 at the end. Change it to a zero.
i_useSteamController = 0

Save the file then right click it > properties > check the box at the bottom that says "read-only" and save it.

Second go to

Big picture mode (top right with two arrows diagonally apart - Near minimise). Once you're in big picture go to the game Prey in your library. Go to controller settings and change to "Force Off".

This solved the issue for me.

For the good people at Valve:

Do away with Big Picture and Steam Controller. Thank you =D+--<

Did not work, i still cant use controller and my mouse wont show up

Same. Have you found a solution?

I've tried searching and tried a few different approaches to fix this, still no luck. Same issue.

Xbox One controller not working (or acts as a mouse but basically unusable), and mouse cursor not showing up.

[Dakorona]

I've not had this game installed for a while but I'll install it now and try this out again see if I can get it to work a second time.

[Dakorona]

Originally posted by lPaladinl:

Originally posted by Dakorona:

lol @ 12345. Who cares mate? It still might help someone. pmsl

Well, instead of struggling to rediscover the same information for themselves, people could instead search for the information which is already documented and use that.

Better yet go ahead and leave a post saying those older threads helped you. That way the information is bumped back up to the top and is easier for people to find when they need it.

Making multiple threads about the same subject over the years just leads to fragmented information and makes it hard to actually find that information later on. Especially since one large thread with more information typically has much more weight in search engine algorithms than many small threads that people keep ignoring to instead post their own threads.

"Making multiple threads about the same subject over the years just leads to fragmented information and makes it hard to actually find that information later on". Stop being such a little wet wipe Karen, Paladin =P lol <3

[Dakorona]

Originally posted by Dr. Coomer:

Originally posted by Dakorona:

If controller isn't working in Prey. Do this. It's a two step process:

First go to

C:\Users\<yourUserName>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Prey

Choose the game.cfg file and openwith. Uncheck the box (always use this app to open .cfg files) and choose Notepad (or any text editor of preference).

If the line below has a 1 at the end. Change it to a zero.
i_useSteamController = 0

Save the file then right click it > properties > check the box at the bottom that says "read-only" and save it.

Second go to

Big picture mode (top right with two arrows diagonally apart - Near minimise). Once you're in big picture go to the game Prey in your library. Go to controller settings and change to "Force Off".

This solved the issue for me.

For the good people at Valve:

Do away with Big Picture and Steam Controller. Thank you =D+--<

Did not work, i still cant use controller and my mouse wont show up

To view the cfg file you first need to run the game with keys and mouse. then exit the game and it will appear in the location I posted above (I've updated my original post to reflect this change). After that you can find the game.cfg file in the location above. Then just follow the rest of the instructions. I wasn't aware of this when I first wrote this help guide because I assumed the file was just always there. Didn't know you had to run the game once for it to appear.

Hope this helps :)

[gtamike_TSGK]

Originally posted by Dakorona:

If controller isn't working in Prey. Do this:

First run the game with the mouse and keys. Quite when you get the opportunity. This creates the game.cfg file in the next step.

Once the game closes, navigate to:
C:\Users\<yourUserName>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\Prey

Choose the game.cfg file and openwith. Uncheck the box (always use this app to open .cfg files) and choose Notepad (or any text editor of preference).

If the line below has a 1 at the end. Change it to a zero.
i_useSteamController = 0

Save the file then right click it > properties > check the box at the bottom that says "read-only" and save it.

Second go to

Big picture mode (top right with two arrows diagonally apart - Near minimise). Once you're in big picture go to the game Prey in your library. Go to controller settings and change to "Force Off".

This solved the issue for me.

For the good people at Valve:

Do away with Big Picture and Steam Controller. Thank you =D+--<

That did the trick thanks

[KillerC0yote]

Originally posted by Dakorona:

Originally posted by Dr. Coomer:

Did not work, i still cant use controller and my mouse wont show up

To view the cfg file you first need to run the game with keys and mouse. then exit the game and it will appear in the location I posted above (I've updated my original post to reflect this change). After that you can find the game.cfg file in the location above. Then just follow the rest of the instructions. I wasn't aware of this when I first wrote this help guide because I assumed the file was just always there. Didn't know you had to run the game once for it to appear.

Hope this helps :)

I've run the game and exited multiple times. The game.cfg file doesn't show up anywhere. Prey folder only contains 2 folders: "Profiles" and "SaveGames"