Broken Gamepad Support Sunk This Game

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That's all.

[Roland]

Agreed. Nothing I do seems to allow me to use right trigger, left trigger, L3 or R3 from within the game. I can't even set them in the options as the game doesn't appear to recognize them. Super frustrating since the game looks like something I'd love.

[ThreeSon]

This is caused by a bug in the Unity Engine's input layer. It's very easy for the developer to fix (they only need to change the InControl plugin to "Native Input Mode"), but I don't know how to get a hold of them if they're not reading posts in this forum.

As a workaround, you can fix it on a per-session basis by turning off or unplugging your gamepad after the game has been launched, then turning it back on or re-plugging it in.

[ThreeSon]

After playing around with the game for a few minutes, I found a potentially better (permanent) solution:

- While your preferred gamepad is turned on and connected to Steam, select Earth's Dawn in your Library window and click on "Controller Configuration"

- In the controller configuration window, change the bindings for the LT/RT/L3/R3 to the keyboard keys that correspond to the respective in-game bindings.

- For example, in Earth's Dawn the LT and RT buttons are assigned to "Reflect" and "Boost" commands by default. The keyboard keys assigned to those same two commands are the D key for Reflect and the C key for Boost.

- So, in Steam's controller configuration window for Earth's Dawn, I changed the LT binding to the D keyboard key, and the RT binding to the C key. So now the triggers work as they should for me.

[Dies irae]

same here, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ frustrating

[=.KoG.= Kosmos]

Big Picture is your friend.

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by =.KoG.= Kosmos:

Big Picture is your friend.

This does nothing to solve the problem.

[Ghost]

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

After playing around with the game for a few minutes, I found a potentially better (permanent) solution:

- While your preferred gamepad is turned on and connected to Steam, select Earth's Dawn in your Library window and click on "Controller Configuration"

- In the controller configuration window, change the bindings for the LT/RT/L3/R3 to the keyboard keys that correspond to the respective in-game bindings.

- For example, in Earth's Dawn the LT and RT buttons are assigned to "Reflect" and "Boost" commands by default. The keyboard keys assigned to those same two commands are the D key for Reflect and the C key for Boost.

- So, in Steam's controller configuration window for Earth's Dawn, I changed the LT binding to the D keyboard key, and the RT binding to the C key. So now the triggers work as they should for me.

What an INGENIOUS idea to problem solve! Thank you kindly, Ser. I have also put this Controller Profile fix up for folks to apply it to their game.

steam://controllerconfig/494600/2204621433 Just click on 'Add Configuration' and you're set, thanks to Threeson.

Cheers!

[ThreeSon]

You're welcome.

[HeLLfirE]

Originally posted by Ghost:

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

After playing around with the game for a few minutes, I found a potentially better (permanent) solution:

- While your preferred gamepad is turned on and connected to Steam, select Earth's Dawn in your Library window and click on "Controller Configuration"

- In the controller configuration window, change the bindings for the LT/RT/L3/R3 to the keyboard keys that correspond to the respective in-game bindings.

- For example, in Earth's Dawn the LT and RT buttons are assigned to "Reflect" and "Boost" commands by default. The keyboard keys assigned to those same two commands are the D key for Reflect and the C key for Boost.

- So, in Steam's controller configuration window for Earth's Dawn, I changed the LT binding to the D keyboard key, and the RT binding to the C key. So now the triggers work as they should for me.

What an INGENIOUS idea to problem solve! Thank you kindly, Ser. I have also put this Controller Profile fix up for folks to apply it to their game.

steam://controllerconfig/494600/2204621433 Just click on 'Add Configuration' and you're set, thanks to Threeson.

Cheers!

can you help me understand how to do that..i have tried everything and triggers just dont work.using ps4 controller

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by HeLLfirE:

Originally posted by Ghost:

What an INGENIOUS idea to problem solve! Thank you kindly, Ser. I have also put this Controller Profile fix up for folks to apply it to their game.

steam://controllerconfig/494600/2204621433 Just click on 'Add Configuration' and you're set, thanks to Threeson.

Cheers!

can you help me understand how to do that..i have tried everything and triggers just dont work.using ps4 controller

The easiest way to do this is probably to just load Ghost's controller profile:

- First make sure your PS4 controller is turned on, and connected to Steam.

- Open a new tab in your computer's internet browser (Chrome/Firefox/Edge).

- Copy and paste this URL into the address bar of your internet browser, then press Enter:
steam://controllerconfig/494600/2204621433

- In the window that pops up, click "Apply Configuration" at the bottom.

That should be all you need to do.

[HeLLfirE]

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

Originally posted by HeLLfirE:

can you help me understand how to do that..i have tried everything and triggers just dont work.using ps4 controller

The easiest way to do this is probably to just load Ghost's controller profile:

- First make sure your PS4 controller is turned on, and connected to Steam.

- Open a new tab in your computer's internet browser (Chrome/Firefox/Edge).

- Copy and paste this URL into the address bar of your internet browser, then press Enter:
steam://controllerconfig/494600/2204621433

- In the window that pops up, click "Apply Configuration" at the bottom.

That should be all you need to do.

i tried it and rt and lt works but more often than not it messes with other controls.i am having weird issues that randomly assigns O to jump when it should be X.similarily back and options buttons also act weird.i guess i will have to refund becasue there is no way to play the game properly.

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by HeLLfirE:

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

The easiest way to do this is probably to just load Ghost's controller profile:

- First make sure your PS4 controller is turned on, and connected to Steam.

- Open a new tab in your computer's internet browser (Chrome/Firefox/Edge).

- Copy and paste this URL into the address bar of your internet browser, then press Enter:
steam://controllerconfig/494600/2204621433

- In the window that pops up, click "Apply Configuration" at the bottom.

That should be all you need to do.

i tried it and rt and lt works but more often than not it messes with other controls.i am having weird issues that randomly assigns O to jump when it should be X.similarily back and options buttons also act weird.i guess i will have to refund becasue there is no way to play the game properly.

Okay after trying it myself, I think I know what the problem is.

When the game starts, go into the control options menu and make that Gamepad(XInput) is selected at the top, not Gamepad(DS4) or Gamepad(D-Input). I'm assuming your problem is that you currently have the DS4 option selected.

Even though you are using a DS4 controller like me, it doesn't act like one when it is connected to Steam. Instead, Steam translates the inputs to the DS4 into XInput (XBox) commands.

The only thing you'll need to get used to is that the in-game controller icons will display XBox buttons instead of DS4 buttons. So when you see a green 'A' button on screen, that is the same button as 'X' on the DS4 gamepad.

Let me know if that fixes it.

[HeLLfirE]

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

Originally posted by HeLLfirE:

i tried it and rt and lt works but more often than not it messes with other controls.i am having weird issues that randomly assigns O to jump when it should be X.similarily back and options buttons also act weird.i guess i will have to refund becasue there is no way to play the game properly.

Okay after trying it myself, I think I know what the problem is.

When the game starts, go into the control options menu and make that Gamepad(XInput) is selected at the top, not Gamepad(DS4) or Gamepad(D-Input). I'm assuming your problem is that you currently have the DS4 option selected.

Even though you are using a DS4 controller like me, it doesn't act like one when it is connected to Steam. Instead, Steam translates the inputs to the DS4 into XInput (XBox) commands.

The only thing you'll need to get used to is that the in-game controller icons will display XBox buttons instead of DS4 buttons. So when you see a green 'A' button on screen, that is the same button as 'X' on the DS4 gamepad.

Let me know if that fixes it.

well not exaclty ....unfortunately thats not the issue.i have no issues reading xbox or ps4 prompts but uptill now the reflect and unit cancel buttons does nothing.Maybe some additional skills are required not sure.Also my jump button ie X /A randomly switches to O/B and hence menu navigation also becomes a chores.dont know what to do.

[ThreeSon]

Originally posted by HeLLfirE:

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

Okay after trying it myself, I think I know what the problem is.

When the game starts, go into the control options menu and make that Gamepad(XInput) is selected at the top, not Gamepad(DS4) or Gamepad(D-Input). I'm assuming your problem is that you currently have the DS4 option selected.

Even though you are using a DS4 controller like me, it doesn't act like one when it is connected to Steam. Instead, Steam translates the inputs to the DS4 into XInput (XBox) commands.

The only thing you'll need to get used to is that the in-game controller icons will display XBox buttons instead of DS4 buttons. So when you see a green 'A' button on screen, that is the same button as 'X' on the DS4 gamepad.

Let me know if that fixes it.

well not exaclty ....unfortunately thats not the issue.i have no issues reading xbox or ps4 prompts but uptill now the reflect and unit cancel buttons does nothing.Maybe some additional skills are required not sure.Also my jump button ie X /A randomly switches to O/B and hence menu navigation also becomes a chores.dont know what to do.

Ah okay. Sorry that didn't work out. From the way you describe it, it sounds like the Unity engine is fighting with Steam over who gets to listen to your DS4 inputs.

I feel like I could probably fix it if I was sitting at your computer, but since that's not an option I can understand you wanting to refund the game.

[HeLLfirE]

Originally posted by ThreeSon:

Originally posted by HeLLfirE:

well not exaclty ....unfortunately thats not the issue.i have no issues reading xbox or ps4 prompts but uptill now the reflect and unit cancel buttons does nothing.Maybe some additional skills are required not sure.Also my jump button ie X /A randomly switches to O/B and hence menu navigation also becomes a chores.dont know what to do.

Ah okay. Sorry that didn't work out. From the way you describe it, it sounds like the Unity engine is fighting with Steam over who gets to listen to your DS4 inputs.

I feel like I could probably fix it if I was sitting at your computer, but since that's not an option I can understand you wanting to refund the game.

ok ..so the only way i have got it to work semi decently is checking tick in controller config of xbox (rather than ps4) but still i have to ask RT and B buttons does nothing atleast in the early stages of the game...is it normal?