How do I connect a xbox 360 controller with the game?

[Touma]

Playing with the keyboard is very annoying.

[Aemony]

Connect a Xbox 360 controller and play the game. It have native XInput support, so it should work out of the box.

[Ogami]

Originally posted by Aemony:

Connect a Xbox 360 controller and play the game. It have native XInput support, so it should work out of the box.

Not really, that only works with a wired controller. If you use a wireless one you also need a receiver to plugin into the pc so the pad can connect.
The Xbox360 has that receiver build in, for pc you need to buy one and stick it in a USB port.

[Aemony]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Originally posted by Aemony:

Connect a Xbox 360 controller and play the game. It have native XInput support, so it should work out of the box.

Not really, that only works with a wired controller. If you use a wireless one you also need a receiver to plugin into the pc so the pad can connect.
The Xbox360 has that receiver build in, for pc you need to buy one and stick it in a USB port.

Well, yeah. I know that. But *how* you connect the controller doesn't really matter as long as you *actually connect it*. Then the game should work "out of the box" with the controller.

If you don't have the wireless receiver then you can't connect it, after all...

Although I imagine some might mistake the Play and Charge-kit to be able to make a wireless 360 controller connectable to the computer through that cable, which isn't true. As you mentioned, all 360 wireless controllers needs the wireless receiver to function. Luckily while Microsoft have stopped manufacturing them, there exists a ton of cheap Chinese ripoffs that work just fine with the official drivers (although users have to manually install the drivers).

Generally, though, I recommend Xbox One controllers. They all work either by cable (micro-USB) or wireless (requires the Xbox One receiver, newer models also supports Bluetooth connectivity) and is all around a better controller over the 360.

[Touma]

Thank you for your help :)

[DeadByLag]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Not really, that only works with a wired controller. If you use a wireless one you also need a receiver to plugin into the pc so the pad can connect.
The Xbox360 has that receiver build in, for pc you need to buy one and stick it in a USB port.

Wireless Xbox 360 controller comes packaged with USB transreceiver for PC owners.

I would've been upset if mine didn't include one.

[Aemony]

Originally posted by riotangel:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Not really, that only works with a wired controller. If you use a wireless one you also need a receiver to plugin into the pc so the pad can connect.
The Xbox360 has that receiver build in, for pc you need to buy one and stick it in a USB port.

Wireless Xbox 360 controller comes packaged with USB receiver for PC owners.

I would've been upset if mine didn't include one.

Only if you're buying the PC bundle that includes both! This[i.imgur.com] is how that bundle looked like, with a white version available as well I think in some regions.

Those bundles are really rare, though, as Microsoft stopped manufacturing the Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows (that's the actual official name, jeez) after a couple of years or so because their receivers usually broke after a year of use due to bad design and manufacturing. Users could fix it themselves by soldering[replayproject.wordpress.com] over the blown fuse though. I still have one of those lying around somewhere which I had to solder myself to fix.

Apparently that receiver also pulled *an extreme amount* of power (probably what blew the fuse to begin with) through the USB port as well, which could cause Windows to throw a warning prompt about it. It could also interfere with other devices if used in a USB hub.

Anyway, luckily we have Chinese rip-offs that still get manufactured, and can function as a replacement unit just fine. They're also much cheaper than the actual official thing.

[DeadByLag]

Originally posted by Aemony:

Only if you're buying the PC bundle that includes both! This[i.imgur.com] is how that bundle looked like, with a white version available as well I think in some regions.

Yes that's my package. I might've bought an Xbox One controller had my PC featured a bluetooth transreceiver.