Game doesn't read L/R triggers of 360 gamepad

[En Oh]

this is with steam xbox360 controller support enabled. any ideas?

[Alex]

use keyboard.

[En Oh]

nope.

[3477]

update drivers and restart computer? (no idea sorry)

[Alex]

Originally posted by WiFi_nally:

nope.

yep. or dont use triggers

[En Oh]

Originally posted by 3477:

update drivers and restart computer? (no idea sorry)

I've had issues w/gamepad recognition for a number of games over the past year or two of win10 updates, need to get a more current controller. thanks, tho

[En Oh]

Originally posted by Max Caulfield:

Originally posted by WiFi_nally:

nope.

yep. or dont use triggers

you may be right

[Alex]

Originally posted by WiFi_nally:

I've had issues w/gamepad recognition for a number of games over the past year or two of win10 updates,

ah there is your problem. youre using win10

[Highstriker]

The triggers on the controller are registered as axes instead of buttons naturally, just like joysticks, so that's why they aren't being bound as buttons.

I -believe- you can use Steam Big Picture to modify them to act like buttons.
All my controllers are packed but let me run through a possible set up.

In Big Picture
Go to Library, choose game
Go to Manage Game.

You probably have to do this thing first:
Under Controller Options It will ask: Steam Input Per-Game Setting, Choose Global Setting (PS/XBox/Generic), Click OK.

Then go to Controller Configuration, Okay I dug out my controller to be sure... when
you click this it will bring up a picture of a controller.


You have many ways to make this work:

1. Make the triggers work as keys: Click one of the triggers and one of the first options changes what that trigger does,

Click one of the triggers and under Full Pull Action Change this to the key you want to happen in game.
You might want this to be Soft Pull. Full requires that it go all the way, soft just requires a tap. In this case, under full pull, at the bottom just choose Remove, and set it in Soft Pull.

2. Make the Trigger act like a button. Remember the triggers are not buttons, they are Axes. So if you want it to act like A,X, Y, B, etc, you just do the same thing you did above but select one of the buttons on the controller in the picture.

Good luck. Big Picture's game controller thing is a handy way to rebind your controllers into reallllly complex configurations.


PS. Once you set this (I would run the game at least once in big picture) It should remain set and you don't need to use big picture anymore.

[Highstriker]

Originally posted by Max Caulfield:

Originally posted by WiFi_nally:

I've had issues w/gamepad recognition for a number of games over the past year or two of win10 updates,

ah there is your problem. youre using win10

That makes zero sense.

[Alex]

Originally posted by Highstriker:

Originally posted by Max Caulfield:

ah there is your problem. youre using win10

That makes zero sense.

ikr? why having windows 10 if every game and program work on win 8.1

[En Oh]

Originally posted by Highstriker:

The triggers on the controller are registered as axes instead of buttons naturally, just like joysticks, so that's why they aren't being bound as buttons.

I -believe- you can use Steam Big Picture to modify them to act like buttons.
All my controllers are packed but let me run through a possible set up.

In Big Picture
Go to Library, choose game
Go to Manage Game.

You probably have to do this thing first:
Under Controller Options It will ask: Steam Input Per-Game Setting, Choose Global Setting (PS/XBox/Generic), Click OK.

Then go to Controller Configuration, Okay I dug out my controller to be sure... when
you click this it will bring up a picture of a controller.


You have many ways to make this work:

1. Make the triggers work as keys: Click one of the triggers and one of the first options changes what that trigger does,

Click one of the triggers and under Full Pull Action Change this to the key you want to happen in game.
You might want this to be Soft Pull. Full requires that it go all the way, soft just requires a tap. In this case, under full pull, at the bottom just choose Remove, and set it in Soft Pull.

2. Make the Trigger act like a button. Remember the triggers are not buttons, they are Axes. So if you want it to act like A,X, Y, B, etc, you just do the same thing you did above but select one of the buttons on the controller in the picture.

Good luck. Big Picture's game controller thing is a handy way to rebind your controllers into reallllly complex configurations.


PS. Once you set this (I would run the game at least once in big picture) It should remain set and you don't need to use big picture anymore.

thanks for this!

[Highstriker]

No problem. I hope it works for you. Let me know if it does. I remember I messed with an xbox controller on there at one point, so I hope it functions like I describe.

[Alex]

Why anyone would use game pad for this game on PC is beyond me.

[ConaN]

after messing around for hours trying to get my xbox wireless controller to work, disabling all the assists of big picture etc made it finally work... (ie go into tp left steam > settings > controller > general controller settings (this should open a bigpicture like window, there I unselected everything) really puzzling that this was the solution after all (I tried all the things suggested in a different older thread, like admin mode or 360ce thing, man what a waste of time)

hope this ordeal was worth it