controller problems

[AkaHomura]

it can't block/dodge. it worked before and i dont know what happenned. wont let me set LT/L2 buttons either when i tried. and i am using ps4 pad

[GameBoil]

Same problem here. Tried with usb gamepad, xbox emulated, and ps4 controller.

[Z i o ⚡]

I just played for the first time and no way to block or dodge either. Using a Dualshock 4 controller.

[Baines]

Controller support is botched.

With Steam's built-in controller support, you can assign the keyboard keys "L" (block/evade) and "O" (super move) to your gamepad's trigger buttons.

Launch the game. Within the game, press Shift+Tab to bring up Steam's own in-game overlay. At the bottom of the Steam overlay, there should be a line of icons. Click on the gamepad icon, which will bring up Steam's Controller Settings window. Your current layout is probably the "Official Layout for The Initial". Click the "Edit Layout" button to edit the current layout.

This should bring up the button configuration screen. On the left is a menu for "Buttons, DPad, Triggers, Joysticks". Click the "Triggers" button to bring up the trigger configuration screen.

For "Right Trigger Behavior - Full Pull", press the button that says "Right Trigger". This will bring up a screen that asks you to select a command for "Right Trigger - Full Pull". At the top of this screen is a menu with "Gamepad Mouse Keyboard etc"; you'll probably be on the Gamepad version. Instead click "Keyboard" to bring up an image of a keyboard. Click the letter "O" on the keyboard to assign that as the command for the Right Trigger.

Do the same for "Left Trigger Behavior - Full Pull", except assign the letter "L" this time.

You can exit the Steam Overlay (press Shift+Tab again), and your trigger buttons should work properly now. While the rest of your controller acts as normal, you've now told Steam to turn your trigger inputs into keyboard inputs for this game.

NOTE: It is important that you do this through the Steam Overlay that you bring up within this specific game, as that will only modify your controller inputs for this specific game, instead of modifying it for all of your Steam games.

EDIT: You might be able to "fix" matters by disabling Steam controller support entirely for this game. I've not tried this, but I have run into other games that Valve managed to break when they implemented Steam controller support by default for everyone/everything.