XBOX Controller not working.

[Rekkimaru]

This update was supposed to add full controller support, but now my Xbox controller doesn't work at all. Neither bluetooth or cable. Every other steam game works with it just fine. Valheim is the only exception. I had problems before where the game wouldn't detect the controller and I had to restart the game, but now it doesn't work at all.

[GinsengSamurai]

Try unplugging the gamepad, then plug it back in after the game starts up.

You and some other people keep saying "Every other game doesn't have this problem" - right, but is every other game in early stage Early Access too?

[Rekkimaru]

Maybe not.
And of course I was also unplugging the gamepad and plugging it back in. Nothing works.
I'm saying this because maybe someone has a similar problem.
I'm just looking for help.

[GinsengSamurai]

Just to be thorough, have you tried checking the settings in the Steam settings?

1. Make sure Valheim is closed. Click on Steam top-left menu, then click Settings.
2. Go to Controller section in left menu. Click General Controller Settings.
3. If XBox checkbox is checked, uncheck it, then click Back. Then go back into that window, and check the checkbox again. Close the window.
4. Start up Valheim, go to Settings, and check the Gamepad Enabled circle.
5. Start up a character/world and see if that worked.

[Rekkimaru]

Yes I tried it with the controller settings. But I will try it again in the order you suggested. Will see if it helps.

[Leffe-(SWE)]

I also have xbox controller and it works fine.
But I must start the controller before I even start the game otherwise the controller will not work.

[Rekkimaru]

Sadly nothing worked. Tried a different controller, also doesn't work with Valheim.
Thanks for your help though.

[GinsengSamurai]

Originally posted by Rekkimaru:

Sadly nothing worked. Tried a different controller, also doesn't work with Valheim.
Thanks for your help though.

How about disconnecting the controller first, start the game, then reconnect that way?

[Rekkimaru]

Yep I tried it this way also.

[Munin]

Mods can mess up things. Try playing vanilla.

If you play vanilla, uninstall the game and delete remaining files manually (just back-up your savefiles before doing that). Corrupted config files might not be deleted when just using the Steam uninstall option.

[Rekkimaru]

Thank you.
I don't play with mods. Gonna go with the uninstall as a last resort.

Edit :
Uninstalled the game, manually deleted the rest of the files and cleared up the registry.
It works now. Thanks.

[Munin]

Perfect!

[storm2150]

Originally posted by GinsengSamurai:

Try unplugging the gamepad, then plug it back in after the game starts up.

You and some other people keep saying "Every other game doesn't have this problem" - right, but is every other game in early stage Early Access too?

Almost 3 years later this game is still in Early Access and XBOX controller still doesn't work.
The funny thing is that I have a Nintendo Pro controller. And it 'just works'. I wouldn't mind playing with it, but Nin's layout is driving me crazy.

[MaCarBre]

Originally posted by storm2150:

Almost 3 years later this game is still in Early Access and XBOX controller still doesn't work.

The game absolutely supports Xbox controllers. I've been playing via Xbox 360 and Xbox SS controller for 3 years now. Start troubleshooting by listing which model of Xbox controller you have, on which OS you are playing and testing if disabling Steam input under Valheim properties in Steam library helps.

[storm2150]

Originally posted by MaCarBre:

Originally posted by storm2150:

Almost 3 years later this game is still in Early Access and XBOX controller still doesn't work.

The game absolutely supports Xbox controllers. I've been playing via Xbox 360 and Xbox SS controller for 3 years now. Start troubleshooting by listing which model of Xbox controller you have, on which OS you are playing and testing if disabling Steam input under Valheim properties in Steam library helps.

I have XBOX controller which came with Series-X. Playing on macOS. I did try enabling/disabling Steam input. Even launching in big picture mode.

Controller is detected by steam in every scenario. And it does work in other games (i just checked in Cult of Lamb).

P.S. I do have a "normal gaming PC", but it's quite old (I'm building a new one atm). And my mac happens to run this game better than my rig.

[MaCarBre]

Originally posted by storm2150:

There have been reports that certain Controllers (e.g. Xbox elite) that can work as both keyboard and gamepad, do not work on Mac platform. Mac support told us to try enabling Input monitoring in Mac system setting for Valheim to solve this issues. This indeed made the controller work for the porting team, but so far I haven't heard it working for any of the player that reported this issue.

There have been some weird caching issues on Mac, which get resolved by powering down the device completely (restart not enough), so you might try that as well. Try limiting in-game FPS to 30 FPS + In game vsync disabled to see if the issue might be related to FPS, then also test no FPS limit and vsync off.

Xbox 360 and Xbox One controllers seem to require this drivers to run on Unity engine and Mac properly, you might try them as well:
https://github.com/360Controller/360Controller