Unplayable controller issues.

[Cryptoid9]

The A button does not work in Menus. I have done the spell rebinding fix. It did not help.
If I move forward with the left joystick the camera shoots straight up.
This is unplayable.
Have tried other controllers. Have tried other games.
Have restarted PC.
Have modified many Steam controller settings.
Have tried big picture.
Nothing fixing this.

[Ansgar Odinson]

What sort of controller are you using?
Have you tried using steam profiles?

[Kayozz]

I use a program on Steam called DSX cause i have a PS5 controller. my controller works perfectly when using it through this program. it does have a small cost but its worth it IMO. all you gotta do is start the DSX program and set its to mimic a Xbox controller and your set. works with every game almost

[Cryptoid9]

Originally posted by Kayozz:

I use a program on Steam called DSX cause i have a PS5 controller. my controller works perfectly when using it through this program. it does have a small cost but its worth it IMO. all you gotta do is start the DSX program and set its to mimic a Xbox controller and your set. works with every game almost

I only have PC controllers.

[Cryptoid9]

Originally posted by Ansgar Odinson:

What sort of controller are you using?
Have you tried using steam profiles?

It’s an Xbox style PC controller. It works fine in other games. All of a sudden Hogwarts giving me this issue. I have 8 hours played fine.

[Cryptoid9]

Originally posted by Ansgar Odinson:

What sort of controller are you using?
Have you tried using steam profiles?

What are steam profiles? Google not helping much

[Elf_Boy]

Same issue. Bothe with 8bitdo ultimate and very generic wired xbox controller.

[macfreek]

I have the same issue, but found a fix.

Since it did work after I changed accounts, I know it was a settings in either Steam or Hogwarts Legacy. Resetting the controller behaviour (Gameplay options) did not help, and Controller behaviour can't be set (there is no reset in Control options).

So I disabled Steam Input for Hogwarts Legacy, and thankfully that resolved my issue. Apparently, the problem is with how Steam translates the PS5 input to a generic controller input. The native controller support for Hogwarts Legacy seems fine.

You can do this as follows:
* Go to your Steam Games Library
* Right-click on Hogwarts Legacy, and select "Properties..."
* Go to the controller tab, and for the "Override for Hogwarts Legacy" setting, select "Disable Steam Input".
* Restart Hogwarts Legacy

Hopefully, this will work for you.

[macfreek]

A little addition: I have a PS Dualshock 4 controller, and use DS4Windows to emulate an XBox device, since an XBox is natively supported.

After posting the above, I realised that Steam nowadays has full support for playstation controllers, both in the Steam user interface (only in the big picture mode), but also in games. Hence, I disabled DS4Windows, and enabled Steam Input for my type of controller. I then re-enabled Steam Input for Hogwarts Legacy. After that, it did work fine in Hogwarts Legacy.

Your mileage may vary, but indeed it may pay off to go to Steam Settings > Controller > General Controller Settings (or: External Gamepad Settings, if you are on a Mac): there enable the Steam Input for the type of controller you have (Xbox, Playstation, Switch, or generic controller). Of course, ensure that Hogwarts Legacy uses Steam Input.

Alternative, go the other way around, as I explained in my previous post: run something like Ds4Windows, and disable Steam Input. This will use a different input, and may just help you play the game.

[bush.aaron]

So the fix suggested above worked for me (disable steam input), but then the issue is that the spells button mapping isn't correct (at least for the Nintendo Switch Pro controller). All the fixes I see online and youtube suggest you create a "mode shift" in the button layout... in the steam input settings that we just disabled.

Anyway to fix the button mapping? Seems that you can not edit this in the actual game

[Destroy]

This is the only thread that fixed my gamepad issue with this game. First game ever that does not like my DS4Windows/HidHide with PS4 controller setup.