Why does my 360 controller randomly swtich to Player 2?

[D. Knight Dietrich]

Earlier this week, I started to notice that my Xbox 360 controller that I have used for several months now has started to have this issue. It will reassign itself from Player 1 to Player 2 for no apparent reason, and the only way to undo this is to restart my computer. For some games this doesn't even make a difference, but for others it does. If I plug in any additional controllers, it will be assigned to Player 3. These are wired controllers.

Can anyone offer an explanation to this or a solution? I don't believe it is a driver problem as I have uninstaled, reinstalled, and updated the drivers a handful of times with no resolution. Thanks.

[D. Knight Dietrich]

Bump, would love help.

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[Bad 💀 Motha]

That's the sign of a bad cable, simple as that. It's disconnecting and reconnecting SO quickly, the OS thinks its another controller.

Buy an entire replacement cable for Xbox360 Controller and open your controller up and replace it.

[D. Knight Dietrich]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

That's the sign of a bad cable, simple as that. It's disconnecting and reconnecting SO quickly, the OS thinks its another controller.

Buy an entire replacement cable for Xbox360 Controller and open your controller up and replace it.

My god that is so upsetting, I just bought this 3 months ago because my previous controller was having the exact same problems. Why are 360 controller cables such trash?

[Tev]

Originally posted by LoyalLedger:

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

That's the sign of a bad cable, simple as that. It's disconnecting and reconnecting SO quickly, the OS thinks its another controller.

Buy an entire replacement cable for Xbox360 Controller and open your controller up and replace it.

My god that is so upsetting, I just bought this 3 months ago because my previous controller was having the exact same problems. Why are 360 controller cables such trash?

Have you ensured Xbox Configuration Support is turned off under Steam > Settings > Controller > General Controller Settings?

[D. Knight Dietrich]

Originally posted by Teutep:

Originally posted by LoyalLedger:

My god that is so upsetting, I just bought this 3 months ago because my previous controller was having the exact same problems. Why are 360 controller cables such trash?

Have you ensured Xbox Configuration Support is turned off under Steam > Settings > Controller > General Controller Settings?

I never even knew this was a thing. I just checked and the only setting that was enabled was "Guide button focuses Steam". Should I turn that off as well? Not like I ever used that feature.

[Tev]

Nah, that shouldn't matter.

I just recall that I used to have controller input issues on my Xbox 360 controller as well once in the past until I turned off the configurator. Whenever Steam was on, my controller would be registered as the 2nd player controller.

If I rebooted my PC and wouldn't turn on Steam, the controller would always assign itself as the first player controller.

Can you see if your controller behaves this way only when 'given circumstances' are met?

[D. Knight Dietrich]

Originally posted by Teutep:

Nah, that shouldn't matter.

I just recall that I used to have controller input issues on my Xbox 360 controller as well once in the past until I turned off the configurator. Whenever Steam was on, my controller would be registered as the 2nd player controller.

If I rebooted my PC and wouldn't turn on Steam, the controller would always assign itself as the first player controller.

Can you see if your controller behaves this way only when 'given circumstances' are met?

To be clear, do you mean seeing if my controller reassigns itself when the 360 controller config is turned on? I just rebooted my PC with it turned on, and my 360 controller is still player 1. Any further testing is pretty unconclusive because any shift could just be attribured to the cable. If it stops happening though, that would be good.

[Tev]

Okay, exit Steam and try replugging the controller in a few times. See if it changes player position.

Then enter Steam and try replugging your controller.

Although the fact the tickbox was unticked for you suggests it's probably not Steam causing it. Do you use any other controller mapping software?

[D. Knight Dietrich]

Originally posted by Teutep:

Okay, exit Steam and try replugging the controller in a few times. See if it changes player position.

Then enter Steam and try replugging your controller.

Although the fact the tickbox was unticked for you suggests it's probably not Steam causing it. Do you use any other controller mapping software?

I think I have DS4 or some other PS4 controller-helping software, but I haven't used either of them in a long time and neither is active while I am playing with my 360 controller.

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Have you ensured Xbox Configuration Support is turned off under Steam > Settings > Controller > General Controller Settings? [/quote]
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[Inochizao]

Originally posted by Teutep:

Originally posted by LoyalLedger:

My god that is so upsetting, I just bought this 3 months ago because my previous controller was having the exact same problems. Why are 360 controller cables such trash?

Have you ensured Xbox Configuration Support is turned off under Steam > Settings > Controller > General Controller Settings?

OMG, u saved me! Be blessed! *-* T.T

I mentioned u in another topic:

http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/540744934366738314/?ctp=4

I have no words! T.T T.T T.T T.T T.T

I spent i think at least 3 hours to find this out. Even uninstall and install steam again i did (sadly 20 GB to download again -.-). I probably spent more than this!

But finally i can play again! T.T