(Help)Steelseries 3GC controller won't respond to most games

[Ponjen]

I'm new to PC gaming and don't really like using a keyboard to play. So, naturally, I use a controller on PC games. My old Logitech controller stopped working so I had to get a new one. I went to Best Buy and bought a Steelseries 3GC controller. The controller works and I can easily play TF2 with it, but games that support controllers won't recognize the controller. The only games I can get my 3GC to work with are TF2 and MLP RPG. I tried it on Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, doesn't work. I tried it on Spiral Knights, doesn't work. I tried it on Only If, doesn't work. I thought it had something to do with Steam games, so I tried it on my older PC games that I grew up with. The first one I tried it on was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Mutant Melee. I know that game supports controller, so I decided to try it first. I plug in the controller, start the game, press every button on the controller, nothing happens. I don't know if it's something with the games or if Steelseries just sucks. I check the calibrations, and my PC says that it's plugged in correctly. I try it on TF2 and it works. Can someone tell me what I should do?

[Ponjen]

*Update* I managed to get it to work with Spiral Knights, but it won't work with my other games.

[eram]

You really need an Xinput device for pc games. Steelseries 3GC has no xinput.

A long winded way round the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8JmbVssX1w

[SchwartzBwithU]

MotioninJoy won't detect my steelseries 3gc. x360ce will detect it but Skyrim and other games still don't detect it.

[ShotFire7]

I can't even get this controller to do anything. I have it, and on the control panel, it says everything is working, but it does not work on tf2 and stuff like that.

[Ponjen]

İlk olarak shotfire2 tarafından gönderildi:

I can't even get this controller to do anything. I have it, and on the control panel, it says everything is working, but it does not work on tf2 and stuff like that.

Majority of Steam games that say they have controller support only work with Xbox360 controllers. You'll need an Xbox360 controller emulator. Xbox360ce is a good one to use. You can configure any controller with it. It tricks the computer/games into thinking you're using an Xbox360 controller.

[ReBoot]

Steam has its own input mapper. Either use that or, as others said, buy a proper gamepad.
PS: TF2 sucks with a gamepad. People who use the mouse will have way better aim than you. Use KBM.

[Ponjen]

İlk olarak ReBoot tarafından gönderildi:

Steam has its own input mapper. Either use that or, as others said, buy a proper gamepad.
PS: TF2 sucks with a gamepad. People who use the mouse will have way better aim than you. Use KBM.

I have never seen a controller input mapper on Steam. Not in the setting nor when clicking the Steam icon in the top left. Also, what do you mean by "proper" gamepad? If a controller doesn't work on a Steam game, that's the developer's fault, not the controller's. When a developer makes a PC game with controller support, they have to put into consideration what controllers they want to be compatible. For some reason, most choose to only support Xbox360 controllers and not standard USB controllers.

[ReBoot]

1. The input mapper is in Steam big picture
2. A proper gamepad is one with XInput support, most games nowadays support them while non-XInout game pads have almost always to go through an input mapper. And isn't "Plug it in and it just works" a bkg advantage of consoles? Why would you want to give that advantage up instead of keeping it on the PC?
3. Your choice is either to accept the reality (XInput being the standard) or use clunky workarounds. Your choice.
4. From the technical standpoint, XInput is better, than HID/DirectInput. The latter doesn't even allow for console-like plug-in-and-it-just-plays experience.

[Onix]

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