8 Logitech F710 Controllers on 1 PC?

[(CPHTB) nintendo9713]

I bought 8 F710 controllers hoping to add to my 8 Xbox 1 controllers for 16 player local. Not only does it not work out the box with the 8 Xbox 1 controllers connected, but I cannot get more than 2 of these to work without disabling everything else. All on Xinput, all on Dinput, it doesn't matter.

Is there some setting in Steam config that might help resolve this? Logitech support told me "try using one controller per PC", so now I'm sitting on 8 off-brand gamepads that doen't work.

[monokoma]

it may be a problem with some kind of "wireless limit", for example I can't connect more than 4 Xbox 360 wireless controllers with just 1 "wireless adapter", because each one of those adapters only support up to 4 wireless connection (so I had to buy 2 adapters). Do the F710 controllers connect to the PC using bluetooth or something else?

[Jimbly]

Before worrying about any possibly Steam settings, just look at the OS level - check the "Set up USB Game Controllers" dialog in Windows, and see if they're showing up there (if they show up there, they should show up in DInput games, at least). If they're wireless, then, yeah, what monokoma said =). I use 2-3 Xbox 360 receivers to get 8-12 wireless 360 controllers on one PC.

[Hofi]

I just ordered few F710s as I read your 4 month old post on reddit where you telling everything works fine...
So where is the truth is there some specific issue (in one game)?
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/localmultiplayergames/comments/qrtktm/apparently_steam_has_a_way_to_allow_for_more_than/

I want to be able to play local multiplayer games on Steam with 7-8 players.
What controler should I get if I have 4 XBox One controllers already?

[(CPHTB) nintendo9713]

Originally posted by Hofi:

I just ordered few F710s as I read your 4 month old post on reddit where you telling everything works fine...
So where is the truth is there some specific issue (in one game)?
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/localmultiplayergames/comments/qrtktm/apparently_steam_has_a_way_to_allow_for_more_than/

I want to be able to play local multiplayer games on Steam with 7-8 players.
What controler should I get if I have 4 XBox One controllers already?

That's the weird part. I had 5 of them working when I ordered 5, and 10 total controllers worked with 5 XB1 controllers. Thrilled, I ordered 3 more F710's and 3 more Xb1 controllers because I thought if 5 worked, surely 8 would given that it passed the usual 4 limit.

Now with all 8, everything has crapped the bed. I think I could have even messed something up with all the drivers that have been installed, as well as some of the F710's seemingly not caring if it's Dinput or Xinput (showing rumblepad vs controller in device manager).

Results are never the same. I have had 14 controllers working in Regular Human Basketball on some days, and then a 9th controller of any type will crash the game other days.

I have more to figure out as I keep testing.

Edit: Addressing your final comment, 8 Xbox 1 controllers with the newest adapter that connects 8 is 100% the way to go. It's my fallback and has never failed.

Double Edit: The 16 in Regular Human Basketball was a mix of xbox 360 controllers on a wireless adapter into the mix. We had 3 blue screens on the laptop before it worked. It's really uncharted territory and so support is non existant.

[(CPHTB) nintendo9713]

Originally posted by monokoma:

it may be a problem with some kind of "wireless limit", for example I can't connect more than 4 Xbox 360 wireless controllers with just 1 "wireless adapter", because each one of those adapters only support up to 4 wireless connection (so I had to buy 2 adapters). Do the F710 controllers connect to the PC using bluetooth or something else?

It's proprietary with their USB dongle that is synced per controller.

I've been meaning to try 2 xbox1 8 controller adapters for 16 total, but that's a lot of money to drop on trying something

[(CPHTB) nintendo9713]

Originally posted by Hofi:

I just ordered few F710s as I read your 4 month old post on reddit where you telling everything works fine...
So where is the truth is there some specific issue (in one game)?
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/localmultiplayergames/comments/qrtktm/apparently_steam_has_a_way_to_allow_for_more_than/

I want to be able to play local multiplayer games on Steam with 7-8 players.
What controler should I get if I have 4 XBox One controllers already?

Did you ever get them in and test on some games? I’m still getting completely non-replicable results in the few attempts. My next LAN is in 2 weeks so I have a little more time to hopefully iron out these issues.