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Seb The Mally 14 Feb, 2019 @ 4:14pm
Controller Support
Nothing is working. xPadder, x360c, SCP, trying different controllers... nothing. Even got Steam set up for xbox controller support and it is registering my controller and it works for other games just not this one!

Using Windows 10, the settings section has controller in it but I can't edit any of the buttons. I have read so many tutorials on 'unplug the controller for a couple seconds, tab out, press x to get to the main menu' etc and nothing has worked. I am at my wit's end here, the keyboard controls are... honestly a joke, and the laptop keyboard I've got makes it basically impossible.

Can someone please give me a fix that will actually work that doesn't involve installing 12 new programs?
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Originally posted by Si Non Si Oui:
I use 'antimicro', this is free, easy and fast. you can bind buttons with your keyboard with it, This is a miracle solution, personally using it for FF8 with a ps1 controller (Every button are recognize in the game except the left/right/up/down, the software correct that). Even using it to play DBZ with the same controller ^^ i used xpadder, pinnacle, x360 ... The best was x360 but even him can mess up sometime ... Antimicro is the best
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Si Non Si Oui 14 Feb, 2019 @ 4:40pm 
I use 'antimicro', this is free, easy and fast. you can bind buttons with your keyboard with it, This is a miracle solution, personally using it for FF8 with a ps1 controller (Every button are recognize in the game except the left/right/up/down, the software correct that). Even using it to play DBZ with the same controller ^^ i used xpadder, pinnacle, x360 ... The best was x360 but even him can mess up sometime ... Antimicro is the best
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Chezgatt 14 Feb, 2019 @ 5:41pm 
Go to big picture mode and enable generic controller support or 360 controller
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QuoteZRaven 14 Feb, 2019 @ 5:56pm 
In big picture mode there should be a controller configuration option when you enable your controller in the mode.
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Seb The Mally 15 Feb, 2019 @ 5:08am 
Originally posted by Nome verificado:
Go to big picture mode and enable generic controller support or 360 controller
"Even got Steam set up for xbox controller support and it is registering my controller and it works for other games just not this one!"

I already did that. :/
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Seb The Mally 15 Feb, 2019 @ 5:08am 
Originally posted by QuoteZRaven:
In big picture mode there should be a controller configuration option when you enable your controller in the mode.
"Even got Steam set up for xbox controller support and it is registering my controller and it works for other games just not this one!"

I already did that. :/
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Seb The Mally 15 Feb, 2019 @ 5:10am 
For some idiotic reason trying a 1st Gen PS4 controller with a micro usb charging cable from one of my old phones has made it work... just out of the blue. xbox 360, xbox one, and even licensed PC controllers did not work... but a random PS4 one does, with a cord that isn't even designed for it.

What the hell is the coding in this game?
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Eli Parker 15 Feb, 2019 @ 8:27pm 
Originally posted by Seb the Mally:
Originally posted by QuoteZRaven:
In big picture mode there should be a controller configuration option when you enable your controller in the mode.
"Even got Steam set up for xbox controller support and it is registering my controller and it works for other games just not this one!"

I already did that. :/

Did you manually create a profile for the control?
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Seb The Mally 16 Feb, 2019 @ 3:39pm 
Originally posted by Eli Parker:
Originally posted by Seb the Mally:
"Even got Steam set up for xbox controller support and it is registering my controller and it works for other games just not this one!"

I already did that. :/

Did you manually create a profile for the control?
Yep. Eventually just had to go with the AntiMicro application the first guy referenced. It works for me, even if movement feels a little silly since there's only cardinal directions.
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Eli Parker 16 Feb, 2019 @ 4:03pm 
Originally posted by Seb the Mally:
Originally posted by Eli Parker:

Did you manually create a profile for the control?
Yep. Eventually just had to go with the AntiMicro application the first guy referenced. It works for me, even if movement feels a little silly since there's only cardinal directions.

I looked at the default keyboard layout, and then mapped that to the controller using Steam Controller Mapping, and I never had to use anything else.
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magikarp7 24 Jul, 2023 @ 10:28pm 
Probably the worst port Ive seen. Square should be ashamed
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(> '.' )> 22 Sep, 2023 @ 2:54am 
It's simple, you need to plug controller only after the launcher is up
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RPG Gamer Man 26 Sep, 2023 @ 4:20pm 
This worked for me. There are even profiles for the game on this controller application on steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/367670/Controller_Companion/

Only downside you need to buy it to use it. I bought it for 1 dollar during a sale though.
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=IcB=|Whiteboy| 12 Nov, 2023 @ 3:16pm 
Originally posted by (> '.' )>:
It's simple, you need to plug controller only after the launcher is up


I can confirm that this does absolutely nothing. That is all.
Last edited by =IcB=|Whiteboy|; 12 Nov, 2023 @ 3:16pm
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RPG Gamer Man 12 Nov, 2023 @ 9:17pm 
Originally posted by =IcB=|Whiteboy|:
Originally posted by (> '.' )>:
It's simple, you need to plug controller only after the launcher is up


I can confirm that this does absolutely nothing. That is all.

I did play this one with a mix of keyboard and game controller. I used a logitech F310 with this game when i did it. Sadly, i found the controller does not really work very good with this game.
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Summer 20 Sep, 2024 @ 5:49am 
Sorry to Necro this thread.
I just had issues with this on my steamdeck and I changed the controller settings to a community layout ( manifest wyverns ) which makes the controller work the same way it did originally on playstation. Steam deck controls work fine now ( although I might change some of the bindings :|. In case anybody still needs this..
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