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Posted: 28th Jun 2015 00:06
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I am very encouraged to read in Lee's blog that there will be support for the Xbox controller. I have a physical disability and find the 'mouse' controls difficult when testing my game levels. But I think the Xbox controller will make it a lot easier. I'll probably double the Player's strength during testing to compensate for my lack of dexterity but I think the Xbox controller will still give me a better idea of how hard/easy my game is.

Forgive my ignorance, but I have a couple of questions:

Is the support only for Xbox One or will Xbox 360 work?;
How do we sync the controller with our PC? I have a laptop, I think it has Bluetooth.

All the best and please keep on the cutting edge as usual.
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Posted: 28th Jun 2015 13:50
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probably will be xbox 360 controller support and wired only.
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Posted: 28th Jun 2015 14:17
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I would expect it to be the xbox 360 controller, also. I don't believe it matters wired vs. wireless though. In my experience, my wireless controller works exactly the same as the wired one, across all software that supports it.
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Posted: 28th Jun 2015 16:35 Edited at: 28th Jun 2015 16:36
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Doesn't take a physical disability to involuntarily hit F1 - F4 instead of 1,2,3,4 in mid-game and end up with a tedious lightmapping action instead of a changed weapon - at least on notebook keyboards.

So, XBOX-Controller support is VERY welcome ( but PLEASE NEVER put lightmapping onto the controlles)!
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Posted: 29th Jun 2015 01:32
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Yeah, i keep pressing the F1 key too. It's a pain. But at least you can abort with Esc.
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Posted: 29th Jun 2015 02:10
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im not alone in this struggle! idk if that is a good thing or not, but i came from console and now im making a game so having controller support would help a lot
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Posted: 29th Jun 2015 09:23
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I play Skyrim on my PC with the Xbox controller. The difference is amazing so I look forward to this on GameGuru.
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Posted: 29th Jun 2015 20:00
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I also play skyrim and fallout with my Xbox controller on my PC... its so much better on the hands lol
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Posted: 1st Jul 2015 04:25 Edited at: 1st Jul 2015 05:13
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I guess they've withdrawn the xbox controller for now. Bummer.

(But I'm sure it will be spectacular when they add it back in!)
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Posted: 1st Jul 2015 07:49
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Yah what happened to the controller support? I just got all excited for nothing lol
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Posted: 1st Jul 2015 09:50
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me too i was going to be able to play on my big tv sat in comfort with my controller, but now its fingers and thumbs again. gutted
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Posted: 1st Jul 2015 11:34 Edited at: 1st Jul 2015 11:35
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Don't worry ....Its not been taken away just disabled whilst they sort the compatibility issues ...
it will be back....you might even be able to re enable it in the setup.ini to see if yours works .
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Posted: 1st Jul 2015 13:39
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Good to hear! I was just disappointed for nothing (possibly).
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Posted: 6th Jul 2015 02:42 Edited at: 6th Jul 2015 02:43
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You can use an Xbox 360 controller right now if you want. The answer is a glovepie. I have a script written out somewhere I did for my brother to use the controller with guru. Although, I did have the control set to use with the editor not with gameplay but that could be a quick fix. If anybody would be willing to provide me with what the controller layout was supposed to be I could edit the script and post it. I don't think I'm allowed to post a download for glovepie so you'll probably have to get that on your own. its free!
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Posted: 6th Jul 2015 18:52
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1. If you don't have the Xbox360 controller drivers you need to go here and click support then download them:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/p/xbox-360-controller-for-windows#support

2. Next you need to download and install glovepie found here:

http://www.glovepie.org/

3. Download the script below and open it with glovepie. Have your controller plugged in and click and run (at the top center of glovepie)
Now you have a working Xbox360 controller for game guru.

Here is the button layout
RB = sprint
LB = reload
RT = fire
LT = AIM
Y = use
B = crouch
X = reload (alternate)
A = jump
Left stick = movement
Right stick = camera
DPAD = weapon select 1-4

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Posted: 8th Jul 2015 13:01
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this is excellent works like a charm many many thanks for this.
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Posted: 8th Jul 2015 15:34
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You are very welcome, enjoy!
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Posted: 9th Jul 2015 20:55
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Is there anyway to turn the vibration off when pressi g fire?
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Posted: 9th Jul 2015 22:36 Edited at: 9th Jul 2015 23:58
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There's a section at the bottom of the code that's made to make the controller rumble. You would have to delete that. To make it easy, here's a rumble free version below so just use this one instead

edit: I decided to make a thread in third party tools that explains how to modify the script to customize controls and has both downloads there

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Posted: 10th Jul 2015 07:32
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this is fantastic, thanks again for this.
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Posted: 10th Jul 2015 18:20
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Many thanks for this!
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Posted: 10th Jul 2015 19:13
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No problem, glad to help!
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Posted: 19th Jul 2015 22:22
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Thanks, mguy! This is brilliant! I also discovered another excellent program: http://joytokey.net/en/download

If, like me, you find your mouse or laptop touchpad awkward to use for editing your games, you can use this app to set up your Xbox controller to operate as a mouse and also assign keyboard buttons to buttons on the controller. I've found it very useful.
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Posted: 20th Jul 2015 19:14
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I have used joytokey, that one works well too. I guess I just gotten used to glovepie so I forgot to mention it. I really can't use the controller myself or the standard keyboard and mouse so the only time I messed with controller emulation is when someone else needs it. Good suggestion for everybody else on here though
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I am curious to know from a dev when the official support for controllers will end up showing up? I know it's not a priority but is it really hard to implement?
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Quote: "I know it's not a priority but is it really hard to implement?"

It is definatly not so easy like you maybe think But I never coded controller support, I did not have the source, so I could be wrong
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Posted: 4th Aug 2015 17:57 Edited at: 4th Aug 2015 17:58
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Quote: "I am curious to know from a dev when the official support for controllers will end up showing up? I know it's not a priority but is it really hard to implement? "


Its only been disabled you can re enable it in the setup....It has been implemented .... But the problem is that it was found that configuration is not straight forward .... Different variations of official XBOX controllers were doing weird things so it was put on the back burner to get on with more pressing things.

No doubt it will be revisited but you can try enabling it in the setup and see if it works for you ...XBOX = 1 I think
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Posted: 4th Aug 2015 23:17
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@Synchromesh @Corno_1 Thank you for your responses! I was more curious more than anything else. I prefer mouse/keyboard but I know too many people who prefer controllers. I guess I'll keep tinkering with glovepie and think of ways to implement controller support a another way without user intervention being involved. I do remember seeing the line for controller support in the setup but not in the latest version.
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