You could argue it's a bit of a copout - not a true Windows gamepad - but it's great if you want to use it on a 360 as well. There's the gamepad for Xbox 360, which has the gamepad with the Xbox 360's round plug, and there's the gamepad for Windows, which supplies the same gamepad as above, only with a short USB adapter cable at the end. Jamyskis: I think there are two packagings of the Xbox 360 gamepad. Ultimately the only games that this isn't practical for are the few rare titles like HammerFight and Die by the Sword that calculation mouse swing motion. When using a custom mapping, you associate each profile you make with the game's executable so the key configurations will change automatically when you start the game but even in instances (such as Java games) the executable fails to initiate you can lock the profile in place so that it will run with whatever game you load despite rather or not initiated by the game's executable. You can often times change MouseWheel Up/Down to keyboard keys like '' in most game's configuration menus.Īnd of course you can map the X & Y axis's of the mouse to one of the analogue sticks. The only thing that you can't map is the scrolling function of the mouse wheel, although you can still map the mouse's third button (when the wheel is pushed in). Thanks for the tip! Your welcome, if you like gaming with a pad (I hate crouching over the keyboard and mouse and have a couch pulled up to my desk to throw myself back on) this is pretty much the ultimate solution. But I actually might still get one of these. Oh well, good then I didn't buy it.ĭrakhyrr: Wish I knew about this when I bought my X360 controller. Nice.Įarlier I was expecting all new PC gamepads would be fully backwards compatible (meaning DirectInput), but then I read about the issues that the official MS XBox360 gamepad has with them. So it seems I now got both what I was looking for in one pretty cheap controller. Later reading the manual, I found out it supports both DirectInput and XInput, you select the mode with a slider at the bottom. First of all I found the cheapo PS2-lookalike gamepad I bought from Thailand last summer (Seaway Powerpad), I guess it is a basic DirectInput gamepad.īut still, I also went today to buy another DirectInput gamepad. Does the XBox360 controller really need an adapter for PC? I thought the whole idea it could be directly used with both the console and PC? Oh well then.Īnyway, problem solved. No reason for it, apart from Microsoft being utter cunts and trying to force XInput on us. It's worth having two gamepads - one purely DirectInput and one XInput - for the simple reason that DIrectInput support on 360 pads is severely lacking. That is to all extents and purposes an Xbox 360 gamepad with a USB adapter. Jamyskis: For modern games, especially racing games, you will more than likely need an Xinput gamepad. I remember XBox controllers are quite big and bulky, so I'd prefer to get some smaller variant than the default XBox360 controller. Since the intention is to carry it in the laptop bag, I'd prefer some smaller gamepad variants. My intention would be to use it also on my Windows XP machine, do they work ok there too? if I understood right some GOG games like Rayman 2 may have problems with XInput controllers? These older DirectInput gamepads have always been pretty much plug'n'play, no need for 3rd party utilities etc. How well does it work with older PC games, both Win9x and DOSBox? Compatibility issues, e.g. the ones which work directly with both XBox360 and PC? Or if some gamepads are still of the older "DirectInput" variant, is there some easy way to tell from the box which is which?Īre there reasons not to get a modern "X-Input" gamepad? Mostly: Is my understanding correct that pretty much all modern PC gamepads are of the "X-Input" variant, ie. it is much nicer to carry with your laptop than a full flightstick.īut I am totally lost with modern PC gamepads. And even for space combat sims, racing games etc. So a replacement is needed, some older PC games really benefit from it (Carmageddon 2, Sinistar Unleashed etc.), let alone console/arcade games played on emulators. My trusty Logitech PS2-lookalike USB-gamepad is getting a bit broken, in fact it did already last summer (the right analog stick got broken mostly, otherwise it still works great).
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