Good evening OldUnreal!

Looking to get all nostalgic up in this thing, so I've booted up Unreal. Being a gaming snob, I prefer my games with a gamepad. I'm using Unreal Gold with the 227 patch (thanks, by the way), and a wireless Xbox 360 pad.

After fiddling with the settings I could find (Enable Joystick, DirectInput, and Enable Mouselook), I'm having these problems:

• My right stick doesn't give full look control - just horizontal, can't look vertically.
• My triggers (RT and LT) don't seem to function at all.

Does anyone have any tips for setting this up?

(As an aside, using the search function here on the forum turned up no results for any gamepad-related search terms, but googling brought up two different topics plastered with gamepad talk. Odd, no?)

Thanks for the tip! You were correct - it was fixed by moving the JoyV command to JoyR.

Shame about the triggers. I've gotten around it for the time being with XPadder, but it's a shame they can't be used natively. Maybe it's something to add to a future 227 revision?

Thanks again!

[edit] Actually, XPadder doesn't seem to work for this. It's an outside program which allows mapping of keyboard keys to gamepad buttons. I've got each trigger bound to a mouse button, and it works fine out-of-game, but in-game it doesn't detect it at all (with any button and key remap). Is it blocked somehow by anti-cheat stuff?

Xavious wrote on 02/04/12 at 18:49:42:



Nope.

Code:

if(Game.bIsPlatformer || Game.bIsFighter || Game.bIs2dSideScrolling || Game.bIsRPG)//todo handle racing games, not like I like those anyway
     return CNTRL_Gamepad;
else return CNTRL_Mouse_and_Keyboard 

After a great deal of fiddling, I've not found any other fixed for the various problems.

I eventually found the unofficial drivers suggested by Tomaso here (hooray for Google translate!), but unfortunately the system tray utility doesn't actually show, despite it's presence in my processes list. It's meant to allow me to remap the triggers to regular buttons, though, so it's worth testing if anyone can get the utility running (and has a 360 pad). It certainly installs fine and the pad is fully functional at default with those drivers.

A third issue has arose, but it's minor: movement with the analogue stick merely changes your characters acceleration, rather than actual speed. Hence, you cannot walk with the sticks, and you can often overshoot your target when trying to stop. It's not a massive issue, obviously, but it's jarring if you're used to other FPS games. It's also certainly not something I could fix, but something to consider for future patches.

[OT] As for snobbery: I tend to look at it conceptually. Playing with a specifically crafted device must surely be connoisseurial compared to the multi-purpose mouse and keyboard.

Hey long time Xavious. Glad to see ya back on the forum.

you are very welcome ?