Xbox controller (on PC) question

[dayrth]

I got me a cheep game pad to use with the dk2, which was OK but left trigger didn't seem to work (at least I couldn't map it to anything). Not a biggie, but I decided I would like to try driving the SRV with the game pad, so got me a genuine XB1 controller. This has the same issue. Is no left trigger a thing, am I missing something obvious or am I just very unlucky and bought two controllers with the same fault?

 

[III-Method-III]

Test the XBox controler is working in Windows first.

Go to Start Menu > Control Panel > Hardware & Sound > Devices & Printers > you will see the controler listed. Right click on it, select game controller settings and then from the list select your xbox controler and then properties. It will have a screen where you can test that all of the buttons and joysticks work.

If they are all fine, then its just the software (ie Elite Dangerous) not using it. You may just need to map the left trigger button to actually do something in-game....

 

[dayrth]

Thanks for that. It seems the triggers control the z axis, the rights moving it down and the left up. It defaults to almost max though so the left makes little difference. Now I know what the problem is I can look for a solution.

 

[III-Method-III]

Glad i could help a little

Chances of 2 different controllers with same fault is staggeringly low.

 

[A D]

I use a Xbox controller and it's fine. Just a guess, but in the case of the SRV some controller buttons are not pre-bound. You need to go to the options and bind the buttons to an action. Try this by binding the left trigger to a specific action in the SRV section of the controller options.

 

[dayrth]

Turns out it is a Windows 10 driver issue. Many have suggested rolling back to the old Windows 8 driver but I have not had any success with this. I will keep looking and if I find a solution I will post it here.

 

[A D]

Turns out it is a Windows 10 driver issue. Many have suggested rolling back to the old Windows 8 driver but I have not had any success with this. I will keep looking and if I find a solution I will post it here.

If its a driver issue it could be an easy fix

I assume you have your Xbox gamepad connected to your PC via a USB (cable or Microsoft USB wireless controller). Go to the Control Panel Device Manger, identify the USB device for your gamepad. Double click on the device to open the window. Select the "Events" tab. If it is a driver issue, there should be an event indicating that the driver is not loading correctly (e.g. "device not migrated").

In any case, it won't do any harm to re-install the original version of the driver and it is a straight forward process:

- Go to the "Driver" tab in the same window and click on "Update Driver".
- Choose the "Browse my computer for drivers software" option.
- Then the "Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer" option.

This will display a compatible driver specifically for your Xbox gamepad. Highlight the driver and click next. The driver will be re-installed and you will get a successful confirmation message. Then re-boot your computer and try your Xbox gamepad again. If this doesn't solve the problem, post back here as there is a slightly more complicated fix, but better to do the simple first.

 

[leela7226]

a quick solution

if remapping tools are ok for you and a couple controls don't perform properly you could use a gamepad mapper. ofc, there are plenty of them, I tried xpadder and joy2key, but honestly, I found a better one [noob]
this joystick mapper has a good support that helped me solve the problem of pc-not-seeing-the-controller. nice people. and the huge plus is that you can get a license for a like of a facebook page. young but strong [big grin]