[Suggestion] Improve Controller Support

28 Aug, '21
andrea Perrone Merged

I use xbox controller and the mapping is wrong , also not show any help in game just keyboard.

29 Aug, '21
pablo Merged

in addition to having a white mark on each menu making it very difficult to read, there are several options that there is no way to move the item directly to your inventory, needing to drag .....

29 Aug, '21
Bat Merged

It won’t let me me was my Xbox one controller

29 Aug, '21
Latespoon Merged

Sensitivity options in controls menu have no effect for me on xbox controller on either cursor speed in menus or aiming. Would be nice to be able to move through inventory/crafting menus with dpad. Quick key for moving stacks into crates etc e.g. hold a trigger and press a to move the stack. Button combos for other actions e.g. building actions such as to destroy a panel, rotate etc.

30 Aug, '21
Fenixtorador Merged

With the way everything is set up, you should be using a mouse and keyboard. Not a controller.

30 Aug, '21
Urmeant2b Merged

Cannot use toolbar with controller
Please add ability

30 Aug, '21
Kevin Merged

Totally agree. I think it's a work in progress since Dean said a couple weeks ago that it wasn't even going to be an option at this point. Was surprised to see it was.

10 Sep, '21
Latespoon Merged

Could you please implement this one quality of life improvement for controller players: the ability to slow down cursor speed in inventory and menus. Trying to line up the cursor over a button with an analog stick is infuriating when it's so sensitive you just fly over the button every time. Sometimes it genuinely takes 10 goes to land on the right box

12 Sep, '21
Rocket Admin Merged

Yes we want to do this, we will try find time during the Beta Weekends.

15 Sep, '21
Robert Merged

I see Rocket has already spoken but I felt I needed to say a few things. I play with the Xbox one control and it was a little cumbersome using what minimal controls there were available with the controller. I felt opening one box with one button and having to push a different button was odd. I agree with the OP to the point that gaming controls would be nice.

15 Sep, '21
Elissa Snowball Admin Merged

Hey @Robert! Unfortunately we only have one dev working on controller options, and it is in continuous development! We weren't even going to have controller options for Beta originally, but we are definitely working hard on it!

25 Sep, '21
rickylix Merged

The previous beta there was no issues but BW3 when I click to bind RB or LB seem to do nothing. Attempted wired and wireless. No detection.

12 Oct, '21
mike Merged

cannot crouch, or change controller settings without changing them for mouse and keyboard. mining wood, stone, ores cannot be mined with item highlighted and cursor on without being in a specific area. sometimes bow or knife will not work as well causing me a few deaths as well. my controller is new and have the same issue with older one and stamina bar was not yet depleted

12 Oct, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin Merged

"poor controller compatabillity" (suggested by mike on 2021-10-12), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

12 Oct, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin Merged

"Controller support unplayable" (suggested by andrea Perrone on 2021-08-28), including upvotes (7) and comments (6), was merged into this suggestion.

12 Oct, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin Merged

"Please improve controller support" (suggested by Latespoon on 2021-08-29), including upvotes (7) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

12 Oct, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin Merged

"Can’t use my Xbox controller on icarus" (suggested by Bat on 2021-08-29), including upvotes (2) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.

26 Oct, '21
ZogTheHog Merged

I know controller support is coming, I would just like to add my 2 cents. I saw there was already an option for Playstation, which is good because I can use my Dualsense from my PS5 on PC. Just please make all of the controls remappable, maybe even the secondary building controls be able to be edited too!

03 Nov, '21
PopsInSpace Merged

I have a few friends that play with an Xbox controller. Please help with support as soon as possible thank you for your hard work

03 Nov, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin Merged

Hey all!
Controller support is in continuous development! We weren't even going to have controller options for Beta originally, but we are definitely working hard on it!

03 Dec, '21
Sly Merged

The LB and RB on the Xbox controller go the opposite ways in the tool belt options

04 Dec, '21
Caleb Coey Merged

Controller support is a must for me. I either have carpal tunnel or my wrist goes numb as an early symptom of MS. My friends want me to play with them, your game is causing me physical right wrist pain having to use both the controller and keyboard mouse to effectively play.
I want you guys to succeed and I want to play with my friends. All my current concerns are already listed here in the previous messages, if you would like to know my suggestion list for what to default buttons to or how to set up menu navigation differently than out of menu navigation please feel free to email me and I will put that together for you. It appears you are just pressed for time which is understandable just please do not dawdle too long... pain and all.

04 Dec, '21
Starlit_Scarlett Merged

Release version appears to make it impossible to navigate all menus (starting and in-game, crafting etc) with controller (XBox on PC). All controller inputs are marked as [unbound] even though they are in fact bound. Because there is no defined binding, having trouble finding the controller equivalents to PC inputs :/

04 Dec, '21
Starlit_Scarlett Merged

Release version appears to make it impossible to navigate all menus (starting and in-game, crafting etc) with controller (XBox on PC). All controller inputs are marked as [unbound] even though they are in fact bound. Because there is no defined binding, having trouble finding the controller equivalents to PC inputs :/

05 Dec, '21
Drew Merged

I want to be to use my controller.

06 Dec, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin

"add controller support" (suggested by Drew on 2021-12-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

06 Dec, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin

"Controller optimization" (suggested by Starlit_Scarlett on 2021-12-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

06 Dec, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin

"[General Issues] Controller Controls Broken" (suggested by rickylix on 2021-09-25), including upvotes (23) and comments (17), was merged into this suggestion.

06 Dec, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin

"Mappable buttons for xbox controller" (suggested by Tobias Liversedge on 2021-12-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

06 Dec, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin

"Controller optimization" (suggested by Starlit_Scarlett on 2021-12-04), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.

08 Dec, '21
fdruid

Tried the game with a controller in the betas, and it was incomplete. I had to reach to my mouse to perform a lot of actions. I would love to have the game fully support controller input for every action in the game. Maybe toggles with command wheels could make the scheme easier to cram into the limited buttons. Other games, complex or simple, have managed to do it. I believe the devs could get to do it if/when they assign resources into it and this will not only serve to help those of us pc players who choose to play with one, but also pave the way for an eventual future console release.

I understand this is not a top tier code red priority right now, but I personally would have difficulty playing the game without full controller support so I'm still not playing it.

09 Dec, '21
Yeahwillis Merged

Add full gamepad support for xbox one controllers.
Half the game is played with the xbox gamepad, and keyboard and mouse.
Full support for the xbox one gamepad would be much appreciated;
such as:
full menu control, and proper key bindings.

09 Dec, '21
Dexinition Merged

This game need a full controler support from the start of the game not only in game.
I want to be able to start steam on big picture mode, start the game and have everything working.

10 Dec, '21
Yeahwillis Merged

^Exactly, that would be great to have.

14 Dec, '21
Cipher 8 Merged

The keybindings for controller keybinds don't even save right now and everything is reset to default upon relaunching the game.

You're forced to switch to mouse to access menus and to choose Loot All and close loot menu.

But for those of us who switch between the two input types these are more concerning;

The settings don't save separately between the two keyboard and controller input types so you cannot set auto sprint toggle on/off for controller to on but not for keyboard.

Also the Mouse Sensitvity X bar speed is linked between keyboard and controller so you can't increase the controllers turn speed without making mouse super fast.

14 Dec, '21
Cipher 8 Merged

Toggle Sprint not auto sprint* Typo

14 Dec, '21
Tony Merged

I think the controller system is broke. It recognizes the controller as keyboard and mouse with bindings unless you force configurations off in steam. Doing this I noticed that the controller settings are sort of kicking in, but they seem half baked. I couldn’t scroll or move properly and there were no bindings. The controller should be it’s own settings and show the correct buttons when set (show controller buttons vs keys when in game) bindings should be for controller and stick.

14 Dec, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin

"[Suggestion] Controller Support | Controls Settings Input Issues" (suggested by Cipher 8 on 2021-12-14), including upvotes (5) and comments (2), was merged into this suggestion.

20 Dec, '21
RV

Tbh current controller support is like it was made by someone that has never played a modern video game. Not being able to tab between pages of the inventory/crafting/etc with the bumpers...what?

22 Dec, '21
Tony Merged

I know full controller support isn’t really baked in yet as it only recognizes steam controller comfigs. However, I’ve noticed that this is leaving it hard to aim. I have tested using a mouse, and using steam controller with “mouse” pad. It seems that the issue is when using a joystick, you can’t pinpoint. If I move the stick super slow it will do nothing then move a a bit instead of slowly moving allowing for accurate aiming. I know a joystick won’t be as accurate as moving a mouse, but I’ve played enough FPS games to know you should still be able to move tiny increments smoothly.

I’ve tried messing with dead ones and sensitivity and still isn’t helping me make tiny adjustments while aiming. If there’s a setting I can adjust that would be great. Otherwise please optimize the game for controller settings. The combat in general seems to need some love and optimizations.

24 Dec, '21
DRG197

controller support improvements would be great, along with steam link optimizations and steam deck too.

10 Jan, '22
JT

-If you are playing the game via Steam-

Although this is listed as planned, just adding that although ridiculously clunky you need to enable controller support via Steam Big Picture Mode for Xbox and PS4 controllers - . Once enabled, you can configure the controller via Steam through controller configuration in the Game Library - I am currently using the DS4 pad and I have mapped the touch bar as 4 buttons (as if it was another set of directional buttons). With X (pick up for certain items) mapped to the X button via tap and hold. You can map multiple functions via show activations and then add activator. The controller configurator built into steam is pretty robust once you get the hang of it.

12 Jan, '22
Stephen Merged

It would be nice to see better support for PS5 controllers since there has been much difficulty having the config of buttons stay playable

25 Feb, '22
MetalFre4k

never saw a need of this. Console games dont have a keyboard support ether. There is way more needed updates then this, right?

04 Apr, '22
Kyojin Merged

I’d really love some native controller support.
Not just remapping keyboard keys to controller keys, which always feels awkward.

Look at games like FFXIV and Path of Exile for some nice native controller keybindings that work with the game.

Good controller support would also make this game more attractive for people with the Steam Deck.

26 Jul, '22
Michael Merged

any updates on if this feature will be added? ETA?

26 Jul, '22
Elissa - Producer Admin Merged

Unfortunately this will not be implemented any time soon. We are looking at it for the future DLC though!

21 Oct, '22
Nathan

Haven’t updated the game in over 6 mos. Waiting for controller support before I come back.

22 Oct, '22
TYanColte

When you play exclusively PC games but have really bad Carpel Tunnel. A controller is super important. I use one all the time for as many games as I can as to not aggravate my condition. I love this game but it's freaking hurts after long game sessions.

05 Nov, '22
Nick Merged

Disappointing that almost a year later there's not been any enhancements to controller support. A significant number of changes seem like they would be somewhat easy to implement - even if you could just give us cursor control with the gamepad, that would make life so much easier.

Sincerely,
Tired of using my keyboard

06 Nov, '22
Nick Merged

For windows with scroll actions such as workshop tree, tech tree, talent tree, etc the scroll action should be implemented with the right thumb stick.

06 Nov, '22
Nick Merged

While using gamepad, the mouse cursor should be controlled with the left thumb stick

06 Nov, '22
Nick Merged

While contrling the mouse cursor with left thumb stick, left click should be the A button and right click should be B button.

06 Nov, '22
Nick Merged

When a new window pops up needing mouse interaction (e.g. looting) the cursor should snap to the default button.

06 Nov, '22
Nick Merged

Show key bindings while using gamepad, and allow rebinding buttons