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kaeajakaeaja Member Posts: 517 Arc User
edited February 2014 in Controls and User Interface
I have a friend who really would like to play the game with his Xbox Gamepad Controller but he is having trouble figuring out what does what on the controller, could anyone please give me some advice for him? Id like him to be able to have an easy time playing the game with me, so any advice on where to go to figure out what does what on the gamepad would be really helpful.
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  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,500 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    kaeaja wrote: »
    I have a friend who really would like to play the game with his Xbox Gamepad Controller but he is having trouble figuring out what does what on the controller, could anyone please give me some advice for him? Id like him to be able to have an easy time playing the game with me, so any advice on where to go to figure out what does what on the gamepad would be really helpful.

    Go to options - controller - turn on joystick - xbox controller then all they buttons are mapped out for you to keep or remapped
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2014
  • kaeajakaeaja Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    eazzie wrote: »
    Go to options - controller - turn on joystick - xbox controller then all they buttons are mapped out for you to keep or remapped

    We got that far but the problem now is that we dont know what each of those selections does, it doesnt tell you what is being used to do what. Need more clarification.
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    kaeaja wrote: »
    We got that far but the problem now is that we dont know what each of those selections does, it doesnt tell you what is being used to do what. Need more clarification.
    did you try the sticky?
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  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,500 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    kaeaja wrote: »
    We got that far but the problem now is that we dont know what each of those selections does, it doesnt tell you what is being used to do what. Need more clarification.

    I apologise my bad. I just posted where to find the mapping. I have never used a controller so hadn't paid any attention to what was there. Now I've looked at it I see your point. Aologies again
  • kaeajakaeaja Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited February 2014

    Ive tried following it using my own Gamepad but I cannot understand anything about the controls for the life of me, its impossible to understand!!!!! I have never once changed these controls so they are doing things they shouldnt be doing! Or not doing anything at all! The control stick still controls my directions but I cant do anything except use 3 powers, I cant increase or decrease my speed with the control, the ONLY THING I CAN DO, is change my ships direction and use three of my abilities....
  • eazzieeazzie Member Posts: 4,500 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    kaeaja wrote: »
    Ive tried following it using my own Gamepad but I cannot understand anything about the controls for the life of me, its impossible to understand!!!!! I have never once changed these controls so they are doing things they shouldnt be doing! Or not doing anything at all! The control stick still controls my directions but I cant do anything except use 3 powers, I cant increase or decrease my speed with the control, the ONLY THING I CAN DO, is change my ships direction and use three of my abilities....

    Think I have found something that may help

    http://pinnaclegameprofiler.com/pc-controller-support/alpha-gamepad-joystick/xbox-360-ps3-psx-etc-ns/s/star-trek-online
  • kaeajakaeaja Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    eazzie wrote: »

    That doesnt help me either....its not telling me what buttons are supposed to do WHAT, thats the problem im having, the darn game is not explaining what buttons are supposed to do what, and neither does this Pinnacle program :S
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Well, I haven't ever tried to use an Xbox controller, but getting my joystick to work was a complicated process.

    Step 1: install joystick

    Step 2: go into options and 1: make sure it's turned on, and 2: make sure all the buttons are mapped. (mine wasn't)

    That's the easy part.

    Step 3: open the CFG file to see what names to assign mappings to.
    Mine was in: C:\Users\Public\Games\Cryptic Studios\Star Trek Online\Live and the file is named controller.cfg

    Step 4: type into the chat box a series of /bind commands to bind the buttons to the functions you want to use.

    there's more info on how the process works in the link in my sig. Buuuuutt... I did this with a Logitech Attack 3 joystick, which works great, but I don't know if an Xbox gamepad works the same way.
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  • kaeajakaeaja Member Posts: 517 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    *sigh*.....I really need this to work, my friend is not at all comfortable using a keyboard and mouse and was struggling with it earlier, hes no stranger to games but most of his life hes played games on consoles with controllers, he was disheartened earlier when he tried playing for the first because he was struggling to control stuff...so I really REALLY need an indepth explanation of how playing with an Xbox 360 Controller is supposed to work...:S
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    Well which specific aspect is unclear? My best guess is that your system didn't automap all the buttons and that you need to figure out how to map them yourself. I'm happy to answer questions though.
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