Having any issues with using a controller on Steam...

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Hopefully someone can help out here.

I tried to play Deadly Premonition today on Steam, but in the settings menu where you click on the controller, I could not select it. I dug around online and I am not sure what to do. The controller is a Xbox 360 Plug n Play kit. The driver seems to be the most current one and I am running Windows 8.1. I have tried setting the device as the "preferred" controller in the PC settings, and I have disabled the HID as those were both (separate) suggestions on how to fix it. I am to understand that while this happens with Deadly Premonition that there are other games out there (Dark Souls for example) that this happens with as well.

Does anybody have a work around for this issue? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 
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Have you tried restarting the computer at all? Sometimes that works. You may also want to try running the game in windows 98 compatibility mode as I know that has worked sometimes. Deadly Premonition had problems with the controller that were supposed to be patched (not sure if they ever were) so it could be a problem with the game itself and not necessarily your PC.

 
Reds303 said:
Have you tried restarting the computer at all? Sometimes that works. You may also want to try running the game in windows 98 compatibility mode as I know that has worked sometimes. Deadly Premonition had problems with the controller that were supposed to be patched (not sure if they ever were) so it could be a problem with the game itself and not necessarily your PC.
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I read some crazy stuff on the steam forums, looks like it has not been patched though...

ericpol said:
The keywords are Xbox 360 Plug and Play. You need this for the wireless controller.

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-on-other-devices/windows/xbox-360-wireless-gaming-receiver-windows

Or a wired controller works.
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That's two for the "doesn't work" vote. Well I guess I will be trading in the RROD 360 I have for a wired controller, thanks man.

Any other suggestions are still welcome!

 
MasaTFC said:
That's two for the "doesn't work" vote. Well I guess I will be trading in the RROD 360 I have for a wired controller, thanks man.

Any other suggestions are still welcome!
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No suggestions needed. You have the answer. The Play & Charge Kit does what it says and charges via cable only while still functioning wirelessly. So, you either need a wireless USB receiver for your existing controller or a wired USB controller.
 
Yeah, the Xbox 360 controller is not PS3 controller. Wonder why Microsoft wouldn't shell out the extra few cents to make their wireless compatible with both.

 
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