Xbox 360 Controller on PC FFXI - HOWTO

[Edgetheninja]

I did use the FFXI config and setup up the movement and camera.

Here are my settings atm. The problem I am having is the L-Stick is set to X Axis / Y Axis, and I can't use that same setting for the D-pad.

The only setting that seem to halfway work is setting the D-Pad to Z Axis / Z Rotation. Then the D-Pad works seperate from the Movement and only moves Camera. But the problem is it only moves Left and Down, (NO) Up or Right.

I believe it is a vista problem with the drivers i have the same problem with x64 but in xp it works fine. I would suggest using xpadder and the default drivers like i do (xpadder can map keyboard keystrokes to the axis triggers with the default drivers)

[doomshadow]

Edgetheninja,

Whats your Xpadder settings look like, can you post some screen shoots.

Also do you need a 3rd party windowing program ? Becuase xpadder doesn't seem to work in FFXI with the official window mode on.

[Edgetheninja]

yes I use the windower but also with the xpadder you need to start up ffxi and then take out your battery, put xpadder to the front and then pop the battery in. With windower.net windower i just turn on my controller after i turn on my game and it works with xpadder instead of the battery trick

[CrashenX]

XBox 360 Wirless Controller working perfectly:

Previous tries:
Xpadder - having some problems with arrow keys mappings stepping on camera movements, macro pallets were slow
XBCD - no good for wireless

How I got it to work:
1) I first installed the Microsoft XBox 360 Accessories Software from here:
- Download Gaming Software
- Note: This is not really necessary but allows your computer to recognize accessory add ons like play and charge kit.

2) Then I downloaded the "English version of XBOX360 wireless controller" driver from here:
- http://x360wc.tripod.com/x360wc.en/index.html

3) Then to install go to device manager:
- Note: Following instructions are assuming you installed accessory pack; if not, steps will be similar but not same.
- There should be a section called "XBox 360 Peripherals"
- There should only be one device listed below if you don't have anything plugged in besides wireless receiver and controller on (I believe it is something like XBox 360 Wireless Controller or Receiver).
- Select this and choose to update the driver.
- Select the driver from the location you installed it at.
- Note: If this is not detailed enough, check out the readme that resides in the directory the driver is in.

4) Configure the controller:
- Control Panel -> Game Controllers -> Select Controller -> Go into Properties
- Play around in the Settings Profile to test it (see that triggers are mapped to buttons and force feedback works)
- Go to the Directional Pad tab and change the Pad function to Slider 1 / Slider 2 (this solves d pad config problems in the ffxi config)
- Go to the Buttons tab and change the ring of light setting to what ever you want (something to indicate that the controller is on). I chose "Flash then stay lit 1." This will not tell you battery power of controller, but you can always plug in your play and charge kit and continue to play if you suspect the battery is low ^^
- Adjust the force feedback if you'd like. Note the ffxi config will probably give you a really weak feedback vibration test but it worked great in game for me fighting buggards, etc.

5) Go to FFXI config tool.
- Map all your buttons.
- I mapped everything the same as the XBOX 360 control scheme since that's what I usually play on.

6) Everything should work.
- This is not a perfect step-by-step work for all, but if you play around with it you can get it to work with these drivers. If you follow these steps, and you are using Windows XP you shouldn't have any problems.

Good Luck! Hope this solves all your problems, and if you know who wrote those drivers, tell her/him I said thanks!!

[DJ-Syn]

Can someone please slap me with a clue stick?!

I have been trying everything posted here, and nothing is working for me. Trying to get a wired 360 controller to work on the PC, getting the trigger problem. Tried everything posted on these 3 pages, and still no help. Am I missing something?

Someone hit me up please playonline ID is DJ-Syn xbox live is DJ Synr Id even give you my phone number if you contact me. I just bought the game today. and the keyboard controls are fruitier then Richard Simmons sweating to the oldies.

[eticket109]

Can someone please slap me with a clue stick?!

I have been trying everything posted here, and nothing is working for me. Trying to get a wired 360 controller to work on the PC, getting the trigger problem. Tried everything posted on these 3 pages, and still no help. Am I missing something?

Someone hit me up please playonline ID is DJ-Syn xbox live is DJ Synr Id even give you my phone number if you contact me. I just bought the game today. and the keyboard controls are fruitier then Richard Simmons sweating to the oldies.

I was under the impression the trigger buttons aren't configurable for FFXI.

[WishMaster3K]

It's a wired XB360 controller, or are you using that Plug and Charge kit for your wireless?

I used to play on vista before I went back to XP, and everything works fine on both.

[DJ-Syn]

Im not sure the term for plug charge kit. If you are asking if I have a wire that charges my wireless controller while I play and can remove it to make it wireless again, Yes I have one of those, but I was trying to use my 360 wired controller. Do these make a difference? Is it easy to do the wireless with the corded charger thing?

[WishMaster3K]

Use the 360 Wired Controller. I don't know where to begin to troubleshoot for you, because I followed the step-by-step instructions and everything worked for me.

Tell us step by step what you do.

[DJ-Syn]

Ibefore anything i went on Playonline and asked a few people to help me. they all said drivers, so I went and got drivers from the microsoft site. then i started to google ' How to " posts. stumbled upon here, saw i was not the only Momo.

I followed Muskies PDF. instead of getting th 0.4.0.0 i got the latest version 0.9.0.0 went to device manager, and didnt see the xbox options in the list. so i said ok , well maybe its invisable ( lol i know ). Then i continued on with the pdf at the part with the xbcd program. but was still not able to do anything. i check everyones posts on thee 3 pages tried their little bits of advice. and still nothing.

I have the 8mm loaded at this point lol.

I just bought this game. It had better be worth this hassel :p
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I also tried to down load those 4 links from the pdf, but the links gave me code lines rather than zip files. nothing i was able to download there.

[WishMaster3K]

I see what you did.

I really hate to tell you how to do this STEP FOR STEP, because it's in the damn instructions, but... here we go..

Firstly, make sure you have the XB360 controller installed on your system. Make sure you're clicking the right drop-down menus. If you're POSITIVE that it's not installed, you can get that from the MS Site. Then your computer should be able to recognize that you have the controller. The easiest way to tell is if you press the Home button in the middle and something pop ups on the bottom of your monitor screen.

Then go to the xbcdplus website and install XBCD. After you install XBCD, you can do the portion where you manually update the drivers (that's what the XBCD installer was for).

The rest of the instructions, as I stated before, are self-explanatory. Your problem was when you couldn't even get the system to realize you had a controller, so you were essentially modifying nothing.

Those text files are files specifically made for XBCD, and you open them via the program.

Really, this took me a whole 8 minutes to do. If you really want to pull the trigger, you might be doing the internet a favor (j/k, suicide isn't a recommended troubleshooting technique).

[DJ-Syn]

just did what you said, and it looks like the triggers are now working. going to test them out. will post back in a few minutes.
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well i hit apply on the XBCD setup Utility and it says make sure this device is installed, and i hit retry or cancel and i t keeps opoping up until it crashes. so i alt tabbed it wondering it it still worked, I got into the game and was unable to move around or do anything with the controller.
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actualy forget what ijust posted. I needed to turn on the xbox accessory utility program and now its working perfectly. Thanks for the help :D

[WishMaster3K]

No problem! Enjoy using your controller!

[Callisto]

Super necro b/c I lost myself...using the wireless 360 adapter, and I got everything but the triggers for macros working...anyone know how to set it up for FFXI? In the FFXI controller config I got everything about set up, minus the triggers which I can't figure out.

Wait I think I figured something out, restarting computer then may be back with more stupid questions.
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Yeah...followed everything but still no use of triggers on the wireless, is this just considered unfixable? If so this was a complete waste of money.

[Kockm]

So yeah I got my wired 360 controller working with the triggers and everything following this guide, but when I bought a wireless gaming receiver for windows to play with a wireless controller it didn't work. So is there another driver I can use for the gaming receiver to make it so I can use the triggers and rumble? I hope I didn't just waste $19.99 on this thing to not be able to use it with FFXI.