360 Controller On The Pc

On Vista yes, Vista auto acquires software and you just config in PoL, should be same for 7 and XP seeing as they are all Microsoft.

Wired just plug in and it will auto config to your system, you go into PoL/FFXI Config and assign buttons.

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You can also buy a wireless setup specifically for PC with this thing that goes into your USB but I have not used that.

Wired just plug in and it will auto config to your system, you go into PoL/FFXI Config and assign buttons.

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You can also buy a wireless setup specifically for PC with this thing that goes into your USB but I have not used that.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the basic Microsoft drivers don't allow you to use the triggers as buttons, correct?

I use the triggers as the Ctrl/Alt macro buttons, similar to how it's done on the normal xBox controls. If you're interested in using drivers that are non-standard to allow use of those triggers, here's the one for wired:

http://redcl0ud.1.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=2006

And here is one for wireless:

http://www.katch.ne.jp/~morii/driver/x360wc/index.html

They're completely different drivers from different developers. The wired one is a latest compiled version of the XBCD driver, which allows some advanced functionality like deadzone modification, and changing the axis and button reporting. The wireless one, which I use, does all of that and also lets you bind functions to the center Guide button (in my case, it acts as the Ventrillo push-to-talk key).

As a last note, if you're using Vista/Win7 in a 64-bit flavor, the drivers may not load due to being unsigned. You can allow this one particular driver to load by using a program to self-sign it for testing and turning on test mode in Windows - the program to do it can be found here:

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=dseo

Again, you'll only need that if it's Vista/Win7 64-bit flavors. If you don't like the driver, you can naturally leave it installed and just specify in Device Manager to use the default Microsoft provided drivers as well.

Back before the 360 controllers were thankfully released, I used to use original xBox controllers with USB tips spliced in an extremely ghetto fashion onto the end - that was pretty awesome.

You can use them on 32-bit, you just don't need to self-sign the drivers. It's easier, basically.

Well my most recent Logitech pad controller crapped out on me so I need a new controller that wont crap out within 2months. All the suggestions I have had have been "wired 360 controller" but no one knows if I need another piece or its just plug in and go.

So my question is...how does a 360 controller work on a pc.

I'm not too fond of xpadder so i opted to instead map my macro sets to my bumpers and move the auto-run toggle to the start button. I tried using select as auto-run and quickly realized that trying to hold up on the left stick and reach the select button at the same time was messy. I'd say overall the feeling is still very similar to playing on the xbox 360 and I don't notice that much when I switch between the two.