Rifftrax Members On STEAM

[The Lurker]

Anyone know of some controllers that work well with Steam?

You can use almost any controller for steam if your willing to fiddle with some settings. All (or at least 95%) of Steam games that support controllers are plug and play with an Xbox 360 controller, that also means that all the button prompts on screen during games are for the 360 controller. I use a program called Motioninjoy with a Dual Shock 3 and a Bluetooth dongle. Motioninjoy will emulate almost all controllers into 360 controllers making them immediately recognizable by steam.

You can buy a Logitec or other knock of PC brand controller but they are not very well optimized and cheap feeling. The higher end Razer controllers work really good but tend to be over priced.

If I was setting out to get a new, nice controller set up for PC and Steam I would buy the new Dual Shock 4 and an appropriate blue tooth dongle because you can bind the touch pad to mouse controls. Google around about setting it up for Steam and PC. 

If I go that route, what update version should I get?

[d00hickey]

Anyone know of some controllers that work well with Steam?

You can use almost any controller for steam if your willing to fiddle with some settings. All (or at least 95%) of Steam games that support controllers are plug and play with an Xbox 360 controller, that also means that all the button prompts on screen during games are for the 360 controller. I use a program called Motioninjoy with a Dual Shock 3 and a Bluetooth dongle. Motioninjoy will emulate almost all controllers into 360 controllers making them immediately recognizable by steam.

You can buy a Logitec or other knock of PC brand controller but they are not very well optimized and cheap feeling. The higher end Razer controllers work really good but tend to be over priced.

If I was setting out to get a new, nice controller set up for PC and Steam I would buy the new Dual Shock 4 and an appropriate blue tooth dongle because you can bind the touch pad to mouse controls. Google around about setting it up for Steam and PC. 

If I go that route, what update version should I get?

The Dual Shock 4 way? if yes your going to need to voyage into google, I know it can be done because I've seen it, I have not set up and configured it though.

I could walk you through setting a PS3 controller though.

[The Lurker]

Anyone know of some controllers that work well with Steam?

You can use almost any controller for steam if your willing to fiddle with some settings. All (or at least 95%) of Steam games that support controllers are plug and play with an Xbox 360 controller, that also means that all the button prompts on screen during games are for the 360 controller. I use a program called Motioninjoy with a Dual Shock 3 and a Bluetooth dongle. Motioninjoy will emulate almost all controllers into 360 controllers making them immediately recognizable by steam.

You can buy a Logitec or other knock of PC brand controller but they are not very well optimized and cheap feeling. The higher end Razer controllers work really good but tend to be over priced.

If I was setting out to get a new, nice controller set up for PC and Steam I would buy the new Dual Shock 4 and an appropriate blue tooth dongle because you can bind the touch pad to mouse controls. Google around about setting it up for Steam and PC. 

If I go that route, what update version should I get?

The Dual Shock 4 way? if yes your going to need to voyage into google, I know it can be done because I've seen it, I have not set up and configured it though.

I could walk you through setting a PS3 controller though.

Yeah,  I have a Dualshock 3 and wasn't sure which update number to download.  I do have the 64-bit Windows OS.

[Compound]

Anyone know of some controllers that work well with Steam?

I use a generic wired 360 controller that I got used from Gamestop about 7-8 years ago. Still works fine with anything that Steam likes to have a controller for. Setup was "plug into USB port."

[d00hickey]

Anyone know of some controllers that work well with Steam?

You can use almost any controller for steam if your willing to fiddle with some settings. All (or at least 95%) of Steam games that support controllers are plug and play with an Xbox 360 controller, that also means that all the button prompts on screen during games are for the 360 controller. I use a program called Motioninjoy with a Dual Shock 3 and a Bluetooth dongle. Motioninjoy will emulate almost all controllers into 360 controllers making them immediately recognizable by steam.

You can buy a Logitec or other knock of PC brand controller but they are not very well optimized and cheap feeling. The higher end Razer controllers work really good but tend to be over priced.

If I was setting out to get a new, nice controller set up for PC and Steam I would buy the new Dual Shock 4 and an appropriate blue tooth dongle because you can bind the touch pad to mouse controls. Google around about setting it up for Steam and PC. 

If I go that route, what update version should I get?

The Dual Shock 4 way? if yes your going to need to voyage into google, I know it can be done because I've seen it, I have not set up and configured it though.

I could walk you through setting a PS3 controller though.

Yeah,  I have a Dualshock 3 and wasn't sure which update number to download.  I do have the 64-bit Windows OS.

If you want it to be wireless you need a compatible Bluetooth dongle.
http://www.motioninjoy.com/wiki/en/help/btcompatibility#working_bluetooth_dongles

(important) Install/setup the dongle before attempting to install motioninjoy/DS3

Install the latest Motioninjoy
http://www.motioninjoy.com/download

Follow instructions for setting up a DS3 controller.

Make sure to click the box on the front page of the tool that says:
Xinput-default Xbox 360 Controller Emulator (this is so all games automatically recognize it as an Xbox controller.

[The Lurker]

I mean should I go for the 0.7.0 (testing) version or the latest 0.6.0 one?

[d00hickey]

0.7 that's what I use.

[The Lurker]

Going to try 0.7.1.

[d00hickey]

That should be fine. If your are using a dongle make sure you install it before even touching Motionenjoy. There is an error in the software that can corrupt your dongle if you don't do it in that order. Also whatever dongle you use will not be useable for any other blue tooth devices while Motionenjoy is installed.

[The Lurker]

I don't intend to go wireless right now.  Fine with having it plugged into the laptop. I have it installed and updated and restarted my computer.  The program, I mean, not the controller yet.

[The Lurker]

So far it's working fine, but I've only tested it on Gauntlet.

[d00hickey]

So far it's working fine, but I've only tested it on Gauntlet.

Do you have it set up so your PC sees it as a 360 controller. Some people don't like this because you can't rebind the keys easily but I, and most others, like it because it just works with any game that the 360 pad works with. With Steam open you can just push the PS button and it opens up Big Picture Mode. My Bluetooth dongle happens to have way better range than the one built into the PS3 too.   

[The Lurker]

Yeah, it recognizes it.  Tried it out with Skullgirls and it works a lot better than keyboard.

[d00hickey]

Yea I like it. It's A LOT better than a 360 pad IMO. I'm glad I set it up because unfortunately some games just don't work well with a keyboard for me.

[MightyBombJack]

My Steam ID: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198048900749