SOLUTION: those who cannot get the controller to connect
daktah opened this issue · 3 comments
i am on windows 10 ltsb 14393. i was having this problem for a few hours upon finding and trying to install this project where while the receiver was running on the libusb driver, the controller would not connect no matter what. i went back and forth reinstalling and trying different things when i finally figured out the (painfully obvious) solution.
i installed the latest libusb32 as well as the latest libusbk drivers as one of the comments suggested (dont know if is actually required, but it cant hurt), then the latest vjoy. then when it came time to run the chatpad application i simply opened the properties of the application, went to the compatibility tab, and set the executable to windows vista compatibility mode (not sp1 or sp2, it must plain vista) as well as run as administrator. upon opening it i synchronized the controller and receiver, and right away it worked perfectly, keyboard and all. mouse mode works, as well as the button combo to toggle it and the combo to turn off the controller. even the backlight on the chatpad lights up. everything seems to be working via vjoy inside the windows controller tester as well. upon closing and reopening the program, the console style press the jewel to connect system works.
a small thing, which may or may not be an issue depending on specific software, is that setting the triggers as buttons option changes the right stick from x and y rotation to z axis and z rotation. again, this may or may not be an issue depending on your specific games if they can recognize or let you configure specific axes.
also, in the original writeup is that you should configure vjoy to use 11 buttons, however you must actually tell it to use 12 otherwise the start button will not work.
TODO (for self): Add this to a wiki page or a troubleshooting markdown file.
i am on windows 10 ltsb 14393. i was having this problem for a few hours upon finding and trying to install this project where while the receiver was running on the libusb driver, the controller would not connect no matter what. i went back and forth reinstalling and trying different things when i finally figured out the (painfully obvious) solution. i installed the latest libusb32 as well as the latest libusbk drivers as one of the comments suggested (dont know if is actually required, but it cant hurt), then the latest vjoy. then when it came time to run the chatpad application i simply opened the properties of the application, went to the compatibility tab, and set the executable to windows vista compatibility mode (not sp1 or sp2, it must plain vista) as well as run as administrator. upon opening it i synchronized the controller and receiver, and right away it worked perfectly, keyboard and all. mouse mode works, as well as the button combo to toggle it and the combo to turn off the controller. even the backlight on the chatpad lights up. everything seems to be working via vjoy inside the windows controller tester as well. upon closing and reopening the program, the console style press the jewel to connect system works.
a small thing, which may or may not be an issue depending on specific software, is that setting the triggers as buttons option changes the right stick from x and y rotation to z axis and z rotation. again, this may or may not be an issue depending on your specific games if they can recognize or let you configure specific axes. also, in the original writeup is that you should configure vjoy to use 11 buttons, however you must actually tell it to use 12 otherwise the start button will not work.
I am aware that it has been a long time since you managed to get this to work, but could someone help me out with this? I am eager to try it out, have been using the wireless controller for ages now, and found a chatpad that im willing to try.
I installed everything in the order as stated in the description and even tried running it in vista compatibility with admin rights, but even that didn't help. A video tutorial would be nice. :)
When I run the Chatpad software, it sees the controller as connected, but everything is grayed out and there are no instructions to be followed..
I'm on windows 10 aswell.
It works great! My bad, the joystick got disconnected somehow.
Sorry for waking up this topic.
No worries @davidalex342, glad to hear that the information is still relevant. I probably should still put this somewhere in the README or I should make a wiki where I can compile these sort of troubleshooting steps.