[dev1097] Newly Added Control Config.

[Zhronne]

At this point it's probably pretty useless for us to bump this (or the other) thread.
Still I came up with a cool solution which is not a real "solution" for our problem, but it's still a decent compromise.

http://www.speedlink.com/?p=2&cat=4131&pid=25492&paus=1

This gamepad for PC has a specific setting that allows it to work both in Xinput and in Dinput modes.
This grants it full compatibility with ALL games. Xinput for recent ones, and Dinput for very old ones like FFXI.
With a pad like this, if you set it on "Dinput" mode you'll be able to use all buttons even in FFXI.
Then set it on "Xinput" and use all buttons on FFXIV too or any other recent game.

I'm seriously considering to buy it since SE, it's pretty clear now, will never do anything to "fix" this issue of ours. (not like it would have been easy to fix it, to be honest, but still...)

[FrankReynolds]

At this point it's probably pretty useless for us to bump this (or the other) thread.
Still I came up with a cool solution which is not a real "solution" for our problem, but it's still a decent compromise.

http://www.speedlink.com/?p=2&cat=4131&pid=25492&paus=1

This gamepad for PC has a specific setting that allows it to work both in Xinput and in Dinput modes.
This grants it full compatibility with ALL games. Xinput for recent ones, and Dinput for very old ones like FFXI.
With a pad like this, if you set it on "Dinput" mode you'll be able to use all buttons even in FFXI.
Then set it on "Xinput" and use all buttons on FFXIV too or any other recent game.

I'm seriously considering to buy it since SE, it's pretty clear now, will never do anything to "fix" this issue of ours. (not like it would have been easy to fix it, to be honest, but still...)

If you do get one, please post a review or something. I'm tempted to order it, but I'd rather wait til someone has actually tried it first because they don't seem to be available in the US and that makes returns pretty much impossible for me.

I've used a few of the logitech controllers, but they break pretty often. The buttons are just plain crap. I've found a work around in that I just keep buying the bottom of the line usb controller and taking parts out of it to rebuild the wireless one when it breaks. And this is the controller that I only use for my alt.

So far my best experience has been with the xbox 360 controllers and the JP drivers, but I haven't had any luck getting the wireless driver to work with the adapter I bought on amazon. I'm pretty sure that it's because it is a knock off and not an official Microsoft wireless kit (it says Microsoft and all that on it, but I'm pretty sure it's a knock off), but I'm not willing to spend $60 on another one from best buy to find out. SUre would be nice if I could find the adapter sold separately from the controller. :/

[Zhronne]

So far my best experience has been with the xbox 360 controllers and the JP drivers

Those are awesome but:
1) They don't work on the wireless pad (the one I linked is wireless instead, altough there is also a wired version)
2) They do create issues with newer game (for instance when I was using my JP drivers with my wired Xbox360 pad, it was working perfectly with FFXI (dinput) but they weren't working good for TERA and FFXIV (dinput)

With a gamepad like the one I posted, you should be able to use and configure all buttons no matter what the game is, no matter if it's an old one using dinput or a recent one using xinput.