Thread: Controller movement is ruined after 2.38

This needs to be fixed. I am beyond inconvenienced by this. Please fix it ASAP.

I notice that the left analog stick doesn't seem to register the down movement very often. I've tried to re-calibrate the xbox 360 control pad from in game in hopes to fix any of this but it hasn't. Even when I was trying to re-calibrate, the right analog stick didn't seem to always register.

Another thing I've noticed is that while running in Stone Vigil (HARD) I was on blm and ran out mana after flare, used transpose as I walked up to the grp of 3 monsters left alive, used Blizzard2 when I had enough mana to cast, THIS is where things changed also. At this point I tried to walk back (from my point of view I was moving down onscreen) away from the monsters at that point where you wern't finished casting but it would still finish as you were walking and I was stuck walking as if i had a weight/heavy effect on me AFTER the cast was finished until I stopped which is further than the regular "ramp up" speed. I couldn't move before the Blizzard2 cast was currently being cast for some reason. I tried to replicated it but I couldn't figure out how.

I just ran Hullbreaker and noticed that the times I would use the down analog stick motion, most of the time I would walk instead of normal jog motion like I did in ANY other direction.

So pretty much what I've noticed is that DOWN(Direction) on both analog sticks doesn't always work correctly and the "ramp up" timer to start going from standstill->jog does not match up with using keyboard controls.

I've tried to bump up the sensitivity of the controller but this only slightly makes it better, not enough to overcome the frustration of getting hit/dying because I couldn't make it out of aoe in time because of the down direction not working correctly or the jog lag input.

Here's a video of me doing Garuda (Hard Mode) throughout most of the video the down direction on the analog stick works fine. At the end, you will see me testing this out by walking towards the camera and I will stutter from time to time or completely not move. Also, I am not triggering the walk command at any point so I should ALWAYS be in jogging motion.
http://youtu.be/69iDrE2AWJA

Win 8.1 Pro 64-bit
Xbox 360 Wired controller

EDIT: I also went into Devices and Printers -> Xbox 360 Controller Settings -> Properties and used the Test function to make sure that the down directions on both analog sticks were receiving input. Both are working correctly along with all other button presses. Although the issue still exists in game .

Added this info to help programmers narrow down the issue at hand.

Windows 7 64-bit here with PS3-to-PC gamepad also experiencing this issue. For ho hum overworld combat, it doesn't have a huge impact. However, the delay would be deadly in high end content. Also it is three times as noticeable while on chocobo. That alone makes it very frustrating to deal with, since it makes you feel like your controller is malfunctioning.

I would imagine it is equally as annoying when using sprint, as you'll be wasting a precious 2-3 seconds of the timer on it due to this glitch.

Here's hoping for a fix very, very soon. Going to be a lot of unhappy coil runners tonight if there isn't.

It feels sluggish. Not wipe level bad (I was able to do Divebombs with less issue than people who didn't have controllers) but I'm still glad the cause is being looked into.

I play on PS4, and I haven't really noticed much in the way of controller lag or other problems, though I've only tanked Tam Tara Deepcroft (Hard) twice and Lost City of Amdapor once since the patch. I also use the Auto-run function a lot if I'm not in battle, so I haven't had anything glaringly problematic pop-up. I'll weigh in later if I notice it more tonight, but it could be that not every controller user is facing this problem.

EDIT:I'm noticing absolutely 0 lag on my controller when I play on PS4, so I really think it is as I had said and may either be isolated incidents or even tied to your internet connection.