FFXIV detects controller but it doesnt work

[Zaiban]

I am having the same problems. Last time I played the game the day before yesterday, and my steam controller worked just fine. Now when I start the game, it doesn't recognize button presses at all. So something has broken during these last 2 days.

There hasn't been any patches to the game, so the problem is probably on Steam side.

[Martello]

Yeah, it's steam beta to be precise. Latest patch is the problem. Gonna miss my profiles.
By opting out of steam beta (for now) it works again.

[Zeviand]

Similar issue is happening to me with PS4 controller that started just a few days ago. I don't know if the two issues are related but if I launch ff14 with the controller already plugged in, it works fine. If i unplug it while the game is up and plug it in again it stops working.

When everything is working properly, under gamepad settings>device it shows "wireless controller". When i unplug my controller and plug it back in again, the device automatically changes to "6 axis 14 button device with hat switch" and the controller remains unresponsive in ff14 until i change it back to "wireless controller".

I don't use any sort of software (like better DS4) and have been using ps4 controller with no issues since early 2.0 days with the workaround in the linked reddit post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...roller_issues/

Maybe a similar issue is happening with your 360 controller.