PC Controller losing connection intermittently

[Ymdar]

I play on PC with an Xbox controller and have been having this weird issue since 6.0. I'll play normally and the controller will stop responding to inputs for a second every now and then. I've tried wired/wireless, changing controllers and the problem still persists. This only happens in FFXIV, no other games on my PC are giving me this issue. Any ideas what is causing this?

[Darkstride]

I've had issues with Steam in the background causing my controller to switch input types. I don't play XIV on Steam but merely having Steam open at all has caused it.

Otherwise, every now and then in the FFXIV settings, it will swap from XBOX One Controller to XBOX 360 Controller under the settings menu and cause my controller to cut out. Swapping it back fixes it. No idea why it does this, thankfully it's not often.

[Puss_Kat]

I've had issues with Steam in the background causing my controller to switch input types. I don't play XIV on Steam but merely having Steam open at all has caused it.

Otherwise, every now and then in the FFXIV settings, it will swap from XBOX One Controller to XBOX 360 Controller under the settings menu and cause my controller to cut out. Swapping it back fixes it. No idea why it does this, thankfully it's not often.

disable steams Extended Xbox support driver in steam input config.

[angienessyo]

Having the same issue with the PS5 controller with 6.0 being when it started. I don’t play through Steam but it seems that FF14 and Steam are occasionally fighting to take control of the controller.

[Ymdar]

I don't have Steam or the Game Pass PC app opened when I play FFXIV on PC, and I use the client, not the Steam version. Hopefully, this is something that gets fixed in 6.01.

[oovikat]

Also having these problems, but I do play through steam with a PS4 controller. I used to have a dc sometimes before but never this occasionally since the launch of 6.0, it's very hard to play this way.

[QooEr]

my ps5 controller also does this and its very annoying when it happens in the middle of something important...

i cant simply not use steam either because i have the steam version of the game

[Se7en717]

My controller also does this. It's annoying and only started doing it with 6.0. I have tried the "disable Microsoft Root Emulator" fix that I googled to no avail. I own the game on steam and don't want to have to restart to troubleshoot this. If anybody has a fix, please by all means, I am all ears.

[Tarken3789]

Same as above issue;
Playing with the stand alone non-steam version of the game using Xbox controller and have tried several different types (Wired, wireless, Xbox 360, Xbox one and Xbox series x versions)
the Microsoft Root Emulator fix hasn't worked and since the last two updates it has gotten progressively worse.
Currently my controller drops on average once every 5-20 minutes and takes about 30-60 second to reconnect.