Using XBOX360 controller

[bobloftus]

None of the buttons on it count as my fire button? Is use of the XBOX 360 controller causing issues for anybody else?

[AntonWestbergh]

None of the buttons on it count as my fire button? Is use of the XBOX 360 controller causing issues for anybody else?

Hrm that's strange. The support for Xbox360 controllers should already be there. Did you rebind any keys or something?

I'll tell the team to take a look at it tomorrow.

[bobloftus]

Naaa, the controller is still at default settings in Windows. And I didn't rebind anything in the game itself. If it's working for you guys though, maybe I'll need to reinstall the software or try using a different one I guess.

Edit: Thanks for the quick reply!

[MarkusRannare]

Hmm... Strange, the right trigger should be mapped to fire. I just tested it at home, and it seems to work (even thou I can't seem to hit anything >_<).

Can you see the gamepad in the "Devices and Printers" and check if it's working from there?

[bobloftus]

I'll definitely make sure to check it in there when I get home from work. As far as I know it's working though. All the other buttons were working on it in the game. Just when I was prompted to hit the fire button in the tutorial, none of the buttons I hit would work, and I did try the triggers. Thanks again for getting back to me.

[MarkusRannare]

Oh... Just noticed that you said it's just the fire button that works. I really shouldn't try to answer questions when I'm tired =P

[bobloftus]

Sorry for wasting your guys time, I determined the connection to the controller was going bad.

[King-Martin]

Hrm that's strange. The support for Xbox360 controllers should already be there. Did you rebind any keys or something?

I'll tell the team to take a look at it tomorrow.
Hi, sorry to regurgatate an old thread but I am having a similar problem with Sanctum. I use an Xbox 360 wireless controller and the analogue sticks work fine, yet the triggers don't work. Some games like Assassin's Creed 1 & 2 didn't support the wireless pad due to not having the correct API's installed so I wonder is this the issue here? I have yet to test a wired pad. Which pad did you use? Wired or Wireless?

[ViciousXUSMC]

Wired and Wireless are 100% the same are you using an official Microsoft wireless receiver or one of those cheap china rip offs?

[bigbilly50]

Hi, sorry know this is an old thread but I just got this game and am having the same problem as above.

I have both wired and wireless 360 controllers - the fire button does not work - no keys have been rebound.

Has anyone found a solution to this ?

ta !

[Armor_Biff]

I noticed that as well. But when I'm actually playing (not tutorial), it seems the "Use" button has the same function as "Fire". When I press my "Use" button (mapped on X) it will say I'm ready for the next wave and then it begins.

[bigbilly50]

Yeah that doesnt work for me - tried every button on both 360 controllers and none of them advance the tutorial :(

[bigbilly50]

Just an update on my problem - I found that if you manually bind the trigers then they will work as the fire button.... just not in the tutorial.

Thats what was throwing me off before as I was only testing within the tutorial. No matter what you do the triggers are not recognised in the tutorial.

Anyway, Im happy now :)

[Serjongo]

Errr... How about split-screen? :D


Edit:

Was about to open a thread requesting split-screen, but since I don`t quite have the time right now...

If you guys already support xbox360 controller and (obviously) mouse+keyboard, why not add split-screen? ^^

[MarkusRannare]

Sorry for the inconvenience, it seems like the bound buttons doesn't work with tutorial and camera-pans. This will be fixed in a later patch, as we are too close to this patch to fix it.

Split-screen have been discussed, and we have prioritized this very low, as we will have to do very heavy optimization on the maps and a lot of GUI will break. So there is quite a lot of work to get in split screen into the game

[nbajammer]

I just tried to play with my wired 360 gamepad and it doesn't work at all. There's no setting for it in the Options, only for the mouse and keyboard.

[Franpa]

It should work, just not 100% during the tutorial (Better support in the tutorial is being worked on).

[nbajammer]

I didn't work in Single Player either. It's as if the support was completely removed.

[Franpa]

Well it works here, I don't USE it but the controller totally works. I too have a wireless xbox360 controller.

[MarkusRannare]

I didn't work in Single Player either. It's as if the support was completely removed.

Currently it don't work with all popups in the tutorial and the camera pans in singleplayer. Othervise it should work fine

[Jimbei]

Well, is there some update to this problem? I don't play Sanctum just because of this. Yes, I'm very principle.

[Uplinkpro]

Hate to necro but yea this is still an issue, pretty much got this game to play with the gamepad with some friends but its pretty impossible without having a kb mouse

[Jayven]

I'm the same, bought the 4 pack for the wife, myself and son to play together and was disappointed in tutorial when the controller wasn't 100% recognised and I had to use the mouse to hit the 'fire' button each time.

[Jayven]

Currently it don't work with all popups in the tutorial and the camera pans in singleplayer. Othervise it should work fine

Oh duh, I should read all the posts and not just the first page and the last of the next.. :P

My apologies! I'll see how it goes in the first mission then tonight :D

[iownyuass]

Currently it don't work with all popups in the tutorial and the camera pans in singleplayer. Othervise it should work fine

off c u cannot do anything....

[Icemelt]

This is exactly why stupid ♥♥♥ game developers need to think before they make something free to try.

It's obvious you don't give a damn about this issue, look at the price of the game and date of release.

I'm moving to have "Full Controller Support" REMOVED from the description on the STEAM store. More developers should be punished in this way as it's false advertising. If you don't have half, part, or even most support for the controllers, you get a "half-assed" award which is worth nothing... the exact price I'll be paying for this game no matter how much you mark it down until you get off your asses and fix this.

Good job trying to squeeze a little more life from this half-assed title. Sanctum is NOT... I repeat NOT a critical hit to the wallet this weekend! Super FAIL!

[T@F]

This is exactly why stupid ♥♥♥ game developers need to think before they make something free to try.

It's obvious you don't give a damn about this issue, look at the price of the game and date of release.

I'm moving to have "Full Controller Support" REMOVED from the description on the STEAM store. More developers should be punished in this way as it's false advertising. If you don't have half, part, or even most support for the controllers, you get a "half-assed" award which is worth nothing... the exact price I'll be paying for this game no matter how much you mark it down until you get off your asses and fix this.

Good job trying to squeeze a little more life from this half-assed title. Sanctum is NOT... I repeat NOT a critical hit to the wallet this weekend! Super FAIL!

Works better for keyboard and mouse anyway.
As i'm guessing the aiming would sux on joypad.

[DanielLundwall]

This is exactly why stupid ♥♥♥ game developers need to think before they make something free to try.

It's obvious you don't give a damn about this issue, look at the price of the game and date of release.

I'm moving to have "Full Controller Support" REMOVED from the description on the STEAM store. More developers should be punished in this way as it's false advertising. If you don't have half, part, or even most support for the controllers, you get a "half-assed" award which is worth nothing... the exact price I'll be paying for this game no matter how much you mark it down until you get off your asses and fix this.

Good job trying to squeeze a little more life from this half-assed title. Sanctum is NOT... I repeat NOT a critical hit to the wallet this weekend! Super FAIL!

Hello Icemelt,

would you care to elaborate of what is not working and what controller do you have?